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    Kelluu Secures NATO Innovation Funding For Surveillance Airships

    Kelluu Secures NATO Innovation Funding For Surveillance Airships | Aviation Week Network

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    Tony Osborne
    April 15, 2026

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    Credit: Harry Saynevirta/Kelluu

    A Finnish startup developing autonomous airships has secured funding from NATO’s Innovation Fund. Kelluu has raised €15 million ($17 million) in what is the fund’s first investment into a Finnish company. Kelluu’s CEO Janne Hietala says the funding will give the Joensuu-based company “a clear runway…

    Tony Osborne

    Based in London, Tony covers European defense programs. Prior to joining Aviation Week in November 2012, Tony was at Shephard Media Group where he was deputy editor for Rotorhub and Defence Helicopter magazines.

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