Bombardier Scores Win With US Army After Being Shut out of Canada Bid

Bombardier Scores Win With US Army After Being Shut out of Canada Bid
A Bombardier logo is shown at a Bombardier assembly plant in Mirabel, Que., on Oct. 26, 2018. The Canadian Press/Graham Hughes
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The U.S. army says Bombardier Inc. has won a contract to supply up to three Global 6500 business jets for conversion into a spy plane prototype.

The announcement comes barely a month after the Canadian government rejected Bombardier’s pitch for an open bid to replace the air force’s aging patrol planes, with the contract going to American rival Boeing Co. in a sole-source deal.