The verified answer
As of Oct 2026, DEPLOY verifies PDKINEMATICS: 1 model, $2.2M raised. 9 sources back the record.
CategoryDrones
Appears inMilitary & defense drones
Overview
Lithuanian defense engineering company building GNSS-independent precision guidance systems for unmanned aerial vehicles. Its flagship product, Gannet, is a low-SWaP-C platform-agnostic guidance kit enabling sub-meter target engagement from release altitudes up to 700 metres, designed for integration with standard multi-rotor UAV platforms. The company serves UAV manufacturers, defence integrators, and European armed forces, with systems battle-tested in Ukraine and expanding across NATO.
Verified record
- Verified deployments
- None on file
- Active incidents
- None on file
Valuation of record
Company-claimedPriced roundSeed post-money
Key facts
HQ
Product
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Co-founder
Total fundingsee investors →
Key partnership
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Data & sources
Web sources
9
9 sources backing this record.View all →
Models (1)
View all models →Partnerships
Every company PDKINEMATICS has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Most-frequent partners
- 1Bavovna.ai1× joint
- 2SiraLab1× joint
Most recent
PDKINEMATICS on the deployment map
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Relationships
Current leadership (3)
- Rapolas Markevičius CEO & Co-founder, Co-foundersecondary-verified
- Simonas Stasevičius Co-founder & Aerospace Engineersecondary-verified
- Dominykas Rinkevičius Co-founder & Head of Engineeringsecondary-verified
Founders (3)
- Rapolas Markevičiuscofounderno longer at company
- Dominykas Rinkevičiuscofounderno longer at company
- Simonas Stasevičiuscofounderno longer at company
Safety record
No incidents on record for PDKINEMATICS.
Only active incidents are counted. Retracted incidents are excluded from this summary but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.
Full safety record: incidents, sourcing, and exposure data →
Recent coverage
PDKINEMATICS in third-party press
Peers
99 peers across 1 segment. Every PDKINEMATICS competitor derived from shared form-factor and application-domain edges.
drone(99)
57 companies in this segment · moderately_concentrated (HHI 1809.2177305910177) · leader Anduril Industries at 3057%
- AEVEX Aerospacedirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- ATL Global Holding AGdirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- Aereodirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- AeroVironmentdirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- AgXeeddirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- AirForestrydirect competitor(inferred)moderate
Financial state
- Total funding
- $2.2M
- Reporting basis
- private_reported
- Lifecycle stage
- early
- Counterparty risk class
- moderate
Each numeric field carries its own basis marker. Aggregators report a number; this surface preserves the source class so verification depth travels with the value.
Partnerships
2 total · 2 operating
Every company PDKINEMATICS has built with, alongside the ones only announced in a press release.
Most recent
Most-frequent partners
- 1Bavovna.ai1× joint
- 2SiraLab1× joint
All 2 partnerships
open in the atlas →- PDKINEMATICS x SiraLabwithSiraLabtechnology—operating
- PDKINEMATICS x Bavovna.aiwithBavovna.aitechnology—operating
Funding rounds (1)
- Seed2026-06-18
$2M(reported) · $9M post
Investors: Coinvest Capital (co_lead), Iron Wolf Capital (co_lead)
Timeline
Every recorded move in PDKINEMATICS’s history, most recent first: funding rounds, partnerships, acquisitions, supply-chain starts, key hires, and press.
