Nordic Unmanned to acquire Belgian drone-in-a-box company DroneMatrix

With drone-in-a-box (DiaB) solutions emerging as a growth segment within the drone industry, Norway-based Nordic Unmanned has entered into an acquisition agreement with DiaB specialist DroneMatrix.

Nordic Unmanned will initially secure a majority stake in Belgium’s DroneMatrix through share purchase and an equity issue, with an understanding that the remaining shares will be acquired based on a pre-agreed performance-based valuation matrix within the next three years.

This partnership will enable both companies to scale their commercial offerings through new services and solutions.

As Knut Roar Wiig, CEO of Nordic Unmanned, explains:

DroneMatrix’s fully autonomous AI-powered drone-in-a-box solution will add significant value to all our verticals, especially the security vertical. Furthermore, the fact that the technology is proven, with success in the Port of Antwerp-Bruges, ensures immediate scalability that will affect the Nordic Unmanned order…