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Echodyne CEO Eben Frankenberg was voted “Businessman of the Year 2022” by the the readers of Battlespace, an international publication dedicated to covering the most cutting-edge developments in the defense electronics industry.

Echodyne today announced a $135 million fundraising round, co-led by Baillie Gifford and Bill Gates with participation from multiple new and existing investors including: Northrop Grumman Corporation, NEA, Madrona Ventures, Vulcan Capital, and Vanedge Capital.

Echodyne announced today that CTO, Tom Driscoll, will speak at RadarConf’22, the IEEE Radar Conference in New York. Driscoll will host one of the plenary talks in a session titled, “Commercial Phased Array Radars: Opportunities, Challenges, and Progress,” which will be held on Tuesday, March 22nd at 8:00am EDT.

Echodyne announced today that Advanced Technology Systems Company (ATSC), the prime contractor for the $191 million dollar Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract for the U.S. Army’s Security Surveillance System (SSS) program of record and a leader in Force Protection Systems and Border/Maritime Surveillance Systems has received its first order for Echodyne radars to be used under the SSS program. 

Bell developed a deployable and low-cost GBSS made of 15 Echodyne radars. The goal was for NASA researchers to evaluate if this system would be feasible for future use in identifying uncontrolled air taxi traffic to help avoid collision risk.

Echodyne announced today a new strategic agreement with Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) that expands upon existing efforts to integrate Echodyne radars into select Northrop Grumman advanced defense and security solutions.

Echodyne, the radar platform company, announced today that the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Innovation Team has awarded the company a $20M indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contract. The five-year agreement enables CBP to expand deployments of Echodyne’s industry-leading radars and explore new applications for the radars along the country’s land and marine borders and ports of entry.

Designed from the ground-up to set a new price-performance standard for mid-range radars, EchoShield is an advanced software-defined multi-mission radar for a wide variety of commercial, defense, and government use cases.

“The Echodyne radar was a key sensor in the successful U.S. Customs and Border Protection Autonomous Surveillance Towers Program,” said SVIP Transition Director Ron McNeal. “This Phase 5 award will allow S&T and DHS to explore new use cases for the MESA radar in Counter-Unmanned Aircraft Systems scenarios.

Echodyne, the radar platform company, announced today that its Technical Advisory Board Chair, Dr. David R. Smith, will appear at the SPIE Optics + Photonics 2021 Conference to lead a session titled, “Commercializing metamaterials: engineering systems from metamaterial devices.”

Echodyne announced today the expansion of its product line to include compatible mounting kits for its EchoGuard radar. The new Tower Mounting Kit is an all-weather, 24/7 airspace surveillance deployment solution for securely mounting multiple EchoGuard radar units.

Echodyne announced today substantial enhancements to its industry-leading radars, adding a new radar for international markets, a new product for special operations-type applications, a ruggedized radome, and continuing improvements in software and performance. 

This flight demonstration included two technologies that were integrated into the aircraft, which are necessary to fly safely in the national airspace. A multi-sensor Detect and Avoid (DAA) system was provided by AATI’s partnerships with Echodyne and Sagetech Avionics to allow the pilot on the ground to “see and avoid” other air traffic.

Able to fly at 400 feet AGL for hours—and even days—at a time, the tethered Quad 8 draws power from an easily transportable ground power unit. Zenith Aerotech’s sUAS line, can carry a variety of payloads, from 10 to 24 lbs. Until now, the company has never flown this combination of advanced sensor and communications equipment on the Quad 8.

Electronically scanned array (ESA) radar is typically found in the nose cone of fighter jets, missile defense systems and other military equipment. The technology was often thought to be out of reach for critical infrastructure protection and other high risk scenarios due to its large size, weight, power consumption, operational complexity and high cost.

The integrity and maintenance of primary security systems will be stressed, as airspace situational awareness is no simple addition. The number and technical nature of different sensor types can be complicated by hyperbole from sensor manufacturers. But now is the time to prepare.

