Australia signs its biggest-ever defence export deal with Canada for an over-the-horizon radar
Australia has signed its largest-ever defence export deal with Canada, which will buy a powerful radar system adapted from Australia's over-the-horizon system to monitor the Arctic. The deal is valued in the billion-Australian-dollar range. It is part of Canada's accelerated northern-flank defence investment programme.
Australia's government announced on Monday that it had signed what it described as the country's largest-ever defence export deal with Canada. Under the agreement, Canada will buy a system customised from Australia's over-the-horizon radar architecture to monitor air and maritime movements in the Arctic.
Canada's defence minister said the system would meaningfully boost the country's northern-flank defence capability; the procurement value has not been formally disclosed, but government sources put the figure at the billion-Australian-dollar level. Australia's defence industry minister said the export would have a multiplier effect on domestic defence jobs.
The deal aligns with NATO's drive to lift northern-flank monitoring capacity amid rising Russian submarine activity. Australia-Canada defence industry cooperation is expected to expand into underwater-sensor and satellite-tracking domains in the coming years.
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