Quantum Systems and Tencore Launch QTI to Build 2,000 TerMIT Ground Robots in Germany for Ukraine
Munich, 19 June 2026
Key points
- Quantum Systems and Ukraine's Tencore announced on 19 June 2026 a new joint venture, Quantum Tencore Industries (QTI), to co-produce the Ukrainian-designed TerMIT unmanned ground vehicle on German lines
- QTI's first order is for 2,000 TerMIT UGVs, to be delivered to the Ukrainian Armed Forces within twelve months and funded by the German Ministry of Defence
- QTI is the second German-Ukrainian joint venture under Quantum's 'Build with Ukraine' initiative, after the drone-focused Quantum Frontline Industries; the press release calls it one of the largest known UGV procurements in Europe to date
- It extends the build-with-Ukraine model from air systems to ground robotics: a combat-proven Ukrainian design, manufactured in Germany with an established industrial partner
Quantum Systems and the Ukrainian ground-robotics firm Tencore announced a joint venture on 19 June 2026, Quantum Tencore Industries, with a first order for 2,000 TerMIT unmanned ground vehicles to be built in Germany and funded by the German defence ministry.
The venture, Quantum Tencore Industries (QTI), pairs the Gilching-based drone manufacturer Quantum Systems with Tencore, the Ukrainian developer of the tracked TerMIT UGV. According to the companies, QTI's opening order is for 2,000 vehicles, to be delivered to the Ukrainian Armed Forces over the following twelve months. The German Ministry of Defence is funding the programme, and production is to run in Germany in cooperation with an established industrial partner. No contract value was disclosed.
TerMIT is a modular, software-defined tracked platform that switches between logistics, casualty evacuation, engineering support and frontline missions through software rather than hardware changes. Tencore says it has been used across several thousand missions in Ukraine since 2023. QTI is the second German-Ukrainian joint venture under Quantum's 'Build with Ukraine' initiative, following the drone-focused Quantum Frontline Industries; the press release describes the order as one of the largest known procurements of unmanned ground vehicles in Europe to date.
The proprietary read. The structural point is the manufacturing arrangement, not the headline volume. Berlin is paying for a combat-tested Ukrainian design but having it built on German lines, which converts a battlefield-validated system into a domestic, upgradeable capability in a class of unmanned vehicle the Bundeswehr had barely begun to field. The same model that put Ukrainian drone designs into German production now reaches ground robotics, and the destination is still the front rather than German depots — aid that doubles as industrial onboarding. The test is whether the 2,000-unit run translates into a standing German production base or stays a one-off war-support order. Examined in Signal No. 86.
Sources: Quantum Systems · Tencore · BMVg · European Security and Defence · hartpunkt.
First reported in Signal No. 86, 19 June 2026.