Australia is to make its largest-ever defence export, having signed-off a A$2.5 billion (US$1.75 billion) deal to supply Canada with the Over the Horizon Radar (OTHR) system.
Australian Defence Minister Richard Marles and Canada’s Secretary of State for Defence Procurement Stephen Fuhr put pen to paper on the deal earmarked last year and signed-off in Canberra on June 22.
“Today’s agreement really is a historic moment for Australia’s defence industry, but it is also a historic moment in the bilateral relationship between Australia and Canada,” Marles said.
Conventional radar can’t detect objects beyond the horizon due to the curvature of the Earth, but OTHR uses two techniques to extend its range to as far as 3,000 kilometres….