"Innovation Reimagined"
Nasdaq-listed (LTRX) Irvine, California IoT and edge-compute company, founded 1989, now building edge-AI platforms for military drones.
Lantronix Inc. (Nasdaq: LTRX) is a publicly traded edge computing, connectivity, and industrial IoT company headquartered in Irvine, California, founded in 1989. The company's portfolio spans four broad areas: out-of-band management (console servers, KVM switches, and autonomous remote-management systems used to administer data-center and network infrastructure even when the primary network is down), network infrastructure products (managed switches, media converters, serial-to-Ethernet device servers, and network adapters), industrial IoT hardware (cellular gateways, routers, modems, and critical-asset monitoring devices for remote industrial sites), and embedded compute products, including System-on-Module (SoM) boards and development kits built on Qualcomm Snapdragon platforms for OEM customers building their own edge devices.
On the software side, Lantronix offers Percepxion, a cloud-based platform for remote device and network management, a networking-focused variant called Percepxion for Networking, and EdgeFabric.ai, a newer offering aimed at edge AI infrastructure management. The company also provides custom hardware, mechanical, software, camera, and audio engineering services for OEM and enterprise customers designing connected products.
Lantronix has expanded into defense and unmanned-systems applications: in 2026 the company announced a partnership with Swarmer to develop an edge-computing platform for military drones, and separately announced a Department of Defense solution partnership to deploy an edge AI drone platform in Ukraine, extending its industrial IoT compute technology into contested, mission-critical defense environments. The company's newsroom also lists an acquisition of Vecima Networks' industrial IoT business, aimed at expanding its critical-infrastructure monitoring platform and adding recurring, high-margin annual revenue, and it marked ten years of operations for its Lantronix India engineering office in 2026.
The company describes itself in official communications as serving "high-growth markets, including smart cities, enterprise IT and commercial and defense unmanned systems, including drones," and states it serves more than 2 million customers across a portfolio of more than 50 IoT products, including 15-plus UAV/drone customers, delivered from five global offices. Lantronix is led by CEO Saleel Awsare and reports approximately 250 employees on its own "About Us" page, though third-party financial data providers list a slightly different figure of 352 employees.
Lantronix's headquarters is located at 48 Discovery, Suite 250, Irvine, California 92618. The company's official social channels include LinkedIn, X/Twitter, Facebook, and YouTube, and its brand tagline is "Innovation Reimagined." As a Nasdaq-listed company, Lantronix files periodic financial reports with the SEC and communicates through both direct press releases and investor-relations disclosures, but a dedicated public contact phone number or email address was not identified during this research.
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https://www.lantronix.com/HEADQUARTERS
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Company Facts
Founded
1989
Primary Role
Manufacturer
Company Size
employees 100-500
Primary Region
North America
Annual Sales
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Funding Stage
Public
Funding Total
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Keywords
U.S. defense technology firms Lantronix and Swarmer are collaborating to create a compact computing platform that enhances small military drones' onboard processing power by four times. This new system integrates Lantronix’s Open-Q 6490CS System-on-Module with Swarmer’s autonomy software, aiming to improve autonomous operations for Group 1 unmanned aircraft systems. The significance of this development lies in its potential to enable small, cost-effective drones to perform complex tasks such as visual navigation, automated target recognition, and object tracking without relying on cloud computing. This capability is particularly crucial for military operations in environments with disrupted GPS signals and electronic warfare, as highlighted by the ongoing needs of Ukraine and allied forces. Looking ahead, the collaboration aims for a production commitment exceeding 10 years, ensuring the platform's adaptability for future defense programs. No further timeline was disclosed at the time of publication.
InterestingEngineering.com Jul 30, 2026 Military