Lockheed Martin Threatens Canada If It Does Not Buy Their F-35

An F-35 Joint Strike Fighter on display at naval yard in Maryland in January. (Yuri Gripas / Reuters)

CBC: Lockheed Martin warns it will pull $825M in F-35 contracts if Canada buys another jet

Canadian companies could stand to lose at least $10B over lifetime of aircraft

U.S. defence giant Lockheed Martin is warning Canada that $825 million in aerospace industrial contracts signed with Canadian companies to build and equip F-35 jets would be moved to other partner nations if the Trudeau government decides to buy a different fighter jet.

Steve Over, the company's director of F-35 international business development, says other countries that have already committed to buying the stealth jet are clamouring for the work.

"It's not really a threat," Over said in an interview with CBC News. "I don't want it perceived as a threat, but we will have no choice, if Canada walks away from F-35, except to relocate work in Canada to other purchasing nations."

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WNU Editor: I am surprised that Lockheed Martin is making this "threat" public. My guess is that they are clearly miffed by this .... Canada Planning To Buy Super Hornet Fighter Jets Before Making A Final Decision On F-35s (June 7, 2016), and (I am speculating here) they are also warning other countries on what may happen if they choose another fighter.