DONAUSTAHL
About
About DONAUSTAHL
DONAUSTAHL develops modular uncrewed-aircraft structures, flight electronics and payload interfaces for defence programmes. Its portfolio covers complete aircraft and avionics as well as effectors intended to be matched to different target classes and mission requirements.
The company designs and manufactures the airframe, control and payload-integration layers so customers can procure a configured system rather than combine unrelated components independently. Its published effectors include fragmentation, shaped-charge and dual-purpose categories, while aircraft architecture and onboard electronics are adapted around payload mass, range and operating method. DONAUSTAHL works primarily with government and defence users and supplies programme-specific integration and serial production from Germany.
Operations
Production capacity
- Production capacity
2026-08-14 - DONAUSTAHL states annual production capacity of 300,000 Combat Stack units, enabled by its soldering-free architecture. - Combat Stack avionics
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Team
- Stefan Thumann - Founder, CEO and Chief Designer - Founded Donaustahl and leads its defense-UAV, avionics and armament strategy.
Timeline
Events
- 2025-07-27 - Manufacturing - Donaustahl plans German drone-motor and fibre-optic production capacity
CEO Stefan Thumann announced the plan during the Women in Defense Tech and BASED Resilience Exchange in Munich. The planned scope covers drone motors and fibre-optic systems. The announcement described a future manufacturing expansion; it did not state that a factory or production line had opened.
Source - 2024-07-16 - Regulatory - Donaustahl receives approval to manufacture and export MAUS FPV drones to Ukraine
The approval was made public on 16 July 2024. The approval covered manufacture and export of the MAUS FPV drone. Ukraine's Kraken drone unit was named as the first intended recipient.
Source - 2024-01-01 - Org Change - Donaustahl pivots to offense technology
The company history labels 2024 as its strategic pivot. Donaustahl says the underlying realignment began at the end of 2023. The new focus emphasised speed, vertical integration, technological sovereignty and defense systems.
Source - 2019-10-23 - Company Formation - Donaustahl GmbH is registered in Passau
The company was entered under HRB 10808 on 23 October 2019. Its articles of association were dated 26 September 2019. The original registered purpose covered research, development, manufacture and trade in military, police, government and security equipment.
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Context
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Context tags
- Defence UAV builder - Stack Layer - Official company material supports the defence uas builder context.