Canada’s Aircraft Ammunition Acquisition: A Strategic Move

State Department Approves Possible FMS to Canada

The State Department has made a decision approving a possible Foreign Military Sale (FMS) to the Government of Canada of aircraft attack weapons and related equipment for an estimated cost of $2.68 billion. The Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) has issued the required certification, notifying it to Congress.

Canada’s Request for Ammunition

The Government of Canada has requested to buy up to seven hundred and fifty (750) GBU-39 inert training bombs with fuses; up to one hundred (100) GBU-39 Guided Test Vehicles (GTV); up to one hundred (100) MK-82 bombs filled with inert; up to two hundred and twenty (220) 2,000 pound BLU-117 General Purpose (GP) bombs; up to one hundred and forty six (146) I-2000 penetrating warheads; up to three thousand four hundred and fourteen (3,414) 500 pound BLU-111 GP bombs; up to three thousand one hundred and eight (3.108) GBU-39 Small Diameter Bomb Increment I (SDB-I); up to five thousand three hundred and thirty two (5,352) JDAM KMU-572 direct attack ammunition guidance sets; up to three hundred and ninety six (396) JDAM KMU-556 guidance sets; up to one hundred and forty (140) JDAM KMU-557 guidance sets; up to two thousand four (2,004) GBU-53 SDB – Increment II (SDB-II); and up to one hundred (100) GBU-53 SDB-II GTV.

Purpose of the Ammunition

The ammunition will serve to arm the CF-18 Hornet and CF-35A fighters of the Royal Canadian Air Force. Source: Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA)