LYCOS RETRIEVER 
Canada: Air Canada
built 654 days ago
NAV CANADA, Canada's civil air navigation services provider, is a private sector, non-share capital corporation financed through publicly-traded debt. NAV CANADA co-ordinates the safe and efficient movement of aircraft in Canadian domestic airspace and international airspace assigned to Canadian control. Through its coast-to-coast operations, NAV CANADA provides air traffic control, flight information, weather briefings, aeronautical information, airport advisory services, and electronic aids to navigation.
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The new C-130J generates much greater operational efficiency than the older C-130s, such as Canada's E and H model, by flying farther, faster, with more payload and higher reliability. Additionally, the C-130J only requires three crew members for most missions so fewer flight crew members are exposed to potential threats in-theatre. C-130Js are currently deployed in several theatres and are operating at a very high tempo efficiently and reliably. C-130Js are being used daily for troop and equipment re-supply via ground delivery and airdrop, for air-to-air refueling, ground refueling and humanitarian relief.
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NAV CANADA operates Canada's civil air navigation service (ANS) which provides aircraft services, including air traffic control, across Canada. Leveraging technology solutions that are among the best in the aviation industry, NAV CANADA employs more than 2,000 air traffic controllers in a network of seven area control centers and 42 control towers - all of which the Quintiq solution will support. In the past decade, NAV CANADA has invested close to CDN1 billion in new systems and technologies to modernize and enhance the delivery of air traffic services and to improve safety and efficiency. The decision to update the planning and scheduling software of their air traffic control staff by employing the Quintiq solution is an example of NAV CANADA's dedication to utilizing advanced technologies to improve efficiency.
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Through this contract, DND is procuring AMPA for the NATO Flight Training in Canada organization to support the fleet of CT-155 Hawk Mk115 and CT-156 Harvard II training aircraft. Though it will be used for training in Canada, AMPA is used by other air forces for peacetime, exercise and war operations and provides support to the mission planning process from the entry of initial air tasking, through to aircrew de-brief after the mission has been flown. The mission planning software enables multiple users to generate detailed aircraft routes overlaid on maps and satellite imagery displayed as a planning background on the workstation screen.
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"We are extremely proud that the C-130J has been selected as Canada's next tactical airlifter. The Super Hercules will be the new workhorse of the Canadian Forces," said Jim Grant, Lockheed Martin vice president for Air Mobility and Special Operations Forces business development. "The C-130J is a proven, available, rugged aircraft capable of performing a full spectrum of tactical airlift missions in demanding environments."
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Trade: U.S. merchandise exports to Canada (2006)--$230.3 billion: motor vehicles and spare parts, industrial and electrical machinery, plastics, computers, chemicals, petroleum products and natural gas, and agricultural products. In 2006, 65% of Canada's imports came from the United States. U.S. merchandise imports from Canada (2006)--$303.4 billion: motor vehicles and spare parts, crude petroleum and natural gas, forest products, agricultural products, metals, industrial machinery, and aircraft. In 2006, 79% of Canada's exports went to the U.S.
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