REPORT: MARCONI MONTREAL ARMS POLAND — CANADA ENTERS THE EUROPEAN DEFENCE ARENA

Introduction: Évian, June 16, 2026 — the first contract that changes everything

A $10-million announcement worth billions

On June 16, 2026, on the margins of the 52nd G7 Summit in Évian, France, Prime Minister Mark Carney announced that Marconi Technologies, a defence firm based in Montreal, had just won a contract worth more than 10 million Canadian dollars to supply ORION X650 tactical radios to the Polish Cyber Command. That figure — 10 million — is modest in the universe of defence budgets. But its symbolic and strategic reach far exceeds its dollar amount. It is the first contract ever awarded to a Canadian company under the European Union's Security Action for Europe (SAFE) program. And Canada had become, in February 2026, the first non-European member of this mechanism.

Carney knew it and said so plainly at the G7: "At the G7 Leaders' Summit in Évian, we secured new partnerships to equip our Canadian Armed Forces with the equipment they need." This is not mere rhetoric. It is the first concrete delivery of a defence industrial diversification strategy that Canada has been methodically building for two years — less dependence on the United States, more connections with Europe and the Indo-Pacific. And Marconi Technologies, with its ORION radios made in Montreal, is its first tangible symbol.

Poland as a strategically deliberate first client

The choice of Poland as Marconi's first client under SAFE is no accident. Poland is the NATO country investing the most proportionally in its defence — beyond 4% of its GDP, according to recent data. It is on the front line against the Russian threat, sharing a land border with the Kaliningrad enclave and sitting a few hundred kilometres from the Ukrainian front. Every Polish acquisition decision in communications and cyber-defence carries direct operational stakes: these systems could one day be used under actual wartime conditions, on NATO's eastern flank. Marconi's ORION radios are not showroom props. They are systems designed to function when everything else fails.

What the ORION X650 radio is — and why it matters

A ruggedized 6th-generation radio built for electronic warfare

The Orion X650 is no ordinary radio. It is a 6th-generation software-defined tactical radio, designed for high-bandwidth communications in "non-permissive" environments — that is, in zones where the adversary is actively trying to jam, intercept or disrupt communications. It has four RF ports that allow it to be configured either as two independent radio channels — replacing two networked radios — or as a single channel supporting MIMO 4×4 technology to maximize performance and resilience. Its rugged design guarantees reliable operation in air, land and maritime settings.

For Poland's defence forces, the Orion X650 is intended to serve as the data transport backbone connecting command-and-control (C2) nodes compatible with 5G technology. It extends high-bandwidth mobile capability to forward and dispersed units while maintaining resilience against electronic warfare threats. On a modern battlefield — where drones, distributed sensors and digital communications are central to combat mechanics — the ability to maintain secure communications under enemy electronic pressure is often the difference between a successful manoeuvre and a unit cut off from its chain of command.

Drones, vehicles, fixed positions: total versatility

Poland's selection of the Orion X650 did not happen by chance. It was the result of extensive field testing in Poland, conducted at dispersed sites across the country, where Orion radios operating on drones, vehicles and fixed positions validated their interoperability, bandwidth and operational flexibility. These are tests that resemble real conditions — not a laboratory. The Polish army is not buying from Marconi Technologies because it's Canadian and they like maple syrup. It is buying because the radios performed in the conditions it expects its equipment to handle in a potential war.

The partnership between Marconi Technologies and Polish defence systems integrator Enamor International is also an interesting model of co-development. Enamor is not a mere reseller — it is an integrator that understands the specific needs of Polish forces, the operational constraints and the existing systems into which the Orion X650 must fit. This bilateral partnership between a Canadian SME and a Polish specialist is how defence supply chains are actually built — not in grand summit declarations, but in the technical and commercial agreements that create durable mutual dependencies.

SAFE: the mechanism that made all of this possible

Security Action for Europe — a gateway to the European market

The Security Action for Europe (SAFE) is a European Union instrument designed to fund defence procurement by member states, with pooled resources. Its stated goal is to accelerate the military modernization of EU members — particularly in response to the threats identified since the 2022 Ukrainian invasion. By becoming, in February 2026, the first non-European member of this mechanism, Canada accomplished something nobody had anticipated even a few years earlier.

