Lagertha is building an affordable, drone-mounted sensor and AI platform that detects landmines, maps threats, and generates the evidence mine action organisations need to clear land and save lives.
Landmines and unexploded ordnance contaminate more than 60 countries. In 2023, casualties rose 22% year-on-year — 37% of victims were children.
Manual demining clears 20–50 square metres per person per day. It is slow, dangerous, and expensive. Deminers face life-threatening risk at every step.
Existing drone tools stop at imagery. They cannot detect non-metallic mines and produce no auditable evidence that clearance organisations can act on. Ground-penetrating radar systems cost €40,000–€60,000 and require specialist operators. Most NGOs cannot afford them.
Lagertha's sensor payload and AI software turns any commercial drone into a humanitarian detection platform — at a fraction of the cost of existing alternatives.
A modular sensor kit with onboard AI that mounts on any commercial drone. Multi-sensor detection identifies surface and shallow-buried threats in real time, with no cloud dependency.
Field evidence and mission management application built to IMAS data standards. The evidence layer that makes every detection operationally usable.
Attach the Lagertha Detect sensor kit to any compatible commercial drone. No specialist training required.
The drone flies a survey pattern. Multiple sensor channels capture data simultaneously across the target area.
Onboard AI analyses sensor data in real time, classifies threats, and geotags each detection with confidence scores.
The Workbase App generates IMAS-aligned records — geotagged, auditable, and ready for clearance planning and donor reporting.
Detection capability priced for donor-funded programmes, not defence procurement. A fraction of the cost of existing ground-penetrating radar alternatives.
No proprietary airframe. Operators use their existing commercial drones. Lagertha provides the detection intelligence, not another aircraft to manage.
Geotagged, auditable detection records aligned with International Mine Action Standards — the format clearance organisations and regulators need to act.
Designed for the environments where mines actually are — remote, contested, or infrastructure-poor. No cloud dependency, no satellite uplink needed.
Drone-based survey fundamentally changes the speed of area coverage compared to manual, metre-by-metre ground operations.
Every feature shaped by how mine action organisations actually operate — IMAS workflows, offline-first field conditions, and evidence requirements that satisfy donors and regulators.
Lagertha is designed for humanitarian mine action — the NGOs, national authorities, and UN agencies responsible for clearing contaminated land in 60+ countries.
The team covers the three primary failure risks in humanitarian technology markets.
21+ years operational leadership in the Irish Defence Forces. Multiple overseas deployments. Founded and scaled a manufacturing business. Leads product, execution, and fundraising.
Aligns pilots, funding pathways, and evidence outputs with NGO, UN, and donor procurement requirements. Reduces adoption risk for conservative institutional buyers.
Former CCO at NearForm. Senior experience in software product development, operational scaling, and international expansion across regulated, mission-critical environments.
Whether you are a mine action organisation, a potential partner, or an investor — we would welcome the conversation.
tom@lagertha.ie