EchoGuard CR’s ultra-low size, weight, and power (SWaP) is designed for guarding ground and airspace perimeters of critical infrastructure and high-risk facilities in semi-/urban locations

Eben Frankenberg points out that radars, along with infrared cameras and acoustic sensors, are all useful additions to counter-drone systems, and are most effective when combined into a single solution.

“We’re excited to continue to add to our product stack. Our new beam-steering radar, EchoGuard CR, brings highly accurate ground and airspace perimeter surveillance within the budget of the vast majority of critical infrastructure customers,”

With the new product, Echodyne is extending its radar platform technology, which it has been delivering for a range of defense, government, aeronautic, and commercial applications, to help automotive manufacturers build and deliver safer autonomous trucks, buses

Echodyne announced today the expansion of its product line to include compatible mounting kits for its EchoGuard radar. The new Tower Mounting Kit is an all-weather, 24/7 airspace surveillance deployment solution for securely mounting multiple EchoGuard radar units.

Echodyne announced today the formation of its Technical Advisory Board (TAB). Echodyne’s TAB comprises leaders and experts from academia and industry who will advise Echodyne on radar technology trends and product strategies.

The question is, to whom will these customers turn? Will current commercial security providers invest in hiring new skill sets and creating new competencies to effectively sell and deploy 3D surveillance as enhancements to current ground-only VMS? Or will fully-equipped airspace surveillance and mitigation systems be sold and deployed as adjunct 3D security systems by new players, like Dedrone, Black Sage, and other native counter-UAS systems companies?

In a recent test campaign, a small defense contractor demonstrated its ability to detect, track and locate more than 40 small drones simultaneously using a package of small sensors.

Driscoll will focus on radar used in counter-UAS deployments, examining the sensing capabilities of current technologies for long and short-range detection. He will provide examples and real sensor data to explain how radar informs airspace situational awareness and the value of radar data for prosecutorial action, non-kinetic or kinetic response targeting, and other use cases.

The resulting product is called EchoGuard that weighs less than 3lbs, is smaller than an IPad Mini, and uses less than 50 watts of electricity. 

We spoke about Echodyne’s new pocket-sized radar and the use cases this may have for both counter UAS and collision avoidance onboard

After taking a few years to develop, test and prototype its key technology, since around 2019 Echodyne has been rapidly spinning out variants of its radar to market suited to different applications.

The target market for EchoDrive is the self-driving cars. The maximum raw output is as huge as 250k points per second with a data rate of more than 2.5 Gbps. It must be reminded, that radar output is more complex than lidar’s, and contains velocity, signal ratio data as well as range, azimuth and elevation. Such amount of data is what self-driving cars expect.

Their high-performance radars combine patented technology and powerful, intelligent software to achieve maximum radar performance. Echodyne radars are used the Autonomous Vehicle, Perimeter and Border Security, Security Integrator, Airspace Management, UAS Service Suppliers, and commercial Unmanned Aircraft Systems industries.

“The whole concept around it is the ability to make a beam-steering radar like a phased-array radar but without using phase shifters, By eliminating those and all the complicated electronics, we can create a true beam-steering radar at commercial price points,” says Frankenberg.

Echodyne’s innovation is to use scanning arrays, based on metamaterials whose refractive index can be tuned electronically. The radar beam can then be steered across a wide field of view to scan for large obstacles in the road ahead, or focused on a small area to help identify what it has detected.

The EchoGuard is electronic and does not have any moving parts. Normal radars can scan either the horizon or the sky, but this one can capture a large amount of sky and wide portions of the ground. The activity is then reflected onto a screen so users can see, similar to the airport controller, any device that transmits a signal as it flies.

he EchoGuard can track a pocket UAS at 200 m, a DJI Mavic Pro or DJI Phantom 4 UAS at 900 m, a DJI Matrice 600 at 1.4 km, and small fixed-wing aircraft such as Cessnas at 2.5 km. 

The Virginia Tech team is doing great work!

Dozens of companies are partnering with US Customs and Border Protection to implement a new generation of surveillance technology along the US-Mexico border, according to federal procurement records.

