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Summary
Silvus Technologies, headquartered in Los Angeles, makes StreamCaster MANET radios built on its MN-MIMO waveform, used in defense, law enforcement and public safety. Motorola Solutions completed its acquisition on 2025-08-06 for about $4.4B upfront (about $4.38B cash plus about $20M restricted stock) with an earnout of up to $600M tied to performance in consecutive twelve-month periods ending in 2027 and 2028. In January 2026 Silvus announced the StreamCaster Mini 5200, a 182 g radio, and on 2026-05-14 Motorola announced a $100M, 165,000 sq ft Salt Lake City plant expected to add 200 jobs.
Key Facts
- HQ: Los Angeles, CA
- Owner: Motorola Solutions (NYSE: MSI) since 2025-08-06; seller TJC
- Price: about $4.4B upfront; up to $600M earnout (periods ending 2027 and 2028)
- CEO: Babak Daneshrad, quoted as Silvus CEO at close; no post-deal leadership changes described
- Mini 5200 (SM5200, 2026-01-22): 182 g; 2×2 MIMO; up to 2 W; 100 Mbps; MN-MIMO; IP68; AES256 and FIPS 140-3; RoIP interface; mesh across hundreds of nodes; no price or shipping date
- Manufacturing: $100M new 165,000 sq ft plant in Salt Lake City (announced 2026-05-14), 200 new jobs, complementing Los Angeles expansion
- Waveform: MN-MIMO
- Export control: ITAR status from the earlier entry; not re-verified
What It Is / How It Works
MANET radios form a mesh in which each node also relays traffic for others. Silvus’s MN-MIMO waveform applies multi-antenna techniques across the mesh for throughput and resilience; the company describes focus on high-throughput connectivity, spectrum awareness and electronic warfare resilience. The Mini 5200 extends the line to a dismounted-soldier size and works alone or with StreamCaster NEXUS.
Under Motorola. Motorola’s CEO described Silvus as complementary to its land mobile radio and video technologies; the Salt Lake City plant is meant to raise StreamCaster output.
Notable Developments
- 2026-05-14: Motorola announces $100M Salt Lake City plant for Silvus. (Pulse 2.0)
- 2026-01-22: StreamCaster Mini 5200 unveiled. (Silvus)
- 2025-08-06: Motorola completes the acquisition. (Motorola Solutions)
Key People
Babak Daneshrad — CEO
- LinkedIn: not re-verified
- Role: quoted as Silvus CEO in the August 2025 close release (Motorola Solutions)
Neema Daneshvar — Vice President of Product
- LinkedIn: not found
- Role: quoted in the January 2026 Mini 5200 release
Prior employers were not confirmed from fetched sources.
People — Last Reviewed: 2026-10-25
Supply Chain Position
Silvus is a component and subsystem supplier of radios to defense primes, integrators and drone makers. ⚑ Competitive overlap: Persistent Systems competes on US Army and special operations MANET programs.
Claim Verification
Claim: $4.4B acquisition
Status: Verified
Supporting sources:
- Motorola Solutions — completed 2025-08-06; about $4.38B cash plus about $20M restricted stock; earnout up to $600M
Summary: Confirmed by the acquirer.
Claim: Dominant waveform on Army programs
Status: Unverified
Supporting sources:
- None re-fetched in this review; earlier program claims (ITN CS21, IBCS AIRS, IVAS) were removed pending sources.
Summary: Not confirmed.