AUSA 2026: Dominion Dynamics teams with Tencore to build TerMIT UGVs

Diagonal view of the TERMIT UGV, showcased at the DVD 2026 by DCE. (Janes/Sean Reardon)

On 13 October, Canadian defence firm Dominion Dynamics signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Ukrainian company Tencore at the Association of the United States Army annual conference in Washington, DC.

The agreement covers the production of “TENCORE's TerMIT uncrewed ground vehicle (UGV) in Canada and integrat[ion of] AuraNet, Dominion's autonomy stack for pan-domain command and control”, according to a Dominion Dynamics statement.

“The MoU follows a joint declaration on defence cooperation that [Canadian] Prime Minister Mark Carney and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky signed in September. Both nations committed to manufacturing thousands of battle-tested drones and uncrewed systems in the next two years, with one-third earmarked for Ukraine's defence,” the statement said.

“A Tencore team will lead the initial technology transfer and train technicians in Canada to build its UGV,” the statement said, noting that Tencore has delivered more than 5,000 UGVs to Ukrainian troops since 2024.

“The biggest lesson from Ukraine is speed,” Tencore co-founder Roman Tkachenko said in the statement. “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,” he added.

Dominion Dynamics also plans to “develop an Arctic-hardened TerMIT for Canadian operations and for export to NATO allies. The companies will continue to work toward definitive agreements”, the statement said.

AuraNet and TerMIT

The agreement came together in less than 30 days, Eliot Pence, CEO for Dominion Dynamics, told Janes following the signing ceremony.