en.Wedoany.com Reported - Australia and Canada have signed a $1.75 billion export agreement to build an Australian-designed long-range radar system in Canada. Australian Defense Minister Richard Marles and Canadian Secretary of State (Defense Procurement) Stephen Fuhr signed the first-phase agreement, aimed at providing early warning radar coverage extending from the U.S.-Canada border to the Arctic region.
Speaking to reporters at Parliament House in Canberra, Marles stated that the agreement means Australia and Canada have become partners in the future development of Over-the-Horizon Radar, giving the bilateral relationship a strategic dimension. Fuhr said at the joint press conference that the two Commonwealth nations (both members of the "Five Eyes" intelligence-sharing alliance) have "fought side by side for generations," and as the world adapts to new strategic and economic realities, Canada could not find a stronger partner than Australia.
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney announced the selection of the Australian radar system over comparable U.S. technology shortly after taking office last year. In March, Carney became the first Canadian prime minister to visit Australia in 12 years, during which he and Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese agreed to strengthen cooperation in defense technology, artificial intelligence, and critical minerals.
BAE Systems Australia stated that it will support the two governments in developing the Arctic Over-the-Horizon Radar. The Australian system, developed over more than 40 years, uses the principle of refracting high-frequency electromagnetic waves through the ionosphere to detect distant targets that cannot be found by traditional radar due to the Earth's curvature.
This agreement is Australia's largest defense export project ever, surpassing the previous record of a $700 million deal signed in 2024 to supply 100 Australian-made "Boxer" heavy weapon carriers to Germany.
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