CEO, Visionary Machines
| Role | Organisation | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| CEO | Visionary Machines | Defence Connect (10 Feb 2026), Defence Connect (26 Aug 2025), Startup Daily, Defence Connect (22 May 2024), Defence Connect (12 Feb 2024) |
| Managing Director (former) | Collins Aerospace | Defence Connect |
Stories naming Sonny Foster. Where several outlets covered the same round, they are bundled under whichever ran the fullest account.
An Australian counter-drone technology developer has appointed a Singaporean defence distributor to sell its Pandion Sentinel system, its first step toward in-country sales across the Asia-Pacific region.
Visionary Machines has won a 4.4 million dollar government grant, matched by its investors toward an 8.75 million dollar project, to speed commercialisation and Sydney manufacturing of its Pandion counter-drone sensing system.
Sydney computer vision firm Visionary Machines won a Phase 2 Defence technology demonstration contract for its Pandion counter-drone sensor after pitching at Army Innovation Day 2023 via the Advanced Strategic Capabilities Accelerator.
Computer vision startup Visionary Machines brings in two ex-Collins Aerospace executives, Sonny Foster as CEO and Nick Gibbs as COO, to drive its commercial expansion, per a February 8 statement.