Buntar Aerospace Secures Investment for Buntar-3 Drones and Copilot Systems

The Ukrainian defense company Buntar Aerospace has secured $10.4 million in investment to develop technologies for collecting and processing intelligence data.

Buntar Aerospace told Militarnyi that the American company Axon Enterprise was the lead investor in the round.

The investment will help scale up production of the Buntar-3 reconnaissance systems and the development of the Buntar Copilot software.

Buntar Aerospace develops ISR (intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance) solutions designed for high-risk environments.

Axon Enterprise noted that it views the partnership as an opportunity to advance security technologies.

Axon is a global leader in public safety technology, constantly innovating to protect lives.

“We work closely with frontline units and fully understand how critically important timely intelligence is in real-world operations,” explains Buntar Aerospace co-founder Bohdan Sas. “This funding will help us scale systems that provide operators with information as early as possible and help save lives at the most critical moments.”

Buntar-3 and Copilot

The Buntar-3 reconnaissance system was first publicly unveiled in late May 2025. It was recently used to guide a missile strike on the Shahed storage base at Donetsk Airport.

According to the developers, the Buntar-3 is an electric vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) drone that features navigation independent of satellite systems and is capable of carrying out missions lasting up to 4 hours, which is one of the best performance metrics among electric VTOLs.

The unmanned system was designed to identify priority targets and provide fire correction at the operational-tactical depth—its reliable operational range reaches 100 km. A high-quality camera extends this radius, enabling engagement of targets at distances of up to 15 km.

Among the system’s key advantages is its software component, developed from scratch with deep integration of artificial intelligence elements. It provides a high level of automation and is designed to minimize operator errors—one of the main causes of losses among reconnaissance UAVs.

According to the developers, the integrated Copilot system can perform full-scale mission planning, taking into account battery life, weather conditions, altitude, and communication stability. The program also predicts the drone’s return time and calculates the optimal launch time for the next one to avoid gaps in target surveillance.