Vection Technologies sets sights on Australian defence market after DXLabs acquisition

Projects discussed included 3DFrame Humanitas healthcare training simulation, REnderia real estate platform, Inclusivity AI sign language platform, Shelfzone retail space solution, Algho AI platform, virtual twin environments (industrial VR project), tactical table and future humanoid robotics.

“(AI-human interface and robotics) have become priorities for Vection because we perceive that we have already all the pieces we need to put these technologies together … To take the AI and make the AI training process within a virtual twin environment that can replicate real areas like production areas or production facilities or things like that,” Vection Technologies executive director Lorenzo Biagi said, speaking exclusively with Defence Connect.

“And then once the AI has been trained to operate within a specific space, then you can take this artificial intelligence, implement it on a humanoid robot, and then take the humanoid robot and put that, put him into the real space for carrying duties that he learned about into the virtual reality.

“We believe it to be a very, very effective process and we have everything already. So that’s become, it’s becoming a priority for us.

“Defence wise, I really don’t see any reason why it shouldn’t be a priority for the defence space as well. Robotics is what you want whenever you can protect human lives, it’s always a good decision to take.”

The Australian-listed artificial intelligence firm is also reportedly in final acquisition of Sydney software company Digital Experience Labs (DXLabs).

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Earlier this year, Vection also announced it had secured approximately $4 million in new contracts for its Algho AI platform, designed to automate operational processes such as customer support, internal knowledge management, workflow automation and decision support.

Contracts reportedly include deployments with Italy’s primary national passenger rail operator, eye health and ophthalmic products, a main water utilities serving Tuscany, a major Italian restaurant group and government-funded initiative supporting advanced AI-driven digital transformation and humanoid robotics integration.

“The priority is to complete the acquisition of the DXLabs and start rolling out our technologies. And then, once we have a stronger presence here in Australia, we would be very much looking for opportunities within the defensive space as well, because that’s one of the four verticals that we are willing to expand as much as possible along the next three to five years,” Biagi said.

“(For the defence market) we are trying to differentiate ourselves by providing very specific things … these mission-critical type of applications or technologies that we have developed for the industrial space that we perceive to be suitable to the defence space as well.

“(Including those used in the) maintenance of military equipment, which is no different than industrial equipment. We can really take technologies developed for the industrial space and use it for the defence space.”

Earlier this year, the company announced it had secured a $2.2 million defence contract from a repeat military customer within the European defence ecosystem for its FEDRA edge data appliance.

The contract reportedly marks the first full deployment order for Vection’s Far Edge Data Retention Appliance (FEDRA) and was issued under an existing $22.3 million multi-year framework agreement, representing the next phase of the company’s defence program.

The FEDRA defence-grade, edge-optimised data platform is engineered to support data-intensive military missions. Delivering AI-driven data retention and correlation at the tactical edge, rapid back-up, restore performance critical in contested communications environments and enhanced real-time intelligence support for distributed multi-agent systems.

“FEDRA is the evolutions of our proprietary edge data appliance to be deployed within an active military program, expanding our role from systems integration to ownership of Defence technologies,” Vection Technologies managing director Gianmarco Biagi said.

“The combination of FEDRA with our Algho AI intelligence capabilities enables a new class of AI-driven data retention and correlation at the tactical edge.

“This order builds on our proven delivery capability and our ongoing investments in technology deployment, further strengthening Vection’s position as a trusted long-term partner for mission-critical Defence operations.”

Robert Dougherty

Robert is a senior journalist who has previously worked for Seven West Media in Western Australia, as well as Fairfax Media and Australian Community Media in New South Wales. He has produced national headlines, photography and videography of emergency services, business, community, defence and government news across Australia. Robert graduated with a Bachelor of Arts, Majoring in Public Relations and Journalism at Curtin University, attended student exchange program with Fudan University and holds Tier 1 General Advice certification for Kaplan Professional. Reach out via email at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or via LinkedIn.