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The Canadian Army’s newest radar system can’t be linked in to NATO’s air defence networks but the military says it won’t cancel the project worth more than $200 million.

The Canadian Army is just now taking delivery of the first Israeli-built radars which are expected to be declared operational by the end of the summer.

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But the Czech military has put on hold its deal for the same radars after NATO informed it the systems couldn’t be used because the equipment was built by a non-alliance member and couldn’t be integrated into NATO systems.

Czech Defence Minister Karla Slechtova has asked the country’s military police to look into how the procurement came about with Elta Systems, a subsidiary of Israel Aerospace Industries.

Canada’s previous Conservative government ordered the same multi-mission radar, unveiling the contract at a Quebec firm shortly before the announcement of the 2015 federal election.