Canada’s Dominion Dynamics, Ukraine’s TENCORE Sign Deal to Build TerMIT Ground Vehicles in Canada

Canadian defense technology company Dominion Dynamics and Ukraine’s TENCORE signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to manufacture TerMIT unmanned ground vehicles (UGVs) in Canada, with initial production targeted for 2027, according to the press release.

TENCORE is a leading Ukrainian developer and serial manufacturer of UGVs for military and dual-use applications. Since the start of the full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the company has delivered over 4,000 robotic platforms to Ukraine’s Armed Forces (AFU), actively deployed across more than 50 combat brigades.

“The biggest lesson from Ukraine is speed. Battlefield requirements change in weeks, so production, operational feedback, and engineering have to run as a loop: build, deploy, learn, change, scale. Canada gives us the manufacturing base, suppliers, and reliable power to run that loop alongside allies who need these vehicles,” the press release quoted TENCORE co-founder Roman Tkachenko.

The MOU, signed at the Canadian Pavilion during the AUSA 2026 defense conference in Washington, also provides for integrating AuraNet, Dominion’s autonomy stack for pan-domain command and control, as the onboard intelligence layer for TerMIT. Nadia Theodore, Canada’s deputy ambassador to the US, attended the signing ceremony.

“Canada has the workforce and the suppliers to build at scale. This agreement is how two companies start turning that commitment into vehicles, and we intend to move fast,” the press release quoted Eliot Pence, founder and CEO of Dominion Dynamics.

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The deal follows a joint declaration on defense cooperation that Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney and President Volodymyr Zelensky signed in September. Both countries committed to manufacturing thousands of battle-tested drones and unmanned systems in the next two years, with one-third earmarked for Ukraine’s defense, the companies wrote.

The partnership will support the deployment and continued development of AuraNet for Ukraine’s front lines, according to the press release. It will also create high-skilled jobs in Canada and strengthen the country’s sovereign defense technology base.

Dominion plans to manufacture TerMIT in Canadian facilities. A TENCORE team will lead the initial technology transfer and train technicians in Canada to build the UGV, the companies wrote. Since 2024, TENCORE has delivered more than 5,000 UGVs to Ukrainian military units, the press release says.

Dominion also aims to develop an Arctic-hardened TerMIT for Canadian operations and for export to NATO allies. The companies will continue to work toward definitive agreements.

Dominion Dynamics was founded in 2025 and builds autonomy, sensing, and command-and-control systems. According to them, it has deployed its technology with the Canadian Armed Forces across the High North.