The radar technology delivers novel real-time control over the radar's interrogation of the drive scene, reportedly enabling a richer form of machine perception. Its dynamic control API...

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For the BVLOS test, UAF researchers mounted Echodyne phased array radars on the ground as backup sensors. Echodyne makes a compact, solid-state, beam-steering radar sensor using Metamaterial Electronically Scanning Array (MESA) technology. 

Metamaterials have enabled Echodyne to steer radar beams using an array of antennas. Phased-array beam steering, or altering the phase of individual antennas relative to one another to direct a beam as desired, could before only be accomplished with expensive technology, which is one reason it was found only in defense or noncommercial settings.

Gov. Jay Inslee chose Kirkland-based Echodyne, an AV radar supplier, as the backdrop for a 2017 executive order to promote innovation.

Some tech-industry experts have even proposed an autonomous-vehicle lane between Seattle and Vancouver, B.C.

The control API leverages knowledge in the AV stack, including HD maps, V2X and other sensor data to optimize measurement movement by movement through changing environments, conditions and scenarios. 

“These are the earliest pushes,” says Tom Driscoll, chief technology officer of Echodyne, which makes radar for drones, one of the products that uses the emerging technology. “It is a time when [people are] starting to emerge from their research or stealth development phases and ship general availability products.”

“Today, AV stacks have a one-way flow of data where sensors deliver information and the AV system processes it and takes action. What is missing is a dynamic, interactive flow of data that makes cognitive functions possible in the AV stack,"

“EchoDrive is a huge leap forward in imaging radar for AV,” said Tom Driscoll, CTO of Echodyne. “We’re delivering a sensor that, for the first time, brings cognitive sensor capabilities to the AV industry. 

Echodyne announced today the release of its “Highly Adaptive Radar for Cognitive Imaging” white paper. The paper looks at how recent advances in knowledge-aided (KA) measurement techniques can enhance the capability of radar imaging in dense scenes and complicated environments.

Echodyne, the radar platform company for the Autonomous Age, announces a breakthrough high-resolution imaging radar for autonomous vehicles.

The chief innovation at Echodyne is the use of metamaterials, or highly engineered surfaces, to create a radar unit that can direct its beam quickly and efficiently anywhere in its field of view.

Echodyne announced today that it will be co-exhibiting with Security Radar Integrators (SRI) at the 19th annual American Association of Airport Executives (AAAE) Aviation Security Summit, taking place in Arlington, VA from December 4-5, 2019.

Echodyne announced today that its radars were key active sensors deployed by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) for its Aerial Dragnet program in San Diego during the week of October 21, 2019.

Echodyne, the manufacturer of innovative, high-performance radars for government and commercial markets, announced today that its co-founder and Chief Technology Officer, Dr. Tom Driscoll, will lead the session entitled “Sensor Modalities for Securing the Homeland” at Homeland Security Week on Thursday, November 21st at 3:45pm ET. The event takes place at the Grand Hyatt in Washington, DC.

Echodyne, the manufacturer of innovative, high-performance radars for government and commercial markets, announced today that it will be hosting a webinar in collaboration  with the Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI) on October 16th at 3pm ET.

Echodyne, the manufacturer of innovative, high-performance radars for government and commercial markets, announced today that its VP of Product, William (Bill) Graves, Jr, will lead a session titled “Countering Drones – A Comprehensive Review” at the Airborne Public Safety Association’s (APSA) Public Safety Drone Expo 2019 on October 10th.

Echodyne, the manufacturer of innovative, high-performance radars for government and commercial markets, announced today that they will be presenting a new paper entitled “A Compact Reconfigurable Millimeter-Wave Antenna Measurement System Based Upon an Industrial Robot,” at the Antenna Measurement Techniques Association Symposium (AMTA 2019) in San Diego, CA on October 9th.

Echodyne, the manufacturer of innovative, high-performance, small electronically scanned array (ESA) radars for government and commercial markets, announced today that its EchoGuard radar has been selected by Security Radar Integrators (SRI) as its preferred 3D radar sensor for C-UAS security solutions. The radar is recognized in the industry as the best-performing sensor in its class and is a critical component for UAS detection, tracking, classification, and identification in multi-sensor systems.

