Convexum
Last updated: Jul 31, 2026
Convexum is the former name of Sentrycs, an Israeli counter-UAS company now owned by Ondas Holdings. Its software-defined Cyber-over-RF and protocol-manipulation platform detects, identifies, tracks, geolocates, and can non-jammingly take control of selected commercial drones for defense, public-safety, and critical-infrastructure customers.
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Convexum’s current operating identity is Sentrycs. The company’s core product is a protocol-level counter-UAS system that analyzes communications between a drone and its controller rather than relying only on radar, electro-optical cameras, or broad RF scanning. Sentrycs describes this as Cyber-over-RF or protocol manipulation. Its DTI module passively detects, tracks, and identifies nearby drones, can report flight parameters and the operator’s last known location, and can whitelist approved aircraft by serial number. An optional mitigation module can disconnect a controller or take over selected drone functions and direct the aircraft to a predefined landing location. The platform is offered in fixed, portable, and vehicle-mounted configurations with a command-and-control layer.
The customer problem is operationally specific: airports, borders, prisons, military bases, critical infrastructure, public events, and mobile protection teams need to distinguish authorized flights from unauthorized ones and respond without unnecessarily jamming surrounding communications. A protocol-aware system can be valuable where low collateral interference, attribution, and continuity of operations matter. The commercial proposition is not that RF analytics replaces every other sensor; it is that a modular, relatively portable layer can complement radar and electro-optics, provide actionable operator-location data, and add a soft-kill option within a customer’s legal and technical rules. Sentrycs’ public materials also describe HORIZON, an AI-assisted approach intended to recognize unfamiliar or DIY drone signals, which is relevant as adversaries move beyond common commercial platforms.
Public evidence indicates meaningful commercialization rather than an untested prototype. Sentrycs announced a multi-million-dollar Latin American national-defense project in February 2025 after trials involving more than a dozen competitors, with fixed, portable, and vehicle-mounted deployments. Its public case studies and customer-facing material describe work around military bases, critical infrastructure, and live events, while the company’s November 2025 acquisition announcement stated that the technology had operational deployments in more than 25 countries. These are company or acquirer claims and should be validated through contract references, delivery records, renewal rates, and independent performance testing. The acquisition by Ondas Holdings was completed in November 2025 for a reported transaction value of approximately $224.6 million in Ondas’ later financial reporting, changing the diligence question from startup financing and standalone exit probability to integration, revenue contribution, product retention, and channel leverage inside Ondas Autonomous Systems.
The competitive field includes dedicated counter-UAS vendors, RF and spectrum specialists, radar-and-camera integrators, and large defense primes. Sentrycs’ potential edge is a communications-protocol view of the threat combined with non-jamming mitigation, rapid deployment, and integration into layered defenses. That edge is conditional: protocol manipulation may be highly effective against supported drone families while being less reliable against autonomous aircraft, custom firmware, frequency-hopping links, encrypted or absent control channels, and swarms. Defense relevance is direct in base, border, convoy, and critical-site protection; commercial relevance is strong in airports, prisons, utilities, and events. The asset is strategically important, but the record should not treat vendor-reported combat performance, certifications, or customer breadth as independently proven without primary evidence.
Dual-Use Assessment
Sentrycs has substantive dual-use applicability. The same protocol analytics, passive RF detection, drone identification, operator geolocation, and controlled mitigation capabilities support military force protection and border security as well as airports, prisons, utilities, refineries, public events, and other civilian sites. The defense case is direct; the civilian case is credible, but deployment and mitigation authority remain jurisdiction-specific.
Strategic Fit Assessment
The underlying technology has strong strategic relevance and public evidence of commercialization, including a reported multi-million-dollar defense project and the completed Ondas acquisition. However, Convexum/Sentrycs is no longer an independent startup investment candidate, so the legacy priority flag is set false. Diligence should instead assess the acquired asset’s contribution to Ondas Autonomous Systems: recurring software and support economics, backlog conversion, deployment and renewal evidence, integration with complementary effectors, gross-margin profile, and whether protocol manipulation remains effective across changing drone families. Public company and vendor disclosures establish direction and reported traction but do not replace customer references, acceptance-test data, or cohort-level financial evidence.
Strategic Value to U.S.-Israel Alliance
The asset adds a cyber-electronic sensing and soft-mitigation layer to Ondas’ broader autonomous-systems portfolio. Its ability to identify drones and locate operators, support fixed and mobile deployments, and complement radar, electro-optics, jamming, or kinetic interception is strategically relevant to layered defense. The acquisition also gives Ondas an established Israeli counter-UAS capability with stated international reach. The principal strategic question is integration quality: whether the technology becomes a dependable interoperable component rather than a narrowly supported standalone product.
Key Technologies
- Cyber-over-RF and drone communication-protocol manipulation
- Passive RF detection, signal analysis, and protocol analytics
- Drone and remote-operator tracking and geolocation
- Drone identification by model, serial number, and flight parameters
- AI-assisted detection of unfamiliar or DIY drone signals
- Non-jamming controller disconnect and controlled takeover mitigation
- Fixed, portable, vehicle-mounted, and command-and-control deployments
Use Cases & Applications
- Military-base and force-protection airspace monitoring
- Border, checkpoint, and convoy security
- Airport, heliport, and critical-asset perimeter protection
- Prison and detention-facility contraband-drone detection
- Refinery, utility, telecom, and other critical-infrastructure security
- Public-event, stadium, and VIP-site drone monitoring
- Mobile tactical protection for patrols and special-operations teams
- Layered integration with radar, electro-optical, jamming, or kinetic systems
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Investor Lens
What this entry is
Acquired asset
Why it may matter
Convexum may matter as a Defense & National Security entry with not currently an investable standalone company for Israeli technology research.
How an independent investor should read this
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Evidence to verify
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Main investor questions
- Is this entry a benchmark, buyer, ecosystem node, acquired asset, or strategic reference rather than a live startup opportunity?
- What does this reference clarify about buyers, sector structure, public-market context, or strategic demand?
- Does the dual-use claim map to actual commercial and government/defense/resilience buyer evidence?
- What evidence would change the thesis or show that the profile is stale?
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- Strategic importance does not automatically imply venture return potential.
Diligence questions
- What evidence verifies Convexum's current customer traction, deployment status, and revenue concentration?
- Which technical claims are independently demonstrable today, and which remain roadmap or pilot-stage assertions?
- Where does the product create real defense, intelligence, critical-infrastructure, or emergency-response value beyond ordinary commercial adoption?
- What export-control, supply-chain, manufacturing, or classified-market constraints could affect U.S. and allied adoption?
- Is the company a live venture opportunity, a mature strategic reference, an acquired asset, or primarily a market-mapping entry?
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