# DeltaQuad: drone company

Canonical ID: `82e9a103-d455-4f27-88c7-9d8cc97ec92d`

## Key facts

- **Product:** [DeltaQuad Evo](/models/deltaquad-evo.md) — fixed-wing VTOL UAV, 272 km range, 4+ hr endurance
- **Use cases:** ISR, mapping, security, logistics, defense
- **Payload:** Dual payload capability, 3kg max
- **Team:** 80 people (from attic workshop origin)
- **Partners:** Auterion, MicaSense, YellowScan, Metis Group, Meridein, OmniDrones
- **Defense:** Battlefield-proven; Eurosatory 2026 exhibitor
- **CEO:** [Sander Smeets](/people/sander-smeets.md)
- **Founder:** [Sander Smeets](/people/sander-smeets.md) (originally as Vertical Technologies)
- **COO:** [Marcel Woestenburg](/people/marcel-woestenburg.md)
- **Dutch MoD contract:** €42.6M (Oct 2024, Drone Action Plan, [drones](/drones) for [Ukraine](/locations/ukraine.md))
- **Strategic shareholders:** [Parcom](/investors/parcom.md), [Keen Venture Partners](/investors/keen-venture-partners.md) (Mar 2026)
- **Hero image candidate:** https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/ca/[DeltaQuad](/companies/deltaquad.md)_VTOL_surveillance_UAV.jpg (source: Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0)

- **Slug:** deltaquad
- **Founded:** 2012
- **HQ:** Duivendrecht, Netherlands
- **Category:** [Drones](/drones)

## Models

- [DeltaQuad Pro](/models/deltaquad-pro.md) (aerial) (id: `fce304d7-5171-47ff-a19b-21dc81f9e629`)
- [DeltaQuad Evo](/models/deltaquad-evo.md) (aerial) (id: `a8e82234-6c7d-4f96-a285-889d557235c6`)

## Current leadership (3)

- [Sander Smeets](/people/sander-smeets.md) CEO & Founder (secondary-verified)
- [Sander Smeets](/people/sander-smeets.md) Founder (secondary-verified)
- [Marcel Woestenburg](/people/marcel-woestenburg.md) Chief Operating Officer (secondary-verified)

## Partnerships (2)

- [DeltaQuad x VDL Groep](/partnerships/deltaquad-x-vdl-groep.md) with VDL Groep _manufacturing_
- [DeltaQuad x Dutch Ministry of Defence](/partnerships/deltaquad-x-dutch-ministry-of-defence.md) with Netherlands Ministry of Defence _deployment_

## Supplies to

_No verified supply relationships on file. Supply-chain coverage is being added across the registry; check back as the seed populates this company's outbound edges._

_Outbound supply edges. Each appears when verified with at least two strong sources. Sources are append-only; corrections add new sources rather than rewrite history._

## Common questions

### What is DeltaQuad?

Dutch manufacturer of fixed-wing VTOL UAVs headquartered in Duivendrecht, Netherlands. Founded in 2012 by Sander Smeets, DeltaQuad builds the DeltaQuad Evo — a battlefield-proven electric VTOL drone for defense, security, and industrial ISR missions with up to 272 km range and 4+ hour endurance. The company is a key supplier to the Dutch Ministry of Defence and Ukrainian armed forces under the Netherlands' €400M Drone Action Plan.

### What does DeltaQuad make?

DeltaQuad has 2 robot models on the DEPLOY registry: DeltaQuad Pro, DeltaQuad Evo (DeltaQuad builds physical robots).

### Where does DeltaQuad operate robots?

DeltaQuad operates 1 verified deployment, including at Ukraine.

### How many robots has DeltaQuad deployed?

DEPLOY has 1 verified DeltaQuad deployment on record at sites including Ukraine. That is a count of distinct field deployments each backed by sourced evidence, not a manufacturer's claimed unit total; it updates as new sites are verified.

### Is DeltaQuad a top robotics company?

On DEPLOY's intelligence score, which blends verified deployments, funding, hiring, media, safety, and IP signals, DeltaQuad ranks in roughly the top 27% of companies tracked by the registry.

### When was DeltaQuad founded?

DeltaQuad was founded in 2012.


## Sources (2)

1. https://www.deltaquad.com/
2. https://www.deltaquad.com/products/evo

## The verified answers

- [Which companies have the most robots deployed](/which-companies-have-the-most-robots-deployed.md)
- [Which operators run the most robots](/which-operators-run-the-most-robots.md)
- [Which robot operators cover the most countries](/which-robot-operators-cover-the-most-countries.md)

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