In this interview, we talk with McCloskey in-depth about Echodyne company & their products, collaboration with Iris Automation for pioneering drone flight, why BVLOS technology is the next big thing, tips for new pilots, future of drone industry, and so on.

Echodyne announced today the close of an additional $20M financing round. Existing investors participating in the round included Bill Gates, Madrona Ventures, NEA, Vulcan Capital, and Lux Capital. Joining previous investors is Vanedge Capital, whose Managing Partner Moe Kermani will be added to Echodyne’s Board of Directors.

Echodyne, the manufacturer of innovative, high-performance radars for government and commercial markets, announced today the release of its “Protecting Critical Infrastructure From Drones” white paper. The white paper is being released in conjunction with the Global Security Exchange (GSX) conference taking place September 8-12 in Chicago.

Echodyne, the manufacturer of innovative, high-performance radars for government and commercial markets, announced today that its surveillance radar, EchoGuard, has been selected by a top tier defense supplier for mission-critical ground and airspace perimeter security deployments in the US and overseas. Echodyne has completed delivery of the first 100 EchoGuard radars under the contract which includes an option for additional radars in 2019 and subsequent years.

Echodyne, the manufacturer of innovative, high-performance radars for government and commercial markets, announced today that they will be leading multiple discussions on the importance of 3D radar for security at GSX 2019, in Chicago, IL.

Echodyne announced today that its EchoGuard radar played a key airspace safety role in the successful completion of the FAA UTM Pilot Program by the Northern Plains UAS Test Site (NPUASTS).

The University of Alaska’s Unmanned Aircraft Systems Integration Pilot Program (UAS IPP) conducted the first-ever ‘Beyond-Visual-Line-of-Sight’ (BVLOS) drone operation without visual observers, an industry milestone powered by Iris Automation’s on-board, and Echodyne’s ground-based, detect-and-avoid systems integrated onto a Skyfront Perimeter UAV.

Echodyne announces that it has received approval from the FCC for widespread deployment of its EchoGuard radar for radiolocation and radionavigation in the United States.

Echodyne, Iris Automation and Skyfront ensure safety of first ever BVLOS flight without human observers conducted by University of Alaska Fairbanks’ UAS IPP team.

5-nautical-mile system consisting of eight ground-based Echodyne radars, which provided aviation radar coverage along the flight path. The detect-and-avoid systems prevent an unmanned aircraft from colliding with a manned aircraft. They will be key to the FAA approving the use of unmanned aircraft beyond the visual line of sight.

The University of Alaska’s Unmanned Aircraft Systems Integration Pilot Program (UASIPP) conducted the first ever beyond-visual-line-of-sight (BVLOS) drone operation without visual observers, an industry milestone powered by Iris Automation’s on-board, and Echodyne’s ground-based, detect-and-avoid systems integrated onto a Skyfront Perimeter UAV.

Jeff Finan, vice president of business development for Washington-based Echodyne Corp., presents radar technology information after earning an on-the-spot contract for development with the U.S. Air Force during Unmanned Aerial Systems Pitch Day, July 24,

"The more sensors you use, the better chance you have of getting it right," said Eben Frankenberg, CEO of Echodyne, a Kirkland, Washington-based company developing radar.

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Echodyne, the manufacturer of innovative, high-performance, small electronically scanned array (ESA) radars for government and commercial markets, announced today that they will be leading a session on perimeter security for energy facilities on June 12th at the Energy Drone + Robotics Summit, in Houston.

Echodyne, the manufacturer of innovative, high-performance, small electronically scanned array (ESA) radars for government and commercial markets, announced today that Maureen Swanson, Manager of Public Policy and Partner Engagement, will speak June 5th at 2pm at the FAA UAS Symposium in Baltimore.

A system that can’t tell a drone from a seagull, or an ordinary drone from a malicious one, is not operationally useful. According to Leo McCloskey from radar manufacturer Echodyne, the magic is in the radar signal processing software.

