FlySight
FlySight is an Italian geospatial software firm that builds OPENSIGHT, a multi-platform PED system providing real-time situational awareness, AR, and AI-enabled analytics for defense, security, search-and-rescue, and law enforcement aviation customers across airborne, maritime, and underwater domains.
- Company typePrivate
- Founded2020
- HeadquartersLivorno, Italy
- Headcount1–10
- GTM typeB2B
- OfferingSoftware
What FlySight does
FlySight S.r.l. is an Italian geospatial software company headquartered in Livorno (with a branch in Torino) that builds OPENSIGHT, a multi-platform Processing, Exploitation and Dissemination (PED) system for real-time situational awareness and decision support in defense and security operations. The OPENSIGHT suite integrates moving-map technology, augmented reality, AI-enabled analytics (notably Automatic Target Recognition and AI-driven fire-spread prediction), real-time video processing, and multi-sensor fusion into a modular platform spanning airborne (ISR, SAR, firefighting), maritime, and underwater (submarine optronic mast) domains. Supporting modules include the Enhanced Reality System, Analyst Console, Cloud Computing layer, Software Development Kit, plugin architecture, and the MAP CREATOR geospatial data preparation tool. The company holds EN9100:2018 and ISO 9001:2015 certifications and is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Italian Flyby Group (Flyby S.r.l.).
FlySight monetizes primarily through one-time OPENSIGHT software licenses, professional services for platform integration (e.g., into Leonardo AW101/CH-149 HELIAWARENESS and Diamond Aircraft consoles), and recurring engagement in co-funded European Defence Fund R&D projects (PRECISE, MARSEUS, BEAST, INTELCAST). Distribution combines direct enterprise sales to defense ministries and law enforcement agencies with exclusive country-level distributors (Rapid Imaging Solutions in the US, SureTech International in India, Sovereign Strategic in Malaysia) and OEM integrations that embed OPENSIGHT inside prime contractors' offerings. Customer segments span military and security forces (primary), civil emergency services including SAR and aerial firefighting (primary), maritime and underwater operations, and US law enforcement aviation.
The company's recent strategic activity signals expansion rather than contraction: live OPENSIGHT integration with Diamond Aircraft (Eurosatory 2026), exclusive US distribution (May 2026), entry into the NATO MANGROVE consortium for the Allied Underwater Battlespace Mission Network (September 2025, 12 nations), a co-development JV with DRASS for the Integrated Submarine System (September 2025), and continued deployment on Leonardo's AW101 SAR fleet in Norway and Canada. No revenue, headcount, funding-round, or institutional-investor information is publicly disclosed.
FlySight firmographics
Firmographics- Name
- FlySight
- Legal name
- FlySight S.r.l.
- Website
- https://flysight.it
- Company type
- Private
- Founded year
- 2020
- Operating status
- Operating
- Headcount range
- 1–10 employees
- Short description
- FlySight is an Italian geospatial software firm that builds OPENSIGHT, a multi-platform PED system providing real-time situational awareness, AR, and AI-enabled analytics for defense, security, search-and-rescue, and law enforcement aviation customers across airborne, maritime, and underwater domains.
- Ownership category
- akta.pro rank
FlySight industry classification
Industry- Product category
- Defense Mission-Critical Situational Awareness Software
- NAICS
- Search, Detection, Navigation, Guidance, Aeronautical, and Nautical System and Instrument Manufacturing (334511), Software Publishers (5132)
- SIC
- Search, Detection, Navagation, Guidance, Aeronautical Sys (3812), Services-Computer Integrated Systems Design (7373)
- akta.pro primary industry
- Avionics Displays & Human-Machine Interface (EFIS/HUD/HMD) (IMABAFAH)
- akta.pro secondary industries
- XR/AR/VR/MR Development Frameworks & Toolchains (MPAFAFAF), AI/Analytics Video Surveillance (Detection, LPR, People Counting) (HSAHACAF)
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Where FlySight is headquartered
LocationHeadquarters
- HQ city
- Livorno
- HQ country
- Italy
- HQ region
- Europe
Offices2 records
Markets served
FlySight business model
Business model- GTM type
- B2B
- Offering type
- Software
- Cost components
- Personnel, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Operations, Infrastructure
Revenue model
- OPENSIGHT Software Licenses: Sale of OPENSIGHT multi-platform PED system including Mission Console, Analyst Console, and related modules. The platform is sold as integrated solutions for airborne, maritime, and underwater platforms.
