Ukrainian Combat Robots to Be Built in Canada

Dominion Dynamics Inc. (“Dominion”), an Ottawa-based defence contractor, and Tencore LLC (“Tencore”), a Ukrainian robotics company, are partnering to manufacture uncrewed ground vehicles (“UGVs”) in Canada for deployment on Ukraine’s front lines.

The companies signed a memorandum of understanding (“MoU”) on Tuesday, October 13, 2026, at the Association of the United States Army’s annual conference in Washington, D.C. with the hope of entering into a definitive agreement by the first quarter of 2027. Under the partnership, Dominion will manufacture Tencore’s TerMIT UGV in Canada and integrate it with AuraNet, a command-and-control software system designed for Arctic operations. The TerMIT is a modular, lightly armoured vehicle that operates without a human on board and can be reconfigured as battlefield requirements change. These features have made it well suited to operations on Ukraine’s front lines that are too hazardous for humans, such as resupply missions and minelaying.

The MoU builds on the joint declaration on defence cooperation signed in September by Prime Minister Mark Carney and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, which established a 100-year partnership and a drone collaboration agreement between the two countries. Under that agreement, Carney committed Canada to producing millions of drones within the next two years, one third of which are earmarked for Ukrainian defence. Against this backdrop, the Dominion–Tencore partnership is poised to advance both countries’ shared objectives: supporting Ukraine on the front lines while creating high-skilled jobs in Canada and strengthening Canada’s sovereign defence technology base.

Author: Rebecca Bruni, 2026 Articling Student