Echodyne prides itself as market leaders in radar technology for security of borders and machine autonomy.

Driscoll will lead the discussion on sensor data fusion for successful airspace management solutions. He will highlight potential threats to locations and facilities from rogue or malicious drones and the multi-layered sensor solutions that are required to create a cost-effective, all-weather, agile situational awareness platform.

Echodyne announced today the expansion of its product line to include compatible mounting kits for its EchoGuard radar. The new Tower Mounting Kit is an all-weather, 24/7 airspace surveillance deployment solution for securely mounting multiple EchoGuard radar units.

Echodyne announced today that it will demonstrate enhanced airspace situational awareness by visualizing EchoGuard sensor data through augmented reality at AUVSI XPONENTIAL 2019 in Chicago, IL.

It’s not technically difficult to detect even a small drone with suitable radar equipment. “Almost all radars can detect a drone,” says Tom Driscoll, who is chief technical officer and a cofounder of Echodyne Co., a startup based in Kirkland, Wash., that is selling a radar system specifically tailored to detect small drones.

The Rapid Deployment Kit is built for field agents, law-enforcement, and security personnel charged with temporarily or intermittently securing ground and airspace perimeters. With essential components weighing under 20 lbs., the kit is extremely portable and enables surveillance in the most remote or hard to access locations.

Echodyne announced today that its Vice President of Business Development, Jeff Finan, will speak at the 2019 DHS S&T Cybersecurity and Innovation Showcase on March 20th in Washington, DC.

Driscoll, an expert on metamaterials and electromagnetics, will speak on “Low C-SWAP Electronically Scanned Antenna Technology Platform” and detail how Echodyne’s MESA radar demonstrates high-end capabilities in a low-cost package.

Echodyne announced today that its radar platform has been selected by two Technology Capability Level 4 (TCL4) awardees of NASA’s UAS Traffic Management (UTM) program - Lone Star UAS Center of Excellence & Innovation at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi, and Nevada Institute for Autonomous Systems Unmanned Aviation Safety (NIAS-UAS) Center of Excellence.

“Black Sage integrates best-of-breed technologies into multi-sensor C-UAS solutions, which we uniquely configure for each deployment,” said Dave Romero, Managing Partner of Black Sage. “Echodyne radars are the market leader for mid-range requirements and provide consistent, high quality sUAS detection and tracking.”

Echodyne radars offer an unprecedented degree of 3-D situational awareness by accurately detecting and tracking ground and air intrusions. Echodyne is the first to offer a high-performance ESA radar in a compact size, making it commercially affordable and scalable for the largest facilities.

In addition to this testing, Echodyne’s solution is currently being used as the primary detection and cueing component on autonomous surveillance towers currently deployed in the San Diego Sector.

Echodyne announced today that it has received a commodity jurisdiction (CJ) determination from the US State Department for its EchoFlight radar.

Echodyne announced today that it has been selected to participate in Northern Plains UAS Test Site (NPUASTS) industry partnership to test and demonstrate commercial UAS operations in the next phase of DOT/FAA UAS Pilot Program (UPP) testing. Echodyne’s MESA™ radar technology enables an Unmanned Aircraft System Traffic Management (UTM) system to detect and track commercial drones and manned aircraft, enabling safe operations in the national airspace.

Echodyne announced today that it has added Paul Farmer to its management team as Chief Financial Officer (CFO).

As the cities of tomorrow emerge with more complex networks and connected and autonomous technologies of all kinds, city planners must consider physical security as an integral component of smart city security.

“Cost, size, weight and power (C-SWaP) is always a concern when deciding on technology investments,” said Tim Bennett of DHS Science and Technology in a release.

This article captures the dynamics of static sensor flows in the context of dynamic neural net needs.

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) has awarded Echodyne Corporation $200,000 to begin the final testing phase as part of its Silicon Valley Innovation Program (SVIP).

