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04 · Why us

We come from sensor data fusion. From hardware through software into series production.

  • Background

    Series experience

    Driver assistance in automotive: sensor packages integrated, tested, released and brought into series production.

  • Shaped by

    Tested under pressure

    Swarm Drone Challenge: 14 weeks under pressure, 2nd of 22, best German team.

  • Expertise

    Drone detection

    We have built drones ourselves, located them and flown them in a swarm. We know them from the other side.

We bring TYTO to market. With experienced developers and series experience.

Founders and management

  • Vicki Lichtenegger

    Vicki Lichtenegger

    Co-Founder & CEO · project and series

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  • Oliver Tiedemann

    Oliver Tiedemann

    Co-Founder · sensor fusion, AI

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  • Sascha Dirbach

    Sascha Dirbach

    Co-Founder · software development, platform

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Team

  • René Melzer

    René Melzer

    Hardware integration, embedded

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  • Thomas Letze

    Thomas Letze

    Software development, alarm chain

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05 · Market size

Not whether, but who comes first.

Starting market Germany

4,400

sites: 1,434 mandatory facilities + around 3,000 with the same risk

138 m€ initial equipment · ~45 m€ operation per year

Target market EU

24,000

sites: the same CER directive in all 27 member states

~750 m€ initial equipment · ~240 m€ operation per year

TenneT is already looking.

Market survey on drone detection in the EU Official Journal, 20 Apr 2026. One decision applies to all substations; three more grid operators face the same question.

+27 % per year.

Drone defence in Europe grows from 1.24 to 4.16 bn $ (2025–2030), including military.

BSI figures 31 Dec 2023; EU extrapolated by population (Eurostat); avg. 31,200 € + 7,000 €/year per site; TED 265921-2026; MarketsandMarkets

Our vision

Every critical facility in Europe hears what is coming.

Today the ears at the fence. Tomorrow the data source for every control room and every future defence: mobile units for patrols and events, a platform for third-party sensors too.

Substation and power lines in morning mist at sunrise.

Address

ToBeDefined.aiKösching near IngolstadtBavaria, Germany

ToBeDefined.ai is being founded; until registration the site is operated by OT Consulting UG (haftungsbeschränkt), see Impressum.

Contact

For pilot applications use the pilot form. For everything else:

Open the contact form contact@tobedefined.ai