Lantronix Secures Blue UAS Companion Computer SOM Listing, Expanding Defense Drone Opportunity
Key Highlights
- ➤Open-Q 8550CS SOM added to Blue UAS Framework for vetted defense drone components
- ➤Blue UAS listing expands Lantronix (LTRX) access to U.S. Department of War and government programs
- ➤DCMA cybersecurity assessment required more than six months beyond standard certifications
- ➤Open-Q 8550CS delivers up to 48 INT8 TOPS of AI performance for unmanned systems
Expert Statements
Saleel Awsare, President and CEO of Lantronix
“We opened everything up for this review: the hardware, the bill of materials, the software and firmware, the data flows and the supply chain.”
Saleel Awsare, President and CEO of Lantronix
“Then we invited DCMA to probe all of it for vulnerabilities and sourcing risks.”
Saleel Awsare, President and CEO of Lantronix
“That kind of scrutiny takes months, but the result is a listing that gives our customers a compute module that’s already cleared before they start designing.”
Saleel Awsare, President and CEO of Lantronix
“For Lantronix, being on the Blue UAS list removes procurement friction, solidifying us as a trusted partner for OEMs building secure, NDAA-compliant unmanned systems.”
IRVINE, Calif., Oct. 01, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Lantronix Inc. (Nasdaq: LTRX), a global provider of Edge AI and Industrial IoT solutions that power NDAA-compliant unmanned compute systems, critical infrastructure and resilient enterprise networks, today announced that its Open-Q™ 8550CS System-on-Module (SOM) (link) has been added to the Blue UAS Framework, the U.S. Department of War’s (DoW) list of vetted, NDAA-compliant components for unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), giving drone OEMs a high-performance AI compute module already cleared for U.S. defense programs.
“We opened everything up for this review: the hardware, the bill of materials, the software and firmware, the data flows and the supply chain,” said Saleel Awsare, president and CEO of Lantronix. “Then we invited DCMA to probe all of it for vulnerabilities and sourcing risks. That kind of scrutiny takes months, but the result is a listing that gives our customers a compute module that’s already cleared before they start designing. For Lantronix, being on the Blue UAS list removes procurement friction, solidifying us as a trusted partner for OEMs building secure, NDAA-compliant unmanned systems.”
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