Five projects, one flock.
Luftschar means a flock in the air. Every project is named after a bird, like the starlings in our logo, and each one has its own page.
A Mavic-class reconnaissance drone for Ukrainian units: it keeps flying under electronic warfare, reports straight into Ukrainian C2 and is repaired in the field.
Open SchwanThe original Luftschar project: a bolt-on module that turns off-the-shelf FPV drones into coordinated swarms, using UWB relative positioning instead of GNSS.
Open StarA long-range FPV drone from DroneAid Collective. Specifications will be published once they are confirmed.
Open VogelAn unmanned ground vehicle (UGV). Its scope and specifications are still being defined.
Open OstrichAn autonomous interceptor drone with a hand launcher, from DroneAid Collective. It builds on the anti-Shahed interceptor work; the design is still being defined.
Open FalkeBuilt with people who fly and fight
Industry partners in Portugal, the European defence technology community and the end-users who tell us what actually survives contact with the enemy.
Echo4
Portuguese defence technology partner
echo4.pt
Drone Aid
Drone operations and humanitarian delivery
drone-aid.pt
European Defence Tech Hub
EDTH — the European defence technology community
eurodefense.tech
Ukrainian Armed Forces
End-user feedback from the front line
Talk to the Luftschar team.
Schwan is raising its pre-seed and goes to field tests in December 2026. Star, the swarm module, is TRL 4 and heading to field-scale trials at the BraveTechEU DefTech Forges. Talk to us about partnerships, integration, investment or a briefing.
Ukraine · European Defence Technology Partnership