Quantum Cyber N.V. filed a Form 8-K on November 12, 2026, disclosing that its wholly owned subsidiary Quantum Drones Corporation entered into the First Amendment to an Intellectual Property License Agreement with Project LightShift, Inc. on November 6, 2026.

Key Highlights

  • Expanded Field of Use: The amendment broadens coverage beyond unmanned aerial systems to include unmanned surface and underwater vehicles, related maritime platforms, and homeland security, law enforcement, and other governmental security applications.
  • Wider Licensed Products: Licensed Products are expanded from quantum antenna systems to quantum photonic array technology, including antenna systems, for those unmanned systems.
  • Sublicensing Rights: Quantum Drones may now grant sublicenses in its sole discretion, without LightShift's consent, with Quantum Drones paying LightShift 10% of Sublicense Income.
  • Royalty Rate Increase: The royalty payable by LightShift to Quantum Drones on Net Revenues from commercialized Improvements rises from 5% to 10%, and a new payment of 10% of LightShift's Sublicense Income from Improvements is added.
  • License No Longer Royalty-Free: After Quantum Drones recovers four times its Development Costs, it must pay LightShift a royalty equal to 100% of the cost attributable to the quantum photonic array in each end-use sale, subject to certain limitations.
  • Reverse License to LightShift: LightShift receives a license, outside the Field of Use, to Licensee Field Improvements developed by Quantum Drones, subject to royalties of 10% of Net Revenues attributable to such Commercial Sales.

Quantum Drones and LightShift Amend IP Agreement, Restructuring Royalties and Scope

According to the filing, Quantum Cyber N.V. (NASDAQ:QUCY) originally entered into an Intellectual Property License Agreement with Project LightShift, Inc. on June 11, 2026, under which LightShift granted the company a license to use certain intellectual property owned or controlled by LightShift, referred to as the Licensed Technology. The company subsequently assigned that agreement to Quantum Drones Corporation, its wholly owned subsidiary, as the filing states was permitted by Section 14.9 of the License Agreement.

On November 6, 2026, Quantum Drones and LightShift executed the First Amendment to that agreement. The filing describes five principal changes. First, the Field of Use is expanded to cover unmanned surface and underwater vehicles and related maritime platforms, as well as homeland security, law enforcement, and other governmental security applications. Second, Quantum Drones gains the right to sublicense without LightShift's prior consent, in exchange for a 10% share of Sublicense Income paid to LightShift. Third, the royalty rate on Net Revenues from commercialized Improvements flowing from LightShift to Quantum Drones doubles from 5% to 10%, and a new 10% payment on LightShift's own Sublicense Income from Improvements is introduced.

Fourth, the filing discloses that the license transitions away from being royalty-free: once Quantum Drones recoups four times its Development Costs, it becomes obligated to pay LightShift a royalty equal to 100% of the cost attributable to the quantum photonic array in each end-use sale, subject to certain limitations. Fifth, LightShift receives a reciprocal license to Licensee Field Improvements developed by Quantum Drones, applicable outside the Field of Use, with LightShift paying Quantum Drones 10% of Net Revenues from related Commercial Sales. The filing notes the First Amendment is filed as Exhibit 10.1 and that the License Agreement otherwise remains in full force and effect.

What Was Disclosed

Quantum Cyber N.V. reported through its Form 8-K that subsidiary Quantum Drones Corporation amended its IP license with Project LightShift, Inc. on November 6, 2026, expanding the licensed scope, restructuring royalty obligations in both directions, and granting sublicensing rights to Quantum Drones.