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This is the company's 28th Drone as a Service acquisition and its third acquisition in Canada, further expanding the DaaS platform and geographic footprint.","company_name":"ZenaTech, Inc.","ticker":"ZENA","filing_date":"2026-08-24","form":"6-K","submitted_at":null,"items":[{"id":31357,"accession_number":"0001376474-26-000580","item_number":"EX-99.5","item_title":"zt_ex99z5.htm","event_type":"ma_activity","event_domain":"operational","is_material":true,"confidence":0.95,"reasoning":"The press release announces the completion of ZenaTech's acquisition of Cogswell Engineering, Ltd., a Canadian-based civil and structural engineering firm. 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While the announcement emphasizes supply-chain resilience, margin improvement, and positioning for defense contracts, it is fundamentally an operational/strategic development. 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