Highlander Partners, a Dallas, TX-based private investment firm, acquired Black Sage Technologies, a Boise, ID-based multi-mission platform provider of Counter Unmanned Aircraft Systems and security solutions for military, internal security, and critical infrastructure industries.
The amount of the deal was not disclosed.
Led by CEO Al White, Black Sage is a technology manufacturer and integrator of multi-mission C-UAS and security solutions that are designed to protect lives and critical infrastructure from threats around the world. Its platforms are powered by a proprietary operating system, DefenseOS. This AI-driven, open architecture command and control software suite combines layered sensor data and automates the C-UAS kill chain to deliver automation capabilities, including AI/ML automated target recognition and threat evaluation, ISR functionality, electronic warfare, and kinetic and non-kinetic effectors.
In 2022, Highlander formed High Point Aerotechnologies (“High Point”) as a division of Highlander to assist in civilian and military defense investments specifically related to the rapidly evolving C-UAS and UAS sectors. Black Sage represents Highlander’s second focused C-UAS acquisition and complements the C-UAS platform that was established in late-2022 with Highlander’s acquisition of Liteye Systems. It is the third overall related investment, including the recent UAS acquisition of Dzyne Technologies. The assembled High Point team now consists of a variety of established leaders with backgrounds in defense, government, and technology, each of whom will assist Black Sage on tactical opportunities, government relations, regulatory and legislative matters, emerging technologies, and growth initiatives.
FinSMEs
06/02/2023