PDKINEMATICS, a Lithuanian defence engineering company, announced the close of a €2 million Seed round to scale manufacturing and expand deployments of

PDKINEMATICS, a Lithuanian defence engineering company, announced the close of a €2 million Seed round to scale manufacturing and expand deployments of the company’s precision guidance systems for UAVs across Europe and Ukraine. The round was co-led by Coinvest Capital, Lithuania’s sovereign..

Lithuanian defence engineering company PDKINEMATICS has raised a €2 million Seed round co-led by Coinvest Capital and Iron Wolf Capital. The round also includes defence-focused angels and experienced founders from technology and high-growth industries. Modern drone warfare is at an inflection point. NATO allies are rapidly scaling drone capabilities as the foundation of their military posture, and the EU has launched the European Drone Defence Initiative as a strategic flagship under the Defence Readiness Roadmap 2030. Five European allies have already agreed to jointly develop UAV-based strike capabilities drawing on Ukrainian battlefield experience. Without precision guidance systems, however, their combat potential remains limited. PDKINEMATICS was purpose-built to develop, deliver and scale precision guidance capability at the speed and cost that modern drone warfare demands, bridging battlefield-validated technology into NATO defence supply chains. The portfolio includes both end products and enabling technologies for precision guidance and strike systems, serving UAV manufacturers, defence integrators, and European armed forces. The company built significant operational momentum ahead of the seed round. It has already signed a strategic partnership with Bavovna.ai, one of Ukraine's largest bomber-class UAV manufacturers. PDKINEMATICS’ systems are now integrated into Bavovna’s platforms and deployed in battlefield conditions. This has created a...

Lithuanian defense-tech startup PDKINEMATICS secured a €2 million seed round co-led by Coinvest Capital and Iron Wolf Capital to scale production and deployment of its battlefield-proven Gannet precision guidance system for UAVs across Europe, Ukraine, and NATO markets.

Kai Rusija įsiveržė į Ukrainą, Rapolas Markevičius valdė privataus kapitalo fondą Lietuvoje. Praėjus puspenktų metų, jo įkurtas naujas startuolis „Pdkinematics“ kuria tiksliojo taikymo sistemas, padedančias dronams tiksliau pataikyti į taikinius net ir tada, kai GPS signalai yra blokuojami. Šios sistemos tiekiamos tiek Ukrainai, tiek Europos sąjungininkėms.

Four-and-a-half years later, his new startup Pdkinematics builds precision guidance systems that help drones strike targets more accurately even when GPS

VILNIUS, Aug 2 — When Russia launched its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Rapolas Markevicius was managing a private equity fund in Lithuania, a Nato member on the alliance’s eastern flank that fears it could be Moscow’s next target. Four-and-a-half years later, his new startup Pdkinematics builds precision guidance systems that help drones strike targets more accurately even when GPS signals are jammed, with the technology supplied to Ukraine and its European allies. He is among a growing group of startup founders in the Baltics seeking to strengthen the region’s defence capabilities as Nato’s eastern members face hybrid threats from Russia and its close ally Belarus. “The beginning of the war was kind of a call for action for us,” Markevicius told AFP. After Russia’s February 2022 invasion, he launched a research and development programme to “understand what kind of technologies we could actually deliver to the battlefront”, working with his co-founder from the space technology sector. As countries along Nato’s eastern flank face hostile actions ranging from drone incursions to cyberattacks, experts say startups like his are helping improve the region’s resilience and deterrence against Russian aggression. ‘Scalable solutions’ A thriving startup scene has developed in Lithuania and its fellow...

Bepiločių technologijų startuolis „PDKinematics“ pritraukė 2 mln. eurų investiciją Ukrainoje išbandytų tiksliojo taikymo sistemų plėtrai NATO šalyse, penktadienį pranešė įmonė.

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Lithuanian defense-tech startup PDKINEMATICS secured a €2 million seed round co-led by Coinvest Capital and Iron Wolf Capital to scale production and deployment of its battlefield-proven Gannet precision guidance system for UAVs across Europe, Ukraine, and NATO markets.

PDKINEMATICS, a Lithuanian defence engineering company, announced the close of a €2 million seed round co-led by Coinvest Capital, Lithuania’s sovereign

The funding will support manufacturing growth and wider deployment of precision-guidance technologies already integrated into Ukrainian battlefield operations.