Vector (and Trinity)

Quantum Systems, founded in January 2015 in Gilching near Munich by former Bundeswehr helicopter pilot Florian Seibel, makes fixed-wing vertical-takeoff tactical reconnaissance and mapping drones. Its Vector is a fixed-wing VTOL tactical ISR drone introduced in September 2020 on the Auterion flight stack, with onboard AI for intelligence work including combat-reported acoustic artillery-detection payloads and sold to governments, while its Trinity is a more dual-use foam-fuselage mapping and survey drone with up to ninety minutes of endurance. Its fielding is the cleanest of the new-defense set: Germany-financed Vector deliveries to Ukraine reached 619 units by April 2025, up from 438 across three orders in 2022 and 2023, alongside 100 donated Trinity drones, and the company raised a 160-million-euro Series C in May 2025 to become the first European dual-use unicorn, followed by a 180-million-euro round in November 2025 at roughly a 3-billion-euro, 3.5-billion-dollar valuation led by Balderton with backers including Thiel Capital, Airbus Ventures, and Porsche SE. The registry records it at commercial maturity on the strength of hundreds of units fielded in active combat under government financing plus an established commercial survey business. On AI substance the Vector is genuinely AI-powered ISR with concrete capabilities like acoustic artillery detection, but it is a reconnaissance platform whose autonomy is processing-grade rather than strike-grade, a lower autonomy ambition than Anduril or Helsing and much of it company-described. A plan to build 400 Vector drones in Ukraine, revenue projections of 300 to 500 million euro, and a possible 2026 IPO are recorded as claimed but not verified.

Yes. Vector (and Trinity) is independently verified in real-world operation on the DEPLOY registry, confirmed at named deployment sites with primary sources: not a concept, render, or demo-only.

Vector (and Trinity) is made by Quantum Systems, based in Munich, Germany, founded in 2015.

1 verified deployment of Vector (and Trinity) is on the DEPLOY registry, including at Calw.

Vector (and Trinity) is in commercial deployment and is sold to operators; contact the manufacturer to buy, and see the pricing section for any recorded price.

Vector (and Trinity) has 1 regulatory record on the DEPLOY registry: DoD Blue UAS approval, cleared. See the Regulatory filings section for each agency source.

On the DEPLOY registry, comparable aerial robots to Vector (and Trinity) include Wing Delivery Aircraft, Skydio X10, Zipline Platform 2 (P2), Prime Air MK30.

Vector (and Trinity) and Wing Delivery Aircraft (Wing · 35 deployments) are both aerial robots on the DEPLOY registry. Vector (and Trinity) has 1 verified deployment on record. Compare both records for specs, safety, deployments, and verified-vs-claimed autonomy.

On DEPLOY's intelligence score, which blends verified deployments, safety, adoption, media, and IP signals, Vector (and Trinity) ranks in roughly the top 46% of aerial models tracked by the registry.

Vector (and Trinity) is at the commercial stage on the DEPLOY maturity ladder (research, prototype, pilot, commercial, production). Commercial stage means production-grade deployments are operating at named customer sites.

Vector (and Trinity) has no incidents on record in the DEPLOY registry. This does not constitute a safety guarantee; it reflects the incidents DEPLOY has tracked and verified to date.