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Progress updates, milestones, and announcements from Kalkan Defense Systems.

January 2026Progress Update

Strigoi Moving Fast

Mission-level autonomy defined end-to-end. AI-driven decision loops for route replanning, threat response, and mission continuation. Early reinforcement-learning pipelines validated for mission completion.

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January 2026Hiring

Director of Autonomy Warfare Systems

We're appointing a senior leader to own autonomy across our UAV platforms. Build and field autonomy that performs under pressure—contested environments, real constraints, real accountability.

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January 2026Technical

500M Training Steps Milestone

Our reinforcement learning pipeline has completed 500 million training steps across 106 combat skills. Zero safety violations. 25ms response time validated across all scenarios.

December 2025Platform

KRONOS v1.0 Architecture Finalized

5-plane architecture locked. Evidence-first autonomy with deterministic execution. Every capability ships as a signed Evidence Bundle.

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October 2025Aircraft

Strigoi Airframe Design Complete

CFD-validated aerodynamics. Mach 0.95+ capable. 10.2m wingspan. 8,500kg MTOW. Built for high-speed intercept.

May 2025Company

Kalkan Defense Systems Founded

Established in Măgurele, Ilfov, Romania. Mission: Give Europe the tools to defend itself—intelligently, autonomously, and independently.

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