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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Rod McGuirk

Canada Prime Minister Mark Carney snubs US to sign $1.75B long-range radar deal with Australia

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney announced he’d chosen Australia’s radar system over comparable U.S. technology shortly after he came to power last year - (AFP/Getty)

Australia and Canada have signed a $1.75 billion (£1.38bn) export agreement to build an Australian-designed long-range radar system.

The deal, inked on Monday by Australian Defense Minister Richard Marles and Canadian Secretary of State (Defense Procurement) Stephen Fuhr, marks the first phase of a pact to provide early warning radar coverage from the Canada-United States border into the Arctic.

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