Silvus Technologies acquired by Motorola Solutions
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Motorola Solutions acquires Silvus Technologies, a global leader in mission-critical mobile ad-hoc networks (MANET), to strengthen its portfolio of communication technologies for safety, security, and defense applications. The transaction, completed in August 2025, integrates Silvus' software-defined MANET technology into Motorola Solutions' portfolio. The transaction addresses a dual imperative: filling a technological gap in tactical communications without infrastructure and accelerating penetration of defense and autonomous systems markets. By adding Silvus' MANET capabilities to its ecosystem, Motorola Solutions can now address field communications in the most hostile environments, where fixed networks are unavailable or vulnerable. The combination creates synergy between both companies' engineering teams and opens access to Motorola Solutions' global customer base for Silvus' technologies. Silvus' mesh radios, already deployed by defense agencies, drone manufacturers, and law enforcement, thus find an expanded distribution channel. This transaction positions Motorola Solutions as a comprehensive communications solutions provider, from fixed networks to tactical mobile, autonomous systems, and border security.
Silvus Technologies, which reported an EBITDA margin of in 2025, is valued in this transaction at an EV/EBITDA multiple of , representing a to the average currently observed in the Industry & Manufacturing sector (11.6x).
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Target
Silvus Technologies is an American company specializing in mobile ad-hoc networks (MANET) for mission-critical communications, based in Los Angeles, California. Founded over 20 years ago, the company designs and develops software-defined high-speed mesh networking technology that enables secure data, video, and voice communications without fixed infrastructure. Silvus' technology enables devices to mesh together to establish large, scalable, and self-healing networks that adapt to continuous mobility. These robust mobile networks connect people, devices, and other nodes over distance and at scale, seamlessly supporting bandwidth-intensive technologies like video, sensors, and drones. Silvus' StreamCaster radios create scalable connected mesh networks that can link hundreds of nodes, from unmanned systems to ground radios. Silvus Technologies serves a wide range of customers including defense agencies, autonomous systems manufacturers, the intelligence community, law enforcement, and enterprises worldwide. The company has more than 20 years of R&D invested in developing complementary technologies and sophisticated software algorithms for high-performance MANET networks. Silvus has a presence in the world's most demanding defense environments, with applications for border security and public safety.
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Valuation range: EV 3b - 100b USD
Revenue range: 250M - 500M USD
EBITDA range: 150M - 250M USD
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Target: silvus technologies
Acquirer: motorola solutions