CANBERRA, ACT, June 22 -- The Prime Minister of Australia issued the following media release:
The Albanese Government has announced the nation's largest ever defence export, with the signing of a government-to-government arrangement with Canada to export an Australian Over the Horizon Radar (OTHR) system.
This $2.5 billion agreement marks the first international sale of Australia's world-leading OTHR technology, building on the proven success of the Jindalee Operational Radar Network (JORN) while supporting hundreds of Australian industry jobs.
Australia's Department of Defence has worked with the Canadian Department of National Defence to develop requirements for Canada's Artic-Over the Horizon Radar (A-OTHR) capability, with the commit...