This membership is the result of intensive diplomatic negotiations conducted by Carney with his European counterparts — including European Council President António Costa and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, met in Paris on June 12, 2026 during a bilateral visit. Canada signed a general security of information agreement (GSOIA) with France on that occasion. Two weeks later, in Évian, the Marconi-SAFE contract was announced. The sequence is rapid — a deliberate accumulation of precedents that transforms Canada's status in the European defence landscape.

What SAFE opens up for Canadian firms

Canada's membership in SAFE is not merely an agreement in principle. It concretely opens Canadian defence companies to tender opportunities funded by the mechanism across all 27 EU countries. In a context where Europe is increasing its defence budgets at a historic pace — European NATO members increased their defence spending by more than 20% in 2025 according to NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte's statements at Ankara — this is a market worth hundreds of billions over the coming decade.

For an SME like Marconi Technologies, which employs engineers in Montreal and subcontracts to some 100 Canadian suppliers (according to the Prime Minister's Office communiqué), access to the SAFE market completely transforms the commercial horizon. Previously, its markets were primarily the Canadian government and a few limited bilateral agreements. Now, it can bid on contracts in Germany, the Netherlands, Sweden, Italy — countries investing massively in their military communications. That is the type of market expansion that transforms a medium-sized SME into a significant defence actor.

Marconi Technologies: the company that opened the door

A Montreal defence SME at the heart of history

Marconi Technologies is based in Montreal and specializes in tactical communications technologies. Its flagship product, the Orion X650, represents what the Canadian defence industry can do at its best: cutting-edge technology, manufactured in North America, performing at the level of the world's best military radios. The company is part of a Montreal defence ecosystem that also includes names like CAE (military simulation and training), L3 Technologies and other less visible but no less capable players.

What is remarkable about the Polish contract via SAFE is that Marconi will mobilize nearly 100 Canadian suppliers to produce the radios — from specialized trades to advanced engineering. It is not Marconi alone that is exporting. It is a mini-Canadian industrial ecosystem working together to deliver a defence contract to a NATO member. Deliveries are planned to begin "later in 2026" and continue through 2030. That is four years of sustained industrial activity for those 100 suppliers — and an international reference that opens doors for the following decade.

The CAE connection and the Quebec defence ecosystem

Marconi Technologies is not alone in the G7/Évian adventure. In parallel, Canada announced the opening of negotiations with Italy for the purchase of M-346 advanced jet trainers for the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF). This program — the Future Fighter Lead-in Training (FFLIT) — has CAE, Montreal's flight simulation giant, as its strategic partner. CAE is also involved in the International Flight Training School in Italy, which uses precisely the M-346s. There is a remarkable convergence among the different threads of Canadian defence diplomacy at Évian — Marconi, M-346, CAE — pointing toward a Quebec defence ecosystem consolidating its position in European and international markets.

This convergence is not accidental. Carney and his team conducted meticulous defence diplomacy at Évian, combining concrete industrial announcements (Marconi, M-346) with security-of-information agreements (GSOIA with Germany, negotiations with India, agreement signed with France), all within the context of the largest annual Western diplomatic forum. This is defence industrial strategy conducted with the precision of a diplomatic campaign. And it is working.

GSOIAs: the invisible plumbing of industrial cooperation

General Security of Information Agreements — the accords that precede everything

Behind the Marconi-Poland contract and the M-346 negotiations with Italy lie more discreet but absolutely indispensable agreements: General Security of Information Agreements (GSOIAs). These agreements establish clear rules for the exchange and protection of classified information between countries — an absolute prerequisite for any serious defence contract. Without a GSOIA, there is no sharing of sensitive technical information, no co-development, no export of advanced military equipment.

At Évian and in the preceding days, Canada signed and launched several GSOIAs in rapid succession: signature with France on June 12, 2026 during Carney's bilateral visit to Paris; conclusion of negotiations with Germany at Évian; formal launch of negotiations with India at the same summit. These agreements are the invisible plumbing of defence industrial cooperation. They don't make headlines. But they are the prerequisite for everything else — the contracts, exports and technology co-developments that will come in the years ahead.

India as a new strategic partner

The opening of GSOIA negotiations with India deserves particular attention. India is the world's fifth-largest economy, a major Indo-Pacific actor, and it is seeking to diversify its defence suppliers — away from Russia, toward Western democracies and domestic manufacturers. Canada's entry into this market, via a GSOIA that opens the door to bilateral defence contracts, is a commercial and strategic opportunity of great importance. It is also consistent with Canada's Indo-Pacific strategy, which aims to deepen military ties with the region's democracies.

