Canada and Australia are planning to jointly develop a new military radar system in the Arctic amid a global surge of interest in the region, according to Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney, who warned that Canada’s “adversaries are increasingly emboldened.

Prime Minister Mark Carney announced that Canada is joining Australia in a partnership on an over-the-horizon radar system during a trip to Iqaluit, Nunavut on Tuesday. The radar system is part of an already announced $6 billion pledge by the federal government to modernize NATO.

Ottawa promises to expand the military’s presence in the Arctic and spend $253 million on Indigenous reconciliation initiatives.