Harris Canada
Harris Canada in Calgary Alberta is a wholly owned subsidiary of Harris. This US military company is the 38th largest military company in the world. (Source)
In July 1999, Harris Canada was awarded a 10-year contract worth $164-million "to maintain and improve the avionics testing and repair process for the Canadian military's primary attack fighter jet," a variant of the U.S. Navy F/A-18 Hornet. (Source) This was part of a $1.2-billion program of the Department of National Defence to modernize the Canada's fleet of CF-18 fighter warplanes. (Source)
"Harris Government Communications Systems Canada (GCSC),
in partnership with Raytheon Canada Limited and the Canadian Department of
National Defence (DND), established a Consolidated Automatic Test Equipment
Facility (CATEF) in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. The CATEF is a centralized
avionics repair, maintenance, and support facility that services Canadian Forces
CF-18 [fighter jet] aircraft operations.
"This ISO 9001-compliant facility is positioned to expand
and offer services for avionics repair, integrated logistics support, and
life-cycle management opportunities on other military aircraft. It will serve as
a centralized avionics depot and life-cycle management support center for
various weapon systems."
(Source)
Harris Canada's involvement in CATEF facility supports the
Optimized Weapon System Management (OWSM) mission “to optimize the
provision of aerospace equipment support.”
(Source)
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