Canada’s new prime minister announces Australian radar purchase while visiting edge of Arctic Circle

Feds partner with Australia on $6-billion Arctic radar project in 'slap in the face' to Canadian company

D-TA Systems says the government should use made-in-Canada equipment for the Arctic radar system, which will detect incoming missiles.

Australia, Canada announce $4B over horizon radar agreement

This may be "the single biggest defense industry export from Australia in our history. So this is a really, really big opportunity for the nation," Australian Defense Minister Richard Marles said today.

Canada strikes Arctic deal with Australia as it shifts away from US reliance

New Canadian prime minister announces mega spending plan to assert sovereignty over Arctic

Canada buys Australian radar system in effort to wean themselves off U.S. military gear

Questions are mounting in Canada and in Europe over whether big-ticket purchases of high-end U.S. weaponry, such as the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, are still a wise strategic choice for Western countries worried about their investment in U.S. defense technology. In less than two months, U.S. President Donald Trump has upended decades of foreign policy. He has left NATO members questioning whether Washington will honor the trans-Atlantic alliance'…

Canada to buy world-leading Australian radar system in record defence deal

Australia has clinched a multi-billion dollar deal with Canada, that's being hailed as the nation's biggest ever defence export agreement. The Canadian leader made the announcement during a visit to the edge of the Arctic Circle.

Canada partners with Australia in C$6bn deal to strengthen Arctic defences

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has announced a C$6bn (A$6.6bn) deal with Australia to develop an advanced Arctic radar system as part of efforts to assert Canada’s sovereignty over the increasingly strategic Arctic region. The announcement was made on Tuesday in Iqaluit, the capital of the Nunavut territory in Canada’s Arctic, during the final leg of Carney’s first official trip as prime minister since taking over from Justin Trudeau. Carne…