Gremsy and NINANO sign MoU on EO/IR payload integration

Gremsy has signed a memorandum of understanding with South Korean UAV manufacturer NINANO to explore integrating Gremsy's EO/IR camera payloads into NINANO's unmanned platforms. The agreement sets a framework for technical collaboration and long-term supply, and adds a Korean partner in Asia-Pacific.

By SamPublished November 4, 2026Updated November 4, 20262 min read

Announced from Ho Chi Minh City, the MoU frames joint engineering work, integration and a supply relationship over the long term. Gremsy and NINANO will look at fitting the VIO G1 and Lynx payloads to NINANO aircraft, starting with a project that is already under way.

Target applications are civilian public safety, monitoring and industrial inspection. The partners will pool engineering, R&D and manufacturing resources for integration, evaluation, testing and validation, and align requirements and priorities as the project progresses.

Lynx is a compact spherical dual-spectrum payload that pairs a 4K EO camera with a thermal imager and adds AI-based detection and tracking. The NDAA-compliant version weighs 190 grams, uses a FLIR Boson 640 radiometric core and is assembled in the US; the standard version weighs 235 grams and is assembled in Vietnam. The announcement does not say which version NINANO will evaluate.

Gremsy CEO Tran Quoc Vinh says the collaboration should bring the company’s payloads into operational use with first responders. NINANO CEO Geon-Hong Kim calls the integration a milestone for his company. The MoU states no order volumes, delivery dates or platform names.

Why it matters

NINANO is a South Korean UAV developer serving logistics, public safety and infrastructure inspection, and placed among Asia’s ten best startups at the Extreme Tech Competition (XTC). The MoU covers integration and supply cooperation for EO/IR payloads on its platforms.

For Gremsy, the Asia-Pacific region is a strategic market. The company assembles standard versions in Vietnam and distributes NDAA-compliant versions through Gremsy US, which serves customers with differing sourcing requirements. Gremsy also has Blue UAS listings for three NDAA payload products and an Elite Integrators program for its KESTREL payload.

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