KrattWorks Survivable Tactical Drones

KrattWorks is selling a drone that still works after the enemy tries to blind it, jam it, or cut its link, which matters more in Ukraine style fighting than a few extra minutes of airtime. The practical product bet is on navigation, comms, and data transmission that degrade gracefully under attack, using visual odometry, terrain matching, frequency hopping radios, and cellular backup rather than maximizing raw endurance or sensor specs.

• The operator workflow is built around mission completion under disruption. Missions are planned on a rugged Android tablet, then the drone can keep flying when GPS drops by matching camera views to stored imagery, and it can send coordinates instead of full video when bandwidth gets squeezed.
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• This puts KrattWorks closer to Shield AI than to commercial drone vendors. Shield AI also built around denied environment autonomy, while Skydio is strong in GPS denied navigation but KrattWorks adds battlefield features like backup cellular communications and direct use in high intensity combat zones.
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• The business implication is better contract fit with ministries buying for electronic warfare conditions, not spec sheet demos. That is why KrattWorks can sell complete systems for about €15K to €25K, layer in navigation software licensing, and use the Estonian seven year, €15M framework agreement as steady base demand while exports scale.
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The next step is for survivability to become the default buying screen for tactical drones across NATO’s eastern flank. If KrattWorks keeps turning battlefield feedback into fast product updates and packages its GPS independent navigation stack for other manufacturers through Project BadB, it can expand from selling aircraft to becoming a key subsystem supplier for contested environment autonomy.