INTEC Industrie-Technik GmbH and Skyeton Germany GmbH have signed a Strategic Letter of Intent to deliver advanced, long-range fixed-wing unmanned aviation solutions to the German Armed Forces and broader allied defense markets.
The agreement, executed on June 10, 2026, at the ILA 2026 exhibition in Berlin, establishes a framework to combine INTEC’s engineering, system integration, and lifecycle support capabilities with Skyeton’s experience in unmanned aviation. The initial focus of this cooperation centers on Raybird, a small tactical unmanned aviation system designed for extended intelligence, surveillance, target acquisition, and reconnaissance missions.
Developed and continuously updated utilizing operational feedback from Ukraine, the Raybird platform has accumulated over 350,000 combat flight hours. The system has demonstrated reliability, resilience against electronic warfare, and high operational efficiency under demanding conditions, and it will now be adapted to European and German standards through INTEC’s technical expertise.
Christoph Otten, CEO of INTEC, commented, “We look forward to cooperating with SKYETON in order to support military users to benefit from combat-proven capabilities. These were initially developed and constantly improved, incorporating lessons learned from the battlefield in Ukraine, and will be jointly made available for the German market to meet current and future challenges.”
Andreas Pilz, Key Account Director DACH at Skyeton Germany, added, “We highly value INTEC’s expertise, and their deep understanding of the German defense environment. It makes them an important partner for us. We are confident that this cooperation will help bring proven Raybird capabilities to the German market in a practical and reliable way.”
As an independent and hardware-neutral partner to the German Armed Forces with more than 25 years of experience, the INTEC Group develops end-to-end solutions spanning the entire lifecycle from initial concept to in-service support. The company provides single-source services across the air, land, sea, and cyber domains, incorporating modern AI modules designed to significantly reduce lifecycle costs.
