Drones and space tech: how NZ can help the Brits go high-tech

Drones and space tech: how NZ can help the Brits go high-tech
Drones have found their way on to battlefields. (Image: Getty)
Peter Griffin
A couple of tidbits of news out of the Prime Minister’s most recent visit to the United Kingdom point to fruitful areas of collaboration with a post-Brexit Britain.First, we saw Tauranga-based drone maker Syos Aerospace use a photo opportunity with Christopher Luxon and UK PM Keir Starmer to announce a $66.8 million deal with the UK’s Ministry of Defence to supply drones to the military.It wasn’t exactly Syos coming out of stealth mode, but the size of the deal was a surprise. It’s one of the biggest defence hi-tech cont...

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