Lithuanian drone manufacturer Granta Autonomy integrates Ukrainian components tested on the front

The Lithuanian company Granta Autonomy has begun actively purchasing Ukrainian components for its drones, as Ukrainian technologies have proven their effectiveness in real combat conditions, Business Insider reports.

According to the company’s CEO, Gediminas Guoba, some of the parts used by Granta were invented or adapted directly on the battlefield and are currently available only in Ukraine. Among the examples he cited are antenna masts that connect drones to their operators, as well as detonators. Similar technologies exist in the West, but they do not meet the requirements of modern warfare.

Granta Autonomy assembles most of its drones abroad, but those models that require Ukrainian components are integrated directly in Ukraine and remain at the disposal of the Armed Forces.

The company has already delivered over a thousand GA-10FPV-AI quadcopters to Ukraine and has signed contracts for almost four thousand more for Ukraine, as well as over 2,300 for the Lithuanian army. Ukraine also deploys Granta Hornet XR drones.

Cooperation with the Ukrainian defence industry allows European manufacturers to reduce dependence on Chinese components and develop technologies closer to home. Guoba himself noted that he considers it his duty to develop components for Europe in the closest possible cooperation with Ukraine.

As a reminder, the Ukrainian company Defender Dynamics has developed a line of fighter drones with cannon weapons and auto-targeting capabilities to counter enemy FPV and reconnaissance UAVs.