Raytheon Canada, a subsidiary of Raytheon Company, will design, build, and install two over-the-horizon radar sites in Canada's polar region to determine what effects, if any, the Aurora Borealis has on target detection along the Canadian north.
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These contracts will enable Defence Research and Development Canada to conduct a feasibility study of using sky-wave Over-The-Horizon Radar technology in the arctic to determine the effect of the Aurora Borealis on target detection beyond line-of-site. (Picture source: CanadianTrainVacations)
