The Canadian Armed Forces is holding an event today with Canadian drone manufacturers to test their platforms in real-world scenarios.
The event, called the RED COBALT Uncrewed Systems Accelerator, is being held at a NATO test centre in the Ottawa Valley set up for testing cutting-edge technologies.
The federal government is looking to quickly adopt more drones as the technology develops rapidly and becomes more important in modern warfare.
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Lt.-Gen. Darcy Molstad, commander of the Canadian Joint Forces Command, says this is an example of how the military must do business with industry to innovate swiftly.
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He says this kind of event puts military drone operators and industry experts developing the platforms in direct contact to discuss how they’re being developed.
Molstad is co-ordinating the Canadian Armed Forces’ efforts to identify the types and mix of new uncrewed platforms the military will need, like the kinds of lower-cost drones that have been deployed in the Ukraine war.
Oooh of course it’s in Quebec ….
Wanna see is do everting. Libbies love to watch us REAL men with their birdy flock cameras and drones. Woo haha. Gonna get into my lifted truck
@Gary. The drones and the Flock cameras are gonna see us everywhere. It’s the democrats and liberals who
They are testing them so they can use them against us. The AI data centres are being constructed for video and online surveillance, that is the goal. ICE was accessing Ring doorbell cameras and Flock street cameras to locate people it deemed undesirable. People in the USA are tearing them down, and the government is bringing them to Quebec.
@Anonymous. Fantastic idea. We should send some drones to Ukraine because if we don’t stop Russia, they will set their sites on Poland next and Canada eventually.
Are they testing drones so they can send them all the Ukraine?
The Canadian military is being rebuilt thanks to Carney. After the dark Harper days, where military spending dropped to 1% of GDP, Trudeau raised it to 1.4% and Carney raised it to 2%. The conservatives have proven not to care about the military, cutting spending to the bone. Shameless!