Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney announced on Wednesday that his government would not purchase early warning radar planes from the United States, opting instead for a European model.
Canada will purchase Swedish Saab's GlobalEye, which is based on the Canadian-manufactured Bombardier Global 6500 jet.
"With a suite of advanced sensors and mission systems, Saab's GlobalEye will be a key resource for the Canadian Armed Forces to detect and deter threats across the Arctic," Carney told a defense conference in Ottawa.
The decision comes after Carney linked Canada to a major European Union defense fund last year, and as the Canadian prime minister has made a point of diversifying his country's military spending away from the United States.
Carney has also previously vowed to spend no more than 70 cents of every dollar of Canadian military capital spending to the United States.
