{"id":90120,"date":"2026-06-16T03:51:07","date_gmt":"2026-06-16T03:51:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/90120\/"},"modified":"2026-06-16T03:51:07","modified_gmt":"2026-06-16T03:51:07","slug":"canada-lands-first-safe-defense-contract-a-c10-million-radio-deal-with-polands-cyber-command","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/90120\/","title":{"rendered":"Canada Lands First SAFE Defense Contract\u2014A C$10 Million Radio Deal With Poland&#8217;s Cyber Command"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A Montreal defence technology firm has secured the first contract awarded to a Canadian company under the European Union\u2019s Security Action for Europe programme. Prime Minister Mark Carney revealed the deal at the G7 Leaders\u2019 Summit in \u00c9vian, France, on Monday. Marconi Technologies will supply ORION tactical radios to Poland\u2019s Cyber Command under a contract worth more than C$10 million.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Carney made the announcement at a bilateral meeting with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and European Council President Ant\u00f3nio Costa. \u201cThe first concrete example,\u201d he said. \u201cThere will be many more.\u201d Marconi and Polish company Enamor International will share delivery responsibilities, with shipments beginning later this year and completing by 2030. The deal benefits nearly 100 Canadian suppliers.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Canada is the first non-European nation to join SAFE \u2014 the EU\u2019s joint defence readiness initiative \u2014 and we\u2019re already seeing results.<\/p>\n<p>Because we joined, Montr\u00e9al-based Marconi Technologies will build made-in-Canada tactical radios for the Polish Cyber Command. This contract is\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Mark Carney (@MarkJCarney) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/MarkJCarney\/status\/2066619047047987200?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\">June 15, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">SAFE pools \u20ac150 billion in EU lending to finance joint military procurement at preferential rates \u2014 the first pillar of Europe\u2019s broader \u20ac800 billion Readiness 2030 rearmament push to reduce the continent\u2019s military dependence on the United States.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Read: <a href=\"https:\/\/thedeepdive.ca\/canada-joins-eu-defense-procurement-fund-as-first-non-european-partner\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Canada Joins EU Defense Procurement Fund as First Non-European Partner<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">EU member states signed off on Canada\u2019s entry in December 2025, granting it unique standing as the only non-European country with access to SAFE procurement. The European Parliament completed formal ratification in May 2026.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Marconi contract is the first tangible return on that membership. SAFE procurement generally requires at least 65% EU-origin components \u2014 Canada, as a partner nation, operates under a separately negotiated bilateral framework. Priority capability areas under the programme include missiles, ammunition, artillery, drones, cyber warfare systems, and air defence.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Carney has spent the past week building European defense ties across the continent \u2014 including a meeting with French President Emmanuel Macron in Paris on Friday, where he announced a new Canada-France defense security of information agreement.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"font-size:10px\">Information for this story was found via the sources and companies mentioned. The author has no securities or affiliations related to the organizations discussed. Not a recommendation to buy or sell. Always do additional research and consult a professional before purchasing a security. The author holds no licenses.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A Montreal defence technology firm has secured the first contract awarded to a Canadian company under the European&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":90121,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[17,14367,34193,3848,31388,23112,11450,34194],"class_list":["post-90120","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-canada","tag-canada","tag-canada-eu-relations","tag-enamor-international","tag-european-union","tag-g7-summit","tag-marconi-technologies","tag-poland","tag-security-action-for-europe"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90120","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=90120"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90120\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/90121"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=90120"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=90120"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/canada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=90120"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}