As the company moves into what it calls “Phase Two”, NAD has restructured its board and made several senior engineering hires to support growth. The new team members come from leading firms including Anduril, Einride, and FLIR, underlining NAD’s aim to develop sovereign drone defence solutions within Europe.
NAD CEO Karl Rosander stated: “What were once imagined as future conflicts are happening right now. There can be no complacency: the world is rapidly changing and Europe must create new industrial might and deliver defensive hardware at-scale.”
Rosander added: “Inflection recognises the urgency of the mission at hand and has invested in Nordic Air Defence; their investment brings us closer to bringing the Kreuger 100, our first product, to market and ultimately in the field. The race is on to deploy and have Nordic Air Defence providing protective cover.”
Inflection Partner Jonatan Luther-Bergquist said: “Nordic Air Defence has built a winning team, one we feel has the entrepreneurial mentality and skills to fundamentally transform the defence tech industry. Our investment underpins our commitment to technologies that empower sovereign computation and resilience.”
He continued: “We are not only investing in the superb team at NAD, but also in Europe: for too long defence tech was stale and we cannot let the continent fall behind. Europe has storied engineering and defence heritage. Nordic Air Defence has captured its very essence and we are excited to support them as they get closer to launching the Kreuger 100.”
NAD also announced the appointment of Nicholas Högasten as Head of Product, following more than two decades at Teledyne FLIR, where he led development projects in imaging and sensing. Högasten, who has been based in California for 18 years, will relocate to Stockholm this summer.
Dominic Surano will join NAD as Director of Special Projects after leading unmanned aerial systems development at Anduril Industries, as well as previous roles at Insitu and General Atomics Aeronautical Systems. Bianca Otake, formerly of Einride, joins as a Navigation Engineer, bringing expertise in autonomous driving technologies.
Effective immediately, the new board includes co-founders Karl Rosander and Gustav Wiberg, Dr Jonas Dromberg of Revalence Ventures, and Hampus Särnbratt of EQT Ventures. Inflection will take a board observer role, while former board members Johan Ahlberg, Jan Gurander, Jörgen Bladh, and Erik Fredlund have stepped down.
Rosander acknowledged their contribution: “I would like to thank Johan, Jan, Jörgen, and Erik for their invaluable counsel and support in the earliest days of Nordic Air Defence. Their collective advice and experience enabled us to set a clear strategy as well as develop the business around our technology.”
On the restructuring, Rosander added: “We have moved to a streamlined board so the company can move at even greater speed, seize all opportunities that come our way, and enter a period of hypergrowth. Jonas and Hampus each have unique experience in fundraising and scaling strategy – two crucial elements of NAD Phase Two.”
He concluded: “Finally, I would like to introduce Nicholas Högasten, Dominic Surano, and Bianca Otake. All three joining Nordic Air Defence is testament to our ethos and the vital work we have ahead of us.”
“Our new colleagues will play a key role as we produce a remarkable number of smarter and more cost effective systems fit for the new demands to protect Europe. We simply must attract the best possible people in order to win and each of them are a beacon of knowledge and experience. We’re overjoyed they have joined.”
Founded in Sweden, NAD emerged from stealth in September 2024 with its first product, the Kreuger 100 — a dual-use drone interceptor platform for civilian and military use. The Kreuger 100 replaces traditional hardware-heavy systems with software-based solutions, offering tenfold cost reduction and enabling mass production.
Battery-powered and lightweight, the Kreuger 100 is designed for high portability and rapid deployment. NAD is positioning the platform as a scalable response to evolving drone threats, and intends to broaden its scope to include land, sea, and subsea defence in future phases.