For Marconi Technologies and other Canadian defence companies, an Indian market accessible via a GSOIA would represent a commercial horizon of an entirely different scale than the European market alone via SAFE. India invests tens of billions annually in its military modernization. It wants to build its own defence industrial complex — which creates opportunities for co-production and technology transfer for partners that can offer this type of arrangement. Canada, with its communications and surveillance technologies, is well positioned to play this role.

The 100 Canadian suppliers: the economics of the ORION radio

How one defence radio mobilizes an entire ecosystem

The stat Carney highlighted in his announcement — nearly 100 Canadian suppliers involved in producing the ORION radios for Poland — is more telling than it appears. It reveals that Marconi Technologies is not an industrial island. It is an integrator relying on a dense network of specialized subcontractors and suppliers to produce its systems. Foundries manufacturing metal casings. Electronics companies providing RF components. Software developers writing signal-processing code. Certification experts ensuring the equipment meets military standards. Testers simulating electronic warfare conditions.

This network of 100 suppliers represents jobs across several provinces, probably concentrated in Quebec and Ontario but not exclusively. The Polish contract worth 10 million therefore represents far more than $10 million in direct economic value — it generates cascading activity throughout an entire supply chain. And if Marconi wins additional SAFE contracts — as Ottawa's stated intention — these 100 suppliers will have sustained work for an entire decade. That is how the defence industry produces economic multiplier effects.

Deliveries through 2030: a medium-term commitment

The delivery schedule — "later in 2026 and through 2030" — is important for what it says about the industrial relationship. This is not a one-time sale. It is a multi-year program with staggered deliveries. This means Marconi Technologies has production visibility for four years. Its subcontractors can plan their capacity. Engineers can be recruited and trained with the certainty that work will be there. This is the kind of medium-term horizon that allows a defence SME to take the investment risks necessary to grow — hire, train, equip — rather than remaining in reactive short-term management.

And beyond 2030, the partnership between Marconi and Enamor International "positions both companies to support the overall modernization of Poland's tactical communications, as SAFE-funded programs advance." This is not a one-shot contract. It is the beginning of a defence industrial relationship that can develop and multiply if the radios deliver on their promises in the Polish operational context. And given the testing that preceded the selection, that probability is high.

The strategy behind Évian: three files, one coherent message

Marconi + M-346 + GSOIA = a defence industrial doctrine

Carney used the G7 Summit at Évian to advance three defence files simultaneously: the Marconi ORION radio for Poland via SAFE, negotiations for M-346 training aircraft with Italy, and security-of-information agreements with Germany and India. These three files are not independent. Together, they send a coherent message: Canada is serious about building a defence industrial presence in Europe and the Indo-Pacific. It does not come to summits for symbolic handshakes. It comes with signed contracts, launched negotiations and agreements that open concrete doors.

This coherence is remarkable because it reveals a defence industrial doctrine that Canada did not yet possess a few years ago. It can be summarized as follows: first, enter the institutional mechanisms that grant market access (SAFE in Europe, bilateral GSOIAs). Second, win first contracts with companies that can deliver proven quality (Marconi). Third, use partnerships to co-produce and diversify (M-346 with CAE involved, GlobalEye on Bombardier base). This logic of progressive and methodical expansion is exactly what a smart middle power should be doing.

The role of critical minerals in defence diplomacy at Évian

At Évian, Carney also announced 13 partnerships on critical minerals with more than 8 countries, expecting "more than 5 billion dollars in capital investment in the Canadian value chain." France, Germany, Italy and South Korea expressed intent to work with Canada to build stockpiles. These minerals partnerships are not separate from the defence strategy — they are its material backbone. The ORION radios need critical minerals for their electronic components. Tanks, missiles, combat aircraft all have supply chains that pass through minerals Canada can supply.

By simultaneously developing its defence export capability (Marconi), its critical minerals sources (Ring of Fire, Évian agreements) and its institutional partnerships (SAFE, GSOIAs), Canada is building an integrated value proposition for its allies: we can supply you with both the raw materials AND the finished equipment AND the training and simulation services. That is a far stronger position as a defence partner than that of a country that merely buys weapons from its allies.

