It’s a new year, and the teams at The Last Mile and goTenna would like to take the opportunity to thank each and every one of our readers who spend their time on the site, reading our articles on communications and connectivity at the tactical edge in 2025.

Last year was an exciting one for the goTenna team, filled with new partnerships, the announcement of new capabilities and products, and the exhilarating news of our acquisition by Forterra.

Here’s a look back at some of the incredible news and announcements that happened in the past year, and why we’re so excited about them:

Forterra acquires goTenna

The single most important news story of the past year happened just a few months ago, when Forterra announced the acquisition of goTenna and its portfolio of mobile mesh networking solutions. 

As executives from both companies explained in a recent Q&A interview on The Last Mile, this acquisition will result in more mobile mesh networking solutions deployed in the battlefield, enabling mission-critical, resilient communications for America’s warfighters. It will also increase the resiliency and assuredness of the networks that enable the critical adoption of autonomous vehicles in theater.

While this acquisition is still relatively new, the team at The Last Mile is excited to see the incredible future technologies and advanced capabilities that result from Forterra and goTenna coming together.

Mobile mesh goes modular

Another exciting announcement from goTenna in 2025 was the release of a new product, the goTenna Pro X2m, a modular mobile mesh networking radio designed for integration into other platforms and systems. This enables practically every military and law enforcement vehicle, platform, and system to be equipped with or retrofitted for mobile mesh networking. 

As Chris Pietrzak, the Vice President of Solutions Architecture at goTenna, explained in an interview with The Last Mile, “…every next-generation of a legacy platform or vehicle should be enabled with an integrated mobile mesh networking device, such as the goTenna Pro X2m. It was built to seamlessly and easily integrate with these platforms, making it a relatively easy lift to implement, and the benefits that it enables well surpass the relatively low cost of the device.” The X2m will enable goTenna to work with a multitude of new government end users but also will open the doors to many more industry partnerships where goTenna can aid communications for partner platforms. 

Connecting with everyone, EVERYWHERE

goTenna officially formalized its partnership with EVERYWHERE communications in 2025. This exciting partnership extends the reach of local mobile mesh networks, enabling force-tracking, location data, secure messaging, and one-touch SOS functionality beyond-line-of-site to ensure mission success. 

Patrick Shay, the Founder and CEO of EVERYWHERE Communications, detailed the specifics of how this capability works in an interview with The Last Mile:

“EVERYWHERE and goTenna unify users that are operating ATAK and their TAK server by backhauling position and location data, chat, and other information from forward-deployed goTenna mesh networks via the Iridium Satellite Network with the EVERYWHERE Secure inReach Mini2 by Garmin,” said Shay. “This Iridium backhaul of the goTenna mesh network immediately enhances an organization’s PACE plan – providing assured situational awareness data from mobile mesh networks from any location on Earth.”

Empowering next-gen health situational awareness

Finally, just before the start of the holidays, goTenna announced an official partnership with RAIN Technology Solutions. This partnership will eliminate complexity by integrating Rain’s cutting-edge HAIL platform with goTenna’s secure mesh networking capabilities, bringing next-generation health and situational awareness to the tactical edge.

The Founder and CEO of Rain Technology Solutions, Stone Hazlett, explained why this partnership is so exciting in a recent interview with The Last Mile.

“When you deploy a network of goTenna devices across a hundred users in the field, you instantly gain location tracking and situational awareness, even without traditional connectivity. And when you layer HAIL on top of that, it can push real-time physiological data over the goTenna network,” said Hazlett. “So now, you’re not just seeing location and text—you’re seeing vital signs and health data, all in real time. It’s instant value, enhancing the already immense capabilities of goTenna.”

Stay tuned in 2026 for even more exciting content about how mobile mesh networking and other advanced technologies can help ensure mission success for military, law enforcement, and disaster response operations.