China’s newest attack helicopter is powered by Canadian-built engines, a development military analysts say could spark a backlash against Canada’s aerospace industry from U.S. lawmakers concerned about technology being transferred into the wrong hands. Other analysts are questioning why Canada would sell engines to a nation that has used its military to crush internal dissent. The engines built by Pratt and Whitney Canada of Longueuil, Que., are being used to power Z-10 Zhisheng attack helicopters. But Pratt and Whitney says it has done nothing wrong and the sale was approved by the federal government.
There’s no way Pratt and Whitney is going to go out
