Bombardier Won’t Contest Ottawa’s Sole-Source Deal on New Boeing Military Planes

Bombardier Won’t Contest Ottawa’s Sole-Source Deal on New Boeing Military Planes
Members of the Canadian Forces work on a CP-140 Aurora surveillance plane at the Canadian Forces base in the Persian Gulf, on Feb. 19, 2017. The Canadian Press/Ryan Remiorz
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Bombardier Inc. will not contest the federal government’s decision to replace the military’s aging patrol planes with aircraft from U.S. rival Boeing Co., the Quebec jet maker says.

The government announced last month it would buy at least 14 Boeing surveillance planes from the United States, in a sole-source deal to phaseout Canada’s half-century-old fleet of CP-140 Auroras—closing the door on Bombardier.