Mr. Sean Homuth reports

DEFSEC TECHNOLOGIES ANNOUNCES SENIOR EXECUTIVE APPOINTMENT

Defsec Technologies Inc. has appointed Elisabeth Preston as senior vice-president and chief legal officer.

"Elisabeth brings an impressive range of private and public company defence and security experience, including cross-border U.S.-Canada transactions as well as extensive international experience managing strategic relationships," said Sean Homuth, president and chief executive officer. "She will be a tremendous asset as our business continues its growth on all fronts."

About Ms. Preston

Ms. Preston practises as an international business and trade lawyer, with significant transactional and public company governance experience.

Her legal practice has, for 26 years, had a significant emphasis on the public safety, defence and aerospace marketplace, and for industries with sizable government programs or highly regulated operations. She has over 30 years of experience advising companies as an executive in areas relating to governance, cross-border marketing initiatives, strategic relationships, major commercial transactions and financing initiatives to finance and sustain growth. She has assisted companies to pursue and secure major contracts, solve complex international disputes, set up and maintain manufacturing and other operations around the world, and do so in an efficient and compliant manner. She has worked intensively in the areas of mergers and acquisitions, procurement law, anti-corruption compliance, industrial security, export control and controlled goods, as well as labour and employment law. Ms. Preston acts as counsel on security-sensitive issues and is an active member of executive management teams. Ms. Preston was also previously the managing partner of a major Canadian law firm's Ottawa office and co-chair of its national business law practice. Most recently, Ms. Preston was chief legal counsel and vice-president of international compliance for a major U.S. defence contractor's international electronics division headquartered in Canada.

Ms. Preston has a bachelor of arts in history (honours) from the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, a master of public administration (public management and policy) from the University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, and a law degree (LLB) from the faculty of law at McGill University in Montreal, Canada. Ms. Preston is past co-chair of the American Bar Association international section's defence and aerospace committee and former vice-chair of its anti-corruption committee.

About Defsec Technologies Inc.

Defsec Technologies develops and commercializes breakthrough next-generation tactical systems for military and security forces. The company's current portfolio of offerings includes digitization of tactical forces for real-time shared situational awareness and targeting information from any source (including drones) streamed directly to users' smart devices and weapons. Other Defsec products include countermeasures against threats such as electronic detection, lasers and drones. These systems can operate stand-alone or integrate seamlessly with OEM (original equipment manufacturer) products and battlefield management systems and all come integrated with a TAK (tactical assault kit). The company also has a new proprietary non-lethal product line (branded as Para Shot) with applications across all segments of the non-lethal market, including law enforcement. The company is headquartered in Ottawa, Canada, with a representative office in London, United Kingdom.

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