IMSAR and OceanSound Partners Announce Strategic Partnership to Accelerate Growth and Innovation

10/05/2026
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Karen Grant

We are excited to announce that IMSAR has entered into a strategic partnership with OceanSound Partners, a private equity firm dedicated to growing high-value technology companies in defense and government services.

To meet surging global demand for critical ISR capabilities, IMSAR works closely with agencies like the U.S. Department of War (DOW) and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), alongside allied nations worldwide. Building on this momentum, IMSAR entered a strategic investment partnership with OceanSound Partners on September 30, 2026. This collaboration accelerates our growth, expands our commercial reach, and broadens our multi-mission sensing portfolio and manufacturing infrastructure—all while staying true to our core mission, to Democratize Radar.

"We chose OceanSound because they understand that the mission and the engineering come first," says CEO Ryan Smith.

"OceanSound was built to partner with founder-led technology companies at exactly this moment, when the capability is proven and the opportunity in front of them is larger than what they can serve today,” said Ted Shanahan, Partner at OceanSound Partners. "The people who built this company are the reason we are here, and we are investing behind them."

Read the full press release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20261005461832/en/IMSAR-a-Leading-Provider-of-Synthetic-Aperture-Radar-Solutions-Announces-Strategic-Investment-from-OceanSound-Partners