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Vector (and Trinity)

aerialcommercialby Quantum Systems

Quantum Systems, founded in January 2015 in Gilching near Munich by former Bundeswehr helicopter pilot Florian Seibel, makes fixed-wing vertical-takeoff…

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Manufacturer
Quantum Systems
Form factor
aerial
Maturity
commercial
Lifecycle
active
Deployments
1
Website
quantum-systems.com ↗

The verified answer

As of Sep 2026, DEPLOY verifies Vector (and Trinity), a aerial by Quantum Systems (commercial): 1 verified deployment on record. 6 sources back the record.

Regulatory status1 DIU Blue UAS listing

Vector (and Trinity) holds 1 DIU Blue UAS listing, per the DEPLOY registry.

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Appears inMilitary & defense drones

Overview

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.

Verified vs. claimed

Maturity stage
commercial(Commercially deployed with revenue-generating operations.)
Sources on file
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Key facts

Form factor

Fixed-wing VTOL tactical ISR / mapping drone

Flight stack

Auterion

Endurance

~90 min (Trinity)

Payload

<=700g modular (Trinity)

Deliveries to Ukraine

619 Vector units by April 2025; 100 Trinity donated

Specs

Notes

Verified (fielding - the cleanest of the new-defense set): Quantum Systems (founded Jan 2015, Gilching/Munich; founder/co-CEO Florian Seibel, ex-Bundeswehr pilot). Germany-financed Vector deliveries to Ukraine: 438 across three orders (2022-2023), rising to 619 Vector supplied by Germany as of Apr 2025; plus 100 Trinity donated. Series C EUR 160M (May 2025, first European dual-use unicorn); EUR 180M round Nov 2025 (~EUR 3B / $3.5B valuation; Balderton-led, backers incl. Thiel Capital, Airbus Ventures, Porsche SE)., Maturity = commercial: Hundreds of units fielded in active combat under government financing (cleanest verified fielding numbers of the new-defense set) plus an established dual-use commercial survey business (Trinity). Clears the gate on fielding evidence alone., AI-substance: moderate / ISR-grade: Vector is genuinely AI-powered ISR (onboard detection/recognition; combat-reported acoustic artillery detection). But it is a RECONNAISSANCE platform - autonomy is ISR/processing-grade, not strike-grade decision autonomy. Lower autonomy ambition than Anduril/Helsing; much of the AI detail rests on company description., Claimed but NOT verified: A plan to build 400 Vector in Ukraine (announced, not confirmed delivered); EUR 300M (2025) / EUR 500M (2026) revenue + 2026 IPO (projections); depth/independence of Vector's onboard AI (vendor-described).

Specs

Vector: fixed-wing VTOL tactical ISR drone (introduced Sept 2020, Auterion flight stack), onboard AI for ISR (incl. acoustic artillery-detection payloads); sold to governments. Trinity (F90+): VTOL fixed-wing mapping/survey drone, foam fuselage, <=700g modular payload, ~90 min endurance; dual-use/commercial-survey oriented.

Form Factor

aerial (fixed-wing VTOL tactical ISR / mapping drones)

Data & sources

Press releases

1

Government records

1

Web sources

4

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Availability and pricing

Availability
Not sold (internal use)
Price
Not publicly disclosed
Units in field
Not disclosed
Sales model
Not disclosed
Lead time
Not disclosed

Accountability: Quantum Systems has a Claim Integrity of 100% (2 of 2 public claims verified). See the industry ledger.

Pricing

No verified price is on record for Vector (and Trinity). Physical-AI systems are often sold through enterprise contracts or operated as a service rather than at a public list price.

How DEPLOY tracks pricing

Deployments (1)

  • Vector (and Trinity) at Calwoperational

    In September 2023, Quantum Systems won the FALKE tender and signed a framework agreement with BAAINBw (German federal procurement agency) to supply 14 Vector eVTOL reconnaissance UAV systems to the German Special Forces…

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Recent activity

Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.

