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Who is Solifos?
Solifos is a Swiss provider of fiber-optic based sensing and communication solutions for defense, security, and critical infrastructure applications.
- Rugged fiber-optic communication cables and systems for demanding field deployments (networking)
- Distributed fiber-optic sensing solutions for structural health and perimeter monitoring (observability)
- Tactical and field-deployable cable assemblies for military and civil protection use (networking)
- Monitoring solutions for tunnels, pipelines, and other critical infrastructure assets (industrial monitoring)
- Engineering, customization, and support services for fiber-optic system integration (professional services)
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More About Solifos
Solifos focuses on fiber-optic based products used in environments where reliability, mechanical robustness, and secure data transmission are required, serving customers in defense, civil protection, utilities, transportation, and other critical infrastructure sectors.
In enterprise and institutional contexts, Solifos solutions are deployed as part of communication backbones and monitoring layers that System Integration Testing (SIT) alongside existing IT and Operational technology (OT) systems. Rugged field cables and assemblies (networking) are used to interconnect radios, command posts, sensors, and network nodes in tactical or outdoor scenarios, providing physical-layer connectivity that can handle mechanical stress, environmental exposure, and extended distances.
The company’s distributed fiber-optic sensing offerings (observability) rely on standard optical fibers combined with interrogator units that measure changes in backscattered light along the cable. These systems use established optical sensing techniques and are applied to detect strain, temperature changes, acoustic or vibrational events along infrastructure such as tunnels, pipelines, and perimeters. In a typical architecture, the sensing cable is laid along or attached to the asset, while interrogator hardware connects into the customer’s monitoring network or Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) environment via standard IP interfaces.
For defense and security users, Solifos provides tactical fiber systems (networking) designed for rapid deployment, field repair, and repeated winding and unwinding. These cables are often integrated into mobile command-and-control architectures, linking shelters, vehicles, sensor masts, and radio or IP network devices. In comparison with copper or wireless-only approaches, fiber-based systems provide electromagnetic immunity and support for higher bandwidth over longer distances, which can be relevant in electronic warfare or electromagnetically noisy environments.
In the infrastructure monitoring domain, Solifos solutions (industrial monitoring, observability) complement conventional point sensors by providing continuous measurement along the length of the fiber, which allows operators to localize events such as structural movement, temperature anomalies, or intrusion attempts. The systems are typically integrated with customer alarm servers, visualization tools, or Security Information and Event Management (SIEM) platforms through standard protocols and APIs.
Within an enterprise technology directory, Solifos can be categorized under fiber-optic networking hardware, distributed fiber-optic sensing for industrial and security monitoring, tactical communication infrastructure for defense and emergency services, and related engineering and integration services.
Our description of Solifos. Updated December 2025.
