Australia will send a Royal Australian Air Force surveillance plane to Germany to support Ukraine by protecting humanitarian and military gateways outside its territory, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Monday, Reuters reported.

The six-month deployment of the E-7A Wedgetail will include up to 100 Australian crew members and support personnel, Anthony Albanese said at a press conference held in Berlin together with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, News.ro reports.

The plane, which is a demonstration of Australia’s commitment to maintaining a rules-based international order, will help protect multinational logistics hubs “important to the flow of military and humanitarian aid to the people of Ukraine”, the Australian prime minister said.

“This contribution is very significant both for what it will do and for what it symbolizes — Australia’s commitment to do everything it can to provide the appropriate resources” to maximize the country’s support for Ukraine.

The plane will not enter the airspace of Ukraine, Russia or Belarus, Albanese’s office said in a statement.

The Wedgetail combines a long-range surveillance radar, a secondary radar, and tactical voice and data systems to provide early warning and aerial surveillance.

While in Berlin, Albanese also took part in the signing of an agreement in principle to supply Germany with more than 100 Australian-made Boxer military personnel carriers, one of Canberra’s largest military export deals.

Albanese will attend a NATO summit in Lithuania on Tuesday, to which Australia has been invited as a partner of the Indo-Pacific Quartet, along with Japan, New Zealand and South Korea. He will address NATO leaders on Wednesday.

Australia, a NATO partner since 2014 after participating in NATO-led operations in Afghanistan and Iraq, has agreed to a new three-year partnership program, Australian officials said.