- System Integration Services: Professional services for integration of OPENSIGHT into customer aircraft and platform systems, including Leonardo AW101/CH-149 Cormorant and Diamond Aircraft platforms.
- Distribution Partnerships: Revenue generated through distributor partnerships including Rapid Imaging Solutions (US), providing commercial and operational support with FlySight retaining product development and licensing.
- Research and Development Projects: European Defence Fund projects including PRECISE (critical infrastructure modelling), MARSEUS (modular architecture for EU states), BEAST (air combat technology), and INTELCAST (AI for METOC and space weather).
Go-to-market motion2 records
Distribution channels5 records
Marketing channels5 records
FlySight product offering
Product offeringCore offering
FlySight develops and sells the OPENSIGHT multi-platform Processing, Exploitation and Dissemination (PED) system, providing real-time situational awareness and decision support for Defense and Security operations. The platform integrates moving-map technology, augmented reality, AI-enabled analytics, real-time video processing, and sensor fusion across airborne, maritime, and underwater domains, sold as software licenses alongside system integration and R&D project services.
Product overview
FlySight's product portfolio centers on the OPENSIGHT multi-platform Processing, Exploitation and Dissemination (PED) system, a comprehensive software suite for real-time situational awareness and decision support in Defense & Security operations. The core OPENSIGHT platform integrates moving-map technology, augmented reality, AI-enabled analytics, real-time video processing, and sensor fusion into a modular architecture. The OPENSIGHT family includes the Mission Console (turnkey operational environment), Enhanced Reality System (AR for simulators and aircraft), Automatic Target Recognition (AI-powered target identification), Analyst Console (post-mission analysis), Underwater Optronic Mast Console (submarine operations), Cloud Computing capabilities, Software Development Kit (for customization), and Plugins (extensibility). A complementary tool, MAP CREATOR, provides geospatial data preparation capabilities. The system is designed for open interoperability with existing airborne systems and NATO standards.
Differentiator
Problem solved
Functional benefit
Brands
- OPENSIGHT: Multi-platform PED (Processing, Exploitation and Dissemination) system providing situational awareness and decision-support for defense and security operations. Includes Mission Console, Analyst Console, Enhanced Reality System, Automatic Target Recognition, and Cloud Computing modules.
Products and services
- OPENSIGHT Multi-platform Processing, Exploitation and Dissemination (PED) system providing real-time situational awareness and decision support for Defense and Security operations, integrating moving-map technology, augmented reality, AI-enabled analytics, real-time video processing, and sensor fusion across airborne, maritime, and underwater domains.
- OPENSIGHT Mission Console Turnkey unified operational environment for real-time mission execution and post-mission analysis, providing operators with live mission visualization, sensor integration, 2D/3D interactive maps, video-over-map, and advanced geospatial intelligence during flight operations.
- OPENSIGHT Enhanced Reality System Augmented reality system integrating AR into both simulators and operational aircraft, providing real-time, high-fidelity visual overlays of mission-critical information for enhanced situational awareness.
- OPENSIGHT Automatic Target Recognition AI-powered automatic target recognition technology providing real-time target identification, detection, and tracking capabilities for military and SAR operators.
- OPENSIGHT Analyst Console Post-mission analysis and debriefing console for intelligence exploitation, supporting operators' workflow from mission execution through debrief.
- OPENSIGHT Underwater Optronic Mast Console Specialized console for submarine underwater optronic mast operations, supporting maritime and underwater domain awareness and integrated submarine onboard system management.
- OPENSIGHT Cloud Computing Cloud-based processing and data management capabilities for the OPENSIGHT platform, enabling scalable computational resources for mission data handling and exploitation.
- OPENSIGHT Software Development Kit SDK enabling third-party integration and customization of the OPENSIGHT platform, supporting customer-specific mission requirements and partner development.
- OPENSIGHT Plugins Extensible plugin architecture for adding specialized capabilities to the OPENSIGHT platform, supporting modular customization per mission profile.
