Robot model
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…
- Manufacturer
- Quantum Systems
- Form factor
- aerial
- Maturity
- commercial
- Lifecycle
- active
- Deployments
- 1
- Website
- quantum-systems.com ↗
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.)
- Verified deployments
- 1 deployment on file
- Sources on file
- 6 sources, view all
Key facts
Form factor
Flight stack
Endurance
Payload
Deliveries to Ukraine
Specs
Notes
Specs
Form Factor
Data & sources
Press releases
1
Government records
1
Web sources
4
6 sources backing this record.View all →
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.
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…
Vector (and Trinity) on the deployment map
Where Vector (and Trinity) is verified operating. Explore the deployment map by place and type.
- delivery and inspection drones in United States →
- delivery and inspection drones in California →
- delivery and inspection drones in Ukraine (combat zones) →
- delivery and inspection drones in Nevada →
- delivery and inspection drones in United Kingdom →
- delivery and inspection drones in China →
- The global deployment map →
Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Verified media addedVerifiedJun 4, 2026
Quantum Systems Vector VTOL UAS
- Record createdJun 3, 2026
Added to the verified registry
- Deployment verifiedVerifiedSep 26, 2023
at Calw
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.
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)
- diu_blue_uasdiu blue uas · us_dodcleared
Applicant: Quantum Systems
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)
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum-Systems
- https://techstartups.com/2025/11/27/german-drone-startup-quantum-systems-triples-valuation-to-3-5b-after-180m-funding-round/
- https://sifted.eu/articles/quantum-systems-160m-unicorn
- https://www.defensemirror.com/news/35963/
- https://www.diu.mil/latest/blue-uas-refresh-list-and-framework-platforms-and-capabilities-selected
- 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 Skydio X10, Wing Delivery Aircraft, MQ-9 Reaper, Matternet M2.
- How does Vector (and Trinity) compare to Skydio X10?
- Vector (and Trinity) and Skydio X10 (Skydio · 5 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 25% 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
Attention vs reality over time
Media mentions per month (area) against verified deployment events (dots). A press spike over a flat deployment line is the hype gap, drawn over time.
In the press
Recent coverage mentioning Vector (and Trinity) from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
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Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /models/quantum-systems-vector.md
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/models/81d1ffe7-c685-4818-b4c0-58565d1b9ba9
- Revision history: /models/quantum-systems-vector/history
- Data documentation: /data
- Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP
Buyer-facing pricing: deploy.report/price/quantum-systems-vector
Video
German drone startup Quantum Systems has more than doubled its valuation to $8 billion after raising $1.2 billion in a new funding round, as investors continue
Reality vs attention
Vector (and Trinity) draws attention at the 81st percentile but verifies reality at the 32nd percentile among aerial robots. Hype Gap +49.3, 12th widest among aerial robots.
6-month trend
Analysis
Thin deployment record; scale validation still in progress.
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: Jul 18, 2026