Airlogix COO: we plan 10x growth in Ukraine, six joint ventures and four new products by year-end

By the end of 2026, Ukrainian defence tech company Airlogix plans to launch six new joint ventures with partners in allied countries. Company COO Dmytro Pyatrin revealed the plans to Defender Media at the Invest in Bravery summit in Kyiv on April 30.

The executive did not specify which countries are involved, but said the company sees limited scaling capacity in Ukraine and is therefore partnering with foreign manufacturers to meet the Ukrainian military’s growing demand. At the same time, Airlogix aims to increase its domestic production capacity tenfold.

Pyatrin also said the company is preparing to launch a factory in Germany that will manufacture drones developed through a joint venture between Airlogix and US-German company Auterion. Defender Media previously reported that the facility would produce the Seth-X and Anubis strike drones for Ukraine. According to Pyatrin, production volumes will reach “thousands of units”.

Seth-X is described as a low-cost tactical strike drone with a range of up to 100 km, designed to target enemy radar stations, EW systems, lightly armoured vehicles and infantry positions. Pyatrin called it a mass-produced expendable UAV “that soldiers will not be afraid to lose”.

Anubis, meanwhile, is a more expensive operational-tactical drone with a larger warhead capable of striking enemy depots and buildings used by opposing forces.

According to the COO, these are only the first of several upcoming products. Airlogix plans to unveil four more products before the end of 2026, though Pyatrin hinted that not all of them will be drones. The company also has around ten additional projects currently in R&D.

How GOR brought Airlogix into Ukraine’s top defence tech league

Airlogix was founded in 2020 by Vitalii Kolesnichenko, who initially wanted to solve logistics challenges with futuristic cargo drones.

The company’s first planned product was the Hammerhead EV-20 UAV, capable of carrying 20 kg of payload. Airlogix was preparing to sign a contract with South Korea in February 2022, but Russia’s full-scale invasion changed everything.

With engineering talent, production facilities and UAV expertise already in place, the company pivoted into defence tech. In April 2022, Airlogix introduced the first prototype of its GOR reconnaissance drone.

Pyatrin recalled that the prototype was “not very good” — featuring a foam body, Chinese camera and Chinese communications module. Military feedback was equally blunt: redesign the airframe, camera, radio controls and several other components.

After several iterations, Airlogix developed the GOR version that would become one of the most widely used reconnaissance drones in the Ukrainian military. In February 2023, the drone passed all required certifications and trials, allowing the company to secure its first government contract.

That contract enabled Airlogix to reinvest into improving GOR and developing new systems. As the battlefield “kill zone” expanded, the company increased the drone’s tactical range. While the 2023 version of GOR had a range of 40 km and an endurance of 90 minutes, the current model can operate at distances of up to 100 km and stay airborne for four hours.

The company also began developing more of its own components to reduce dependence on third-party suppliers, including proprietary launch catapults.

The emergence of enemy anti-drone interceptors created another challenge. Airlogix responded by developing an evasion system that is now integrated into serial production versions of GOR.

Today, Airlogix works with the Unmanned Systems Forces, Ground Forces, National Guard, Special Operations Forces and military intelligence. More than 90 units currently operate the company’s products.

Airlogix does not disclose its production volumes or financial results.