First Canadian firm awarded contract under SAFE agreement, Carney says
The $10 million deal makes Marconi the first Canadian company to win a SAFE contract and adds Poland as a new customer.
- On Monday, June 15, 2026, Prime Minister Mark Carney announced at the G7 Leaders Summit in Evian-les-Bains, France, that Montreal-based Marconi Technologies became the first Canadian company to win a contract under the SAFE defence agreement.
- Canada is the only non-European country in the SAFE defence procurement pact, a 150-billion euro program designed to reduce the continent's military reliance on the United States through preferential access to low-interest loans.
- Marconi Technologies will partner with Polish company Enamor International to supply tactical radios made in Canada, with the contract worth more than $10 million and deliveries expected through 2030.
- European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and European Council President Antonio Costa met with Carney at the summit, with von der Leyen stating that Canada and the European Union have "never been closer."
- Carney also announced Canada and France will deepen industrial cooperation through a new security agreement, ahead of the next Canada-EU Summit scheduled for October.
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First Canadian firm awarded contract under SAFE agreement, Carney says
Montreal-based Marconi Technologies will partner with Polish company Enamor International, with deliveries expected to begin this year and run through to 2030.
Montreal-based Marconi Technologies will be the first Canadian company to receive a contract under the Security Action for Europe (SAFE) agreement, a European defense procurement program with funding of 150 billion euros, according to the National Post. Prime Minister Mark Carney announced the contract, worth more than 10 […] The article Mark Carney announces the first contract awarded to a Canadian company under the SAFE agreement with the EU f…
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Evian-les-Bains/France/IBNS-CMEDIA: A Canadian defence technology company has secured the first contract awarded to a Canadian firm under the European Union‘s Security Action for Europe (SAFE) initiative, as Canada and the EU announced new cooperation measures on security and ocean conservation. Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney met European Council President António Costa and European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen on the sideline…
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