Quantum Cyber N.V. Expands Quantum Photonic Array License to Cover Air, Surface and Subsea Unmanned Systems
NASDAQ: QUCY
Quantum Cyber N.V. (Nasdaq: QUCY), described by the company as a Nasdaq-listed autonomous defense technology company assembling an AI-powered, quantum-accelerated System-of-Systems platform for drone warfare, counter-UAS, autonomous maritime operations and homeland security, announced the execution of an Amendment to its Intellectual Property License Agreement with Project LightShift, Inc., the Florida-based developer of the patent-protected quantum photonic array technology that anchors the quantum layer of the Company's platform, according to the press release.
The Amendment, entered into between Project LightShift and the Company's wholly owned subsidiary, Quantum Drones Corporation, expands, defines, and advances potential operations related to and development of the exclusive rights Quantum Cyber secured from LightShift on June 11, 2026, according to the company, repositioning the quantum photonic array as the core intellectual property backbone across every unmanned warfare domain the Company states it is building into: air, surface, and subsea.
Key Highlights
- Under the original June 2026 agreement, Quantum Cyber's exclusive rights covered the quantum antenna technology for unmanned aerial vehicles and drone platforms, according to the company.
- The Amendment expands the "Field of Use" to include, in addition to unmanned aerial vehicles and unmanned aircraft systems (collectively, "UAS"), unmanned surface vessels ("USVs"), unmanned underwater vehicles ("UUVs"), and related unmanned maritime or undersea platforms (collectively, "Unmanned Maritime Systems"), according to the press release.
- The expanded field also captures what the Amendment defines as "Dedicated Unmanned Systems Infrastructure," the ground-based, airborne, maritime, subsea and space-based products, systems and infrastructure designed and deployed primarily to detect, identify, track, communicate with, control, navigate, counter, power, support or provide services to Quantum Cyber's licensed unmanned systems, according to the company.
- The Amendment updates Schedule 1 of the IP License Agreement to formally list the current Licensed Patents to which Quantum Drones Corporation now holds a license, according to the press release.
Strategic/Operational Context
According to the company, management views the expansion as unifying the Company's multi-domain autonomous warfare thesis, air, surface, subsea, and the dedicated infrastructure that ties them together, under a single, exclusive quantum IP position held inside Quantum Drones Corporation.
David Lazar, Chief Executive Officer of Quantum Cyber, said, "The quantum layer is now exclusive to us across air, surface and subsea unmanned systems. The rights are irrevocable, sublicensable through multiple tiers, and held inside Quantum Drones Corporation. Our shareholders recover four times every dollar we spend developing this technology before a single royalty dollar leaves the Company, and if Project LightShift commercializes any improvement outside our field, ten percent of those revenues come back to us. We now control a permanent, multi-domain quantum position at the exact moment the United States is committing the largest autonomous warfare budget in its history. We are moving forward."
Resources and Financials
- Licensed Patents listed under the updated Schedule 1 include: U.S. Provisional Application No. 63/839,863, "Integrated Quantum Photonic Array for Multispectral Energy Capture and Conversion," filed July 7, 2025.
- PCT Application No. PCT/US26/35746, "Quantum Photonic Energy Conversion and Storage," filed July 7, 2026.
- U.S. Non-Provisional Application No. 19/733,772, "Quantum Photonic Energy Conversion and Storage," filed July 7, 2026.
- According to Project LightShift, the antenna concept was incubated through Dr. Wolf Kohn's research at the University of Washington, where a DARPA-funded research program produced a quantum dot approximately 50 nanometers in size.
- Project LightShift is targeting individual quantum-dot dimensions of approximately 10 to 13 nanometers for production designs, with the proposed array intended to transmit and receive using visible-light channels spanning blue, yellow and red wavelengths, with randomized selection of the transmission color, according to the company.
- The development objective is a miniaturized communications capability for unmanned systems, including potential long-range applications, with production dimensions and communications performance subject to fabrication and system-level validation, according to the press release.
- The fiscal year 2027 defense budget contemplates approximately $55 billion for drone and autonomous warfare programs, which the company describes as the largest single-year autonomous warfare allocation in U.S. history.
- The global counter-UAS market is projected to grow from $3.1 billion to $10.6 billion by 2030, a 27.2 percent compound annual growth rate, according to Grand View Research, 2025, as cited by the company.
What to Watch Next
- Schedule 1 is structured to be amended from time to time during the term to pick up any additional patents or patent applications Project LightShift owns or controls that specifically claim the licensed technology as practiced within the expanded Field of Use, according to the company.
- The company's forward-looking statements reference anticipated development and delivery of a demonstrable prototype of the licensed technology and the filing of a Current Report on Form 8-K.
About Quantum Cyber N.V.
Quantum Cyber N.V. (Nasdaq: QUCY) is assembling an AI-powered, quantum-accelerated System-of-Systems autonomous defense platform that integrates drone warfare, counter-UAS, autonomous naval mine countermeasures, EMP shielding, anti-drone ammunition, command-and-control, and quantum antenna applications under a single Nasdaq-listed company. The Company acquires, licenses and develops combat-proven autonomous technologies, deploying them as a coordinated, multi-domain portfolio across air, land and sea. For more information, visit www.quantum-cyber.ai.
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