Canada will begin supplying Ukraine in the summer with SkyRanger R70 UAVs that can drop munitions, identify faces and locate enemy phones

Canada will start supplying Ukraine with SkyRanger R70 drones in the summer.

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The information was shared by the Ministry of Defence of Ukraine. We are talking about a batch of 450 drones. The cost of one such drone is about $70,000,000.

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SkyRanger R70 is a drone produced by the Canadian company Teledyne. The UAV is equipped with a night vision camera. The drone can drop ammunition as well as detect the location of enemy phones, identify faces and even recognise chemical weapons.

The SkyRanger R70 is capable of reaching speeds of 50 kilometres per hour. The body of the quadcopter has IP54 and MIL-STD-810G protection. The camera can record video and take photos with 30x (optical) and 60x (digital) zoom.

Source: mil.gov.ua