Interview with Droneshield CEO Oleg Vornik

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🗓️ 1 February 2026

⏱️ 21 minutes

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Droneshield is an Australian-based defense technology company that specializes in counter-drone technology. Motley Fool co-founder and CEO Tom Gardner and Motley Fool data engineer Beegee Alop recently talked with Droneshield CEO Oleg Vornik about counterdrones, the civilian and military markets, and lessons on leadership. Hosts: Tom Gardner, Beegee Alop Guest: Oleg Vornik Producer: Bart Shannon, Mac Greer Advertisements are sponsored content and provided for informational purposes only. The Motley Fool and its affiliates (collectively, "TMF") do not endorse, recommend, or verify the accuracy or completeness of the statements made within advertisements. TMF is not involved in the offer, sale, or solicitation of any securities advertised herein and makes no representations regarding the suitability, or risks associated with any investment opportunity presented. Investors should conduct their own due diligence and consult with legal, tax, and financial advisors before making any investment decisions. TMF assumes no responsibility for any losses or damages arising from this advertisement. We’re committed to transparency: All personal opinions in advertisements from Fools are their own. The product advertised in this episode was loaned to TMF and was returned after a test period or the product advertised in this episode was purchased by TMF. Advertiser has paid for the sponsorship of this episode Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	So we get a lot of feedback from Ukrainians that in addition to saving their lives,
0:10.0	it actually gives them a lot of that psychological confidence because you think about it.
0:14.0	Like for us, that buzzing, annoying buzzing sound from a drone is just a bit of a nuisance.
0:18.0	For them it's full on trauma because you hear that thing like it's going to kill you.
0:28.7	That was Oleg Vornick, CEO of Drone Shield, an Australian-based defense company that specializes in counter-drone technology.
0:37.4	I'm Motley Fool producer, Mac Rear.
0:39.6	Motley Fool co-founder and CEO Tom Gardner talked with Vornick about that technology
0:44.4	and about the business of Drone Shield.
0:48.2	Hello, fools.
0:49.6	Very excited for this time together with the CEO of Drone Shield, an Australian company in the
0:55.9	counter drone solutions business. And the CEO Oleg Vornick is with us. Thank you so much for being here,
1:01.6	Oleg. Thanks for having me. And we also have BG Al from the Mali Fool, who's going to be guiding us
1:07.2	through some of the technical questions we're going to ask. But I think Oleg, what we want to do
1:10.3	to start this time together is just maybe a one or two cents description of the business, because we're going to be going through the hardware and software solutions in a bit. But just sort of a quick overview and then the history. We know you were founded in 2014. I'm kind of curious what the first year was like in a business that nobody was likely making any significant purchases
1:28.3	from in the first 12 months. So I'd love to hear just a one or two line overview and then a little
1:32.7	bit of the history of the company. Drone shield makes hardware and software that detects and
1:37.8	takes down drones. It uses completely soft approach, so there's no physical harm to the drones or in fact any surrounding
1:46.0	environment. So modalities are like the radio frequency and radar as a camera is to detect,
1:50.9	and then mostly smart jamming to take the drones down. In terms of our first year in the business,
1:58.0	so the company was started by two American scientists and they had the idea
2:04.5	back from the Boston Marathon, which had terrorist attack a couple years early before the business
2:10.4	started, that as any technology evolving, drone technology was going to rapidly evolve. And back
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