# Skyeton expands UAV production to Slovakia with $3.5M facility

Ukrainian UAV manufacturer Skyeton has launched production of Raybird-3 reconnaissance systems at a new facility in Haniska, Slovakia, with $3.5 million in investments. The plant aims to employ 200 people by end of 2025 and can initially produce 25 systems per year.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2024-08-02
- Where: Haniska, near Prešov, Slovakia
- Value: $3.50M
- Jobs: 200
- Starts operating: Q1 2024
- Status: under construction
- Capacity: 25 systems per year
- Products: Raybird-3 reconnaissance UAV systems
- Sectors: [Automotive Components](https://endata.com/sectors/automotive-components.md)

## Companies

- [Skyeton](https://endata.com/companies/78967.md)
- [Tropozond s.r.o.](https://endata.com/companies/78968.md)

## Sources

- [uasvision.com](https://www.uasvision.com/2024/08/02/ukraines-skyeton-expands-uav-production-to-slovakia/), 2024-08-02: "By the end of next year, Tropozond s.r.o. expects to have as many as 200 employees."

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