- MAP CREATOR Geospatial data preparation tool establishing a new standard for mission-critical mapping, providing data ingestion and map production capabilities for operational environments.
Quantifiable outcome
- Reduced search times in SAR operations through advanced moving map and enhanced reality capabilities
- +2 more outcomes
Companies that use FlySight
Customer profileNamed customers4 records
Segments4 records
Ideal customer profiles3 records
FlySight technology and API
TechnologyTechnology focussed Yes
API detail
- Has API
- No
- API docs
- API detail
Core technology
AI maturity
App detail
Integration5 records
AI capability9 records
Feature13 records
FlySight partnerships and signals
Strategic signalPartnerships
Ten partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.
- Diamond AircraftcoreDiamond Aircraft and FlySight integrated OPENSIGHT Mission Console onboard Diamond Aircraft platforms. An aircraft (OE-FHQ) equipped with OPENSIGHT was showcased flying at Eurosatory 2026, demonstrating operational readiness and seamless integration within real flight scenarios. The collaboration emphasizes OPENSIGHT's interoperability with a wide range of airborne mission sensors.
- Rapid Imaging SolutionscoreStrategic partnership with Rapid Imaging Solutions to support distribution and promotion of OPENSIGHT suite in the United States market. Rapid Imaging Solutions leads commercial and operational support activities for US law enforcement agencies, airborne mission operators, and security organizations. FlySight CEO Andrea Masini stated this collaboration plays a key role in introducing OPENSIGHT to US operators.
- DRASScoreFlySight and DRASS collaborated for joint development of the Integrated Submarine System (ISS) project, in partnership with CNIT RaSS Lab. The project supports management of submarine onboard systems, combining operational flexibility, technological scalability, and cybersecurity by design. Both companies showcased integrated capabilities at SEAFUTURE 2025.
- Saab-led MANGROVE consortiumcoreFlySight is proud to be part of the Saab-led MANGROVE consortium, selected by NATO to lead the Allied Underwater Battlespace Mission Network project (AUWB-MN). The project commenced September 1, 2025 and will deliver underwater interoperability between allied nations. The consortium includes CETENA, GraalTech, IDS, Miraya, Saab UK, BlueBear, S2IX, SubSeaPulse, and University of Plymouth. Sponsored by twelve nations led by the UK.
- LeonardocoreFlySight announces integration of OPENSIGHT suite into Leonardo's AW101/CH-149 SAR Cormorant modernization program for the Canadian Department of National Defence. OPENSIGHT complements Leonardo's HELIAWARENESS avionics system, providing advanced moving map, AR, and video technology for enhanced situational awareness in search and rescue operations.
- LeonardocoreLeonardo is a listed partner/customer with OPENSIGHT integrated into the HELIAWARENESS system for AW101/CH-149 SAR operations in Norway.
- NATOcoreNATO listed as partner through participation in MANGROVE consortium led by Saab for the Allied Underwater Battlespace Mission Network project.
- European Defence Agency (EDA)coreEDA listed as partner through INTELCAST study exploring AI for METOC and Space Weather in defence applications.
- CNIT RaSS LabminorCNIT RaSS Laboratory is a partner in the ISS (Integrated Submarine System) project with FlySight and DRASS.
- European Defence FundcoreFlySight participates in multiple EDF-funded projects including PRECISE (critical infrastructure modelling) and MARSEUS (Modular Architecture Solution for EU States). Also involved in BEAST project for future air combat technology.
Scale indicators3 records
Recent moves6 records
Expansion highlights6 records
FlySight competitors and assessment
Company assessmentBroad incumbents
- Abaco Systems (now part of AMETEK): Supplier of embedded computing, rugged displays, and mission-computing subsystems to defense airborne platforms. Comparable as a broader mission-computing incumbent whose ruggedized mission computers and displays often host PED-type applications adjacent to OPENSIGHT deployments.
- Rheinmetall: German defense technology group expanding in defense electronics, air defense, and digital mission solutions across NATO. Comparable as a broader European defense prime and ecosystem participant whose digital and mission-system ambitions overlap with the OPENSIGHT value proposition.
