DroneShield partners with OpenWorks Engineering on C2

Sydney-based DroneShield, has announced interoperability between its DroneSentry-C2 Command-and-Control (C2) software, and optical sensing technologies from UK firm OpenWorks Engineering. The partnership strengthens DroneShield’s ability to unify multi-domain sensor inputs within a single operational C2 environment, delivering enhanced detection, tracking, and decision superiority for end users, the company says in a media release.

OpenWorks Engineering specialises in advanced optical sensor systems and imaging solutions for defence, security, and industrial applications. OpenWorks is focused on precision detection, identification, and continuous tracking of airborne objects.

Interoperability with OpenWorks Engineering optical sensors adds another high-value option to DroneShield’s ecosystem, enabling customers to enhance visual detection, tracking, and identification capabilities within a single, cohesive command-and-control environment.

“Operators need clarity, not complexity,” said Angus Bean, DroneShield’s Chief Product Officer. “Expanding our ecosystem with additional optical sensing technologies from OpenWorks Engineering gives customers more options to tailor their deployments, while SensorFusionAI ensures all inputs are combined into a clear, operational picture.”

While additional sensors enhance coverage, operational advantage is achieved at the command-and-control layer, the company points out. DroneSentry-C2 serves as the authoritative decision engine that combines and prioritizes inputs across RF, optical, and other supported modalities, it adds.

Within the DroneSentry-C2 platform, powered by its SensorFusion engine sits DroneShield’s proprietary DroneOptID, an AI-driven machine vision capability designed to deliver autonomous visual detection, validation, and tracking of drone threats using optical sensors such as OpenWorks.

“Collaboration with DroneShield enhances channels through which intelligent and autonomous vision systems from OpenWorks can be deployed,” stated James Cross, Chief Commercial Officer for OpenWorks. “We share DroneShield’s approach to modularity, creating configurable ecosystems of technology that are interoperable with end-users’ existing systems.”

By prioritizing open architecture, interoperability, and AI-driven intelligence, DroneShield is positioning its platform as the foundation for layered, multi-sensor airspace security strategies, without constraining customers to a single hardware pathway, the company says. This ecosystem model, it continues, supports procurement flexibility, accelerates deployment timelines, and aligns with the realities faced by defence, security, and public safety organizations operating in rapidly changing threat environments.