Ukraine’s Odd Systems and Denmark’s Terma Group to jointly develop low-cost AI-powered drone interceptor

This article first appeared on Defender Media and is republished here with permission.

Ukrainian company Odd Systems, which specialises in developing and manufacturing thermal imaging cameras and FPV drones, has announced a partnership with Danish defence conglomerate Terma Group. The two companies will jointly work on an low-cost AI-powered drone interceptor.

In a joint press release, the companies stated that with the increasing role of different kinds of drones on the battlefield, so grows the need for kinetic countermeasures. The problem can be defined as a combination of detection, tracking, and interception of an incoming UAV with another autonomous UAV. The key types of drones to be countered vary widely, from FPVs and Tactical ISR copters (Mavic) to fixed wing operational level ISR (Zala) and Deep Strike drones (Shahed). Terma and Odd Systems will combine their existing solutions while developing a suite of products to counter these and other aerial threats.

Odd Systems co-founder Yaroslav Azhnyuk says he is excited about developing a robust, autonomous interceptor platform. His company already has an FPV aerial interceptor platform called Horska-12, as well as strike FPV drones Stus-7 and Lupynis-10 in its product portfolio. The company also designs and manufactures Kurbas-256 and Kurbas-640 thermal imaging cameras in Ukraine — devices that are among the world’s top-performing thermal sensors for defence-grade FPV drones.

Terma Group is Denmark’s largest defence company, operating across all major domains — air, sea, land, and space. It is also known for its capabilities as a systems integrator and its work with a wide range of sensors. Odd Systems brings to the partnership its FPV drone and thermal imaging expertise, as well as its close collaboration with Ukraine’s Defence Forces, to develop a scalable and reliable platform for tackling a variety of drone threats.

“We are proud to partner with Odd Systems, whose innovation and battlefield-proven platforms are a testament to the strength of Ukrainian engineering, – says Filip Rensch-Jacobsen, Vice President at Terma Group. – They have demonstrated extraordinary capabilities under extreme conditions and at a pace and cost unmatched by Western manufacturers.”

Last week, Azhnyuk’s other company — Fourth Law — unveiled its first products and announced it had secured investment.