Auterion
Auterion is a US-German company that develops software and operating systems for unmanned aerial vehicles. The company is headquartered in Munich and was founded in part by engineers from the open-source PX4 autopilot project. Its platform is used by military and commercial drone manufacturers as a common flight-control and fleet-management layer across different hardware. Since Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Auterion has scaled up drone production to supply Ukrainian forces.
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Serial production of 5,000 long-range combat drones for Ukraine begins near Munich
Serial production of more than 5,000 long-range kamikaze drones for Ukraine has started at a facility near Munich, the German-American defense company Auterion and its Ukrainian joint-venture partner Airlogix announced. The drones are being built under a German government order worth approximately 300 million euros, scheduled for completion by mid-2027.
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Germany to boost Ukraine military aid after blaming Russia for Leipzig airport drone attack
On 1 September Germany formally blamed Russia for a series of drone incidents at Leipzig/Halle airport in August and announced a package of response measures. Berlin plans to supply Ukraine with thousands of strike drones and Iris-T air-defence missiles in September, deepen intelligence cooperation, and push for tougher EU sanctions. Germany also decided to close Russia's consulate in Bonn and terminate the lease of the "Russian House" in Berlin. The AfD in the Bundestag called for investigating a possible "Ukrainian trace," putting it at odds with the government's position.