Buntar Aerospace raises $16M to scale Ukrainian defence autonomy

Buntar Aerospace has closed a $16 million funding round, lifting its total capital raised to $30 million. Freedom Fund and an international growth equity investor led the round, with Gardar, Iron Wolf, and Autonomy Capital also joining in.

The company has built its business around two core products: the Buntar-3 reconnaissance drone and Buntar Copilot, a knowledge-based AI system for drone warfare. Those products have already given it a commercial base with front-line units across Ukraine, and that base is the launchpad for what comes next.

The new money is meant to speed up product development, expand manufacturing capacity, and hire across engineering, management, and operations. Buntar also says it will keep developing Buntar Copilot and look for proven teams and technologies it can fold into the platform.

And the ambition goes beyond Ukraine. The company plans to move into new international markets with dual-use product lines that reach beyond ISR systems, while building a broader defence autonomy business and a bigger civilian footprint. Bohdan Sas, the co-founder, says the systems are designed to fly, sense, and adapt on their own, freeing skilled people to focus on decisions instead of constant control.