SchwanSwan
We build Schwan: a Mavic-class reconnaissance drone for Ukrainian units, made to keep flying under electronic warfare and to be repaired in the field.
From DroneAid Collective
- Now
- €50k pre-seed · Schwan v1 in 2 months
- Phase 2
- €200k · test batch and sales in 6 months
- Scale
- €1M · after Phase 2 is contracted
The pitch for investors, the military edition for units, the documents for engineers.
Nine pages for investors: the Mavic replacement, our modular design, business model, go to market, roadmap, the $50k pre-seed ask, the team with partners and a summary with contacts. In English and Ukrainian.
The seed pitch for investors and partners: the problem, the product, the market, the team, the roadmap and the three-step raise. Twenty slides, in English and Ukrainian.
Four pages for units: what Schwan has compared to the Mavic and its cameras, what we've added, and the two versions from $800 with contacts. In English and Ukrainian.
Specifications, plans and research live in the project repository on GitHub. GitHub asks you to sign in, and only engineers with access can open them.
- MilestonesLight quad → zoom → payload → GNSS-free navigation → scale
- BOM and production planCosted parts list and 17-week pilot plan
- Business modelUnit pricing, team cost, contract funding
- Phase 1 blueprintAirframe build through to bench acceptance
- GNSS-free navigationPosition hold and return home without GPS
- Own GNSS moduleIn-house navigation, simulator-tested first
- Own cameraZoom gimbal camera on our own board
- Own video linkOpenIPC, then SDR
- Ground stationDual-band control, video with OSD
- Own frameFoldable arms, fast-swap battery bay
- RISC-V computeOur own flight board
- Project front pageEverything in the repository
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