Texas Police and Defense Department Buy Cell-Site Simulator Vehicles and Backpack Units from Cognyte

Cognyte sold four Chevrolet Tahoes fitted with FalcoNet cell-site simulators to Texas state police for $4.5 million in March 2026. The same month the Department of War purchased a FalcoNet backpack unit for $400,000. The FalcoNet system can be concealed in vehicles, carried in a backpack or mounted on a helicopter.

It claims to force thousands of devices to connect every minute after a three-minute setup. Cognyte is based in Herzliya, Israel, and is listed on Nasdaq with a $560 million market cap. The company was spun out of Verint in 2021.

It states it has government customers in over 100 countries. The company has sold surveillance vans to the Albuquerque police department and the New York State Police. In 2024 the Florida Department of Law Enforcement spent $765,000 on FalcoNet for Operation Vigilant Sentry.

Baltimore acquired a cell-site simulator from Cognyte for $920,000 in 2022. The Muscogee County Sheriff’s Office in Georgia spent $800,000 on Cognyte analytics software in late 2024. New York and Florida state agencies each paid more than $300,000 for the same software.

Florida awarded Cognyte a $2.1 million contract in 2024 for a data acquisition system whose details remain confidential under state records. New York State Police uses the surveillance vans in emergency situations without a warrant, according to executive director of public information Beau Duffy.

Baltimore stated its unit could operate for a maximum of 48 hours without a warrant when locating suspects of serious crimes.

An Ohio judge rejected a canvassing warrant application earlier this year, citing risks to uninvolved individuals. Cognyte CEO Elad Sharon said a separate $5 million sale announced in March 2026 opened a pathway for potential expansions as the agency scales its intelligence capabilities.