Critical Infrastructure Technologies Ltd. and Babcock International Group Execute an Increased Scope Memorandum of Understanding (MOU)

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Vancouver, BC –TheNewswire - December 18, 2025 –Critical Infrastructure Technologies Ltd. (CSE: CTTT) (FRA: X9V)(“CiTech” or the “Company”), a leading developer ofautonomous, high-capacity mobile communications platforms, ispleased to announce it has entered into an increased scope Memorandumof Understanding (MOU) with Babcock International Group(“Babcock”) to co-develop and build a rapidly deployable platformintegrating 5G communications, Intelligence, Surveillance andReconnaissance (ISR), and counter-Unmanned Aerial Systems (UAS)capabilities for not only the Ukrainian Armed Forces, but now also forall of Europe and Southeast Asia.

The original MOU agreement, signed at the DSEI (Defence and SecurityEquipment International) expo in London in September 2025, was put inplace in order for both companies to work exclusively on the UkrainianMinistry of Defence request to supply 50 of CiTech’s Nexus 20platforms.

The increase scope MOU, expands the regions of collaboration to nowinclude all of Europe together with Southeast Asia, given thesignificant opportunities that exist for the Nexus 20 platform acrossthese regions.

“It is fantastic to expand the scope of collaboration with Babcockand to now work together to promote the Nexus 20 into the new regionsadded,” said Brenton Scott, CEO of CiTech. “With our first Nexus20 due to arrive in the EU in April 2026 for whole of regiondemonstrations, we are looking forward to 2026 with confidence.”

On Behalf of the Board ofDirectors:

Brenton Scott
Director & Chief Executive Officer
Critical Infrastructure Technologies Ltd.
¿¿Brenton.s@citech.com.au
¿¿ +61 411 751191

About Babcock InternationalGroup

Babcock is a FTSE 100 international defence company,operating in the UK, Australasia, Canada, France and South Africa withexports to additional markets. We deliver complex support and productsolutions to enhance our customers’ defence capabilities andcritical assets. We are driven by our purpose: to create a safe andsecure world, together.

About Critical InfrastructureTechnologies Ltd.

Listed on the CSE with operations in Perth, WesternAustralia, CiTech is creating autonomous, high capacity, rapidlydeployable technology that delivers essential services to where theyare needed most. CiTech is targeting the mining, defence, bordersecurity/surveillance and emergency services sectors in relation toits first product release, the Nexus 16, which aims to providecritical mobile telecommunications for such sectors. Using patentedtechnologies, CiTech’s self-deploying platform (SDP) provides asolution for two of the greatest limitations of current rapidlydeployable communication solutions, strength of the tower and abilityto rapidly self-deploy and operate, in numerous situations. The SDP isdesigned to support radio equipment including LTE (Long TermEvolution) and several other technological payloads, such assurveillance and anti-drone systems. CiTech has completed the researchand development phase and is currently commercialising the first ofmany products that will be released. To learn more about the Company,visit www.citech.com.au.

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