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Earendil Robotics

Drone swarm defence at a small-unit level

Earendil Robotics builds cUAS solutions for the modern warfighter, enabling effective air defence at the small-unit level. We deliver spotting, engaging, and destroying capabilities through advanced sensors, autonomous interceptors, and integrated systems. Our product lineup covers every stage of the kill chain, complemented by the Drone Warfare Academy that trains soldiers to eliminate enemy drone threats in contested environments. Backed by worldwide frontline combat experience, we equip units with combat-proven tools to counter evolving aerial threats.
Active Founders
James Walton
James Walton
Founder/CEO
James Walton is Co-founder of Earendil. Former British Army and a UAS specialist with experience in Ukraine, he brings direct operational experience in contested electromagnetic environments and detachment-level drone integration challenges. Prior to Earendil, he founded and scaled two IT and telecoms companies. His frontline UAS expertise and operational delivery track record position Earendil to close the gap in scalable, NATO-aligned drone warfare training and interception.
Dan Komorny
Dan Komorny
Founder/CTO
Dan Komorny is Co-founder of Earendil Robotics. He has a decade of experience in drones and security, including direct operational exposure in Ukraine. He has developed AR heads-up display applications and optical systems, and previously led hardware product development on drone payloads and turrets. This combination of frontline insight, product development, and computer vision expertise positions Earendil to deliver advanced UAS and soldier systems.
Company Launches
Earendil | Autonomous Air Defence
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TL;DR: We build autonomous interceptors that kill drones for less than the cost of the threat. Aeglos is in active operational use and has scored operational intercepts. The team has hundreds of confirmed combat intercepts. Looking for introductions to NATO-aligned air defence and C-UAS leads.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kZmj9NTDALo

The problem:

Air defence economics are broken. A Patriot interceptor costs $3-7 million and is routinely used against $50,000 drones. Production rates of a few hundred units a year make these systems too scarce and too expensive for the volume of low-cost threats now in the air. They should be reserved for high-value targets.

Exactly like the Sherman tank versus the Tiger: it does not matter how good the system is if there are more threats than ammunition.

What we do:

Aeglos is a high-speed autonomous interceptor designed end-to-end for the mass drone problem: airframe, autonomy software, and operator model. The operator clicks launch, then selects the intercept in software. No stage of flight requires a pilot and no flying experience is needed. One operator can control up to 64 interceptors. Engagement cost stays below the price of the drone being destroyed.

Most C-UAS offerings are a single interceptor airframe. Operators still need skilled pilots, long training pipelines, and constant attention during the engagement. We built the complete system so any operator can achieve consistent intercepts without those requirements. The result is a system that can be fielded at the small-unit and critical-infrastructure level without the specialist crews or multi-million-dollar missiles that current layered air defence relies on.

Aeglos is operationally deployed, radar-agnostic, manufactured in Europe, and NDAA-compliant with no Chinese components.

Why us:

The entire team is ex-military with frontline Ukrainian experience, primarily in elite units and air defence. Collectively, we have hundreds of confirmed drone intercepts across multiple systems. We designed Aeglos from that experience - in the same contested Ukrainian airspace where most Western systems have not yet been stress-tested at scale.

@James Walton: British Army and UAS expert with frontline Ukrainian experience who has previously run companies.

@Dan Komorny: A decade of experience in Drones and Security directly in Ukraine. Serial entrepreneur with multiple startups under his belt.

The Team: Commandos, Airborne, Special Forces and Air Defense veterans.

Ask

Introductions to air defence and C-UAS leads in NATO-aligned militaries, national acquisition teams, and operators responsible for protecting forward positions and critical infrastructure.

We are also open to partnerships with complementary companies.

Earendil Robotics
Founded:2025
Batch:Summer 2026
Team Size:7
Status:
Active
Location:San Francisco
Primary Partner:Vivian Midha Shen