One fused air picture. One accountable decision.
VAERN's platform turns whatever sensors are available — ours, yours or third-party — into one explainable picture of the drones in your airspace, and leaves every decision that matters to a person. Software-defined, vendor-independent and built to deploy forward.
A decision & control layer — not a weapon.
VAERN is the software-defined layer between sensors and response. It fuses what stands on the site or in the field into one track picture, classifies each track with explainable edge-AI, and gives the operator one clear choice — with both the evidence and the decision logged. VAERN supplies no effect: if an effector is needed, it is a later-phase integration through an authorised partner.
- Multi-sensor fusion — radar, passive RF and EO/IR, from VAERN or third-party sources, combined into one air picture.
- Explainable edge-AI — classification you can audit, at the edge.
- Operator supported by AI — a person authorises every consequential decision.
- Dual-use by design — effectors via an authorised partner, later phase.
- Vendor-independent — the fusion layer does not require VAERN hardware.
Six modules, mapped to the loop.
The six modules are what we build. CORE and HAMMER carry it: they fuse whatever is available — your existing radar, RF or cameras included — and hand the operator one picture. Sensing, forward nodes and mesh are added where the site needs them. Status today: early prototype, TRL 3–4 — what is built and what is still design intent is on the Investors page.
Sees the drone — radar, passive RF and EO/IR, VAERN's own or third-party, in through the same interface.
Open VIGIL →01 · Detect Forwardsensor nodeSCOUT
Puts the sensing where the threat is — nodes on a tripod or a vehicle that deploy forward with the task.
Open nodes →02 · Connect Datalink/ meshNEXUS
Keeps the nodes connected — if one link drops, traffic reroutes and the node buffers locally.
Open NEXUS →02 · Connect Edge AIfusion · classificationCOREWorks out what the track is — and shows its evidence, so the classification can be audited afterwards.
Open CORE →03 · Understand Command& controlHAMMER
Gives the operator one picture and one clear choice — and logs who decided what.
Open HAMMER →04 · Decide Effectorinterfacepartner · later phaseSTRIKER
Hands the authorised decision on. VAERN delivers no effect itself.
Learn more →05 · EffectWhat each module does — and what it does not.
| Function | Name | Does | Does not |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sensor | VIGIL | Detects and tracks: radar for range and speed, passive RF for the control link, EO/IR for identification. Third-party sensors enter through the same interface. | Does not classify, and does not decide. Detection is the start of the loop — never the decision. |
| Forward sensor node | SCOUT | Carries the sensing forward — tripod or vehicle — so coverage follows the force rather than the map. | Is not a precondition. The fusion layer also runs on the sensors already standing on the site. |
| Datalink / mesh | NEXUS | Links the nodes into one network. Routes around a lost link, and the node buffers locally until it is back. | Does not replace your existing comms, and does not require one central point everything must see. |
| Edge AI | CORE | Fuses every source into one track and classifies it — with the evidence behind each call kept for audit. | Does not act on its own conclusion. It produces a recommendation, not an engagement. |
| Command & control | HAMMER | Shows one fused air picture and one clear choice — and records who authorised what, when. | Does not automate the decision. No consequential call happens without a person. |
| Effector interface | STRIKER | Hands an authorised decision to whichever effector the operator already holds. Effector-agnostic by design. | VAERN supplies no effect and describes none. Integration is later phase, through an authorised partner under national regulation. |
From detection to accountable decision.
Multi-sensor detection: radar, passive RF and EO/IR — VAERN's own or existing third-party sensors.
Resilient mesh links forward nodes into one network.
Explainable edge-AI fuses sensors and classifies tracks.
The operator sees one air picture and authorises the response.
Effectors integrate later via an authorised partner — effector-agnostic by design.
Built mobile, forward-deployed and open.
Fixed sites or on the move, the same layer travels with the force. A modular sensor mesh scales from a single node to a network and takes in what is already there: your existing sensors and C2, third-party radar, RF or cameras, and whichever partner effectors you already operate. Dynamic deployment & architecture, vendor-independent, no rip-and-replace.
- Open / interoperable architecture — no vendor lock-in.
- Fixed & mobile deployment.
- Modular sensor mesh — scales with the task.
- Integrates with existing C2 and existing sensors.
- Partner-effector flexibility — effector-agnostic interface.
Built to the rules on ownership, supply chain and human control.
Design targets, set against the Danish and EU rules on ownership and funding eligibility — not certifications. VAERN holds no certifications today, and the company is still a sole proprietorship: capital and board belong to the planned ApS.
Thirty minutes in the console says more than the rest of this page.
We run the HAMMER operator console with you: five deployment scenarios, from airport to mobile convoy, multi-sensor fusion, and the decision the operator has to authorise. The scenarios are synthetic and the commands simulated — we say so before you ask.