Airlogix CMO Viktor Lokotkov announced that the Ukrainian company will deploy almost the full production cycle of its drones in Canada with local partner Sentinel.
Airlogix CMO Viktor Lokotkov announced that the Ukrainian company will deploy almost the full production cycle of its drones in Canada with local partner Sentinel.
«The only exception is catapults, we will produce them in Ukraine, because it is much cheaper. Everything else will be assembled and completed in Canada,» he specified in a comment to AIN.
According to Lokotkov, the technology is not transferred in full, but is provided under a contract that will be signed between the governments, the Joint Venture, and the Defense Forces of Ukraine.
«Under this agreement, a license for technology transfer is issued. That is, this is not a full transfer of rights, but only permission to manufacture these complexes,» added the Airlogix representative.
Viktor Lokotkov explained that the shares in the joint venture «are distributed within the framework of Canadian legislation… in accordance with the contribution of each team to the implementation of the projects.»
At the same time, he called the specific distribution of shares in the joint venture a commercial secret.
«We have already done this in Ukraine, so in Canada we will do the same, but at a faster pace: we already know all the pitfalls of launching production,» Lokotkov added.
As for the risks of technology theft, a representative of Airlogix’s top management theoretically admitted such a possibility, but stated that this would be interpreted as a violation of intellectual property rights and could lead to negative reputational consequences for partners, adding that one can protect one’s interests in court.
As Lokotkov stated, the launch of production in Canada is being financed by the Canadian government.
The CMO of Airlogix also confirmed that their company plans to sign as many as six joint venture agreements this year. The first has already been created with the German Auterion, the second with the Canadian Sentinel, and four more agreements are in the preparation stage.
We previously wrote about what is known about the new project between Airlogix and its Canadian partner.
dev.ua also reported that Ukrainian Airlogix has developed the Anubis drone with AI guidance and a shape similar to the Shahed.