What the Marconi contract says about the future of Canadian defence industry

From client to supplier: the posture shift

For decades, the Canadian defence industry operated primarily as a client — buying American, European or British equipment for its own armed forces. It also played the role of subcontractor for large American prime contractors, supplying components that went into weapons systems whose mastery remained with the United States. The Marconi-Poland contract marks a break: here, a Canadian company is the prime supplier, delivering a complete system to a foreign client under a European defence mechanism. This is no longer subcontracting. It is direct export.

This posture shift has important implications for the industrial culture and commercial strategy of Canadian defence companies. Being a prime supplier requires managing relationships with foreign government clients, navigating military certification and qualification processes in other countries, and maintaining in-service support teams capable of responding quickly to operational problems. These are skills acquired over time and through experience — and the Polish contract is precisely the formative experience that will allow Marconi Technologies to build them.

The Marconi model as a reference for ODIS

For Ontario's ODIS and the federal DIS, Marconi Technologies represents exactly the type of firm they are seeking to create and replicate. An SME specializing in a niche defence technology, capable of delivering at the international level, relying on a dense network of Canadian subcontractors, and exporting into high-value institutional markets. If the ODIS and DIS produce in the coming years a dozen firms with a similar profile to Marconi — in cybersecurity, drones, simulation, advanced materials — Canada will have made a qualitative leap in its defence industrial base.

The key will be not to make this an isolated phenomenon. Marconi succeeded through a combination of excellent technology (the Orion X650 passed demanding tests), a solid local partnership (Enamor International in Poland), and institutional market access (SAFE). These three conditions — proven technology, local partner, institutional access — must be replicable for other Canadian companies. That is exactly what the ODIS and DIS strategies seek to systematize. Marconi is the proof of concept. The challenge is now to make it an industrial model.

Deliveries begin in 2026: on the Polish ground

What a deployment on NATO's eastern flank represents

The first Orion X650 deliveries to the Polish Cyber Command are scheduled for "later in 2026." That means in the coming months, radios manufactured in Montreal will be installed in Polish military units operating a few hundred kilometres from the Ukrainian front and from the borders of Russia and Belarus. These radios are not in warehouses — they will be in the hands of Polish soldiers, on military vehicles, mounted on drones, in command posts. The geopolitical reality of their deployment lends a particular gravity to what Carney announced with a certain rhetorical lightness at Évian.

That Canadian radios protect the communications of NATO's eastern flank, where the Russian threat is most tangible, where a war in Ukraine has been raging since February 2022 — this is a commitment that goes far beyond industrial policy. It is a stance in the most geopolitically significant conflict since the Cold War. Canada is not fighting in Ukraine. But its radios will soon be at the front. And that too is a way of being there when it counts.

In-service support through 2030: a lasting presence

With deliveries extending through 2030, Marconi Technologies and Enamor International will have a continuous presence in the Polish defence ecosystem for at least four years. This presence involves technical support, training, updates, parts replacement — all the logistics of maintaining military equipment in operational condition in a context potentially under pressure. It is also a commercial and relational presence that allows Marconi to intimately understand its clients' needs, anticipate their evolution and position itself for future contracts.

This type of lasting presence in a target market is exactly what major defence companies do naturally — Thales, BAE Systems, Lockheed Martin all maintain permanent teams with their key military clients. For Marconi Technologies, maintaining this through 2030 will be an intensive apprenticeship in the role of major international defence supplier. An apprenticeship that will pay dividends in skills, relationships and references for the decades ahead.

The challenges awaiting Marconi

Growing without burning out

The success of the Polish contract is good news for Marconi Technologies. It is also a growth challenge. Moving from SME to international defence actor requires scaling operations — production, quality control, customer support, supply chain management — at a speed and scale that many companies of this type struggle to handle. Classic challenges for fast-growing defence SMEs: government payment delays creating cash flow problems, difficulty recruiting and retaining the best engineers, managing subcontractors at international scale, regulatory constraints on military exports (ITAR permits on the American side, export controls on the Canadian side).

These challenges are not insurmountable. They are real. The institutional support of the federal DIS and Ontario's ODIS — access to financing, export facilitation, training support — is precisely designed to help companies like Marconi navigate these obstacles. But ultimately, it is the quality of the company's leadership that will make the difference between an SME that becomes a national defence champion and one that, overwhelmed by its growth, disappoints its clients and loses its competitive edge.

