NexTech Solutions Acquires Halcyon Days Consulting, Adding 90 Engineers and Combat-Tested Tactical Networks

NexTech Solutions (NTS) acquired Halcyon Days Consulting (HDC), a Stevensville, Maryland-based defense technology company that engineers tactical mission networks and operational software for the U.S. military and allied partners, the company said on October 19, 2026. The acquisition adds more than 90 engineers, operators and mission specialists to the NTS team. PR Newswire published the announcement.

NexTech Solutions Adds Halcyon Days Consulting

NexTech Solutions is a privately held, PE-backed U.S. defense technology integrator that builds edge-native hardware and software, including MANTLE, COMPASS, JEFF-K and IDC Kit, for DoD, intelligence, federal civilian and allied government customers operating in contested and austere environments, according to company records. Halcyon Days Consulting is a veteran-owned defense technology company headquartered in Stevensville, Maryland, dedicated to delivering advanced tactical and operational solutions for the United States military and its allied partners around the globe, according to akta.pro.

HDC's tactical mission networks are actively deployed and continuously refined by U.S. allied and partner forces operating in some of the most contested environments in the world, including in support of forces on the front lines in Eastern Europe and the Pacific. HDC is the only company today with operational experience managing wide-scale, combat-proven tactical mission networks, with approximately 20,000 users and more than 15,000 managed devices across two active theaters. Built on the Team Awareness Kit (TAK) framework for tactical command and control, HDC's tactical mission networks are quickly deployable, secure and natively TAK-integrated across every echelon.

NTS' provisioning software MANTLE will accelerate the deployment of a tactical mission network, reducing the stand-up of a complete, TAK-ready environment from weeks to hours. HDC's tactical mission networks already leverage NTS' full-motion video transport product, VidTerra COMPASS, to ingest and deliver fully integrated video and data into the TMN/TAK environment. The newly combined team will accelerate delivery of tactical mission networks, operational software, cybersecurity and RMF execution, systems integration, and foreign partner enablement.

"The NTS/HDC team will move faster from mission requirement to fielded capability, and all of our customers will benefit from a combined networking stack that has been proven in the toughest possible conditions," said HDC CEO Kyle Miracle. "HDC has done something rare — they've built and continuously refined a tactical networking capability under fire, in one of the most contested environments on the planet," said NTS CEO Joseph Paull. "Adding their team, their technology, and that hard-won operational insight to NTS gives our customers direct access to networks that have already been tested where it matters most. There is no substitute for that kind of validation."

"HDC's TAK-native tactical mission networks slot directly into the resilient, edge-first architecture we are building at NTS," said Biney Dhillon, Co-Founder and CPO at NTS. "Combined with MANTLE's deployment automation and VidTerra COMPASS video distribution, our customers now have an end-to-end TAK-centric tactical stack that is as fast to field as it is proven in combat."

NexTech Solutions' Acquisition Record Under Clairvest

NTS secured a strategic investment from Clairvest, a private equity investor based in Toronto, in 2023, to become a platform company for growth in the defense technology sector, according to company records. The HDC transaction marks the sixth acquisition NTS has completed since the Clairvest investment. NTS acquired Vidterra, the developer of the COMPASS ISR video distribution platform, in January 2026, and Trailblazer Innovations, a Blue Force Tracking and TTL systems specialist, in June 2025. NTS formed a strategic partnership with XTEND in July 2025 to deliver Counter-UAS capabilities, establishing a dedicated C-UAS practice under new Director David Pollman.

Halcyon Days Consulting's Next Steps

NTS operates locations in Huntsville, Tampa, and Northern Virginia. The company's Mission Support Centers total approximately 91,000+ sq. ft. across three facilities: Pinewood at 55,000+ sq. ft., Beachhead at 24,000+ sq. ft., and Ybor at 12,000+ sq. ft. COMPASS operates as a USSOCOM Program of Record across multiple Special Operations Task Forces, delivering ISR video distribution at program-of-record scale.