Orqa
Croatian drone racing equipment manufacturer
Orqa is a Croatian manufacturer of drone systems and first-person view (FPV) technical equipment headquartered in Osijek, Croatia. Since the 2020s, firm became a significant defense contractor in Croatia, and it has expanded production, manufacturing, and collaboration with other manufacturers throughout Europe, Asia and the United States.
History
Orqa was founded by the trio Srđan Kovačević, Ivan Jelušić and Vlatko Matijević in late 2018. The company's initial product were the FPV.One goggles, released to the consumer market, intended for piloting drones, and marketed as having better specifications than its competitors. Around the same time, it also began producing drones for racing purposes.
In 2023, Orqa acquired ImmersionRC, a Swiss producer of FPV electronics. During May of the same year, the company was involved in an incident, where its FPV goggles were bricked as a result of a third-party software issue, claimed as a result of either an unpaid license, or ransomware.
In 2024, it received a $5.8 million investment from Lightspeed Venture Partners. It entered into a partnership with Baykar, where the companies plan to integrate Orqa's FPV drones to be carried by Baykar Bayraktar TB2 UAV. It also partnered with DOK-ING in developing manned-unmanned teaming (MUM-T) technologies for dual-use applications.
In 2025, it was reported that it was a supplier of drones for the United States Department of Defense, however the purchases from the company were halted after it was discovered that one radio module contained within the drones had been manufactured in China.
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