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Manufacturer-attributed media (1)

Manufacturer-supplied media at the model level. Not tied to an independently verified named-site deployment. Verification posture is product-showcase from the maker, distinct from the deployment-verified evidence in the section above.

PRIMARY SOURCE
Courtesy of Quantum Systems

Quantum Systems footage of its Vector VTOL fixed-wing UAS in mission use. A defense and ISR platform; flight management is autonomous while missions are operator-supervised.

Supply chain (1)

Sensors

  • u-bloxu-blox F9 high-precision GNSS module (ZED-F9P) -- concurrent GPS/GLONASS/BeiDou/Galileo; RTK/post-processing to 3-5 cm; Vector UAV explicitly named in u-blox September 2019 press release as part of Quantum-Systems platform family "all feat[uring] u-blox F9 high precision GNSS technology"supplies

Suppliers appear here when verified with at least two strong sources (maker-official / IR / regulatory / standards-body / verified tier-2). Sources are append-only; corrections add new sources rather than rewrite history.

Regulatory filings (1)

Safety record

No incidents on record for Vector (and Trinity).

Only active incidents are counted. Retracted incidents are excluded from this summary but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.

Sources (6)

  1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum-Systems
  2. https://techstartups.com/2025/11/27/german-drone-startup-quantum-systems-triples-valuation-to-3-5b-after-180m-funding-round/
  3. https://sifted.eu/articles/quantum-systems-160m-unicorn
  4. https://www.defensemirror.com/news/35963/
  5. https://www.diu.mil/latest/blue-uas-refresh-list-and-framework-platforms-and-capabilities-selected
  6. https://quantum-systems.com/us/vector-ai/

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Common questions

What is 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.
How much does Vector (and Trinity) cost?
Vector (and Trinity)'s price is not publicly disclosed. DEPLOY has no verified price on record for Vector (and Trinity) from Quantum Systems. Physical-AI systems like this are often sold through enterprise contracts or operated as a service rather than at a public list price; check the manufacturer for the latest.
Is Vector (and Trinity) actually deployed in the real world?
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.
Who makes Vector (and Trinity)?
Vector (and Trinity) is made by Quantum Systems, based in Munich, Germany, founded in 2015.
Where is Vector (and Trinity) deployed?
1 verified deployment of Vector (and Trinity) is on the DEPLOY registry, including at Calw.
Can you buy Vector (and Trinity)?
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.
Is Vector (and Trinity) approved by regulators?
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.
What are alternatives to Vector (and Trinity)?
On the DEPLOY registry, comparable aerial robots to Vector (and Trinity) include Wing Delivery Aircraft, Skydio X10, Zipline Platform 2 (P2), Prime Air MK30.
How does Vector (and Trinity) compare to Wing Delivery Aircraft?
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.
Is Vector (and Trinity) a top aerial?
On DEPLOY's intelligence score, which blends verified deployments, safety, adoption, media, and IP signals, Vector (and Trinity) ranks in roughly the top 39% of aerial models tracked by the registry.
What is Vector (and Trinity)'s maturity stage?
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.
Is Vector (and Trinity) safe?
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.
Methodology: Verified · 6 sources (2 primary) · last reviewed 2026-07-12

Verification posture

Verified

High confidence

Review state

Stable

Last reviewed 2026-07-12

Maturity + lifecycle

Maturity stage: commercial

Lifecycle: active

Architectural position

Cohort: aerial

Sources by quality tier

3
unclassified
Unclassified source
1
knowledge-base
Knowledge base
1
primary-government-record
Government record
1
primary-company-ir
Company IR disclosure

The framework is documented at /methodology. Corrections at /corrections. Reviewer: DEPLOY editorial team.

Methodology surface for Vector (and Trinity).

Recent coverage

Vector (and Trinity) in third-party press

Quantum Systems raises $1.2B to expand drone production and deployments

Jul 6, 2026

Quantum Systems Doubles Valuation to $8B in New Round

Jul 3, 2026

Quantum Systems Raises $1.2Bn Series D to Accelerate Multi-Domain Autonomy

Jul 2, 2026