A used German drone is one of a handful of aircraft under consideration by Transport Canada for its long-delayed Arctic surveillance program. The Associated Press reported on Monday that Canada was negotiating with Germany to purchase a secondhand Global Hawk surveillance drone, which originally cost the Germans $823 million. 'Premature'Cote said "it is still premature to speculate which remotely piloted aircraft system will be purchased" and that the evaluation is still underway. Northrop Grumman, the maker of the Global Hawk, pitched the Canadian military on buying the high-altitude surveillance system a few years ago. A fully loaded Global Hawk can carry a sensor suite payload weighing up to 540 kilograms.

Source: CBC News September 25, 2018 21:45 UTC