MEDIA RELEASE: AUG 2026 | Sydney, Australia

Visionary Machines Secures Contract with Singapore's Cap Vista to Trial Pandion™ Perception on Autonomous Platform

Image: Visionary Machines’ Pandion™ Perception sensing stack mounted on a Mudd-Ox vehicle.

Visionary Machines has secured a contract with Singapore's Cap Vista, through its open innovation platform connecting national security challenges with global technology providers, to trial the Company's Pandion™ Perception system on an autonomous platform.

“We are pleased to be selected to evaluate Pandion™ Perception on an autonomous platform and its relevance to next-generation defence capability,”

Sonny Foster Chief Executive Officer Visionary Machines

The trial aims to demonstrate the adaptability of our technology to a range of autonomy and situational awareness challenges. By providing passive 3D sensing, localisation and navigation capabilities, Pandion Perception has the potential to support autonomous systems and defence applications across a variety of operational environments.

The trials will assess the performance of Visionary Machines’ passive 3D sensing capability across a range of operationally relevant environments and conditions. Specifically, the activity will evaluate Pandion™ Perception’s integration with an autonomous platform for sensing, perception, localisation, mapping and navigation functions.

The work is expected to examine how the Company’s passive optical 3D sensing technology performs across different terrain, lighting, environmental and operational conditions.

This engagement positions Visionary Machines to demonstrate the effectiveness of Pandion™ Perception’s 3D sensing platform with a credible, technically demanding defence organisation for sensing and navigation on moving autonomous platforms. Success in these trials has the potential to open the door to further discussions on deploying the Company’s sensing capability across additional classes of autonomous platforms.

About Visionary Machines

Visionary Machines is an Australian software and sensing company focused on passive counter-drone detection and situational awareness technologies for defence, security and critical infrastructure applications.

About PandionTM Perception

Pandion™ Perception is a passive sensing solution designed to support navigation and autonomous operations in complex and GPS-denied environments. By generating a real-time 3D representation of the operating environment at the edge, the system is designed to assist vehicle-based navigation, mapping and situational awareness applications across defence and civilian platforms.

About Cap Vista

Cap Vista is a fully-owned subsidiary of Defence Science and Technology Agency, a statutory board under Singapore’s Ministry of Defence. They seek to accelerate the adoption of innovative, commercial solutions to solve real challenges at speed.

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