Ukraine spent the first few years of its war with Russia closely guarding IP and restricting exports of military technologies

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Canadian drone company Sentinel is working with Ukrainian company Airlogix to manufacture drones in Canada for Ukraine to deploy in its war against Russia.

The joint venture is moving ahead with a government-to-government arrangement set to be signed later this week at CANSEC, a major defence conference being held in Ottawa. This arrangement will outline the operational scope and support an intellectual property licensing agreement between Airlogix and Hamilton-based Sentinel R&D Inc., subject to export controls.

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Dmytro Piatrin, chief commercial officer of Airlogix, said it’s in Ukraine’s national interest – and his company’s, too – to ensure manufacturing for critical war supplies can be carried out by his country’s allies.

“As a company, it’s the way to mitigate risk of being destroyed by a Russian rocket anytime,” he [said].

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The government-to-government arrangement to be signed later this week will be specific to the joint venture between Sentinel and Airlogix but, if successful, could set a precedent for similar ventures in the future.

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