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Miguel Vinicius on why sovereign defense starts at the workstation, and why the Kalkan engineering fleet now runs on Zorin OS. Jurisdiction, verifiability, and team usability were the three criteria.
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The Strigoi Autonomy Intelligence (SAI) training pipeline has passed 200 million training steps. A milestone, not a finish line — the pipeline runs continuously.
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Engineering progress on the C1 Strigoi airframe and integrated autonomy stack. More to come.
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Mission-level autonomy defined end-to-end. Decision loops for route re-planning, threat response, and mission continuation. Early reinforcement-learning pipelines validated for mission completion within authorized envelopes.
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Kalkan is appointing a senior leader to own autonomy across our UAV platforms. The role is responsible for building and fielding autonomy that performs in contested environments, under real constraints, with full accountability.
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CFD-validated aerodynamics for the Strigoi airframe. Mach 0.95-class. 10.2 m wingspan, 8,500 kg MTOW. Designed for high-speed intercept and contested airspace.
Company
Kalkan Defense Systems established in Măgurele, Ilfov, Romania. Mission: give Europe the tools to defend itself — autonomously, accountably, and independently.
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Updates from Kalkan Defense Systems on the Strigoi platform, the autonomy stack, and the company. Selected coverage and external mentions.