Target drones and flight interceptors engineered for mass, attrition, and the timelines real forces fight on.
Doctrine
Thaumo is built for the air picture that wins by volume—credible targets for training and live fire, and interceptors dense enough to matter when the sky fills.
01
Threat profiles, routes, and engagement parameters reconfigure to the mission card—not the other way around.
02
Attritable mass that forces expensive defenses to spend against platforms priced for volume.
03
Production and software cadence measured in weeks, so magazine depth keeps pace with the fight.
Systems
One production logic for both lines—shared guidance, commodity manufacturing, and ruthlessly attritable unit economics.
TD-9 SERIES
Jet-powered delta-wing targets built for live ranges—clearly marked INERT / TARGET, high-visibility orange edges, and attritable unit economics for high-tempo training.
IX-2 SERIES
Compact kinetic interceptors for counter-UAS and point defense, built for magazine depth when the air picture fills.
Autonomy
Thaumo air vehicles fly under mission command—briefed intent, published parameters, and contingency authority that holds when the link drops. Target drones present credible REDFOR. Interceptors close engagements inside the timeline the ATO demands.
Mission command
Briefed intent over continuous stick time
Engagement authority
ROE and abort criteria locked before wheels up
Massed presentation
Attritable flights that scale the threat picture
Common C2
One tasking language across target and interceptor
Kill chain / onboard
Acquire and hold tracks in clutter, cluttered EMS, and degraded GPS—threat presentation for training or inbound UAS for intercept.
Maintain continuous custody through maneuvers, decoys, and intermittent C2 so shooters stay inside the engagement timeline.
Close the kill chain under published ROE: pursue, abort, or prosecute with terminal guidance until breakaway or impact criteria are met.
Execute RTB, divert, or battle-damage assessment handoff per the mission card—no platform left outside the commander’s plan.
Mission parameters
Every sortie carries published mission parameters—route, timing, abort criteria, and recovery—so the flight remains executable when autonomy is offline, degraded, or deliberately not tasked. Three non-autonomy paths keep air vehicles inside the commander’s plan.
MODE / RTB
On lost-link timeout or C2 denial, the air vehicle executes a prebriefed RTB divert: safe-heading egress, terminal-area join, and recovery to the designated FOL or home station without operator stick time.
MODE / PFP
When autonomy is not tasked, aircrews and planners upload a locked mission profile—waypoints, altitudes, airspeeds, and timing—so the platform flies the ATO route as published until handoff, abort, or mission complete.
MODE / BLOS
Past radio line of sight or in contested spectrum, the vehicle continues on contingency logic: hold last clearance, proceed to next NAVFIX, or run the beyond-horizon branch until link is restored or the divert criteria are met.
Economics
Contested airspace rewards volume. Thaumo exists to make autonomous targets and interceptors affordable enough to field at the scale modern deterrence requires—so investors are underwriting industrial capacity, not a one-off prototype.
10×
Lower target cost
vs. legacy aerial targets with comparable threat emulation.
1 stack
Shared autonomy
Software reuse across drones and interceptors compounds every release.
Weeks
Hardware iteration
Attritable design cycles measured in weeks, not multi-year programs.
Mass
Production intent
Built for magazine depth and range throughput from day one.
“The next air fight will not be won by exquisite platforms alone. It will be won by forces that can generate autonomous mass—train against it, decoy with it, and intercept it—at a price that survives contact.”
Thaumo investment thesis
Investors
We are raising to scale low-cost target drone production, expand interceptor flight test, and field systems that survive contact. Request a private briefing for the data room, roadmap, and manufacturing plan.
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