Ottawa, ON – July 13, 2026 – Ottawa-based Rheinmetall Canada will supply the United States Navy and Marine Corps with replacement components for its MSU-200NAV aircraft ground-starting equipment, under a contract awarded to the Canadian Commercial Corporation (CCC) by the U.S. Department of War.
Two Decades of Ground Support Sustainment
Announced July 9, the contract will see Rheinmetall Canada deliver the Naval Air Warfare Center two key replacement components for the MSU-200NAV, a mobile unit the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps use to start aircraft engines while on the ground: the starter, which initiates turbine operation, and the Full Authority Digital Engine Control (FADEC), which manages turbine performance, sequencing and safety.
Rheinmetall Canada, based in Ottawa, has supported the development, modernization and sustainment of the MSU-200NAV for more than two decades. The company did not need to compete for the award directly with the U.S. government: CCC is the designated Canadian contracting authority for U.S. Department of War purchases from Canada worth US$350,000 or more, and facilitated the deal through its free U.S. DoD Prime Contractor service.
Financial terms of the contract were not disclosed in the release.
Read the full announcement here.
A Growing Moment for Canadian Defence Technology
The award is the latest example of an Ottawa-based defence manufacturer sustaining critical capability for allied forces abroad, exactly the kind of export relationship the Defence Innovation Hub is working to expand as Canada pushes to grow its defence industry and increase exports under the federal Defence Industrial Strategy. Ottawa-Gatineau is home to more than 330 defence and security companies and Canada’s only cluster of NATO DIANA test centres, positioning the region to keep expanding this kind of allied supply-chain work as the country scales defence spending toward five per cent of GDP by 2035.
Learn more about Invest Ottawa’s Defence Innovation Hub at investottawa.ca/dihub.
About Rheinmetall Canada
Rheinmetall Canada is a long-standing Canadian leader in aerospace ground support technologies, based in Ottawa, with deep engineering expertise and a proven track record of providing advanced, dependable solutions to U.S. and allied defence customers.
About CCC
CCC is Canada’s government-to-government (G2G) contracting agency, helping build successful commercial relationships between Canadian businesses and governments around the world. CCC is also the U.S. Department of War’s designated contracting authority for procurements from Canada worth US$350,000 or more.
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