Liberty Defense Holdings Ltd. announced that the HEXWAVE product was granted a formal equipment authorization approval from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). The company previously had an FCC Waiver in place. Liberty's HEXWAVE product, a next generation, walkthrough, contactless threat detection system uses low-power radar imaging, coupled with AI and computing platform, to detect concealed metallic and non-metallic threats at speed, providing automated decisions to security operators.

The company has sold the HEXWAVE to multiple market verticals including aviation, courthouses, national labs, prisons and government facilities. The Office of Engineering and Technology (OET) administers the equipment authorization program under the authority delegated to it by the FCC. This program is one of the principal ways the FCC ensures that Radio Frequency (RF) devices used in the United States operate effectively without causing harmful interference and otherwise comply with the FCC's rules.

All RF devices subject to equipment authorization must comply with the FCC's technical requirements. This certainly can prove to be a barrier to entry in the securities market.