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The Canadian government is expected to announce an in-service support contract for the Royal Canadian Air Force’s CC-150 Polaris aircraft. The announcement is being made at CFB Trenton, Ontario on Thursday afternoon.

L-3 previously won the support contract in 2013. That contract had two sets of follow-on options, with each contract covering a five-year period. In 2013 that total contract value over the entire 15 years was put at almost $700 million.

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The CC-150 Polaris fleet is used by the military for such high-profile missions as VIP transportation and strategic air-to-air refueling, as well as passenger, freight and medical evacuation transportation.