Echodyne

• EchoFlight

  EchoFlight

• EchoShield

  EchoShield

• EchoGuard with Legion

  Reference Design - Connected - Picogrid lists Echodyne EchoGuard as an exact integration for Legion.

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Supply chain relationships

• Leidos

  Outbound - Sensing - Echodyne was selected to supply MESA radars to Leidos Australia’s LAND 156 counter-drone programme

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• Axon

  Outbound - Sensing And Perception - Echodyne MESA radars support Axon Air and Dedrone public-safety drone airspace infrastructure

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• KONGSBERG

  Outbound - Perception - Echodyne supplies MESA radar integrated into KONGSBERG PROTECTOR RS4 and RS6 C-UAS stations

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• 2022-06-13 - Growth funding - $135M - Echodyne closes $135M radar funding round

  Echodyne closed a $135 million funding round to expand radar distribution, production and development. - source: echodyne.com

• Baillie Gifford - Lead - Investment Firm - 1 funding event - first seen 2022-06-13
• Bill Gates - Lead - Angel / Individual - 1 funding event - first seen 2022-06-13
• Madrona Ventures - Participant - VC - 1 funding event - first seen 2022-06-13
• NEA - Participant - VC - 1 funding event - first seen 2022-06-13
• Northrop Grumman - Participant - Corporate / CVC - 1 funding event - strategic/corporate - first seen 2022-06-13
• Vanedge Capital - Participant - VC - 1 funding event - first seen 2022-06-13
• Vulcan Capital - Participant - VC - 1 funding event - first seen 2022-06-13

• Eben Frankenberg - CEO & Co-Founder
• Paul Farmer - Chief Financial Officer - He leads Echodyne's finance function as the company scales software-defined radar for security, unmanned systems and autonomous machines.
• Ken Bean - VP Operations

Events

• 2026-10-12 - Partnership - Echodyne and ACS sign radar and Bullfrog collaboration

  EchoShield provides drone position and velocity tracks through open interfaces into Bullfrog and command-and-control systems. The companies will continue integrated testing and participate in Department of War demonstrations. The collaboration covers fixed sites, mobile and expeditionary forces, and maritime platforms.

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• 2026-09-29 - Contract Award - Echodyne receives Domestic Shield IDIQ with $250M ceiling

  The contracts support the Domestic Shield programme and JIATF-401 C-UAS Marketplace for risk-prioritized military facilities and assets in the United States. The marketplace requires open architecture so new systems can integrate with existing defense networks and compete across multiple vendors. The wider procurement covers layered drone detection and defeat, including optical scopes, robotic weapon stations, compact radars and long-range tracking cameras.

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• 2026-09-09 - Capability - Echodyne MESA radar integrated into KONGSBERG PROTECTOR C-UAS stations

  The configuration combines compact electronically scanned radar with the PROTECTOR station’s tracking and engagement functions. The companies completed a multi-year integration, test and demonstration programme before the disclosure. The design-in covers both RS4 and RS6 configurations for fixed-site and mobile counter-drone applications.

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• 2026-07-09 - Facility Opening - Echodyne opens Washington radar manufacturing facility

  The 86,350 sq ft site is built to support more than 30,000 radars per year, equivalent to over 2,500 units per month. Echodyne framed the expansion around demand from U.S. and allied customers for C-UAS, force-protection, BVLOS and autonomous-system sensing. The company said the facility represents a $40M investment in advanced radar manufacturing capacity.

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• 2026-06-02 - Partnership - Echodyne and Axon partner on public-safety radar applications

  Echodyne’s patented MESA radars are designed to deliver the precision airspace awareness needed to support evolving public safety drone operations, including Axon Air and Dedrone solutions from Axon. There is increasing demand globally for comprehensive detailed awareness of the low altitude airspace in which drones are proliferating.

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• 2025-09-18 - Demonstration - Echodyne radar supports Red Sands counter-UAS exercise

  The exercise ran in September 2025. The demonstration involved nine drones. The multinational exercise tested counter-UAS performance in representative conditions.

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• 2025-09-06 - Commercial Order - Echodyne selected as LAND 156 radar provider

  Leidos Australia is the programme prime contractor named by Echodyne. The supplied input is counter-UAS radar technology. The selection is scoped to LAND 156 rather than all Leidos programmes.

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• 2024-08-15 - Partnership - BRINC and Echodyne partner on automated BVLOS operations

  Echodyne radar provides airspace awareness for remote flight operations. The integration targets safer, scalable BVLOS public-safety deployments. BRINC positioned radar as part of its end-to-end automated response stack.

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• 2022-06-13 - Funding - Echodyne closes $135M radar funding round

  Baillie Gifford and Bill Gates co-led the round. Northrop Grumman, NEA, Madrona Ventures, Vulcan Capital and Vanedge Capital participated. The capital supports robot sensing, actuation, compute or communications systems as Echodyne moves from product development toward broader commercial use.

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Relationships

• BRINC

  Integration Partner - BRINC partnered with Echodyne to add radar airspace awareness to automated BVLOS deployments.

• OWT Global

  Situational Awareness And Services - OWT Global and Echodyne established a strategic relationship to develop situational-awareness solutions and supporting services for defence and security users.

• Axon

  Verified Radar Integration - Echodyne MESA radars support Axon Air and Dedrone public-safety drone airspace infrastructure.

• Allen Control Systems

  Partner - Echodyne and Allen Control Systems agreed to integrate radar tracking with Bullfrog weapon stations for counter-UAS missions.

Comparable profiles

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• Accipiter Radar

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Context tags

• Drone subsystem integration - Capability - Profile source supports this robotics context.
• Airspace surveillance radar supplier - Peer Group - Context audit 2026-09-07: MESA radar products including EchoShield serve UAS/AAM and airspace surveillance. https://www.echodyne.com/
• High-resolution radar perception - Capability - Profile QA added approved context tag matching company robotics exposure.
• Counter-UAS radar perception - Capability - Profile QA added approved context tag matching company robotics exposure.

• Echodyne receives Domestic Shield IDIQ with $250M ceiling

  2026-09-29 · Order / contract · The U.S. Army awarded Echodyne a JIATF-401 Domestic Shield counter-UAS IDIQ vehicle with a maximum ceiling of $250 million.

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• Echodyne selected as LAND 156 radar provider

  2025-09-06 · Order / contract · Leidos Australia selected Echodyne radar technology for Australia’s LAND 156 counter-drone programme.

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