Passive-first multi-sensor
airspace security platform.
One drone. One validated track. Across acoustic, RF, EO/IR and radar-ready inputs.
Real-time sensor-fusion and coordination layer for counter-drone and counter-swarm defense. Field-validated in Ukraine. Built for NATO-interoperable environments.
Two Threat Models. Two Reaction Windows.
Cross-Border Mass Attack
Long-range one-way drones exploiting low-altitude ingress to defeat strategic radar.
You still have time to hide.
Leakers still reach cities.
Time to seek shelter after alerting, not enough to guarantee full protection.
- -Strategic radar blind at low altitude.
- -RF-silent inertial guidance - nothing to jam.
Inside-the-Perimeter Strike
Short-range platforms launched from concealed positions inside the protected zone.
Perimeter assumptions failed. Warning time collapsed from minutes to seconds.
117 FPV drones. ~$3K each. Launched from inside.
Too late for traditional warning. Local fused response is required.
- -Below typical radar coverage envelopes.
- -Fiber-optic variants emit no RF at all.
The threat reached the homeland. The defense layer did not.
- 350 drone detections over 100 US installations in one year; roughly one to two incursions per day.
- Only about half of roughly 360 covered US installations are permitted to defend against drones today.
- The hardest targets are small and RF-silent, where radar is blind. That is the detection layer we build.
- CBO estimate: up to USD 7.4B to protect 100 US installations against small drones.
- FY26 counter-drone budget: USD 3.1B.
- The FY27 request is the largest drone and counter-drone investment in DoD history.
- US Army small C-UAS: around USD 994M requested for FY27, nearly twice FY26, with a dedicated fixed-site and installation-defense line.
US entry is via primes and integrators, not direct DoD sales - anchored by our Delaware parent, PanoptesAI Inc. Detect-and-cue only. No fire authority.
FUSION Diagnostic Matrix
No single sensor delivers reliable identification across the full threat spectrum.
Strategic Strike
ISR / Tactical
Short-Range / Hardest Targets
FPV Fiber-Optic is the hardest target - no RF vector.
No single sensor delivers fast, reliable identification across this spectrum. That is the logic of multi-sensor fusion.
Gerbera decoys require AI classification to distinguish from real Shahed-class strikes.
Source: Ukrainian Air Force, 2025-2026 · Security Service of Ukraine (SBU), June 2025
Three streams plus optional radar. One validated track.
Sensor-agnostic ingest
Acoustic and RF run on partner stacks. EO/IR is proprietary. Radar plugs in where it exists - optional, never required.
Ghost-target rejection
Multipath returns, reflective echoes and decoy emissions are filtered before they reach the operator.
Composite confidence output
Every track carries a single weighted confidence score, not four conflicting readings.
The core station. Field-validated EO/IR hardware.
Detection to 4.5 km with zoom, operator on-the-loop. Field tests 2025. Paid EO/IR pilot completed Q4 2025 and recommended for series production. Field-validated in GNSS-degraded, RF-congested airspace.
Seconds-level workflow. R1 design target.
Design target from first positive return to a track an operator can act on. Across all active sensor modalities, in parallel.
One weighted score the operator reads in one glance - not four conflicting per-sensor numbers.
How the timing budget breaks down
OPERATOR ON-THE-LOOPFrom awareness to response support.
FUSION cues the defenders. The engagement decision stays with the operator.
Built where it actually matters.
| Competitor | Sensor Types | Cost Tier | Validation Environment | Frontline Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DroneShield | RF + EO/IR + Acoustic | $$ | Partial · permissive environments | Limited - no public evidence under EW |
| Dedrone / Axon | RF + Radar + EO/IR | $$ | Partial · UA RF only | Limited - RF only, no public EO/IR combat data |
| Rafael / Drone Dome | RF + Radar + EO/IR | $$$ | Full · Israel radar C-UAS | Radar-centric, no acoustic in public configuration |
| PanoptesAI FUSION | Acoustic + RF + EO/IR + Radar optional | Cost-efficient | Field-validated sensors and data, Ukraine, 24+ months frontline on partner acoustic and RF; FUSION in active development | Partner-provided operational evidence + PanoptesAI EO/IR validation |
Competitor positioning is based on public information and internal market analysis. PanoptesAI claims are limited to Ukraine frontline validation and partner-provided operational evidence.
Congress priced the architecture. We priced the alternative.
- CBO layered programme: USD 74M per installation, USD 7.4B for 100 installations.
- Detection layer per installation, radar-centric: USD 56.4M - four radars plus twelve RF plus C2 plus installation.
- Radar alone is 71% of the detection layer, at USD 10M per unit.
- Coverage envelope: 782 km2 per installation.
- Cost of detection: USD 72,100 per km2.
- One radar retained for long-range early warning and 3D track from a single point, plus 148 passive nodes - 97 EO/IR, 47 acoustic, 4 RF - plus the fusion layer.
- Detection layer per installation: USD 18.2M.
- Cost of detection: USD 23,300 per km2.
The detection layer inside that program is USD 5.64B for 100 installations. The same USD 5.64B, with a fusion layer, defends 310. Budget constant. Coverage multiplied 3.1x.
Full US build-out, 824 installations: USD 46.5B radar-centric, USD 15.0B hybrid. Detection and identification only - effectors excluded on both sides. Radar retained by design. Source: CBO Report 62262, 9 July 2026.
Validated where it matters. Moving into procurement channels.
NATO interoperability is a workstream, not a slogan.
Architecture, data formats and operator handoff are designed to fit alliance-grade interoperability requirements. Alliance-level standards alignment is an active workstream.
- Q4 2025First paid pilot signed
- JAN 2026BRAVE1 grant awarded. Three executed agreements.
- Q3 2026Contracts under delivery. Contract detail available in the data room on request.
- Q3 2026First fusion build. Integrating acoustic plus RF plus EO/IR into the v1 FUSION platform. Architecture locked, engineering underway.
- Q3 2026European prime track. Joint application in preparation under NDA, NATO counter-drone track.
We started by building stations. The battlefield taught us that the missing layer is fusion. PanoptesAI is building that layer.
Founders, frontline operators, AI engineers, defense advisors.
Management Core
Industrial scaling expert.
25 yrs finance & compliance.
Advisory Board
Professor, PhD, KhNURE.
Omega Special Forces UAV unit.
Ex-Thales, former NASA James Webb researcher. PhD Optical Engineering.
G41K kept OPSEC-safe per Special Forces protocol.
5 engineers - AI · embedded · hardware.
EU Defence GTM Lead · EU/NATO Procurement Advisor.
From Ukraine validation to allied airspace security.
GTM priority map
PRIORITIES, NOT A CALENDARFrontline deployment continues. Field-validated data and the first paid pilot anchor the company.
Main scale market and institutional procurement path. NATO-interoperability workstream engaged in parallel.
Parallel GTM tracks via APAC- and MENA-anchored partners. Depend on funding, trials and defense-buyer access - not a fixed calendar.
Sensor-fusion architecture extends to layered land and maritime use cases. Future scope, founder-gated.
MENA + APAC are parallel, not sequential, tracks.
One drone. One validated track.
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