TYTAN plans copies of its Munich interceptor factory on NATO's eastern flank

TYTAN Technologies wants to build factories like its new interceptor drone plant in Aubing, near Munich, in other European countries, with most attention on NATO's eastern flank, including Poland, Defence24 reports. The company would work with local industry, which could take on some or all of the production or link the interceptors to national air and counter-drone defences.

According to Defence24, the plant cost EUR 10 million, including new halls, has under 2,000 square metres of floor space and employs 100 people per shift. At full output it is to make 36,000 interceptors a year. The company told the outlet it has made and delivered more than 1,000 but fewer than 10,000 interceptors to Ukraine since 2022.

All of TYTAN's funding comes from sources in the European Union, Defence24 writes. All of its interceptors work within one command and communication system, Neura, software that runs on a laptop and can be linked to other command systems.

At the opening the company showed five interceptor designs. Defence24 gives the Metis, already supplied to Ukraine, a top speed of 375 km/h, and says the Hyperion, which adds a rocket booster to fight jet-powered drones, flies at more than 500 km/h.