Ukrainian DefenseTech company Oko Camera plans to expand its staff by 40 employees and scale sales of its new Oko Pro line by the end of the year. The thermal imaging camera manufacturer is also preparing new models for reconnaissance drones and aerial surveillance.
Ukrainian DefenseTech company Oko Camera plans to expand its staff by 40 employees and scale sales of its new Oko Pro line by the end of the year. The thermal imaging camera manufacturer is also preparing new models for reconnaissance drones and aerial surveillance.
This was stated by the CEO and co-founder of the company, Denys Nikolayenko, in an interview with AIN.
According to the head of the company, the Defense Tech market is experiencing a shortage of highly specialized technical personnel in the fields of optics, microelectronics and FPGA (FPGA), as well as researchers for R&D. In addition, it is difficult to find product managers with experience in the development of electronics and certification of military products. Since there are few ready-made specialists on the market, the company attracts specialists from civilian areas and trains them according to its own methodology.
Oko Camera also plans to close the investment round by the end of 2026 and, in parallel, is actively developing its product portfolio:
Oko Core is a serial line of rugged cameras for extreme conditions, used in anti-personnel and air defense turrets and ground attack robotic systems (GAS).
Oko Pro — cameras for computer vision algorithms, announced in June 2026. The model has passed qualification and testing and is already being launched into mass production.
Oko S is the first SWaP-C model with a 12-micron sensor for reconnaissance drones. Sales are planned to begin by the end of the year.
Oko HD is a 1280×1024 resolution line that has four times more pixels than other models for better identification of aerial targets at long distances.
"This is both for long-range aerial target surveillance and for applications where more pixels are needed for the same object. In fact, we retain the field of view angle, but we have more information to better identify or recognize the object," Nikolayenko noted.
Oko Camera has been developing and manufacturing ultra-sensitive thermal imaging cameras for unmanned and robotic systems, including UAVs, NVRs, turrets, and visual navigation systems since 2022.
