- The quantum systems of German drones manufacturer indicate that it will double its production capacity in Ukraine in 2025.
- The company has provided Ukraine from drones since Russia launched its large -scale invasion.
- The billionaire Peter Thiel is one of the investors who support the startup.
German drone The manufacturer Quantum Systems said it would double its production capacity in Ukraine in 2025.
Friday, in a press release, the startup supported by Peter Thiel said that the expected expansion reflected its “unwavering commitment” to ensure that kyiv obtains the technology it needs in the middle of her in progress war with Russia .
Quantum, which already has established Two installations in Ukraine produce several unrelated air systems used by Kyiv, including the “vector” recognition drone and the “Trinity” cartography drone. Since the start of the invasion, Ukraine has ordered hundreds of these systems to the company.
Quantum vector drone is mainly used for target identification and monitoring.
It can fly up to 180 minutes, allows real -time video streaming over a range of 35 kilometers (nearly 22 miles) and has a vertical take -off and landing capacity, the company indicates. The “Portable Rucksack” drone weighs only 18 pounds and is equipped with an AI on board.
The company based in Munich also produces the “Trinity Pro” and “Trinity Tactical”, which are used for mapping and surveying.
These drones can cover an area of 700 hectares in a flight and fly for 90 minutes, says Quantum. They can use a variety of sensors to collect data, such as multi-spectral cameras and Lidar scanners.
They can be deployed to help the evaluation of environmental and combat damage, as well as surveying and mapping of key and land infrastructure, among others.
Founded in 2015, Quantum raised more than $ 200 million, by Crunchbase.
The billionaire and co -founder of Paypal Peter Thiel is one of the investors to have injected money into the company, participating in a financing round alongside Project A and Sanno Capital in 2022.
Speaking at the time, Thiel said: “The future of the UAS is in neither software nor hardware, but in the intelligent synthesis of the two.”
“With this understanding, Quantum-Systems is a leap in advance on its competitors,” he added.
The CEO of Quantum, Florian Seibel, Previously, Business Insider said that the company planned to gain an advantage over competitors by taking what it called a “Tesla approach”.
“You have to do everything from A to Z,” he said. “You are a equipment company, you are a manufacturing company, you are a data service company. This makes it a very complex profitability analysis, but it also makes it very defensible.”
Drones played a crucial role in the formation of the conflict in UkraineOffering both parties of weapons to be made and improved surveillance capacities.
Their importance on the battlefield led kyiv to considerably accelerate interior production and import efforts.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced at the beginning of 2024 the creation of a separate branch of the armed forces of the country dedicated only to unrelated systems.
The Ministry of Defense of Ukraine said in January that its armed forces would also obtain an additional $ 2.5 billion month (almost $ 60 million) per month to obtain new drones, in a decision designed To allow the brigades to buy the equipment they need directly.