Earlier this week the Government of Canada announced that it has issued a Letter of Request (LoR) to the U.S. government requesting an offer for the procurement of up to 16 Boeing P-8A Poseidon to fulfil the RCAF’s requirement for a ‘Canadian Multi-Mission Aircraft’ (CMMA) to replace its aging fleet of Lockheed CP-140 Aurora patrol aircraft, in service since 1980. This follows on the government’s ‘Request For Information’ issued last February to various potential suppliers, and the high-level meeting between Canadian federal ministers, U.S. authorities and Boeing representatives in Washington, D.C., reported on by Canadian Aviator in our February 24 newsletter. . ............more