In Canada's drone-killing 'Sandbox,' companies compete for a $1M prize - CBC
The Suffield Research Centre is in the heart of Alberta's Big Sky country, and is also blessed with Canada's sunniest skies, making it the perfect testing ground for one of Canada's most critical areas of innovation: drone and counter-drone technology. Once the main training ground for the tank crews of the British Army, the British gradually withdrew and left entirely by 2024. But today, the base is buzzing with activity as militaries urgently rearm with new technologies. Even the British are back, in smaller numbers for now, and not to drive tanks but fly drones — and shoot them down. Canada's Department of National Defence this month used Suffield to hold its fourth Counter-Uncrewed Aircraft Sandbox, a drone-killing contest with a million-dollar prize for the most promising innovation. Companies from Canada, Australia, Finland and the U. S. showcased new methods of detecting and intercepting drones, closely watched by members of the Canadian, Dutch, German, British, American and Ukrainian militaries.
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