ISENGARD
Ukrainian Intelligence Community
End user · special operations · attack UAVs · in combat since 2026
Combat-proven · Fielded in Ukraine
AI WEAPONS
OF MASS PRODUCTION.
Allied countries can build these weapons on their own soil. Isengard supplies the designs, autonomy stack, tooling and supply chain; your production cell builds AI-guided precision munitions at rate — close to the fight, and not dependent on imports.
Five aircraft and two in-house turbojets. Three systems are in combat use today; maturity is marked on every system.
Evidence · combat record
Measured in the field, not the brochure.
Isengard systems are in active use on the Ukrainian front. Releasable figures are shown below. Engagement counts and theatre-specific data are the customer's to publish; they are available to qualified partners under agreement.
3systems
Combat operational
AQV 114, AQ 101 and XQ 500 at TRL 9 - qualified, fielded, and used against Russian forces.
2theatres
Deployed
Ukraine, plus a second theatre withheld at the customer's request.
2cells
Production cells operating
St. Petersburg, Florida and Warsaw, Poland - both building today.
100% in-house
Propulsion & autonomy
Turbines, datalink, visual navigation and terminal guidance all built by Isengard.
Figures current as of Q3 2026
Evidence · in service with
End users at the front.
Isengard systems are fielded with Ukrainian frontline units - procured directly and through allied assistance programs.
3rd Assault Brigade
Attack UAV & loitering-munition operations
28th Airborne
Short-range anti-tank · AQV 114
U.S. Army
IDIQ · program details withheld
Two further end users
A jet-class evaluation and an allied end user in the Middle East. Details available to qualified partners.
Product overview · the strike line
One family. Every range.
Five aircraft on shared autonomy and one supply chain, plus in-house TJ-100 and TJ-40 turbojet propulsion. Maturity differs by system and is marked on every card.
3 combat operational1 in rate production1 in flight test
Field status // Operating today on the Ukrainian front against Russian forces. Second combat theatre: details available to qualified partners.
AQV 114
Manhack
Short-range anti-tank
Operational
AQ 101
Deleter
Mid-range attack UAV
Operational
XQ 500
Jody
Jet deep-strike
Operational
AQ 1
Ace
Compact high-speed UAV
Rate production
XQ 770
Freedom Fighter
Unmanned combat aircraft
Flight test
All systems and datasheets → · Propulsion: TJ-100 and TJ-40 →
Sovereign autonomy
It flies and strikes without GPS.
A vertically integrated stack - AES-256 encrypted datalink, visual navigation and AI targeting that hold precision in GNSS-denied, jammed environments.
AES-256
Encrypted link
GNSS-denied
Navigation
Manufacturing model
Manufacturing across allied territory.
Design and manufacturing are integrated in-house, and production is placed close to the fight. Every airframe is built for tool-less assembly with low-specialization labor - which is what lets an allied partner stand up its own production cell instead of importing finished rounds.
United States
St. Petersburg, Florida
10,127 sq ft
Facility
941 m²
American production cell
Poland
Warsaw
8,073 sq ft
Facility
750 m²
European production cell
Today
2
Production cells - United States and Poland
Target
3,000/mo
Planned rate output - a target, not current production
Team
Operators and builders.
Three co-founders are not named publicly for their security. Full biographies are available to qualified partners.
Francisco Serra-Martins
Co-founder · CEO
Co-founded one of Ukraine's largest deep-strike drone companies. Ex-Australian Army combat engineer. Forbes 30 Under 30 · YC alumni.
Name withheld
Co-founder · CTO
Autonomy, propulsion and systems. Built the visual-navigation and targeting stack now fielded on the Ukrainian front.
Name withheld
Co-founder · CIO
Capital and allied partnerships. Structures sovereign co-production and procurement with allied governments and primes.
Name withheld
Co-founder · Manufacturing
Frontline production and field doctrine. Stood up distributed assembly cells and iterates airframes on operator feedback.
Backed by
Mission-aligned capital.
Isengard is backed by Y Combinator, Serra-de Estrela Investments Ltd, Backswing Ventures, Sterling Road, and A3 Management Group.
Y Combinator
Serra-de Estrela
BackswingVentures
+ one strategic investorName withheld at their request
Work with Isengard
Schedule a briefing.
See the strike line, the autonomy stack and the production plan - including what a co-production cell on your territory involves. Briefings are available to allied governments, primes and qualified partners. We reply within two working days.