Project Q
Project Q builds Q-OSP, an open C2 and sensor-fusion platform that connects legacy and new sensors into a unified real-time battlefield picture for NATO-compatible forces.
Background
Project Q was founded in Berlin in 2024 by Leonard Wessendorff and Frank Christian Sprengel.
The company emerged from a thesis that fragmented sensor ecosystems are the primary bottleneck in modern combined-arms operations, and set out to build a vendor-agnostic integration layer rather than proprietary hardware.
The core product is Q-OSP (Open Sensor Platform), a software layer that ingests data from disparate sensors, legacy C2 systems, and third-party feeds to generate real-time situational awareness.
The company markets this architecture under the umbrella concept it calls the "Internet of Defence," emphasizing interoperability across NATO force structures. A dedicated unattended-ground-sensor kit is scheduled for showcase at Eurosatory 2026.
Project Q routes to market primarily through direct engagement with European defense ministries and through partnerships with hardware manufacturers and defense primes who embed Q-OSP as an integration layer.
The team stood at approximately 20 staff at the time of its seed close, with plans to scale to 30.
Linked records
Wired to the rest of BattlePolicy — the systems it builds in the Lexicon and the contracts it wins in the Procurement Tracker. Every link below is a record in our own datasets.
- none linked yet
- United States — PROCUREMENT OF V-22 LOT 17 LONG LEAD-TIME ITEMS
- United States — CMV-22 PRODUCTION LOT 22 LONG LEAD-TIME ITEMS
- United States — (unspecified materiel)
- United States — V-22 NACELLE IMPROVEMENTS STEP 2
- United States — V-22 PBL PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE 1 (1 JANUARY 2019 - 31 DECEMBER 2019)
- United States — V-22 PERFORMANCE BASED LOGISTICS CONTRACT POP 3 (01/06/2024 - 01/05/2025)
- United States — V-22 PBL POP 4 (6 JAN 2025 - 5 JAN 2026)
- United States — V-22 PBL POP 5 (6 JAN 2026 - 5 JAN 2027)
- none linked yet
Financial footing
- €7.5M (pre-seed+seed)
- Bundeswehr pilots
- Eurosatory 2026 unattended-ground-sensor kit
- Backers: Project A, Expeditions Fund, SuperAngel
Project Q closed a €7.5 million seed round in 2024, led by Project A with participation from Expeditions Fund and SuperAngel. This is the company's first and only disclosed financing round; no pre-seed tranche separate from this figure has been confirmed in public reporting. Total disclosed funding stands at €7.5 million.
No post-money valuation has been publicly stated. The company is privately held. No revenue figures, backlog totals, or government contract award values have been disclosed. Given the Bundeswehr pilot engagements, some modest early-stage government revenue is plausible but unconfirmed.
Major customers & contracts
Joined live from the Procurement & Contracts Tracker — real award/announcement records.
| Customer | System | Scale / detail | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | PROCUREMENT OF V-22 LOT 17 LONG LEAD-TIME ITEMS | PROCUREMENT OF V-22 LOT 17 LONG LEAD-TIME ITEMS | signed |
| United States | CMV-22 PRODUCTION LOT 22 LONG LEAD-TIME ITEMS | CMV-22 PRODUCTION LOT 22 LONG LEAD-TIME ITEMS | signed |
| United States | (unspecified materiel) | 822396261 | signed |
| United States | V-22 NACELLE IMPROVEMENTS STEP 2 | V-22 NACELLE IMPROVEMENTS STEP 2 | signed |
| United States | V-22 PBL PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE 1 (1 JANUARY 2019 - 31 DECEMBER 2019) | V-22 PBL PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE 1 (1 JANUARY 2019 - 31 DECEMBER 2019) | signed |
| United States | V-22 PERFORMANCE BASED LOGISTICS CONTRACT POP 3 (01/06/2024 - 01/05/2025) | V-22 PERFORMANCE BASED LOGISTICS CONTRACT POP 3 (01/06/2024 - 01/05/2025) | signed |
| United States | V-22 PBL POP 4 (6 JAN 2025 - 5 JAN 2026) | V-22 PBL POP 4 (6 JAN 2025 - 5 JAN 2026) | signed |
| United States | V-22 PBL POP 5 (6 JAN 2026 - 5 JAN 2027) | V-22 PBL POP 5 (6 JAN 2026 - 5 JAN 2027) | signed |
Further disclosed customers & programs (public reporting):
The German Bundeswehr is Project Q's only publicly confirmed customer, with at least one pilot engagement and initial orders received as of 2024–2025 public reporting. No contract ceiling, award value, or specific Bundeswehr program office has been disclosed.
