Canada is acquiring Australia's Over-the-Horizon Radar technology intended to provide long-range surveillance of the Arctic and northern approaches. The agreement is government to government and valued at Canadian $2.5 billion. The transaction creates a technical and strategic bridge: it transfers a capability developed for Australia's vast northern approaches and gives Canada a platform designed to see far into remote air and maritime approaches.

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