Defense tech company closes on Bridgeport factory purchase, moves HQ to Norwalk

A defense technology company has completed its $2.3 million purchase of a Bridgeport factory property — and quietly relocated its corporate headquarters from Florida to Norwalk, according to a filing with the U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission.

Quantum Cyber N.V. said Thursday that its subsidiary, Quantum Drones Corp., closed Wednesday on the roughly 50,000-square-foot industrial property at 38 Union Ave., acquired from Arcade Realty LLC.

In the same SEC filing, Quantum Cyber disclosed that it changed its corporate address on Thursday from West Palm Beach, Florida, to a suite at 200 Connecticut Ave. in Norwalk — making Connecticut home to both the Nasdaq-listed company’s headquarters and its planned manufacturing operation.

A separate $900,000 asset purchase agreement with Arcade Technology LLC covering the metal stamping equipment installed at the site has not yet closed.

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Quantum Cyber, which describes itself as an autonomous defense technology company building an AI-powered “system-of-systems” platform for drone warfare, counter-drone and border security applications, has said the Bridgeport facility will anchor its transformation from a technology licensing business into a vertically integrated manufacturer of autonomous defense systems.

“This is no longer a plan on paper — it is a real building, on U.S. soil, that we control,” CEO David Lazar said in a statement. “It gives us the domestic production base we have said we were building, and it is the foundation from which we intend to advance toward delivering combat-ready autonomous systems for our government customers.”

The company has tied its strategy to the Trump administration’s Executive Order 14307, which prioritizes domestic drone production, and the Pentagon’s proposed fiscal 2027 budget, which allocates roughly $55 billion to drone and autonomous warfare programs.

Quantum Drones is led by Peter O’Rourke, former acting secretary of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, and Robert Liscouski, former assistant secretary for infrastructure protection at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security.

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Quantum Cyber, formerly known as Mainz Biomed N.V., pivoted from cancer diagnostics to autonomous defense technology and adopted its current name earlier this year.