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The estimate
from the Ukraine government

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it's about 30% of the country
has the potential

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to be a danger zone, right?

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That presents a big problem
for the civilians, especially.

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And so, what we bring to this
is a test site

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that is informed
by decades of knowledge

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of what the threats are,
what the scenarios are,

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how to design targets
that the results will be

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representative
of the real world.

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Modern mine warfare has
very much evolved.

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And it is unknown to most
western countries and the west

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because the notion

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of the classic mine warfare
is now absent

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due to the rapid development
of drones.

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Accordingly, the rise
of various improvised

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explosive devices dropped
from drones can be used

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over quite a wide area,

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up to 15 kilometres
to the rear.

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With the development and
constant evolution of drones,

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mine warfare has become
much more dangerous

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and much more complicated.

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Because now they use
not only standard mines,

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but also a lot of improvised
explosive devices

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that work on magnetic sensors,
tilt sensors and so on.

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These are antipersonnel
explosive devices.

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What we got is we have
a commercial drone

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that is carrying around
our sensors.

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We have a variety of sensors.

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This is one of them here.
It's a ground-penetrating radar.

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It allows us to see objects
if they're buried.

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And we can use it
to distinguish

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between different kinds
of landmines.

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For the camera imagery,
we use AI,

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a machine-learning program

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to automatically
recognize mines.

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We did that
on the first day here.

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We went flying,
did a ten-minute flight

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over the minefield
and we could detect

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all of the mines
that were on the surface.

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When we tested in Toronto,
the air is much more cleaner.

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There is not so much dust.

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But when we fly yesterday

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for the first time, I saw
there are so many aerosols.

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And I learned
that in the future

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and when we want
to improve this.

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For example,
the LIDAR part of it,

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we have to automatically
remove those aerosols,

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so that it becomes
more practical

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in the real battlefield.

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And that is something
that's also learn as you go.

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It challenges us, but it's also
inspiring for thoughts

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and how we can improve
in the future development.

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We have an invention.

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It is a two-part
polyurethane foam.

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And what it does is,
it helps block

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the mechanical activation
of landmines.

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We're not detonating landmines.

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Instead, we are trying to
disable the mechanical actuator,

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going after the detonators
to render them inoperable.

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So, I'll give you an example.

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This is
an anti-personnel landmine,

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and if you stepped on it, you
would be pushing this button.

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And once you apply
our solution to it,

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it applies as a liquid,

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it grows into
a very, very strong foam.

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And you can stand on this,
no problem.

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It will not activate
the detonator.

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So, this is rendered inoperable.

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It is still
not commercial ready.

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And that's actually one
of the goals for us here is

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to find partners,

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find someone who might be
interested in licensing us,

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our product in the future.

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And looking for funding

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to get it from TRL 4, 5,

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which where it is now,
to TRL 10,

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which is fully commercial or
ready to use on the front line.

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This has been really
the genius, I think, of IDEaS.

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How to bring industry
and the CAF together

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with real defence problems.

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And I do just want to say
that we are especially honoured

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to have the Ukrainian
delegation here to inform that.

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I have a very good attitude
towards these events.

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It's really cool that we can be
invited here and we can come.

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That we have seen one or two
technologies that might work.

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One technology might save
at least one person.

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That's already good.

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And overall,
there are projects here

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that could save
a thousand people.

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So in this particular case,

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we foresee replacing the tanks,

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the crewed tanks that are used
in this role right now

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who are, would be very much at
risk in this military scenario.

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We foresee replacing them with
autonomous uncrewed systems.

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And this is going right
across the whole military.

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