Bombardier spokesman Mark Masluch exits a Bombardier Global 6500 jet at an exhibition in 2019. The Canadian Armed Forces are buying six of the 6500 jets as part of Ottawa's defence spending push.

Ottawa’s new defence procurement agency has awarded Montreal-based Bombardier Inc. BBD-B-T a contract to provide the Royal Canadian Air Force with six new multi-purpose aircraft.

The contract, valued at approximately $753-million, will see Canada’s aging CC-144 Challenger fleet replaced by six of Bombardier’s Global 6500 jets.

According to the federal government, the new fleet of eight-seaters will be used to “perform worldwide utility flights and support missions such as aeromedical evacuations, disaster relief, humanitarian aid and national security operations.”

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