- Safran Electronics & Defense: French aerospace and defense group providing avionics, mission systems, and optronics for airborne and naval platforms. Comparable as a broad incumbent with overlapping mission-system, optronics, and airborne situational-awareness offerings targeting similar defense and security end-users.
- MBDA: European missile and defense systems prime with growing presence in integrated mission solutions and consortium-based NATO programs. Comparable as a broad incumbent and a defense ecosystem participant that collaborates with FlySight-style software vendors on multi-domain mission capability.
- HENSOLDT: Large European defense electronics prime specializing in sensors, mission systems, and situational awareness solutions for airborne, naval, and ground platforms. Comparable as a broad incumbent supplying integrated mission-system capability to the same defense and security customers FlySight targets with OPENSIGHT.
- Thales: Global defense and aerospace prime offering mission systems, surveillance, and C4ISR solutions across airborne, maritime, and land domains. Comparable as a broad incumbent with overlapping airborne mission-console and ISR capability, competing for the same defense ministries and platform OEMs.
- Saab: Swedish defense and aerospace prime active in airborne ISR, naval systems, and NATO underwater programs (e.g., MANGROVE/AUWB-MN). Comparable as both a consortium partner and an overlapping broad incumbent in mission systems, underwater interoperability, and NATO defense procurement.
- Leonardo: Italian-headquartered global aerospace and defense prime with strong rotary-wing (AW101), avionics (HELIAWARENESS), and mission-system offerings. Comparable as the dominant Italian defense prime and as a current FlySight customer/partner embedding OPENSIGHT in its platforms, illustrating both the opportunity and the incumbent threat.
Direct peers
- Smith Myers: UK-based specialist in airborne mission systems for search and rescue and law enforcement, providing communications, location, and mapping tools integrated into helicopters. Highly comparable as a niche European vendor of mission-critical airborne situational-awareness software sold to SAR and EMS operators, a core FlySight customer segment.
- PACE Aerospace & IT: Provider of mission-planning and electronic-flight-bag tools closely integrated with airborne operator workflows. Comparable as a specialist mission-software vendor serving the same airborne and SAR operators, and an existing FlySight integration partner for tool interoperability.
Market position
Strengths5 records
Weaknesses5 records
Competitive moat5 records
Key risks6 records
Key highlights7 records
Customer concentration
FlySight social profiles
Digital presenceFlySight compliance and trust
Trust signalCompliance2 records
FlySight financial estimates
Financial estimateRevenue estimate
Valuation estimate
FlySight leadership team
Management profileNumber of profiles
Profiles5 records
FlySight funding detail
Funding detailFunding overview
Funding rounds
Investors
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FlySight M&A and investment
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Investments
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Frequently asked questions about FlySight
What does FlySight do?
FlySight develops and sells the OPENSIGHT multi-platform Processing, Exploitation and Dissemination (PED) system, providing real-time situational awareness and decision support for Defense and Security operations. The platform integrates moving-map technology, augmented reality, AI-enabled analytics, real-time video processing, and sensor fusion across airborne, maritime, and underwater domains, sold as software licenses alongside system integration and R&D project services.
Is FlySight a public or private company?
FlySight is a private company. It is classified as corporate owned and is currently operating.
When was FlySight founded?
FlySight was founded in 2020. It employs 1 to 10 people.
Where is FlySight based?
FlySight is headquartered in Livorno, Italy, in the Europe region.
How does FlySight make money?
Four revenue lines are on record. OPENSIGHT Software Licenses are the primary driver. The others are system Integration Services, distribution Partnerships and research and Development Projects.
Who are FlySight's main competitors?
Broad incumbents on record are Abaco Systems (now part of AMETEK), Rheinmetall, Safran Electronics & Defense, MBDA, HENSOLDT, Thales, Saab and Leonardo. Direct peers are Smith Myers and PACE Aerospace & IT.
Does FlySight have an API?
No public API is recorded for FlySight.
What industry is FlySight in?
FlySight's product category is Defense Mission-Critical Situational Awareness Software. Its primary akta.pro industry code is IMABAFAH, Avionics Displays & Human-Machine Interface (EFIS/HUD/HMD), with a secondary code of MPAFAFAF, XR/AR/VR/MR Development Frameworks & Toolchains. Its NAICS code is 334511 and its SIC code is 3812.