Ukrainian company AIDronesUA has unveiled in Canada an upgraded version of the MAUL evacuation unmanned ground robotic system. The company reported this to Defender Media.
AIDronesUA CEO Kostyantyn Hushcha stressed that Ukraine is sharing with international partners the experience gained from real combat use of technologies and is using it to further develop new solutions.
According to him, evacuation unmanned ground robotic systems are effectively forming a distinct class of systems, because their performance directly determines whether it will be possible to evacuate a wounded person safely and quickly from a dangerous area.
“Ukraine is the first to face many of these challenges. And today our task is to turn this experience into solutions that can be scaled up and shape new approaches to robotic evacuation,” Hushcha said.
He also links the cooperation to the broader Ukrainian-Canadian partnership in defence technologies.
“Ukraine and Canada have laid the foundations for a long-term partnership in which defence innovation, unmanned systems and technological cooperation are key areas. And it is very valuable for us that Ukrainian companies and Ukrainian developments are already part of this process,” Hushcha said.
MAUL is an evacuation unmanned ground robotic system that AIDronesUA developed in cooperation with the 1st Separate Medical Battalion. According to the unit, as of August 2026 the system’s maximum speed during a combat mission was 82 km/h without a casualty and 64 km/h with a casualty on board. The average speed during evacuations is 30–40 km/h. The maximum distance MAUL covered during one of the missions was 110 km. The range, the battalion notes, is effectively limited by the fuel tank capacity.
According to the 1st Separate Medical Battalion, 51.9% of MAUL unmanned ground robotic system missions to evacuate wounded personnel ended with their transfer to subsequent stages of medical care.
As a reminder, in September a Ukrainian delegation paid a visit to Canada. One of the outcomes of the visit was the signing of a Joint Declaration on Defence and Security Cooperation. According to Ukraine’s Deputy Defence Minister Hanna Hvozdyar, the document is the first step towards implementing the Drone Deal on the American continent. She confirmed that 30% of drones produced under the Ukrainian-Canadian programme will be transferred to the Defence Forces of Ukraine.
AIDronesUA also signed a memorandum with a Canadian company on the production of the MAUL unmanned ground robotic system, joint development and technology exchange.
Earlier, following the meeting, Canada’s prime minister announced the creation in the country of the Defence Drone Initiative Marketplace — a digital marketplace to accelerate the procurement and deployment of unmanned systems and counter-drone capabilities. In his view, in the coming years the Canadian Armed Forces will need millions of drones, compared with the 2,000 they have today. The plan is therefore to increase production tenfold, a third of which Canada intends to direct towards supporting Ukraine’s defence.