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# Orqa expands drone manufacturing in Croatia as Europe accelerates strategic decoupling from China
- URL: https://www.adriadefense.com/orqa-expands-drone-manufacturing-in-croatia-as-europe-accelerates-strategic-decoupling-from-china/
- Published: 2025-12-04T17:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2025-12-04T17:35:55.000Z
- Description: Orqa has expanded its drone manufacturing capacity in Osijek to 280,000 EU-made, NDAA-compliant drones annually — a pivotal shift as Europe seeks secure, non-Chinese supply chains for defence-grade unmanned systems.
- Author: AdriaDefense Desk
- Tags: Croatia, Industry, Orqa, China, Drone manufacturer, NATO

Orqa has completed a major expansion of its drone production facility in Osijek, Croatia, enabling annual output of up to **280,000 NDAA-compliant drones** — a significant jump in Europe’s domestic manufacturing capability for both FPV and defence-grade unmanned aerial systems.

Unlike most global drone makers, Orqa relies solely on **EU-designed and EU-produced components**, eliminating exposure to Chinese-controlled supply chains. This is not a marketing detail — it is a structural pivot at a time when NATO states and European manufacturers are urgently searching for vendors that meet security, sovereignty and trust-based manufacturing criteria.

The upgraded facility is built around Orqa’s fully vertically integrated model:

- internal design of all major components
- in-house engineering
- on-site assembly
- internal cybersecurity validation
- controlled and traceable supply origin

This level of vertical control allows Orqa to guarantee functional reliability, anti-tampering integrity, and uninterrupted delivery — a decisive advantage as the global UAS market experiences demand spikes and geopolitical scrutiny.

Orqa’s leadership frames the expansion not only as a business milestone, but as an industrial-capability proof point for the entire European defence sector. As CEO **Srdjan Kovacevic** put it, the company has demonstrated that Europe can scale high-performance drone production outside of China, supporting resilient supply chains for allied customers.

Orqa claims a strong 2024 performance, with **over 100,000 products delivered** and customers across **more than 50 countries**, positioning the firm as one of Europe’s most advanced drone technology companies — and increasingly as a strategic manufacturing node for Western defense and security clients.