Funding roundSeed funding round
2026-06-18Seed raising $2200000
Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Record createdAug 21, 2026
Added to the verified registry
- Deployment verifiedVerifiedJan 1, 2025
Gannet Precision Guidance System at Ukraine
Sources (9)
- https://www.suasnews.com/2026/06/pdkinematics-raises-e2m-seed-to-scale-ukraine-deployed-precision-guidance-systems-across-nato/
- https://www.therecursive.com/lithuanian-defense-tech-startup-raises-eur2m-for-nato-uav-guidance/
- https://app.dealroom.co/news/note/pd-kinematics-raises-2-24m-seed-to-scale-drone-precision-guidance-systems
- https://thedefensepost.com/2026/06/18/lithuanian-firm-drone-precision-guidance/
- https://resiliencemedia.co/lithuanias-pdkinematics-raises-e2m-to-scale-precision-guidance-systems-across-nato/
- https://www.finsmes.com/2026/06/pdkinematics-raises-e2m-in-seed-funding.html
- https://www.eu-startups.com/2026/06/drone-warfare-startup-pdkinematics-raises-e2-million-for-precision-guidance-systems-out-of-lithuania/
- https://www.startupresearcher.com/news/pdkinematics-secures-2-million-seed-round-for-precision-drone-guidance-system
- https://pdkinematics.com/
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Methodology: Verified · 9 sources (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-08-21
Verification posture
Verified
Low confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-08-21
Sources by quality tier
- 9
- unclassified
- Unclassified source
The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.
Methodology surface for PDKINEMATICS.Peer companies
- Amazon25 models
- Anduril Industries7 models
- DJI7 models
- Skydio6 models
- SIYI Technology5 models
- Autel Robotics4 models
In the press
Recent coverage mentioning PDKINEMATICS from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
Lithuanian Firm Raises .2M to Expand Drone Precision Guidance Systems
PDKINEMATICS secured €2M to scale production of its Gannet precision guidance system for UAVs, with deployments in Ukraine via Bavovna.ai and trials in Italy with SiraLab.
Lithuania's PDKinematics raises €2M to scale precision guidance systems across NATO
PDKINEMATICS raised a €2M seed round co-led by Coinvest Capital and Iron Wolf Capital to scale manufacturing of its Gannet precision guidance system, already piloted on Ukraine…
PDKINEMATICS Raises €2M in Seed Funding
Vilnius-based PDKINEMATICS raised €2M in seed funding co-led by Coinvest Capital and Iron Wolf Capital, bringing total funding to €3M.
Drone warfare startup PDKINEMATICS raises €2 million for precision-guidance systems out of Lithuania
PDKINEMATICS raised €2M seed to scale Gannet, its precision guidance system for UAVs, with systems already integrated into Bavovna's platforms and selected for Iron Wolf 2026…
PDKINEMATICS Secures €2 Million Seed Round for Precision Drone Guidance System
PDKINEMATICS raised €2M seed to scale its Gannet precision drone guidance system, battle-tested in Ukraine and expanding across NATO countries.
Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /companies/pdkinematics.md
- RSS feed: /companies/pdkinematics/feed.xml
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/companies/e7a11421-44e1-4970-b313-2f480273141b
- Revision history: /companies/pdkinematics/history
- Data documentation: /data
- Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP
Peer companies
- Amazon25 models
- Anduril Industries7 models
- DJI7 models
- Skydio6 models
- SIYI Technology5 models
- Autel Robotics4 models
Video
How can a military strike with precision when the entire battlefield is electronically jammed? As electronic warfare (EW) rendering GPS and GLONASS useless acro
Heat Index
Category contender79/100
A composite of competitive footprint, funding, press velocity, active partnerships, and supply-chain edges. Different from the Intelligence score below (which is per-form-factor productization). Non-robotics companies cap at 25.
Reality vs attention
PDKINEMATICS draws attention at the 7th percentile but verifies reality at the 18th percentile among aerial robots. Hype Gap -10.8, 85th widest among aerial robots.
6-month trend
Analysis
Clean safety record across 1 verified deployment. Active fundraising activity with a recent closing. Deployment footprint remains limited relative to category peers.
Signal flags
Dimension breakdown
Verified signal
Attention (reach, not merit)
DEPLOY Intelligence scores are computed from verified registry data: confirmed deployments, disclosed funding rounds, regulatory filings, active job listings, video viewership, and press coverage. Confidence ratings reflect data availability. Scores update nightly.
DEPLOY Indices — verified vs claimed
Last computed: Oct 5, 2026