Communication countermeasure equipment developer "Nengna Intelligence", which provides in-depth services to the military and major scientific research institutes, has received hundreds of millions of yuan in Series A financing | Exclusive from 36Kr

Text | Lin Qingqing

Editor | Yuan Silai

36Kr learned that recently, the communication countermeasure equipment developer "Nengna Intelligence" has completed its Series A financing, with an amount of hundreds of millions of yuan. This round of financing was jointly invested by Loongson Venture Capital and Chengdu Science and Technology Innovation Investment. The funds will be mainly used for product and technology iteration, market expansion, and capital operation in the fields of communication countermeasures and military signal processing. Yiwei Capital serves as the long - term financing financial advisor for "Nengna Intelligence".

"Nengna Intelligence" was founded in 2009 and is headquartered in Wuhan, with R & D centers in both Wuhan and Chengdu. The company has comprehensive technical design capabilities in radio frequency, digital, logic, and software. It mainly researches, produces, and sells key equipment for the entire communication countermeasure process, including products for signal collection, reconnaissance, control, and interference. Its high - speed, wide - band, and large - dynamic signal processing equipment is widely used in complex electromagnetic environments such as fixed stations, mobile platforms, unattended stations, and multi - station networking.

Communication countermeasure is a key means of electronic warfare. By means of reconnaissance, interference, deception, and countermeasures, it weakens the enemy's communication capabilities to achieve combat objectives. Its technology involves signal reconnaissance, analysis, and interference, and is widely used in military, national defense, and information security fields. With the development of current information - based and intelligent warfare, the role of communication countermeasures in enhancing the combat effectiveness and battlefield survival ability of the military is becoming increasingly important.

In recent years, the communication countermeasure field has grown rapidly. According to the market research institution Markets and Markets, the global market size of communication countermeasure systems will have a compound annual growth rate of 6.5% from 2024 to 2029. In 2023, the domestic market size of the overall electronic warfare industry was approximately 30 billion yuan. In addition to the military field, the application of communication countermeasure technology in the civilian market (such as anti - drone systems and communication security protection), especially in the low - altitude economy field, is also constantly expanding.

Currently, the communication countermeasure field faces both technological and market challenges. Technologically, the broadband, high - speed, and complex modulation of modern communication signals have increased the difficulty of reconnaissance and interference. The enemy's anti - interference technologies (such as frequency hopping and spread spectrum) have raised the threshold for interference. At the same time, this field has extremely high requirements for real - time signal processing and AI algorithms. In the market, foreign technologies are mature and widely applied, while in China, state - owned enterprises dominate, and there are relatively few private enterprises. They are mainly concentrated in the military field, and the civilian market is in its infancy.

Based on this, Chang Xing, the CEO of "Nengna Intelligence", told 36Kr that with the accelerated progress of global military modernization and the impact of the Russia - Ukraine war, the role of electronic warfare in decapitation operations, battlefield reconnaissance, and terminal defense has become more prominent, and the demand for communication countermeasure capabilities will continue to rise.

Chang Xing introduced that the company's current business includes the R & D and manufacturing of communication countermeasure, comprehensive countermeasure, and battlefield awareness equipment, which can meet the combat needs of multiple military branches under complex conditions.

In terms of technical routes, "Nengna Intelligence" mainly focuses on high - speed, wide - band, and large - dynamic signal processing and has the ability to design the entire signal chain from radio frequency to FPGA and CPU. Its products are suitable for unmanned vehicles, drones, ship - borne, individual soldier, vehicle - borne, and airborne platforms to meet the communication countermeasure needs in different scenarios.

In addition, the company has the ability to design the entire process from radio frequency to software and has launched a series of portable and miniaturized communication countermeasure equipment. It also integrates AI technology to improve signal processing capabilities. "As one of the few private enterprises in China covering the entire communication countermeasure process, our product line is rich, and we have the ability of the entire industrial chain, which can provide a complete communication countermeasure solution."

Some products of "Nengna Intelligence" (Source/Enterprise)

Some products of "Nengna Intelligence" (Source/Enterprise)

Currently, "Nengna Intelligence" has established long - term and stable cooperative relationships with more than 100 customers, covering multiple military branches and civilian fields. In the military field, the company has in - depth cooperation with many overall military industrial units, and its products cover military branches such as the navy, army, air force, and armed police, and it also expands the military trade market. In the civilian field, it has served customers such as CRRC Times and State Nuclear Power.

In the future, with the development of information - based and intelligent warfare, the importance and market size of the communication countermeasure field will continue to expand.

Chang Xing pointed out that "Although the current market is dominated by state - owned enterprises, military reforms and market opening have provided opportunities for private enterprises to break through. The next five years will be a new round of technological reshuffle period in the communication countermeasure field. 'Nengna Intelligence' will increase its investment in new technologies such as AI and big data, continue to deepen its presence in the military market, and at the same time explore the military trade and civilian markets, especially increasing the application of communication countermeasure technology in the anti - drone and low - altitude economy fields."