Nov. 30—Virginia-based engineering firm BlueHalo, which has a presence in New Mexico, recently announced that it has acquired Ipsolon Research, a company that designs software defined radio technologies.
BlueHalo says the acquisition of Ipsolon — which already has its SDRs implemented in some of the firm's products — complements its ongoing strategic and technological initiatives, and will allow for faster timeframes for rapid prototyping and product delivery. The cost of the acquisition was not disclosed.
"As SDRs continue to become more critical and ubiquitous in the development of next generation technology across the full portfolio of BlueHalo's products, Ipsolon stood out as a perfect fit to further accelerate our mission and create efficiencies for our customers, deliver rapid capabilities, and facilitate increased creativity by having in-house SDR capabilities," Jonathan Moneymaker, BlueHalo's CEO, said in a statement. "We are incredibly excited to bring Ipsolon into BlueHalo and provide an integrated and superior set of solution offerings to our customers as we seek to continue innovating at mission speed."
Ipsolon, founded in 2018 and based in Maryland, designs its SDRs for use in mission-critical spaces constrained by harsh environments. Its flagship products include Cerberus, an SDR made for movement on both land and air, and the Chameleon, which provides multi-antenna capabilities, are designed for a variety of uses in military applications.
BlueHalo expanded into a 73,000-square-foot manufacturing facility at the Sandia Science and Technology Park that was previously occupied by Raytheon Technologies last year, where the company manufactures phased array antennas. It occupies more than 200,000 square feet of space in Albuquerque.
In a statement, John Shanton, CEO and founder of Ipsolon, said the company is "incredibly excited to partner with BlueHalo as we continue to deliver innovative solutions to our customers."
"Joining BlueHalo will allow us to deliver an expanded set of capabilities and resources to both new and existing customers as we focus on achieving an even greater mission impact," Shanton said. "We're thrilled to continue to push boundaries and deliver critical SDR technology and capabilities to the warfighter with BlueHalo."