ABOUT US

Team Northern Sentry brings together some of the Canadian industry’s top companies in aerospace, defence and security solutions to compete for the CF-18 Avionics In-Service Support contract. Led by Arcfield Canada, team members include L3Harris, Raytheon Canada, Palitronica, and Terra Nova.

As Canada’s only reliable choice for mission success, Team Northern Sentry’s combined expertise and proven capabilities provide advanced sustainment solutions to support the Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) and Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) CF-18 fighter fleet avionics suite.

Our legacy and demonstrated experience in delivering superior performance and cost-effective support cover the full range of life-cycle management activities:

  • Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul

  • Innovative Engineering Solutions

  • Supply Chain Management

  • Integrated Logistics Support

  • Program Management

  • Data Analytics

  • Cyber Threat Identification and Cyber Materiel Assurance

  • Automated Test Equipment

  • Proactive Obsolescence Management

Keeping Canada mission-ready is our top priority. Team Northern Sentry will deliver mission critical expertise for Canada’s CF-18 fleet in Canada and on operations abroad. The close collaboration between the team members will continue to improve efficiencies and lower the cost of support to Canada’s fighter fleet through its estimated life expectancy.

Team Northern Sentry will create new jobs in Canada, support Indigenous communities and organizations, and increase work share with Canadian small businesses and suppliers across the country.

TEAM MEMBERS

Arcfield Canada has been a trusted partner to the Canadian Armed Forces and RCAF for more than 35 years; supplying world-class in-service and integrated logistics support through its proven expertise in supply chain management, maintenance and repair, and engineering solutions.

Arcfield offers complete lifecycle sustainment solutions and configuration management for all supported systems, and is an innovator in proactive obsolescence management.

As Canada’s long-standing prime contractor for the full suite of fighter aircraft avionics and associated test equipment; Arcfield provides comprehensive in-service support and integrated logistics support services that optimize program performance and ensure mission success.

TerraNova is a full-service Canadian Indigenous Minority facility, headquartered in Ottawa, that engineers repair solutions for legacy technology deployed by the Military and Defense sector. Their multidisciplinary team repairs, engineers, redesigns, assembles, tests, and integrates systems used across land, sea, air.

Terra Nova provides a full-spectrum of services including interconnect cable and harness, strategic sourcing of legacy aftermarket components and products, retrofit, and overhaul remanufacture services.

Palitronica is pioneering physics-based cybersecurity solutions and provides cyber materiel and mission assurance for critical physical infrastructure.

Their supply chain solution provides integrity assurance for electronics and software in the supply chain by identifying counterfeit, tampered, and altered electronics through our non-intrusive, non-destructive, unpowered, fully-blackbox echo response signal technology as well as unprecedented, closed-source, full-system backdoor identification.

Raytheon Canada has been providing advanced technologies, and defence and aerospace systems in Canada for more than 65 years. Offering an unparalleled portfolio of military-grade products and Mission Support services, we assist our customers with achieving measurable operational advantage, improving readiness, and enhancing performance while optimizing efficiencies and reducing cost.

Raytheon Canada – Defence Solutions, located in Calgary, provides superior Mission Support to our customers in the air, land and sea environments within the Department of National Defence and supporting industry partners.

Our Airborne team provides a comprehensive suite of In-Service Support functions, including 2nd and 3rd line repair, engineering, integrated logistics support and supply chain activities on select agnostic air platforms and sub-systems. Using our collective expertise to perform comprehensive life-cycle activities enables mission success.

L3Harris Technologies is a Trusted Disruptor for the global aerospace and defense industry. With customers’ mission-critical needs always in mind, their 46,000 employees deliver end-to-end technology solutions connecting the space, air, land, sea and cyber domains.

Sustained by a culture of innovation, commitment and continuous improvement, L3Harris has evolved to become Canada’s premier In-Service Support (ISS) integrator for military systems, including fighter, transport, helicopter and trainer aircraft fleets, and aircraft missionization.