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September 1, 2025

Quantum Systems CEO Florian Seibel: ‘The big challenge is to not become like one of the primes’

The German drone maker on the unique innovation environment in Ukraine and what's next

Amy Lewin

14 min read

Those bullish on Europe’s defence tech industry talk of a future where the current ‘primes’ — the decades-old defence corporations, like BAE Systems, Thales, Leonardo and Rheinmetall, which hold major contracts with many European governments — are replaced by a new, tech-led generation. 

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