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Australia and Canada sign a $1.75B deal to build long-range radar in Canada
Australia and Canada signed a $1.75 billion export agreement to build an Australian-designed long-range radar system in Canada. The deal provides early warning coverage from the Canada-United States border into the Arctic. Prime Minister Mark Carney selected this technology over similar U.S. options.
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Australia and Canada finalized a record-breaking defense export agreement for an Over-the-Horizon Radar system.
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Australia and Canada Sign $1.75 Billion Arctic Radar Deal
confidence 90%Australia and Canada signed a $1.75 billion export agreement to build an Australian-designed long-range radar system in Canada. The deal provides early warning coverage from the Canada-United States border into the Arctic. Prime Minister Mark Carney selected this technology over similar U.S. options.
What's confirmed:
- Australia and Canada signed a $1.75 billion export agreement to build an Australian-designed long-range radar system in Canada.
- The agreement covers the first phase of a pact to provide early warning radar coverage from the Canada-United States border into the Arctic.
- Australian Defense Minister Richard Marles and Canadian Secretary of State (Defense Procurement) Stephen Fuhr signed the agreement on Monday.
- The system is an Over-the-Horizon Radar.
Still unconfirmed:
- Prime Minister Mark Carney chose the Australian system over comparable U.S. technology shortly after taking power last year.
- The deal is the biggest-ever defense export deal for Australia.
- The deal value is $1.8 billion.