Canada Is Looking to Europe for Weapons. What Could America Lose?

Canada is shopping for military equipment in Europe, and that could change who earns the money from it for decades. But the headline most people expect, an American company losing a big submarine deal to the Germans, isn't what happened. The German builder was picked to negotiate, not handed a fleet contract, and the other finalist was South Korean, not American. Meanwhile, Canada has already signed a C$2.6 billion package for American rocket launchers. So what could America actually lose? Future orders, years of support work, and the default advantage of being the first call. We're going to follow three deals, a submarine, a surveillance aircraft and a rocket launcher, and see how much of that exposure is real. Required credits Music: Dark Fog — Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com), CC BY 4.0. https://incompetech.com/music/royalty... https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... Level adjusted, looped/crossfaded and mixed with narration. S181 German U Boot Encounter — sherpa8851, CC BY 3.0. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... SAAB GlobalEye AEW&C — Nick/intrepidexplorer82, CC BY 2.0. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi... https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... These sources were excerpted/cropped/resized; video sound removed. GlobalEye B-roll courtesy Saab, editorial use. https://www.saab.com/newsroom/press-k... NATO footage, editorial use: https://nato.int/en/multimedia/multim... https://nato.int/en/multimedia/multim... © European Union, 2025/2026, CC BY 4.0, European Commission Audiovisual Service. Excerpted, source sound removed, narration/captions added. https://audiovisual.ec.europa.eu/en/m... https://audiovisual.ec.europa.eu/en/m... https://audiovisual.ec.europa.eu/en/m... https://creativecommons.org/licenses/... Berlaymont architects: Lucien De Vestel, Jean Gilson, A&J Polak; renovation Berlaymont 2000. The appearance of U.S. Department of War (DoW) visual information does not imply or constitute DoW endorsement. No creator, military or manufacturer endorsement is implied.