A Miami company that hunts hostile drones with AI just bought its way into the Navy's supply chain.
Space-Eyes, a Miami-based defense technology company, agreed to acquire KMS Solutions. The Virginia firm specializes in engineering support for U.S. Navy systems and payloads.
What Space-Eyes Actually Builds
Space-Eyes develops AI-driven, sensor-agnostic counter-unmanned aerial systems. Its technology detects, tracks, identifies and mitigates hostile drones across military installations, borders and mass-gathering venues.
The company is scaling from prototype deployments into large-scale, sole-source production contracts, a meaningfully different stage than most defense startups reach.
"Space-Eyes has spent several years building an AI-driven technology platform designed to help customers detect, understand and respond to increasingly complex threats," said Capt. Jatin Bains, the company's founder and CEO.
Why KMS Fills a Specific Gap
KMS Solutions specializes in Navy in-service and developmental systems. It provides what the industry calls cradle-to-grave engineering and lifecycle support for Navy components and payloads.
"KMS would add highly complementary capabilities: decades of Navy engineering experience, mission knowledge and lifecycle-support expertise," Bains said. "Importantly, KMS will give us experienced people who understand the Navy environment."
Financial terms of the acquisition weren't disclosed.
The Nasdaq Listing Behind the Timing
The KMS deal is tied to a bigger corporate move already in motion. Space-Eyes and McKinley Acquisition Corp. announced a definitive business combination agreement this summer, unanimously approved by both companies' boards.
That merger is expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2026. Once it does, the combined company will be named Space-Eyes, Inc. and list on Nasdaq under the ticker symbol CUAS.
A Market Space-Eyes Is Betting Will Keep Growing
The counter-drone and geospatial intelligence market is projected to keep expanding. Rising demand for AI-enabled defense systems and increasing satellite deployment are driving it.
That growth is exactly what Space-Eyes is positioning itself to capture with the KMS acquisition. It adds institutional Navy relationships to its own AI detection technology.
What This Means for Miami's Defense Tech Scene
Most defense technology headlines come out of the Beltway or Silicon Valley. Space-Eyes is building toward a Nasdaq listing from Miami instead.
Space-Eyes is a counter-drone company aiming squarely at government contracts. Buying decades of Navy engineering credibility answers the question every new defense vendor eventually faces. Can you actually deliver at scale.
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