Blackwater founder backs Ukrainian drone tech sales to US
Yahoo Finance·2026-03-19 03:34
By David Jeans NEW YORK, March 18 (Reuters) - Erik Prince, the founder of private military firm Blackwater, is backing a Ukrainian drone technology firm he wants to help sell to the U.S. military, underscoring Kyiv’s rising role as a hub of innovation in modern warfare. Prince, who last year joined the board of Ukrainian drone software firm Swarmer, told Reuters that four years of war with Russia had allowed Ukrainian defense companies to rapidly develop low‑cost drones, software and electronic warfar ...