Get ready for hybrid drones.
Kairoux Systems showed autonomous drones that can both fly and swim underwater, and change several times.
The company builds the Tempest device.
It is a cheap airplane-type UAV that flies to a target, goes under water, floats and takes off again. One car instead of two.
Why is it necessary:
Now the militaries of different countries have separate drones, separate operators and separate logistics for such missions;.
Aerial drones are fast, but easy to detect.
Under water they are invisible, but slowly reach their destination.
Kairoux is betting that hybrid drones will be the next step in the development of drones.
The device can fly to the mission area in the air, and pass the final segment secretly underwater.
Imagine a swarm of UAVs that will emerge in the middle of the city, straight from the river and fly to hit the targets.
The startup was founded in 2026 by Jorge Quazos, a graduate of MIT. The company currently has only 3 employees, they work in San Francisco.
The company has not yet disclosed how far Tempest and Float, how much it costs and when it will be available to the military.