On behalf of Critical Infrastructure Technologies Ltd.

The US defense industry’s budget was just raised from $901 billion to $1.5 trillion.

This was no small budget bump. The entire defense sector is effectively being repriced.

Venezuela. Greenland. China. Iran. Russia. You get the picture.

Defense is looking like the sector of 2026.

Most traders looked to the Raytheons, the Lockheeds, and the Northrops of the world to capture the value; great companies, but they’re all fighting over the same contracts. 

We're looking at something different: What company enables the infrastructure layer that all these defense giants depend on?

And what if that company does it with robotics?

Meet Critical Infrastructure Technologies Ltd. (OTC: CITLF), the only company making self-deploying, self-powering communication towers that unfold in 30 minutes, run off-grid for months, and carry radar, ISR, 5G, and counter-drone payloads.

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Here are the traits that the military looks for in a communications infrastructure company:

Current infrastructure companies have one or two of these traits, but CITLF has all four of them.

We aren’t using marketing lingo when we say it does what no other company can do. 

Here’s what the setup process looks like:

Drop it by truck, helicopter, or cargo aircraft. In 30 minutes, four hydraulic legs stabilize, a solar array unfolds, and a mast rises up to 24 meters. No crew required, no diesel needed, and hardly any waiting.

The selling point is that CiTech (OTC:CITLF) built a system that deploys where fixed infrastructure cannot.

And militaries are willing to pay a premium for that.

This isn't vaporware or concept drawings. CiTech has live contracts and government validation:

The Australian Department of Defence awarded CiTech AUD $1.16M (US $757,636) in March 2025 to fund production of three Nexus towers. Australia is part of Five Eyes, one of the most selective defense procurement networks in the world.

Ukraine has requested 50 Nexus units. Babcock International, a FTSE 100 defense company, is taking Nexus across Europe and Southeast Asia. The first unit arrives in the EU in April 2026 for region-wide demonstrations.

US market access through Hui Huliau. Most foreign defense companies never crack US Federal procurement. CiTech just opened the door through an NDA with Hawaii-based Hui Huliau, creating a pathway into the American defense market.

New deployment validation with Critical Metals Corp. (NASDAQ:CRML) announced the acquisition and planned May deployment of a fully autonomous Nexus 20 communications tower and integrated drone system, built with K999 in partnership with CiTech, for its Tanbreez rare earth project in Greenland.

These are real contracts, grants, and active partnerships with governments and defense primes.

CiTech doesn't build everything in-house. They've partnered with proven defense and telecom leaders:

These partnerships mean CiTech can offer integrated solutions—communications, surveillance, counter-drone defense—all on a single deployable platform.

For military buyers, this is huge. One vendor, one deployment, multiple mission-critical capabilities.

So the company does what no one else can, but what’s it valued at currently?

CITLF currently sits at a $55.5 million valuation. One of its smallest competitors is valued 7x higher…

But CiTech’s largest competitor is valued 1754x higher than it:

This growth is not guaranteed, of course, but the gap shows that there’s certainly room for growth.

CITLF’s industries also tell an interesting story:

Yet most of these markets still run on concrete pads and crane setups. They could very well be ripe for disruption.

But potential evaluations and global comms reach aren’t everything.

Here are the other narratives at play for CiTech going into 2026, the year of the defense sector:

No small-cap stock is guaranteed to succeed. What’s intriguing here is that CiTech has already had real success, is poised to continue forming new deals with national militaries, and is about to turn a major revenue stream on as well.

Stories like this always deserve a deeper dive. Get the full CITLF breakdown here:

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