CBC: The Department of National Defence finds it worthwhile to provide a free testing facility and cash prizes because its mission in Suffield has a double purpose.
The first is to find the best counter-drone technologies for the Canadian Forces, which recognize a need to catch up in the fastest-growing area of modern warfare.
The second, though, is to foster a domestic drone manufacturing industry. The Carney government’s Defence Drone Initiative is focused on developing capabilities in marine drones, underwater drones, uncrewed ground vehicles, explosive payloads, long-range precision-strike drones and the counter-drone interceptors being tested at Suffield…