About Kalkan
A European
defense company.
Kalkan Defense Systems builds autonomous combat aircraft and the autonomy that runs on them — designed, manufactured, and supported on European soil.
01 — Why Kalkan exists
Europe needs to build its own defense. We are a company dedicated to that outcome.
Modern conflict is defined by reaction time and electronic denial. Sovereignty, resilience, and technological independence are no longer optional — they are the preconditions for European stability.
Kalkan was founded to close capability gaps Europe cannot continue to outsource. We build hardware and software together, deliberately, in the open enough that customers can audit what they deploy.
02 — What we do
A family of platforms, under one autonomy stack.
Three aircraft — Strigoi, Corvus, and Vultur — covering strike, reconnaissance, and persistent surveillance. Every airframe runs the same on-board intelligence (SAI) and reports to the same ground command platform (Zalmoxis).
Aircraft
Strigoi
Combat UCAV
Aircraft
Corvus
Reconnaissance UAV
Aircraft
Vultur
HALE ISR
03 — Where we work
Engineered in Măgurele. Manufactured in Romania. Supported in Europe.
Kalkan’s engineering is centered in Măgurele, on the southern edge of Bucharest. Our airframe assembly is in partnership with Avioane Craiova, Romania’s established aerospace manufacturer. The supply chain we audit ourselves runs on European infrastructure.
Headquarters
Măgurele, RO
44.348°N · 26.030°E
Manufacturing
Craiova, RO
With Avioane Craiova
Founded
2024
European Union
04 — Contact
For procurement,
press, and careers.
Procurement
procurement@kalkandefense.comCareers
careers@kalkandefense.comFor technical depth on the platform or autonomy stack beyond what is published here, deeper material is available to evaluators under NDA.