Company / Counter-UAS
Alpine Eagle
Munich-based developer of Sentinel, an airborne counter-drone system that combines drone-mounted radar, EO/IR sensors and interceptors in one network.
Munich, GermanyCounter-UAS systems
About the company
About Alpine Eagle
Alpine Eagle GmbH was founded in Munich in 2023 by Jan-Hendrik Boelens, formerly CTO of Volocopter and Quantum Systems, and sensor-fusion specialist Timo Breuer. The company builds airborne counter-UAS systems for military and security forces and has teams in Munich, London and Karlsruhe.
Its Sentinel system moves drone detection and defeat into the air: networked aerial platforms carry radar, electro-optical and infrared sensors and interceptors, closing the loop from detection to engagement. The Sentinel-OS software layer links these elements, works with third-party hardware and connects to battle management systems and ground-based effectors.
The Bundeswehr received first systems for operational trials in 2024, and Sentinel has been deployed with Ukrainian forces. In 2025 Alpine Eagle raised 10.25 million euros in seed funding led by IQ Capital, and in 2026 it announced a production facility near Munich for its own interceptors.
In the news2 stories
Counter-UAS for Europe: Alpine Eagle and Origin Robotics integrate Blaze into Sentinel
A German-Latvian duo joins forces: at Eurosatory 2026, Alpine Eagle and Origin Robotics announced that they will combine their counter-UAS technologies. In the longer term, production of Blaze in Germany is also under discussion.
Counter-UAS: Alpine Eagle expands Sentinel production and plans plant near Munich
Scalable counter-UAS solutions are in demand, especially in Europe. Alpine Eagle is responding with more staff, a partnership with Delta Quad and its own production facility for interceptor drones near Munich.