August 12, 2026 — 6:00pm
Australia is on the brink of its biggest-ever defence export contract, with the British government to buy a Canberra-built radar considered the best in the world.
This masthead can reveal the contract with phased-array radar company CEA Technologies would be worth more than $10 billion.
British Minister for Defence Readiness and Industry Luke Pollard visited the company’s Canberra headquarters for the signing of a statement of intent, which will allow the British defence sector to analyse how to use the radar on its warships and army vehicles.
The technology behind CEA radars’ extraordinary power is top secret.
