Ottawa procures $2.6B in long-range missiles from U.S. supplier

The agreement to buy 26 of the long-range missile systems was initially completed in January through the U.S. Foreign Military Sales program.

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Ottawa is moving ahead with plans to procure more than two dozen M142 High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems from U.S. defence giant Lockheed Martin in a $2.6-billion deal to arm the Canadian military.

“This capability marks a major step forward in modernizing the Canadian Army. High Mobility Artillery Rocket System will give the Army a mobile, long-range precision strike capability that can be deployed across Canada, including the Arctic, and abroad using existing Royal Canadian Air Force aircraft,” said Lieutenant-General Michael Wright on Tuesday.