Outside Analytics

What Outside Analytics does

Outside Analytics is a Broomfield, Colorado-based aerospace and defense software company, now operating as a subsidiary of SMX. It builds operational software systems for remote sensing, real-time processing, and analytics, with a team of 80+ engineers and scientists whose space-ground systems staff average 10-20 years of industry experience. Its core product, Elevate Sensing, is an extensible, open-architecture data processing and visualization platform deployed across ISR, Indications and Warnings, Environmental, Space Domain Awareness, and Law Enforcement missions, supporting CPU, GPU, and FPGA architectures and combining hybrid machine-learning with physics-based techniques for real-time object tracking.

The company also operates Outly, a consumer web and mobile mapping platform with over 700,000 outdoor enthusiast users for discovering and planning off-grid backcountry adventures — a distinct second product line that shares the underlying analytics DNA but serves a recreational end market. Revenue is generated predominantly through enterprise/defense channels: as a key subcontractor on large DoD programs (notably a $259 million FORGE Enterprise OPIR Solution contract with the U.S. Space Force's Space Systems Command, where it supports real-time data processing, GUIs, and scalable ground systems for missile warning and tracking), through enterprise software licenses of Elevate Sensing (quote-based subscription), and via the freemium Outly consumer platform which currently carries no direct monetization. The customer base spans U.S. Space Force, U.S. Army, NGA, DHS, AFRL, AFWERX, the European Space Agency, and prime contractors including Lockheed Martin, Raytheon, Parsons, and SciTec.

Name

Outside Analytics

Legal name

Outside Analytics, Inc.

Website

https://outsideanalytics.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2017

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Outside Analytics builds operational software for remote sensing, real-time processing, and analytics across aerospace and defense, led by its Elevate Sensing platform for missile warning, ISR, and space domain awareness, and serves U.S. Space Force, Army, NGA, DHS, primes, and ESA as an SMX subsidiary.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

NAICS

Custom Computer Programming Services (541511), Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services (518210)

SIC

Search, Detection, Navagation, Guidance, Aeronautical Sys (3812), Services-Computer Integrated Systems Design (7373)

akta.pro primary industry

Electro-Optical/Infrared (EO/IR) Sensors & Targeting Systems (IMABAGAC)

akta.pro secondary industry

Data Engineering, Integration & ETL/ELT Services (BPAEAHAB)

Keywords

• Remote sensing software
• Geospatial intelligence
• Space domain awareness
• Outdoor mapping platform
• Sensor data analytics

Headquarters

HQ city

Broomfield

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Software

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Government Defense Contracts: Revenue from large defense contracts as a subcontractor to prime contractors like SciTec, Inc. The company contributes real-time data processing, graphical user interfaces, and scalable software solutions to government programs such as the $259M FORGE Enterprise OPIR Solution contract for missile warning mission.
2. Enterprise Software Licenses/SaaS: Elevate Sensing platform sold to defense and commercial enterprise customers for sensor data processing, visualization, and analytics. Deployment supports CPU, GPU, and FPGA architectures.
3. Consumer Platform (Freemium): Outly outdoor adventure platform currently free to access and use, with potential for future monetization through premium features or advertising. The platform has over 700K users.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Outside Analytics develops and operates two distinct software products. Elevate Sensing is an enterprise SaaS platform that ingests, processes, and analyzes remote sensor data (EO/IR, radar, RF, SIGINT) for defense and intelligence customers, applying hybrid machine-learning and physics-based models for object detection, tracking, classification, and anomaly alerting. Outly is a consumer-facing mobile and web platform used by more than 700,000 outdoor enthusiasts for trip planning, trail navigation, and community-driven mapping.

