PAWELL

PAWELL is a Lviv-based company that builds battery packs for uncrewed systems — fixed-wing strike drones, FPV quadcopters, electronic-warfare gear and larger platforms. Its central idea is to drop the lithium-polymer cells common in military drones in favour of LiNMC cells, the lithium nickel-manganese-cobalt chemistry mass-produced for electric cars. Press accounts put LiNMC energy density at roughly 230–260 Wh/kg against the 150–170 Wh/kg of typical drone LiPo packs, and because the cells are made at automotive scale they are cheaper and more available than purpose-built military batteries. The company assembles them into packs tailored to a given drone’s weight and power needs.

The technology has been tied to a measurable range gain in combat. Ukrainian reporting describes a Postman-type fixed-wing drone flying close to 200 km — about a 46% increase over its standard pack — and in an October 2025 mission a Postman carrying a 15 kg warhead reportedly struck an ammunition depot in the south and returned with around 10% charge remaining. An earlier July 2025 flight in the Sumy direction was credited with locating a Buk-M1 air-defence system. The firm has said its next target is range beyond 400 km. Battery supply has become a recognised bottleneck in Ukraine’s drone effort, an area also flagged for support by the state defence-tech accelerator Brave1 .