Visionary Machines is a sovereign Australian sensing and situational awareness company designing advanced capabilities for defence, government, critical infrastructure, and public safety.
Visionary Machines platforms integrate sensing, data processing, and software to enable operators and autonomous systems to:
See – Real-time high accuracy detection and perception of objects and activity
Trust – Understand quickly with rapid interpretation of data to support decisionmaking
Act – With confidence, enabling timely, informed operational responses
By combining deep technical innovation with mission-focused design, Visionary Machines delivers sensing solutions purpose-built for autonomous systems and trusted situational awareness in complex, contested environments.
Technology applications include:
Passive 3D optical drone detection, tracking, classification and targeting, across air, land and sea, designed for defence and critical infrastructure counter drone
Vehicular based mapping and navigation in GPS denied environments, designed for defence Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance, and theatre logistics
Pandion Sentinel (Counter Drone)
A passive 3D optical sensing system designed to support detection and tracking of small unmanned aerial systems with all processing executed real-time at the edge.
Multi-domain detection, tracking, classification and targeting of drones across air, land and sea (surface) at relevant effector ranges for small Group 1 drones and in all lighting conditions
Semi-fixed site, vehicle mounted or permanent facility configuration
Integrates with third-party Command and Control, effector and sensor systems via common interface
Passive undetectable operation with no energy emissions
Detects Radio Frequency-operated drones, AI/ autonomous controlled drones, and optic fibre ‘dark drones’
Providing target-quality telemetry data of objects being tracked
AI enhanced threat classification enabling rapid and trusted classification
Enabling detector for counter-drone effector technologies, including RWS and directed energy systems
Pandion Perception (Sensing for Autonomy & Navigation):
Navigate dynamic or unique off-road environments.
Generates highly detailed and accurate real-time environment digital twin in 3D
Low computational demand allowing all processing to be done at the edge
Applications designed for automation of military and civil vehicle platforms
Operate 24/7 in challenging weather and lighting conditions
Passive operation does not emit signals
Supports third-party autonomy stack integration
Complements other navigation solutions such as Internal Navigation Units
Passive operations, spatial sensing and detection, enhancing situational awareness:
Passive operation (no detectable signal emission)
Provides real-time 3D spatial data
Designed for varied and challenging environments
Flexible modular deployment architecture
Designed for ease of integration supporting a layered architectures
Sovereign Australian company with ability to export to Five Eyes and partner nations
Visionary Machines delivery timelines subject to contract scope
Visionary Machines has established representation in the United Kingdom (Oxford), United States (Washington DC), Canada (Ottawa) and Singapore
Australian Defence Force
Australian Government programs (including the Advanced Strategic Capabilities Accelerator’s (ASCA))
Australian and international defence and security sector participants (undisclosed)
The University of Sydney ARIAM Hub (Australia)
Deakin University (Australia)
University of NSW (Australia)
NVIDIA
Applied Infrared Sensing
Teledyne FLIR / GTEK
Industry (KPMG)
Government (Defence)
Academia (Deakin University, University of Sydney, University of Tasmania)