Estonian defence tech company Vegvisir is heading to Eurosatory 2026 with two new capabilities: a battlefield Communications Module and a new a command platform that covers air, maritime and underwater domains alongside land.
World’s largest defence and security exhibition is starting next week in France, and Estonian innovators are ready to show their latest project. This week DefenceTechn company Vegvisir has announced it is arriving at Eurosatory 2026 in Paris with two significant product launches: a Communications Module designed to keep military platforms connected when networks fail, and an expanded situational awareness platform that now covers air, maritime and underwater operations alongside land.
Founded in 2021 as Defensphere OÜ by a team of eight Estonian and Croatian professionals – combining military, engineering and FPV drone expertise – Vegvisir originally set out to solve a specific problem: armoured vehicle crews operating blind. The founders, several of whom had served in Afghanistan and other deployments, built a mixed-reality system giving crews a 360° “see-through-armour” view of their surroundings. That core capability has since grown into a broader ecosystem of situational awareness and command tools for both manned and unmanned platforms.
The company is led by Ingvar Pärnamäe, a former Undersecretary for Defence Investments at the Estonian Ministry of Defence and ex-National Armaments Director, who brings rare institutional depth to a startup environment.
Communications on the battlefield – the Vegvisir way
The new Communications Module addresses what Pärnamäe describes as a recurring blind spot in battlefield technology. “While Vegvisir initially focused on helping operators and commanders visualise and manage manned and unmanned assets in real time, customers repeatedly highlighted this challenge. We kept hearing the same thing: Vegvisir is great, but we also need a reliable way to connect our platforms. The Communications Module was born directly from that demand,” he said.
The module automatically manages and prioritises multiple communication channels – 5G, 4G, Starlink, MANET MESH radios and fibre-optic connections – switching seamlessly between them if a preferred network drops, without requiring operator input. It uses dual modems with failover capability, integrated omnidirectional antennas that need no external installation, and IP68-rated ruggedisation for harsh field conditions. The fibre-optic compatibility is notable: it enables RF-silent operations, reducing exposure to electronic warfare. The solution has already secured its first European customer.
From ground to sea to sky
Vegvisir’s second announcement extends its Virtual Command Station – previously focused on ground systems – to air, maritime and underwater assets. The platform gives commanders a unified picture across all domains: live feeds, maps and mission data from multiple platforms in a single interface. “As armed forces adopt growing numbers of drones, unmanned ground vehicles and autonomous maritime systems, one of the biggest challenges is making manned and unmanned assets work together effectively,” Pärnamäe said, adding that the enhanced system “reduces the manpower required to operate autonomous systems and gives commanders a clearer understanding of where assets are, what they see and how they contribute to the mission.”
The broader Vegvisir ecosystem includes CORE, which delivers the mixed-reality see-through-armour capability for manned vehicle crews, and NANO, which brings situational awareness to unmanned platforms and FPV operations. Both feed into the Virtual Command Station, operated via the company’s proprietary Visor headset and Mission Grip controller.
Vegvisir’s largest customer to date is the Australian Army, which uses the technology in its experimentation with optionally manned and unmanned M113 armoured vehicles. The company’s solutions are currently being tested or deployed across nine countries, including Estonia, Finland, Latvia, Belgium, Norway, the Netherlands, the UK and the United States. Vegvisir is also pursuing opportunities to validate its technology in Ukraine.
Eurosatory 2026
Vegvisir will exhibit at the Estonian pavilion (Hall 6, J119) at Eurosatory 2026, running 15–19 June in Paris. Eurosatory is the world’s largest land and airland defence and security exhibition, drawing manufacturers, procurement officials and military delegations from across NATO and beyond – making it one of the most consequential venues for a defence tech company to introduce new hardware.
Vegvisir is one of 15 Estonian companies and organisations attending under the Trade with Estonia banner. Read more about the Estonian participation here.
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