HIGH-SPEED TARGET DRONES FOR MODERN AIR DEFENCE

An Estonian engineering venture developing high-speed unmanned platforms for air-defence testing, training and counter-UAS validation — strengthening Estonia's and its allies' defensive capabilities.

AIR DEFENCE NEEDS REALISTIC TARGETS

Counter-UAS and air-defence systems can only be trusted when they are tested against representative aerial threats. Droonilabor is developing high-speed unmanned target platforms that enable defence organisations to test sensors, validate systems and train operators under increasingly realistic conditions.

Fully autonomous

Onboard flight control, telemetry and ground-station systems built for autonomous high-speed flight.

Self-reliant

Built in Estonia — reducing dependence on foreign suppliers and keeping engineering know-how local.

Delta-wing jet-powered unmanned platform

Air-defence testing

Realistic threat profiles

Replicate the speed, radar signature and manoeuvre of emerging threats so air-defence systems are tested against what they will actually face.

ENGINEERED THROUGH ITERATION

Every prototype is developed through simulation, physical testing and flight data. Each test improves the models that guide the next iteration.

  1. MODEL

    CFD & simulation

    Computational fluid dynamics simulation of airflow over the airframe

  2. BUILD

    CAD & manufacturing

    CAD wireframe of the delta-wing airframe

  3. TEST

    Flight trials

    The delta-wing platform during flight trials

  4. VALIDATE

    Data analysis

    Flight-data analysis chart

Developed and built in Estonia, for Estonia and its allies

We're building this capability domestically — reducing dependence on foreign suppliers and creating lasting engineering know-how in Estonia. Our team brings together experience from Estonia's most ambitious student engineering projects.

Meet the team

Supported by

Ettevõtluse ja Innovatsiooni Sihtasutus (EIS) — Enterprise Estonia

Üliõpilaste inseneri valdkonna arendusprojektide toetuse raames on MTÜ Droonilabor saanud toetuse 100 000€ ulatuses 2026. aastal projekti Sonic Dynamics raames.

Projekti eesmärkideks on:

  1. Arendada autonoomselt lendav, reaktiivmootoriga deltatiivaline mehitamata prototüüp;
  2. Innustada noori inseneriteadust õppima ning tugevdada Eesti kaitsetehnoloogia arendusvõimekust;
  3. Luua Eestisse suure kiiruse ja mootoriarenduse oskusteave;

Projekti rahastatakse riigieelarvest teadus- ja arendustegevuse rahastamise vahenditest.