Canadian drone company Sentinel is in talks with a Ukrainian company to manufacture drones for the country to use in its war with Russia.
According to two sources with knowledge of the talks, Hamilton-headquartered Sentinel R&D Inc. is working with the Department of National Defence’s Directorate of Military Assistance Coordination (DMAC) to form a joint venture with a Ukrainian company, which would also be supported by the Ukrainian Ministry of Defence.
The Globe is not identifying the sources because they are not authorized to speak publicly about the potential partnership.
If successful, the joint venture would be the first of its kind for DMAC, which was tasked with co-ordinating such partnerships after Canada signed a letter of intent with Ukraine in August.
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We absolutely should. Our manufacturing helped win WWII, and can help Ukraine kick Putin’s ass.
Part of the deal should be Ukrainian troops training Canadian troops how to effectively use the drones. They are definitely a game changing piece of war hardware that we need with such a violent, unhinged enemy nation on our borders.