About
Skymeteors UG is a Berlin-based defense-tech startup building autonomous drone swarms for environments that satellite and high-altitude UAV systems cannot reach: dense forest, urban interiors, sub-canopy operations.
The system. Our Meteor-1 platform combines LiDAR-based SLAM with onboard AI inference on NVIDIA Jetson — fully autonomous navigation, real-time thermal and RGB detection, and GPS-denied operation. Validated in real forest and indoor environments today. TRL 5 at the system level.
The swarm. Our THEOS mission planner lets one operator command up to 25 drones across an area in minutes. Selective Burst Mesh communications — drones transmit only when necessary, at extremely low average power. Designed for EMCON-managed operation: low probability of intercept, low probability of detection, jamming-resistant by doctrine and architecture.
Why now. GPS jamming and contested electromagnetic environments are now the operational reality across NATO theatres. DARPA recently launched the PINPOINT program (May 2026) explicitly to address GPS-denied navigation — the exact problem our platform solves today.
Engagement. Pitched to Bundeswehr Special Forces (KSK) and Operational Command in May 2026.. Active discussions with Plug & Play Japan, Cap Vista Singapore, Kjeller Innovasjon Norway, and Ti Space Taiwan. Selected for MISSION 2044 ReArm Europe Summit 2026.
Team. Two technical co-founders — Jack Safia (CEO) and Leo Safia (CTO), German citizens, mechatronics engineers. Four years bootstrapped. Three autonomous systems built.
At ILA 2026: seeking defense primes, Pilot project, aerospace partners, defense and dual-use investors, and operators interested in autonomous ISR for sub-canopy environments.
AEROSPACE INFRASTRUCTURE
Security / Detection systems
UNMANNED AIRCRAFT SYSTEMS (UAS)
Fixed-wing or rotor-based dronesFlight control systems and data transmission for UASSensors, reconnaissance and surveillance systems for UAS
IT SOLUTIONS AND SOFTWARE
Operating and engineering softwareSoftware maintenance and user training