European competition and the battle for the next contract

The first SAFE contract for Marconi has opened a door. But the next SAFE tenders will be contested by European companies — German, French, Scandinavian, Polish — with decades of experience in European defence markets, established relationships with EU military decision-makers and lobbying capabilities that Marconi does not yet have. Canada is the first non-European member of SAFE — that is a pioneer's advantage, but not a permanent one. It will need to be renewed with each tender through the quality of products and proposals.

What will give Marconi — and Canadian defence companies in general — a lasting advantage in the SAFE market is the combination of cutting-edge technology, solid local partnerships (as with Enamor International) and a reputation for reliable delivery. Reputation is built on deliveries, not on speeches. What Marconi delivers to Poland between 2026 and 2030 will determine what it can sell in Europe between 2030 and 2040.

What this says about Canada in 2026

A country emerging from its strategic inhibitions

There is something new in the Canada of 2026. Not spectacular, not revolutionary — but real. A country that for decades defined itself by its reluctance to assert itself in the defence domain, that preferred soft diplomacy to military spending, that let its allies manage crises while watching from the margins — this country is emerging from its strategic inhibitions. Not with fanfare, not with triumphalist speeches. But with contracts signed, frigates deployed, radars ordered from Australia, training aircraft being negotiated in Italy.

The Marconi contract may be the most eloquent symbol of this transformation. A Montreal SME equipping the Polish Cyber Command via a European mechanism of which Canada is the first non-European member — that is a narrative that would have seemed incongruous in 2015. In 2026, it is reality. And if this trajectory is maintained, if the budgetary commitments materialize, if other Canadian defence companies follow the path opened by Marconi — then Canada in 2035 will be substantially different from Canada in 2015 in its relationship to defence and international security.

The next chapter: from Poland to what other market?

The logic of the progression is clear. Poland via SAFE first. Then other NATO countries through SAFE or bilateral contracts. Germany with its exploding defence budget. The Netherlands, Sweden, Norway — Nordic countries investing massively in military communications capabilities against the Russian threat. India via the GSOIA under negotiation. Japan, whose needs in defence communications technologies are enormous. South Korea. Each market requires time, relationships and product adaptation. But the Orion X650 has demonstrated its value in real testing. The demand is there. The capability is there. The institutional strategy is in place.

What remains is execution. The same execution that Marconi Technologies will need to sustain for four years in Poland to convert this first contract into references that open the next markets. The story of the ORION radio in Europe is just beginning. And I believe, sincerely, that it is just beginning.

The expansion toward Germany and India: Marconi Technologies' next steps

The German market: an opportunity in a context of historic rearmament

Marconi Technologies, buoyed by the success of its Polish contract under the SAFE program, is now looking to Germany as its next priority market. Germany is undergoing a transformation of its defence policy unprecedented since 1945: the Zeitenwende announced by Chancellor Scholz in 2022 triggered a massive rearmament, with a defence budget that has exceeded 2% of GDP for the first time since reunification. In this context, the needs for secure tactical communications for the Bundeswehr are considerable — and the Polish success of the ORION X650 is a strong commercial argument that Marconi's sales team can present in Berlin.

The Indian market is a distinct further opportunity. India has been pursuing a Make in India Defense policy since 2016 that requires significant local content in all major defence contracts. Marconi Technologies has direct experience with the Canadian content model — the 100 Canadian suppliers feeding the ORION program are a demonstration of its ability to structure local supply chains. This capability is precisely what Indian buyers seek in their international partners. A partial replication of the Canadian model in India — with locally manufactured components and a defence industrial base developed in partnership — is a proposition that Marconi is uniquely positioned to offer.

Training and after-sales support: the other contract that lasts twenty years

Training Polish soldiers on the ORION X650: a pedagogical and logistical challenge

The delivery of ORION X650 radios to Poland is only the first step in a commitment that lasts decades. Training users — soldiers, technicians, communications operators — is a contract in itself, as lucrative and strategically important as the initial sale. Marconi Technologies, with the support of the Canadian simulation and training ecosystem (including CAE and its military training capabilities), is positioned to offer a comprehensive integrated training program to Polish forces — radio environment simulators, local-language manuals, operator certification, and train-the-trainer programs.

