00:00STOOD is a universal platform, which can be launched automatically.
00:05It is open and is open to the mission.
00:18In a military backpack, it can be used to 8 units in the form of the military.
00:25And it can be programmed?
00:27Of course, it can be programmed as a state unit or as a robot.
00:33Once extracted from the bag, it becomes active on the current mission.
00:38Anton Danic and Ion Mocanu are two young Moldovan entrepreneurs united by a shared passion, innovation.
00:45They met a few years ago in Chisinau, the capital of Moldova, and decided to join forces to build civilian
00:51drones.
00:52A project that began in peacetime was both disrupted and accelerated by the war in neighbouring Ukraine.
00:58In May, they will start manufacturing drones at scale in Bucharest, the capital of Romania, a NATO and EU member
01:05state.
01:05This is what you can see here, on two levels.
01:08The drone deposit zone is here.
01:11There will be an explosion, because it needs to be out and to be out.
01:16We have an assembly camera.
01:18There will be an assembly of electronic, optical, and other things.
01:22The chemical area, the dead and the dry area.
01:25In collaboration with an American company,
01:27at least 100 surveillance drones will be produced at this factory every month,
01:31along with several thousand interceptor drones like the one Ion Mocanu showed DW in the field.
01:37The whole project of the factory is designed in order to be relocated in under 24 hours.
01:44In fact, I was thinking about a scenario,
01:46in the case where, if things have a turnaround in an unexpected direction,
01:50and we need to move to a safer place,
01:53we don't focus on buildings built and all that,
01:56and the factory can be relocated in 24 hours.
01:59After finishing school, Ion Mocanu moved to Romania,
02:03where he graduated from no less than three universities in Bucharest.
02:07He also completed an MBA,
02:09and is now working on his PhD on biomedical sensors.
02:13Before meeting Anton, he didn't know much about drones.
02:18I didn't know much about drones.
02:21I didn't know much about drones.
02:24With Anton, I was the first drone in the factory in Chișinău.
02:28We met in the community,
02:30we met in the community,
02:31in the community,
02:33and in this area,
02:35and in the discussion,
02:37we had to see that our expertise are complementary.
02:41Anton is in aeronave,
02:42I am in sensor, EI and on board.
02:46Anton's passion for aerial vehicles
02:47led him to study physics and engineering.
02:50He has a master's degree in both disciplines.
02:52I worked for a radio model
02:57since I was a little child.
02:58I believed that this passion
02:59could be shared with my citizens.
03:03I started the business
03:03from making a big contract
03:05with a manufacturer of equipment,
03:07and I brought something new to the market.
03:10Initially, their drones were used
03:12for filmmaking and video production,
03:13but when war broke out in Ukraine,
03:16everything changed.
03:17Now, they can meet the demands
03:18of any potential clients
03:20in the military sector.
03:21from the idea
03:22to the first race,
03:24we had 90 days,
03:25three months for the maximum
03:26to produce any drone.
03:27The client tells us
03:28how much he wants to stay in the air
03:29and how much he needs to be removed,
03:31and from the calculation
03:31we have an engine,
03:32a engine,
03:33a engine,
03:33and other things.
03:35As a business model,
03:37I worked recently
03:38as a design house,
03:40in which we made ideas
03:41and other prototypes.
03:42Since the people
03:44have been positioned
03:45in this field of defense.
03:48One of their key innovations
03:50on what is a highly competitive market
03:52is their drone assembly method.
03:54In fact,
03:58all our aircraft
03:59are assembled
04:00in the terrain
04:00without any school.
04:02They are modular,
04:03they can be transported
04:04with a car
04:05or even with a family car,
04:07even with an aircraft
04:08of 5-6 meters.
04:10There is a concept
04:12of cable salad
04:14that is in the industry
04:15when you open a car
04:18or try to assemble
04:19in the terrain
04:20and it is full of cables
04:21that need to be removed,
04:23which are stressful
04:25for the users,
04:27especially during
04:29operations
04:30with risk of acceleration.
04:33Their latest development
04:35is a multifunctional platform
04:36called Intern SP5.
04:38It can carry a load
04:39of up to 20 kg
04:40and fly continuously
04:42for 24 hours.
04:43These capabilities
04:45make it suitable
04:45for a wide range
04:46of missions
04:47from surveillance
04:48to combat.
04:51We can mount a radar,
04:53we can mount a CBRN sensor
04:54for an evaluation
04:56of the media
04:57of the radiation
04:58and bacterial
04:59radiation.
05:00So, the fact
05:01that we have 20 kg
05:02allows us to mount
05:03not one,
05:04but many sensors
05:05depending on the final destination.
05:07As Anton said,
05:08the beneficiary
05:08determines the mission
05:09of the proposed mission.
05:10Jan and Anton
05:11are two young,
05:12innovative entrepreneurs
05:13living in turbulent times
05:15who hope that
05:16the technology they create
05:17can help save lives,
05:19and help ensure
05:20greater security
05:21for future generations.
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