Feds Mum on Next Step in Fighter Jet Competition

Feds Mum on Next Step in Fighter Jet Competition
An F-35A Lightning II fighter jet practises for an air show appearance in Ottawa, Sept. 6, 2019. The Canadian Press/Adrian Wyld
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Federal procurement officials won’t say when Canada will take the next step in the years-long process of selecting a new fighter jet.

The federal government announced in December that it had narrowed its search for a replacement of the military’s aging CF-18s to Lockheed Martin’s F-35 and the Swedish Saab Gripen.