After-sales support is another critical dimension. A 6th-generation radio like the ORION X650 requires regular software updates, preventive maintenance and locally available spare parts. Marconi Technologies will need to establish in Poland — or in partnership with a local provider — an in-service support infrastructure that guarantees the operational availability of the radios over a horizon of 20 to 25 years. This long-term support contract is often as or more profitable than the initial contract — and it creates a lasting commercial relationship between Marconi and the Polish armed forces that facilitates future additional sales.

The political economy of SAFE: why this mechanism changes the rules for Canada

SAFE as a model of transatlantic industrial cooperation

The SAFE (Security Assistance Financing and Equipment) program is not merely a financing mechanism. It is a political architecture that redefines the terms of defence industrial cooperation among NATO allies. By allowing beneficiary countries to acquire equipment using guarantees from Alliance member states, SAFE lowers the barriers to entry for defence suppliers from middle-power countries like Canada. Without this mechanism, companies like Marconi Technologies — too small to compete with American or European giants on balance sheet strength alone — would not have access to the defence markets of Poland, the Baltic states or Romania, which today represent billions of euros in annual purchases.

Canada's participation in the SAFE program is also a political signal. It says that Canada is a serious security partner, contributing not only through political commitments and symbolic presences, but through real technology transfers and concrete industrial partnerships. In the context of Trump's pressure on NATO allies to increase their contributions, Canada's industrial participation in the rearmament of Eastern Europe is a tangible argument the Carney government can present to Washington as proof of its strategic seriousness.

Conclusion: Montreal as workshop of Western defence

What June 16, 2026 will represent in history

In the history books of the Canadian defence industry, if it develops as current strategies suggest, June 16, 2026 may be designated as a pivotal date. The day a Montreal SME won the first Canadian contract under a European defence mechanism. The day Ottawa proved that its membership in SAFE was not a symbolic gesture but a serious commercial strategy. The day "Made in Canada" entered fully into the lexicon of NATO defence procurement.

Ten million dollars. One hundred Canadian suppliers. Deliveries through 2030 on NATO's eastern flank. And behind this contract, the vision of a Canada that is building, patiently and methodically, the defence industrial presence it should have built much sooner. It is a beginning. A concrete beginning, anchored in metal and radio code, not in electoral promises. And in defence, concrete beginnings count more than all the communiqués in the world.

Marconi, the 100 suppliers, and what we owe them

At its core, this report is also the story of hundreds of Canadian workers — engineers, welders, programmers, logisticians — whose work left Montreal for Poland in the form of tactical radios that will be used in one of the most geopolitically charged zones on earth. These workers probably don't know they are participating in something historic. They are doing their job, with the quality standards that earned Marconi Technologies its selection by the Polish army. They are, ultimately, the ones who made this report possible. And it is to them that the true honour of this first contract belongs.

Signed Maxime Marquette, columnist

Columnist's transparency box

Editorial positioning

I support the expansion of the Canadian defence industry in international markets, insofar as this expansion contributes to the collective security of NATO and to Canada's economic interests. I am neither a lobbyist for Marconi Technologies nor a principled opponent of arms exports. I am a columnist who believes that democracies that want to endure must be capable of producing their own defence tools — and that Canada is learning how to do so.

Methodology and sources

Information on the Marconi Technologies contract comes from the Prime Minister's Office communiqué (June 17, 2026), from Marconi Technologies' press release via CNW Group (June 16, 2026), and from the Vanguard Canada article (June 21, 2026). Information on SAFE comes from official Canadian government sources (canada.ca). No facts are invented.

Nature of the analysis

This report combines verifiable facts about the Marconi-Poland contract with a broader analysis of the strategic and industrial context. Editorials are clearly identified. Facts are sourced and verifiable.

Sources

Primary sources

Prime Minister's Office — PM Carney secures new partnerships in defence and critical minerals — June 17, 2026

CNW Group — Marconi Technologies selected to deliver Orion X650 tactical radios to Polish military — June 16, 2026

Vanguard Canada — Canada secures defence deals and new partnerships at G7 summit — June 21, 2026

Secondary sources

Canadian Defence Review — Marconi Technologies to deliver Orion X650 tactical radios — June 16, 2026

Xinhua — Canada secures first defense contract under EU's SAFE program — June 16, 2026

Canada.ca — Canada–Australia Partnership on Arctic Over-the-Horizon Radar — June 22, 2026

Straits Times — Canada to send warships to Indo-Pacific — June 24, 2026