EU-Canada security and defence partnership supports Smiths Interconnect’s supply of fibre optic transceivers

for space and defence applications to EU member states

Smiths Interconnect welcomes the new EU-Canada security and defence partnership signed at the 20th EU-Canada summit on June 23, 2025. The partnership aims to deepen cooperation and launches talks on a new bilaterial agreement for Canada to access the Security Action for Europe (SAFE), part of Europe's broader ReArm Europe initiative establishing joint arms procurement programmes.
These products are used to enable and enhance essential communications in a wide variety of settings around the world including geo stationary (GEO) and low earth orbit (LEO) satellites, military vessels and ground vehicles, defence and commercial aircrafts.

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