LMI has acquired new intellectual property and advanced capabilities that expand its asset tracking and in-transit visibility offerings, allowing the company to deliver a full-stack solution with customizable mesh tags, secure data-collection environments and decision-ready analytics for defense supply chain visibility.
The move also marks LMI’s formal entry into hardware, strengthening its position at the intersection of hardware and software integration for mission-ready solutions.
LMI’s sensor mesh technology is already in use across the U.S. Navy and Army. The Naval Autonomous Data Collection System, a secure cloud-managed platform developed and deployed by LMI, supports real-time monitoring, automated alerts and improved logistics decisions across Navy shipyards. At Sierra Army Depot, LMI’s mesh capabilities provide continuous visibility of vehicles and high-value assets, reducing travel and labor demands and supporting automated inventory.
The company said the success of these deployments signaled the Armed Services needed a scalable and adaptable solution that could reduce sustainment burden and integrate with varied enterprise systems. To meet mission needs, including ongoing work with the Army and Navy, LMI brought the full tech stack under one roof to build a commercial sensor mesh platform designed for speed, resilience and scale.
“Our work on NADACS and with the Army demonstrated what’s possible when hardware, mesh networking, and data analytics operate securely as a unified system,” said Jared Summers, LMI CTO. “These investments were essential to deliver the mission-level impact our customers expect.”
With this integrated architecture, LMI can now design and produce custom active and passive mesh tags, optimize firmware for extended battery life, centralize and secure data collection and tailor applications to specific mission needs. The result is SPECTR, a resilient enterprise-ready platform that provides persistent near real-time visibility across contested and disconnected environments.
“This investment represents LMI’s understanding of customer needs, and our commitment to decisive action in support of those needs,” said President and incoming CEO Josh Wilson. “With this full suite of capabilities, we can deliver the scale, resilience, and adaptability the Joint Force demands. SPECTR™ is built for the realities of modern defense logistics in a way no one else can match.”