Winner MT/Sprout Challenger50 of 2025; Confirmation of our field-driven approach
Winner MT/Sprout Challenger50 of 2025; Confirmation of our field-driven approach
Nov 6, 2025
Nov 6, 2025
At multiple national innovation and growth events, Intelic was recognised for its autonomous C2 software, including the MT/Sprout Challenger50 Award and Deloitte Fast50 Rising Star.
At multiple national innovation and growth events, Intelic was recognised for its autonomous C2 software, including the MT/Sprout Challenger50 Award and Deloitte Fast50 Rising Star.
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Recognition is most meaningful when it reflects reality rather than promise.
During a series of national innovation and growth events, Intelic received multiple forms of recognition for its work on autonomous Command & Control software. Among them was the MT/Sprout Challenger50 Award, alongside acknowledgement during the Deloitte Fast50 Rising Star programme.
Rather than presenting a conventional company pitch, Intelic’s CEO Maurits Korthals chose a different approach. He shared a real account from a Ukrainian drone operator. Not a technical demo, but a story from the frontline.
The operator described how his platoon spent days sheltering in the basement of a destroyed building near Pokrovsk. When orders came to withdraw, the journey back meant crossing more than twenty kilometres of exposed road. Minefields, wreckage, drones overhead, artillery fire. One team made it through. A second team was struck by an enemy drone. Two of the three crew members did not survive.
The story was not shared to dramatise technology, but to demonstrate the importance of military equipment in military missions.
The Challenger50 jury cited Intelic’s ability to combine a long-term vision on autonomy with hands-on operational experience. According to jury chair Philip Bueters, Intelic demonstrates how scalable, software-driven approaches can outperform traditional hardware-centric methodologies, while already delivering tangible impact today. Intelic takes it one step further by working closely with armed forces, defence integrators and uncrewed system manufacturers to ensure its software evolves alongside real operational needs.
“Our focus has always been on trusted autonomy in real conditions,” says Maurits Korthals Altes. “This recognition reflects the work of our team and our partners. It reinforces our belief that open, interoperable software is essential for the defence systems Europe needs to build.”
The awards themselves are not the goal. They serve as confirmation that a field-driven, integration-first approach is gaining ground.
For Intelic, the work continues. The mission remains unchanged: building software that performs when conditions are contested, decisions matter, and humans remain firmly in control.
Recognition is most meaningful when it reflects reality rather than promise.
During a series of national innovation and growth events, Intelic received multiple forms of recognition for its work on autonomous Command & Control software. Among them was the MT/Sprout Challenger50 Award, alongside acknowledgement during the Deloitte Fast50 Rising Star programme.
Rather than presenting a conventional company pitch, Intelic’s CEO Maurits Korthals chose a different approach. He shared a real account from a Ukrainian drone operator. Not a technical demo, but a story from the frontline.
The operator described how his platoon spent days sheltering in the basement of a destroyed building near Pokrovsk. When orders came to withdraw, the journey back meant crossing more than twenty kilometres of exposed road. Minefields, wreckage, drones overhead, artillery fire. One team made it through. A second team was struck by an enemy drone. Two of the three crew members did not survive.
The story was not shared to dramatise technology, but to demonstrate the importance of military equipment in military missions.
The Challenger50 jury cited Intelic’s ability to combine a long-term vision on autonomy with hands-on operational experience. According to jury chair Philip Bueters, Intelic demonstrates how scalable, software-driven approaches can outperform traditional hardware-centric methodologies, while already delivering tangible impact today. Intelic takes it one step further by working closely with armed forces, defence integrators and uncrewed system manufacturers to ensure its software evolves alongside real operational needs.
“Our focus has always been on trusted autonomy in real conditions,” says Maurits Korthals Altes. “This recognition reflects the work of our team and our partners. It reinforces our belief that open, interoperable software is essential for the defence systems Europe needs to build.”
The awards themselves are not the goal. They serve as confirmation that a field-driven, integration-first approach is gaining ground.
For Intelic, the work continues. The mission remains unchanged: building software that performs when conditions are contested, decisions matter, and humans remain firmly in control.
