Canadian drones will head to Ukrainian battlefield under production deal – National | Globalnews.ca

Drones made in Canada may very well be headed for the battlefield in Ukraine, thanks to a brand new company partnership between Canadian and Ukrainian drone makers.

The defence ministers of Canada and Ukraine signed an settlement to help the co-production of drones on the margins of the CANSEC defence commerce present within the nation’s capital this week.

National Defence says the drones will be made by the Ukrainian firm Airlogix and Canadian drone maker Sentinel R&D, which is predicated out of Hamilton, Ont.

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Each firms will make drone programs in Canada certain for Ukraine’s army under the three way partnership.

Canada and Ukraine signed a letter of intent final fall to co-produce defence expertise in each nations.

Drone expertise has undergone speedy evolution all through the Ukraine-Russian warfare and accounts for many of the casualties in that battle.

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