The company has stated ambitions to expand to other NATO and European armed forces, and is pursuing engagement with European defense primes as integration partners, but no additional named government or commercial customers have been confirmed. An unattended-ground-sensor kit is slated for demonstration at Eurosatory 2026, which may represent a pathway to additional European MoD customers.
Leadership & contact surface
Official site: https://project-q.ai
Competitive position
Project Q's closest European C4ISR peers include Helsing, Palantir's European defense unit, Rheinmetall's digitization division, and UK-based Anduril Europe. Against Helsing, Project Q is positioned as a more open, hardware-agnostic integration layer rather than an AI-inference platform tied to specific sensor modalities — its edge is vendor neutrality, its weakness is narrower AI capability. Against Palantir's Gotham and MetaConstellation offerings, Q-OSP is lighter-weight and faster to deploy for smaller European forces, but lacks Palantir's decade-long data infrastructure and U.S.
government relationships. Against Rheinmetall's digitization programs, Project Q can integrate across legacy systems without a hardware prime's commercial constraints, though it has no hardware revenue to cross-subsidize software. Against Anduril Europe, it is pure software and thus more portable, but less able to offer a full kill-chain product. The broader European C4ISR software market remains fragmented, giving a standards-setter real long-term leverage.
Battlefield relevance
No confirmed combat use to date.
Sources & verification
- Project Q seed round announcement — Project A portfolio
- https://www.startbase.com/news/defence-tech-startup-project-q-sammelt-75-millionen-euro-ein/
- https://www.handelsblatt.com/unternehmen/start-ups/start-up-check-berliner-ruestungs-start-up-bringt-zivile-technologien-an-die-front/100144025.html
- https://de.finance.yahoo.com/nachrichten/defence-tech-project-q-bekommt-104303452.html
- https://www.starting-up.de/news/news-investments/defensetech-start-up-project-q-sammelt-75-mio-euro-ein.html
- https://www.linkedin.com/posts/leoneluca_exclusive-german-battlefield-integration-activity-7356685238829293568-BPME
- https://www.zeitenwendegroup.com/p/german-startup-project-q-secures
- https://www.instagram.com/p/DMpbdWqIHhj/
- https://www.startbase.de/news/defence-tech-startup-project-q-sammelt-75-millionen-euro-ein/
- https://www.fundz.net/fundings/project-q-funding-round-seed-b32663
- https://dronelife.com/2025/07/28/project-q-raises-e7-5m-to-advance-ai-driven-defense-integration/
- https://maresmedia.se/project-q-sammelt-75-millionen-euro-wie-das-berliner-defence-tech-startup-mit-ki-europas-verteidigung-vernetzen-will/
- https://www.linkedin.com/posts/defence-finance-monitor_project-q-germany-strategic-technological-activity-7360632724241473537-_v9n
- https://bebee.com/de/jobs/project-manager-military-sensor-and-networking-solutions-project-q-berlin-berlin--theirstack-672873386
- https://www.linkedin.com/posts/dronestacks_dronestacks-defensetech-ai-activity-7355818596897378307-pYNC
- https://www.bvp.com/atlas/defense-tech-roadmap-five-frontiers-for-2026