M&A
NexTech Solutions buys Halcyon Days Consulting, adding tactical mission networks
The acquisition adds more than 90 engineers, operators and mission specialists, along with tactical networks that already use NexTech’s video transport product.
NexTech Solutions (NTS) announced its acquisition of Halcyon Days Consulting on Oct. 19, adding a company that engineers tactical mission networks and operational software for the U.S. military and allied partners.1
NexTech adds Halcyon Days' team and network experience
Acquisition announced Oct. 19, 2026. Figures reported by NexTech Solutions.
The network figures span two active theaters. Personnel, users and devices are separate measures, not additive totals.
Source: NexTech Solutions release via PR Newswire, Oct. 19, 2026. As of Oct. 20, 2026.
The deal combines technologies already used together: Halcyon Days’ networks use NTS’s VidTerra COMPASS product to transport full-motion video. Those networks are built on the Team Awareness Kit (TAK), a framework for tactical command and control.1
Based in Stevensville, Maryland, Halcyon Days adds more than 90 engineers, operators and mission specialists to Huntsville, Alabama-based NTS. NTS says Halcyon Days has experience managing networks with approximately 20,000 users and more than 15,000 managed devices. That experience spans two active theaters, according to NTS.1
NTS received a strategic investment from Clairvest, a Toronto private equity investor, in 2023. The acquisition announcement disclosed no purchase price.1
NTS co-founder Biney Dhillon says the acquired networks, combined with NTS’s MANTLE provisioning software and VidTerra COMPASS video distribution, give customers an end-to-end TAK-centric tactical stack. NTS says MANTLE will reduce the time needed to stand up a complete TAK-ready environment from weeks to hours, a projected benefit of combining the technologies.1
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- NexTech Solutions release, Oct. 19, 2026 www.prnewswire.com