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Canada’s new military drone marketplace targets rapid acquisition pipeline

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The Department of National Defence expects initial contracts to deliver thousands of uncrewed systems, but has yet to establish the quantities, capability mix or deadline behind Ottawa’s promised tenfold expansion.

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