Germany Funds Tens of Thousands of Interceptor Drones for Ukraine

Military aid package Germany Financing Several Tens of Thousands of Quantum Systems Interceptor Drones

2026-10-08 Source: Press release Quantum Systems, adapted by 2 min Reading Time

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Federal Chancellor Friedrich Merz has announced German financing for several tens of thousands of Quantum Systems interceptor drones for Ukraine as part of Germany’s military aid package for the winter of 2026/2027. The systems will be produced in Ukraine and deployed to counter Russia’s intensifying campaign of drone attacks.

Federal Chancellor Friedrich Merz has announced German financing for several tens of thousands of Quantum Systems interceptor drones for Ukraine as part of Germany’s military aid package for the winter of 2026/2027. The systems will be manufactured in Ukraine, expanding interceptor production at a time of growing demand for protection against Russian attack drones. The order will scale production of interceptor systems already in operational use in Ukraine.

Federal Chancellor Friedrich Merz and Federal Minister for Economic Affairs and Energy Katherina Reiche met Quantum Systems in Kyiv during their visit. Quantum Systems briefed the delegation on wartime manufacturing, training and operational support, as well as the continued expansion of unmanned systems production in Ukraine.

The interceptor drones were developed by the Ukrainian team at Quantum WIY Industries to help protect cities, civilian facilities and critical infrastructure from enemy drone attacks and integrate into Quantum Systems’ MOSAIC UXS software suite. The joint production programme responds to the changing aerial threat over Ukraine, including the growing use of faster, jet-powered Russian attack drones. Countering these systems requires interceptors that can be produced and deployed at a significantly greater scale.

Sven Kruck, Co-CEO of Quantum Systems, said: “Ukraine needs interceptor drones at industrial scale. By expanding production in Ukraine, we can respond faster to the immediate threat while building an industrial capability that will also strengthen Germany and its allies.”

The CEO of Quantum WIY Industries said: “For QWI, this project is an opportunity to combine our engineering expertise with our partners’ industrial capabilities and scale production in Ukraine. Our priority is to get more interceptors into the hands of Ukrainian defenders, faster. We will continue to improve our systems based on feedback from the units using them and build production capacity that can adapt quickly as threats evolve.”

The programme is part of Quantum Systems’ expanding German-Ukrainian production network, which includes Quantum Frontline Industries, Quantum WIY Industries and Quantum Tencore Industries. The model combines Ukrainian frontline experience with German industrial capacity to scale systems for Ukraine while building longer-term production capability for Germany and allied forces.

At the Industry Round Table with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, Quantum Systems and Fire Point also signed a Memorandum of Understanding to jointly develop new technologies for unmanned systems and countering advanced aerial threats.

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