Company — Volantyx Aerospace

§ 01 Company snapshot Key facts

Who we are.

Neura Defense Systems is a software-first counter-UAS company. Our sensor-agnostic platform fuses data from commercial radar, electro-optical/infrared, RF, and acoustic sensors and uses AI to detect, classify, and prioritize small-drone threats — including fiber-tethered and autonomous FPVs that defeat RF-based detection, and coordinated swarms that defeat one-at-a-time defenses — then cues the operator to act, with a human on the loop. We provide the detection-and-decision layer and integrate with the countermeasures operators already field.

Founded

2025

Built under Volantyx Aerospace, Inc.

Headquarters

Saint Petersburg, FL

U.S. operations · Delaware-incorporated.

Stage

Seed

Raising $2.5M · Post-Money SAFE · $15M cap · Reg D 506(c).

Focus

Counter-UAS

Commercial-first · software, sensor-agnostic.

§ 02 · 1 Execution — the build order Software first

The build order. Software beats hardware.

Neurex — the fusion and decision core — ships first, because it runs on sensors customers already own. Every hardware tier that follows is a carrier for the same brain.

PHASE 01

Neurex Core

COMPLETE

Multi-modal fusion, track custody, threat classification, tamper-evident audit, operator gating. Feature-complete; bench-measured by modality.

PHASE 02

Hardware Platform

IN BUILD

The first fused station-class node — edge compute, enclosure, power. The carrier for the core.

PHASE 03

Sensor Integration

Seven modalities operational in software; native pipelines brought onto our hardware.

PHASE 04

Neura Station

PLANNED

The full-aperture integrated build — fixed-site or vehicle-mounted.

PHASE 05

The Family + Canopy

PLANNED

Patrol, Scout, Sentry — then Stations meshed into one air picture.

PHASE 06

Response Integration

PLANNED

Station extended for programs that require response as well as detection — under program review, subject to export-control review and applicable authorizations.

§ 03 Values Operating principles

01Operating principle

Mission-first.

Every design decision trades cost, latency, and survivability against the operational reality of the warfighter. If it doesn't matter in the field, it doesn't ship.

Field-informedOperator-led

02Operating principle

AI at the edge.

Autonomy, not automation. The Neura Station decides on-node, in milliseconds, without a cloud round trip. Comms-denied environments are the threat model, not the exception.

Edge-firstNo cloud dep.

03Operating principle

Recurring economics.

Software licenses and support subscriptions compound across deployments. A model that scales with operational tempo instead of fighting against it.

SoftwareRecurring

§ 04 Leadership Key hires in 6 months of close

The people behind Neura Defense.

A leadership team with deep experience in defense, technology, capital markets, and execution. Key technical and capture hires planned within six months of the bridge round.

CEO01 / 06

Sam Talari III

Founder & CEO

Thirty-year technology entrepreneur with deep operating experience in secure sensors, smart grid, and critical-infrastructure systems. Founder of Infrax Systems, PowerCon Systems, and CB Scientific, and named inventor on 13 filed U.S. provisional patent applications spanning sensor fusion and counter-UAS architecture. Dual studies in Computer Science and Electrical Engineering.

CTO02 / 06

John Verghese

Chief Technology Officer

Technology and telecom leader with 25+ years across Fortune 500 companies and startups. Managed $100M+ capital budgets and engineered a 9,000-mile fiber core network from Miami to New York at Progress Telecom, and invented a Secure Network Interface Card for last-mile grid security. As CTO, John leads the build of the Neurex platform — multi-modal fusion, the decision and audit architecture, and the engineering roadmap that carries the software core onto the company’s hardware tiers.

CMO03 / 06

Dr. Olga Krynina

Co-Founder, Chief Marketing Officer

PhD in Marketing Science. Expert in research methods, statistical analysis, survey design, and data modeling. Brings rigorous, data-driven marketing and communications strategy to grow the Neura Defense brand and customer base.

VP GOV04 / 06

Charles Hatley

VP of Government Programs & Federal Partnerships

Leads engagement with federal and defense program pathways. Responsible for identifying relevant opportunities, shaping proposals, supporting non-dilutive funding strategy, and building strategic relationships within key defense ecosystems — SOCOM, Army Futures Command, USMC, AFWERX, DIU.

MD DTRI05 / 06

Jed Sherman

Managing Director, DTRI & Strategic Risk

Retired U.S. Air Force Lieutenant Colonel with 20 years spanning special operations, Pentagon strategy/data, and the Air Force Scientific Advisory Board; 2,500+ flight hours, including 900+ in combat.

DIR BD06 / 06

Joel Runnells

Director of Business Development & Capture

U.S. Army combat veteran and federal capture leader with 10+ years across DoD and Intelligence Community markets; built a $2.3B qualified pipeline, led $250M+ pursuits, and supported SOCOM counter-UAS operations.

§ 05 Corporate structure Clean · DoD-ready · U.S.

01Incorporation

U.S. company.

Delaware-incorporated. Built to meet DoD, DHS, and FAA vendor requirements from day one.

DelawareC-corp

02Parent

Volantyx Aerospace, Inc.

Diversified AI-for-national-security holding company. Defense Systems is the counter-UAS operating unit.

Holding co.Active

03IP

IP discipline.

Thirteen provisional patent applications filed, fourteen more in preparation — a 27-filing program. Trade-secret documentation and clean chain of title.

13 filed · 14 in prepPending

Building the
infrastructure for
autonomous defense.

Who we are.