Product overview

Outside Analytics operates as a dual-portfolio company offering two distinct products: Elevate Sensing, a defense and aerospace-focused extensible software platform for data processing and visualization supporting ISR, Indications and Warnings, Environmental, Space Domain Awareness, and Law Enforcement missions across CPU/GPU/FPGA architectures; and Outly, a consumer-facing web and mobile mapping platform for outdoor enthusiasts. Elevate Sensing targets U.S. government and defense customers (USSF, Army, NGA, DHS, AFRL, and prime contractors such as SciTec, Parsons, Lockheed Martin, Raytheon) while Outly serves commercial outdoor recreation users. The two products share the company's core analytics DNA but serve entirely different market segments.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Elevate Sensing: Extensible, open data processing and visualization software capabilities proven across DoD and Commercial missions including ISR, I&W, Environmental, Space Domain Awareness (SDA), and Law Enforcement. Supports CPU, GPU, and FPGA deployment architectures.
• Outly

Products and services

• Elevate Sensing Enterprise software platform that ingests remote sensor data (EO/IR, radar, RF, SIGINT), applies hybrid machine-learning and physics-based models, and delivers real-time object detection, tracking, classification, and anomaly alerting. Built for U.S. defense and intelligence customers and the prime contractors that serve them, deployable across CPU, GPU, and FPGA environments.
• Outly Consumer-facing mobile (iOS/Android) and web application used by more than 700,000 outdoor enthusiasts for trip planning, trail navigation, and community-driven outdoor mapping. Offered on a freemium basis.

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 700,000 outdoor enthusiasts use the Outly platform
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers13 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

AI capability5 records

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered flagship and core.

• SciTec, Inc.flagshipStrategic or Co-development Partner · 9 December 2025Outside Analytics, a subsidiary of SMX, was named a key subcontractor to SciTec, Inc. on a $259 million FORGE Enterprise OPIR Solution contract awarded by the U.S. Space Force's Space Systems Command. The contract will deliver a scalable, modular, and cyber-secure ground processing solution to enhance missile warning and tracking capabilities. Outside Analytics contributes expertise in real-time data processing, graphical user interfaces, and scalable software solutions.
• SMXcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSMX is the parent company of Outside Analytics. The company has joined SMX, combining forces to deliver advanced solutions in remote sensing, real-time processing, and analytics systems across the aerospace industry.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• SAIC: SAIC delivers enterprise IT and analytics for defense and intelligence customers, including space and missile defense programs that use similar real-time sensor data processing capabilities.
• Booz Allen Hamilton: Booz Allen is a large incumbent federal services and defense analytics contractor supporting ISR and intelligence missions across DoD and IC, overlapping with the same mission sets Outside Analytics serves.
• Parsons Corporation: Parsons is both a customer/partner of Outside Analytics and a defense/aerospace integrator working on space and missile warning programs — directly comparable as a defense software and systems integrator.
• Leidos: Leidos provides defense IT and sensor processing solutions across space, intelligence, and missile warning missions, serving many of the same U.S. Space Force, Army, and NGA buyers as Outside Analytics.

Others

• Cesium: Cesium provides 3D geospatial visualization and sensor data infrastructure used across defense and intelligence visualization workflows, comparable as enabling tooling for Elevate Sensing-style platforms.
• Scale AI: Scale AI provides data-centric AI services for defense and intelligence customers, including sensor data annotation and model training — comparable as an enabling AI/data partner ecosystem adjacent to Outside Analytics' hybrid ML approach.

Emerging players

• Maxar Technologies: Maxar operates space-based EO/IR imaging and analytics, intersecting with Outside Analytics in the EO/IR sensor data processing domain relevant to ISR and Space Domain Awareness buyers.
• BlackSky Holdings: BlackSky provides satellite-based EO imagery and analytics for defense and intelligence customers, overlapping with Outside Analytics' sensor data processing focus for ISR and I&W use cases.

Direct peers

• Palantir Technologies: Palantir builds defense and intelligence analytics software used across DoD and IC mission areas including ISR and space domain awareness, making it the most directly comparable public-market peer in defense data analytics.
• Anduril Industries: Anduril is a venture-backed defense software and sensor company building AI-enabled ISR, command-and-control, and space domain awareness products — directly comparable in mission focus and dual-use software orientation.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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