The next year, Calgary-based De Havilland Canada acquired the rights to the water bomber program. "The aircraft are getting older, the summers are getting hotter. There's more demand. So that's why we ...

(Reuters) -In a warehouse on the southern edge of Calgary International Airport, De Havilland Canada is developing the DHC 515, a rugged flying boat and the only airplane solely designed to scoop ...

Government members rejected a motion by NDP MLA Hugh Gordon at Monday's public accounts committee meeting to conduct a ...

About 2,000 firefighters and several water bomber aircraft battled the blaze that broke out Tuesday afternoon in the village of Ribaute in the Aude region, a rural, wooded area that is home to ...

The Canadair water bomber revolutionized the fight against wildfires after it debuted in the skies decades ago. Then demand waned and production stopped, but with major blazes intensifying globally, ...

Canadair CL-415 planes, the workhorse of international aerial efforts to fight blazes, are making a comeback, like the one seen here over a 2025 wildfire in Albania ...