Vision Engineering Solutions

What Vision Engineering Solutions does

Vision Engineering Solutions, LLC (VES) is a privately held Orlando, Florida-based engineering firm that designs, licenses, and supports software and intellectual property for precision optical pointing and tracking systems used in defense and aerospace applications. The company's product suite consists of four interrelated software products available through customizable, non-SaaS licensing: the Precision Mount Control System (PMCS), a universal gimbal control platform supporting altitude/azimuth mounts and multiple drive modes (geodetic, sidereal, planet, trajectory, satellite, video); the Digital Video Recording System (DVR), a mission-focused video capture and streaming product with integrated sensor control; the Digital Video Player System (DVP), a multi-spectrum playback and analysis tool; and a Hardware Upgrade Package that refurbishes third-party tracking gimbals (Kineto, PlaneWave, Contraves, General Defense, Atlantic Positioning, Zybion/Multitech) into metric tracking systems. VES previously manufactured the VT-100 tracking gimbal and also delivers hardware integrations for select customers.

VES generates revenue exclusively through direct, customized licensing of its software and IP to enterprise customers, primarily U.S. Department of Defense agencies and defense contractors. The company states it provides no engineering or product development services and no product support alongside its licenses, reflecting a deliberate 2024 transition from a 12-year engineering services model to a pure IP-licensing model. Its primary go-to-market is direct sales outreach (phone, email) supported by a minimal digital presence (website, LinkedIn, YouTube), with no reseller or channel partner program. Named reference customers include the U.S. Army (Yuma Proving Ground, HELSTF), the U.S. Navy (LaWS, HGWS, Naval Information Warfare Center Pacific), the U.S. Air Force, and the University of Central Florida, with documented operational success tracking rockets, mortars, UASs, MDA missile intercepts, and LEO/GEO satellites. The company is founder-led by CEO Edward Logue, a U.S. Naval Academy graduate and 20-year Marine Corps helicopter pilot, and is privately held with no disclosed external funding.

Name

Vision Engineering Solutions

Legal name

Vision Engineering Solutions, LLC

Website

https://vision.engineering

Company type

Private

Founded year

2012

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Vision Engineering Solutions licenses precision optical pointing and tracking software — PMCS, DVR, DVP, and hardware upgrade packages — directly to U.S. Department of Defense agencies, defense contractors, and select research institutions for defense and aerospace RDT&E applications.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Defense Optical Tracking Software

NAICS

Search, Detection, Navigation, Guidance, Aeronautical, and Nautical System and Instrument Manufacturing (334511)

SIC

Search, Detection, Navagation, Guidance, Aeronautical Sys (3812)

akta.pro primary industry

Guidance, Navigation & Control (GNC) Electronics for Weapons (IMABAGAH)

akta.pro secondary industry

Machine Vision & Optical Sensing (Cameras, 3D vision, LiDAR, illumination) (IMAGAFAB)

Keywords

• Optical tracking software
• Gimbal control systems
• Defense software licensing
• Video recording software
• Precision pointing software

Headquarters

HQ city

Orlando

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Software and IP Licensing: VES offers customizable software and intellectual property licensing for precision optical pointing and tracking applications. Licensing is non-SaaS and available in tailorable formats. The company transitioned from engineering services to software licensing as its primary revenue focus after 12 years of RDT&E experience.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Vision Engineering Solutions licenses proprietary software and intellectual property for precision optical pointing and tracking applications in defense and aerospace. Its core offerings include the Precision Mount Control System (PMCS) gimbal control software, Digital Video Recording System (DVR), Digital Video Player System (DVP), and a Hardware Upgrade Package that refurbishes existing tracking mounts. The company sells non-SaaS, tailorable software licenses directly to DoD agencies and defense contractors and provides no engineering or product support services.

Product overview

Vision Engineering Solutions (VES) offers a platform-plus-modules architecture centered on precision optical pointing and tracking software. The core offering consists of four interrelated software products available through customizable licensing: Precision Mount Control System (PMCS) serves as the universal gimbal control platform; Digital Video Recording System (DVR) handles video recording, streaming, and sensor control; Digital Video Player System (DVP) provides multi-spectrum playback and analysis; and the VES Hardware Upgrade Package enables refurbishment and upgrade of existing tracking systems. Additionally, VES previously manufactured the VT-100 Tracking Gimbal hardware. All products are offered as non-SaaS software licenses with no engineering services or product support provided.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Precision Mount Control System (PMCS) Universal gimbal control system for altitude/azimuth optical tracking mounts, providing state-of-the-art pointing and tracking capabilities for objects ranging from mortars and hypervelocity projectiles to LEO and MEO satellites, for U.S. DoD agencies and defense contractors.
• Digital Video Recording System (DVR) Mission-focused video recording and streaming system with integrated video tracker, providing a single interface for user-prioritized controls of SDI, CoaXpress, and GigE sensors and other components to reduce operator workload and improve data quality during defense test events.
• Digital Video Player System (DVP) Video playback system that enables viewing of all sensor imagery (visual, Near/Mid/Far IR, UV) on a single timecode for new visualization and analysis capabilities, bundled with the DVR software.
• VES Hardware Upgrade Package Modification package that refurbishes and upgrades tracking gimbals (including Kineto Tracking Mounts and PlaneWave L500/L600 systems) to convert astronomical tracking systems into metric tracking systems with time, space, and position information (TSPI) capabilities.

Named customers5 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration3 records

AI capability2 records

Feature4 records

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• BAE Systems: BAE Systems develops defense electronics, sensor suites, and integration services; comparable to VES in mission overlap with DoD test-range tracking and directed-energy support programs.
• Hensoldt: Hensoldt is a European defense sensor specialist in radar, optronics, and electronic warfare; comparable to VES as an optronics/EO tracking systems supplier serving missile defense and space surveillance test missions.
• Teledyne FLIR: Teledyne FLIR is the dominant supplier of EO/IR sensors and cameras for defense; comparable because VES's DVR/DVP software ingests and synchronizes the same SDI/CoaXpress/GigE sensor streams that FLIR cameras produce on tracking mounts.
• L3Harris Technologies (WESCAM): L3Harris' WESCAM division builds EO/IR pointing and tracking turret systems for defense and airborne ISR; comparable as the broad incumbent offering integrated gimbal+EO solutions that overlap with VES's gimbal-control and multi-spectrum recording software scope.
• Northrop Grumman: Northrop Grumman builds ISR sensor payloads, directed-energy systems, and space-tracking architectures; comparable to VES as a defense electronics and EO systems incumbent serving the same test-range and space-domain awareness customers.
• Safran Electronics & Defense: Safran's optronics business (formerly Sagem) produces stabilized gimbals and EO tracking subsystems for defense platforms; comparable to VES PMCS in function and to its high-end gimbal integration work on military tracking programs.
• RTX (Raytheon): Raytheon develops missile defense interceptors and directed-energy weapons that drove the Navy LaWS, HGWS, and MDA test programs where VES provided tracking subsystems; comparable as the prime customer/incumbent for the same mission space.
• Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace: Kongsberg supplies optronics, gimbals, and tracking systems for European and allied defense markets; comparable to VES as a peer optronics supplier targeting high-end EO tracking and weapon-system test applications.
• Leonardo DRS: Leonardo DRS provides defense electronics, advanced sensing, and integrated EO/IR subsystems; comparable to VES as a mid-sized defense-electronics incumbent operating in the same EO sensor and tracking domain.
• Moog Inc. Moog supplies motion control, positioning, and gimbal systems used across defense and aerospace applications; comparable to VES's PMCS gimbal control platform and its hardware upgrade work on tracking mounts.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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