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PM Carney: 1st Canadian firm awarded contract under SAFE agreement

1d 10h ago by scribe.disroot.org/u/Scotty in canada@lemmy.ca from www.ctvnews.ca

Montreal-based Marconi Technologies has become the first Canadian company to land a contract under the SAFE agreement Canada signed with the European Union.

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Marconi won a contract worth more than $10 million to supply tactical radios made in Canada to Poland’s military.

The Canadian firm will partner with Polish company Enamor International, with deliveries expected to begin this year and run through to 2030.

The European Parliament formally welcomed Canada into the defence borrowing and procurement agreement known as SAFE in May, the only non-European country to join.

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