IMSAR
About
About IMSAR
IMSAR designs compact multimode radar systems for intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance missions. Its NanoSAR and NSP families combine synthetic-aperture imaging and moving-target indication in payloads sized for unmanned aircraft, supporting wide-area detection and tracking over land and maritime environments.
The company supplies radar hardware and processing for integration by aircraft and mission-system developers. Its NSP-5 work with EKOLOT pairs Ku-band SAR/MTI surveillance with ZEUS electro-optical sensors, communications and autonomy so detections can feed a broader multisensor mission chain.
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Operations
Output & shipments
- Reported output
2026-09-26 - IMSAR reports scaled operations producing hundreds of radar systems annually. - IMSAR radar systems
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Operating use
- Operating use
2026-10-05 - IMSAR radar systems have been integrated onto more than 100 manned and unmanned aerial platforms. The figure counts platform integrations, not delivered aircraft. - Unique manned and unmanned aerial platform types; not delivered aircraft count
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Supply
Supply chain relationships
- EKOLOT Aerospace & Defense
Outbound - Sensing And Perception - IMSAR's NSP-5 multimode radar is being integrated into EKOLOT's ZEUS unmanned-aircraft platform
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Funding
- 2026-10-05 - Strategic investment - IMSAR completes strategic investment from OceanSound Partners
IMSAR completed a strategic investment from OceanSound Partners to expand low-SWaP radar payloads, mission software and production infrastructure for unmanned and manned aircraft. - source: businesswire.com
Investors
- OceanSound Partners - Participant - VC - 1 funding event - first seen 2026-10-05
Team
- Ryan Smith - Founder and Chief Executive Officer - He leads IMSAR's radar-product strategy and multi-intelligence integration for manned and unmanned aircraft.
- Larry Moore - President - As president since 2024, he helps scale IMSAR radar integration across Group 1-5 UAS, manned aircraft and stratospheric platforms.
- David Trent - Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer - He leads IMSAR operations and helped establish the company's in-house radar manufacturing facility.
- Luke Kunz - Vice President of Engineering - He leads IMSAR engineering and the scaling and sustainment of radar products for UAS and manned aircraft.
Timeline
Events
- 2026-10-05 - Funding - IMSAR completes strategic investment from OceanSound Partners
Founder and CEO Ryan Smith will continue leading IMSAR and retain significant ownership alongside the management team. Investment priorities include radar performance, next-generation products, manufacturing and commercial infrastructure. Planned Lisa 3D development includes AI-enabled target recognition, change detection and classification.
Source - 2026-09-11 - Partnership - EKOLOT advances IMSAR NSP-5 radar integration on ZEUS UAS
The Ku-band NSP-5 provides synthetic-aperture imaging and moving-target indication over land and maritime environments. ZEUS is being developed to pass radar detections into EO/IR investigation, classification and identification workflows. The collaboration supports a modular multisensor ISR, ISTAR and counter-UAS mission chain.
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Context tags
- Radar sensor supplier - Stack Layer - https://www.imsar.com/ — current first-party evidence supports this bounded profile context.
- Radar perception - Workflow - https://www.imsar.com/ — current first-party evidence supports this bounded profile context.
- Defence airborne sensor supplier - Peer Group - https://www.imsar.com/ — current first-party evidence supports this bounded profile context.