The announcement comes as Boeing, a Lockheed Martin-led consortium and SAAB AB, are vying to secure a Canadian government contract to supply the country its next-generation fighter jet fleet.
"Through five new agreements, Boeing and its Canadian aerospace partners are preparing to deliver C$61 billion [USD $46.3 billion] and nearly 250,000 jobs to the Canadian economy," the statement said on Tuesday.
The effort to replace Canada’s ageing fighter jet fleet has dragged on for decades with successive governments failing to honour the Royal Canadian Air Forces’ request for new aircraft.
The F-35 contract with Lockheed Martin was scrapped in 2016, with Canada having to pay exuberant cancellation fees and a number of Canadian suppliers to the development of the F-35 were excluded from the project.
The initial evaluation of the proposal is expected to be completed by 2021, with the contract likely to be awarded in 2022. According to reports, the expected cost of the purchase is between $11.2 billion and $14.2 billion.
Delivery of the first aircraft is expected as early as 2025.