The doctrine

One-way attack drones are taking over strategic bombing. Cheaper than cruise missiles, easier to produce, less manpower at risk. Defence procurement is shifting billions toward these platforms. Their piston engines are far more available than the jet engines on conventional delivery systems.

But today, one drone = one target. Maximum take-off weight is severely constrained. No OWA drone is delivering a JDAM. The entire class is locked into a 1:1 strike ratio, a massive inefficiency.

Our NEST module bolts onto existing OWA carriers and deploys autonomous submunitions along the sortie corridor. The payload fraction is negligible: the carrier needs no modifications and flies its normal mission profile.

We are not building a drone. We are creating a force multiplier for a platform class already in mass production, and an entirely new category of precision munition.

OWA carrier with NEST module deploying Mosquito submunitions — OWA carrier with NEST module — deploying Mosquito submunitions

Turning one-way attack drones into bombers

Large warheads destroy hard-to-replace components of critical systems. That is the carrier drone's job. Mosquito serves a fundamentally different purpose: instead of one large strike, the carrier releases a swarm of autonomous submunitions that spread across a corridor and hit many targets simultaneously.

The concept mirrors strategic bombing doctrine: not the single decisive blow, but sustained, distributed disruption across an entire logistics network. The carrier handles the long-range delivery. Mosquito handles the last mile, autonomously.

Concentrated high-value targets are tempting, but easier to defend. What if your adversary had to defend 7,000 km of dispersed infrastructure instead?

Our mission planning system ingests satellite, SAR, and terrain data to build target catalogues across entire corridor networks. Each carrier is pre-loaded with 20 target assignments, turning a single €60,000 sortie into coordinated, multi-point disruption across an entire rail segment.

Continuing strikes extend disruption indefinitely, outpacing the ability to repair. The end effect: every deep-strike drone gets its own miniature "Operation Spiderweb".

Mission planning system — corridor targeting and strike assignment

Cost per strike

Increasing the value proposition of precision munitions 20-fold. Moving from hammers and nails to a scalpel.

Category	System	Cost / Strike	Guidance
Cruise Missile	Tomahawk	$1,500,000	GPS / TERCOM
Cruise Missile	Storm Shadow	$1,000,000	GPS / IR
Rocket Artillery	GMLRS (HIMARS)	$150,000	GPS
OWA Drone	Typical OWA	$50,000	RF datalink
Precision Munition	Mosquito	€3,000	Fully autonomous CV

Estimates from CSIS analysis (Dec 2025) and published manufacturer data. Mosquito unit cost based on current BOM at production scale.

Key figures

The numbers that define Mosquito's asymmetric advantage.

€3,000

Unit Cost

Per Mosquito munition at production scale. Based on current BOM. 150× cheaper than a Storm Shadow.

20

Per Carrier

Autonomous submunitions per NEST module. One sortie = 20 simultaneous precision strikes.

0.48 kg

Per Unit

Total weight per Mosquito. 0.5% of carrier MTOW. Negligible payload fraction, zero mission impact.

Minimal integration. The NEST module requires only a physical mount point and a position estimate from the carrier. No modifications to the flight controller, no RF dependency, no additional operator workload. Warhead optimised for infrastructure disruption, physically limited to eliminate collateral risk. Built entirely from commercial off-the-shelf components for rapid, scalable manufacturing.

Narrow scope. Many targets.

Front-line autonomy is an unsolved problem: dynamic targets, cluttered environments, split-second decisions. We start where autonomy already works, then expand.

Mosquito precision munition — quadcopter form factor

Ideal for autonomy

Signalling boxes are static, visually distinct, and standardized across thousands of kilometres of Soviet-era rail infrastructure. 99.1% detection accuracy.

Minimal hardware

Distinct target signatures enable a lightweight detection model running on edge hardware. Minimal compute, minimal cost, sub-kilogram form factor.

Strategic dependency

Military logistics depend on rail. No signalling = no safe movement. Sustained corridor denial degrades resupply, capacity, and revenue simultaneously.

Expandable target set

Same platform, different CV models. Wireless communications, substations, and other infrastructure classes follow, each unlocking new addressable markets.

Guidance architecture

Three-phase autonomous guidance: zero RF emissions, no operator in the loop, no GPS dependency. All computer vision runs on-board on edge hardware. Immune to electronic warfare by design.

Phase 1

Corridor navigation

On-board vision segments and follows the rail corridor autonomously. Adaptive geometry handling for straights and curves. No GPS, no datalink required.

Phase 2

GPS-free localization

Physical infrastructure markers along the corridor are detected and matched against a pre-loaded map graph for precise position awareness, immune to jamming and spoofing.

Phase 3

Target & Strike

Dual verification: both visual target confirmation and map-matched position must agree before terminal engagement is triggered. Zero false positives by design.

TRL 6 — demonstrated in relevant environment. All three guidance phases have been validated end-to-end: rail tracking, target acquisition, and terminal approach. Working demo completed March 2026.

Ukraine — deployment roadmap

First deployment targets Ukraine, the world's most active proving ground for drone warfare and the clearest market need. Established partnerships with end users, research institutions, and manufacturing partners provide a direct path from TRL 6 to operational deployment within 2026.

MAR 2026

End-to-end pipeline validated
Full guidance chain demonstrated: corridor tracking, target acquisition, terminal approach. TRL 6 achieved.
MAY 2026

Field testing — Ukraine
EDTH Hackathon, Kyiv. Live-environment validation with operational partners.
H2 2026

Initial operational capability
NEST carrier integration, manufacturing scale-up, and first operational deployment.

14th Regiment

End User

Snake Island Institute

Research Partner

EDTH Hackathon

Showcase — Kyiv

3DVC

Manufacturing Partner

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