Kalkan Defense Systems
Kalkan Defense Systems SRL
Măgurele, Romania
About
Founded in 2024, Kalkan Defense Systems is a defense prime contractor based in Măgurele, Romania working in air systems, unmanned systems, c4isr +1 more.
Kalkan Defense Systems is a European defense company that develops autonomous combat aircraft and the autonomy software that runs on them. Its Strigoi UCAV, the SAI on-board autonomy stack and the Zalmoxis ground-side mission command platform form a single architecture, with autonomy executing on the airframe and authority held by the operator at the ground station. Engineering is based in Măgurele, near Bucharest, with airframe assembly and final integration in Romania. The company states that its supply chain is European and audited internally, and that it is source-available to government clients. Kalkan is registered in the NATO Codification System under NCAGE 1JY4L and is preparing for Design Organisation Approval under EMAR 21 Subpart J with the Romanian military airworthiness authority (AAMN).
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Strigoi (KDS-01)
Combat UCAV
Stealthy, high-subsonic, jet-powered combat UCAV designed for air superiority and point defense, with an internal weapons bay and low-RCS shaping.
Zalmoxis
Ground control and mission command platform
Ground-side mission planning, fleet awareness, geofencing and rules-of-engagement system that holds operator authority to hold, divert or abort. Deployed on customer infrastructure.
SAI (Strigoi Autonomy Intelligence)
Onboard autonomy software
On-board edge inference and mission autonomy that executes within operator-authorised envelopes when the link to the ground is degraded.
