Wings Magazine

Canada’s Arctic geography has not changed. What has changed is the strategic environment around it. Rising geopolitical pressure, renewed great-power interest in the Arctic, and accelerating climate-driven accessibility have reshaped the North from a distant frontier into a central element of national defence and sovereignty. Arctic sovereignty is not asserted by maps or stat...

The Government of Nunavut and federal Department of Defence signed a funding agreement for more than $11 million to support design and other work at the Rankin Inlet, Cambridge Bay and Resolute Bay airports.

Transportation and Infrastructure Nunavut minister George Hickes made the announcement in the legislative assembly on June 3.

The agreement was signed in Ma...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iranian drones heavily damaged a passenger terminal at Kuwait’s main airport Wednesday, killing one person, wounding dozens and briefly closing the airfield — the latest in back-and-forth attacks by Iran and the U.S. that test a fragile ceasefire.

The strike reinforced the risks to residents and travelers in Gulf countries that had co...

Lockheed Martin Canada has invested more than $9.5 million in Air Inuit, the airline that serves Nunavik.

The investment is part of Canada’s Industrial and Technological Benefits Policy, which requires companies that win defence contracts to reinvest in Canadian businesses and communities, according to a May 28 press release.

The funding will help Air Inuit main...

Swedish defence firm Saab says if Ottawa chooses to buy its Gripen E fighter jets, Canada could end up building some of the aircraft destined for Ukraine’s air force.

Saab says up to 20 of its Gripen jets will be built for Ukraine under a European Union support loan agreement and Sweden will donate 16 older-model Gripens to the war-torn country.

Saab’s deputy CE...