Ottawa Extends NATO Flight Training Program Through 2023

The Canadian government has formally modified the contract for the NATO Flying Training in Canada (NFTC) program, extending it through at least 2023, reports CAE (Saint-Laurent, Quebec), the technology company that runs the program.

The original 20-year NFTC contract was scheduled to expire in 2021. Ottawa announced in 2015 that it was going to extend it to at least 2023 to allow the government to evaluate future aircrew training requirements, the company said in a release on...