Langelier added that all Rotax aircraft engines are designed and produced in Austria exclusively for civil purposes and are certified for civil use only.Ī Turkish drone armed with missiles is seen patrolling the sky near Turkey’s border with Syria (Rami Al Sayed/AFP via Getty Images)Ĭanada suspended most exports of defence technology to Turkey in October of 2019 following the Turkish invasion of northwestern Syria. “In the meantime, we are suspending delivery of aircraft engines in countries with unclear usage.” Export controls and ‘civilian’ tech “We have recently been made aware that some Rotax engines are currently used in military UAVs, and have started a thorough investigation immediately,” Martin Langelier, BPR’s senior vice president and the company’s spokesperson, told Radio Canada International in an emailed statement. The Quebec-based company - better known for its Ski-Doo and Lynx snowmobiles - said it became aware late last week that some of the recreational aircraft engines produced by its Austrian subsidiary, Rotax, are being used on Turkish Bayraktar TB2 unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). Bombardier Recreational Products (BRP) says it has suspended the delivery of aircraft engines to “countries with unclear usage” in the wake of reports that some of those engines are being used on Turkish combat drones deployed by Azerbaijan in fighting against Armenian forces in Nagorno-Karabakh.
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