Quantum Systems raises $1.2 billion and boosts company valuation to around eight billion

Investors and advisors

According to CFO Jonas Jarosch, Quantum Systems has raised a total of two billion dollars in investor capital since its founding. CFO Jonas Jarosch pointed to triple-digit revenue growth and double-digit profitability; the company describes itself as profitable. Last year, the start-up generated revenue of 300 million euros.

Co-CEO Florian Seibel left open whether Quantum Systems is pursuing an IPO. Seibel also spoke of the goal of building a "Neo-Prime of the next generation" — meaning a new type of defense group intended to compete with traditional defense primes such as Rheinmetall or Lockheed Martin.

Use of capital

Quantum Systems manufactures drones for both military and civilian use. The money is to flow primarily into technology development, with a focus on the control software for unmanned systems dubbed "Mosaic." In addition, the expansion of production capacity, securing supply chains, scaling the delivery infrastructure in allied markets, and the further development of software and artificial intelligence are to be financed.

As part of the round, Airbus Defence and Space and Quantum Systems are also deepening their strategic cooperation. The two companies intend to pool their capabilities in architecture, software, and AI to accelerate the development of sovereign European defense technologies. Airbus Defence chief Michael Schöllhorn sees this as a step beyond the role of a classic Defense Prime and toward helping shape networked defense ecosystems.

Products and locations

The German drone manufacturer Quantum Systems, which became well known in the context of the Ukraine war, has been delivering Vector drones to the Ukrainian armed forces since April 2022. Its own systems have flown more than 19,000 missions there in 2025 alone. Customers include, among others, Ukraine, the Bundeswehr, Spain, Australia, and Romania.

Quantum Systems currently operates production sites in Germany, Ukraine, the USA, Australia, Romania, the United Kingdom, and the Baltic states. Vector is the company's flagship: a vertical take-off and landing reconnaissance drone with a wingspan of around 2.8 meters, flight endurance of up to 180 minutes, and a range of up to 60 kilometers. Twister is a lighter short-range reconnaissance system with a take-off weight of 3.8 kilograms, 90 minutes of flight time, and a range of around 15 kilometers.

The software portfolio includes, in addition to the mission software MOSAIC UXS — which is intended to connect various platforms into a networked overall system — the ground-control software QBase 3D and the in-house Skynode autopilot. For civilian use, there is the Trinity Pro drone, on the market since 2018, which has logged more than 75,000 flight hours and can cover around 700 hectares per flight.

Strila and the Ukraine business

In March 2026, Ukraine commissioned the delivery of 15,000 Strila interceptor drones to its National Guard — an interceptor drone designed to counter jet-powered combat drones, developed in cooperation with Ukrainian manufacturer WIY Drones. Quantum Systems is moving the system into series production.

Blackstone manager David Kaden pointed to the "structural change" in the European defense market and the associated capital requirements. Quantum Systems is, alongside Helsing, the most prominent German example of this boom in European defense investments.

The 1.2 billion dollars now raised is, according to the company, more money than had previously been brought in over the eleven years since the start-up's founding in 2015. The company's valuation, according to the board at a video press conference, has now doubled to eight billion dollars.