If you were paying attention to the news coming out of Eurosatory last week, one thing was extremely clear: Everyone (and we mean everyone) is making moves to go cross-domain. And that’s especially true for German defense darling Quantum Systems. Last week, the company made two announcements that solidify its status as very much not just a UAV company: First, the company announced that it’s teaming up with Daimler to build “automated transport vehicles” (drone trucks) for the German Armed Forces. Then, on Friday, the company announced that it had been selected (as part of its joint venture with Ukrainian UGV producer Tencore) to deliver 2,000 TerMIT UGVs to the Ukrainian Armed Forces over the next year. With that—plus the whole PULSE P19 super-drone thing at the Berlin Air Show—it looks like QS is pushing hard for that European neoprime title. Eye in the sky: Quantum Systems has been making a heck of a lot of news lately, so you’ll be familiar with their backstory. - The company was founded by a team led by Florian Seibel back in 2015 and started out building heavy-hitting ISR drones. - The company is now led by Seibel and co-CEO Sven Kruck, who joined the team in 2022. - Last year, the company raised a €160M ($186M) Series C and a €180M ($209M) Series C extension, both led by Balderton Capital. Then, in February, they scored another €150M ($178M) in financing. Buy it up: They’ve used a lot of that cash money to expand way (and we mean way) beyond their aerial drone origins. - Late last year, the company bought up ground autonomy company FERNRIDE, which the company at the time said “[expanded] its leadership position from air and software intelligence to autonomous ground mobility, creating a connected, cross-domain offering for intelligent