The U.S. Department of Commerce announced the award of a USD29,950 contract with Echodyne Corp to procure a MESA Detect and Avoid Radar System to deconflict small UAS (sUAS) from other aircraft operating in the vicinity of its premises.

Echodyne announced today that it has been selected to advance to the final phase of the prestigious Silicon Valley Innovation Program (SVIP), sponsored by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T).

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) today awarded Echodyne Corporation $200,000 to begin the final testing phase as part of S&T’s Silicon Valley Innovation Program (SVIP).

The approval was a long, drawn-out process — it took more than a year — for one very big reason: the radar was the first of its kind.

These include the 360-degree cameras and radar sensors built into the nose of the aircraft.

Echodyne announced today that it has received FCC certification for its EchoFlight radar.

Jetsonian. It’s not a real word, but when you hear it used by Eben Frankenberg to describe the coming age of autonomous machines you’ll completely understand what he’s talking about.

Fresh off its Game of Drones win as part of Dedrone’s counter-UAS team, Echodyne played an instrumental role in the competition by using its miniaturized version of the phased-array radar technology employed by the military.

Dedrone Cloud streamlines and accelerates drone detection technology installations, without requiring on-site IT infrastructure or maintenance.

A team of four companies recently achieved victory in a contest organized by Special Operations Command to explore ways to counter enemy unmanned aerial systems.

The “Game of Drones” outdoor demonstration that took place during the AFWERX Fusion event was notable for several reasons.

Dedrone, the market and technology leader in airspace security, announced that its team of Echodyne Corporation, Squarehead Technologies and Battelle, won first place at ThunderDrone’s “Game of Drones” outdoor demonstration at Nellis Air Force Base and AFWERX enclave, June 18-20.

The company has installed three portable, 32-foot towers packed with radar, communications antennae, and a laser-­enhanced camera—the first implementation of a system Anduril is calling Lattice.

The Lone Star UAS Center of Excellence and Innovation (LSUASC) at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi continues its work with NASA and the Federal Aviation Administration in developing regulations for Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) flight at low-altitude.

Simulyze, Inc., based in Reston, Virginia, is paving the way for drones flying safely beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) with its Mission Insight platform.

ANRA Technologies, a provider of open commercial drone operations platforms and services, announced the release of version 3.0 of its DroneOSS™, a horizontal, enterprise-focused, open operations platform.

Echodyne announced today that its MESA™ radars will be used as part of North Dakota Department of Transportation’s (NDDOT) Integration Pilot Program (IPP).

Here at DRONELIFE we’ve had a major advantage in making sense of NASA’s unmanned traffic management (UTM) testing and what it means for drone operators everywhere.

Echodyne has been named as a winner in the Detect and Avoid category of the XCELLENCE Awards by the Association for Unmanned Vehicles Systems International (AUVSI).

Echodyne announces today that its co-founder and Chief Technology Officer, Dr. Tom Driscoll, will speak on the company’s patented Metamaterial Electronically Scanning Array (MESA) radar technology at AUVSI’s XPonential Conference next week in Denver, Colorado.

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Many experts point to drone-mounted radar as an important piece of the puzzle for detect-and-avoid. A small drone circled above the Virginia Smart Road, flying over a high-tech vehicle driving southeast along the asphalt.

The future of transportation will be in Seattle. That’s a proclamation Washington Gov. Jay Inslee made at an event Wednesday evening celebrating the 20th anniversary of the Alliance of Angels investment group.

Echodyne says that metamaterials allow it to produce radars more cheaply and on a larger scale than some comparable products, like phased array radars.

<p>The company was joined by 17 other honorees who were celebrated for their achievements in Washington’s tech sector during the Tech Impact Awards ceremony September 26 at MoPOP in Seattle.</p>

LSUASC will send a UAS carrying Echodyne detect-and-avoid radar to the site of the capsized boat to provide a live feed of the incident.

Responding to the increase in Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) taking to the skies a series of test flights are being conducted which will provide valuable insight into how UAS work and operate in low-altitude airspace.

Surrounded by executives from General Motors, Google and Uber, Gov. Jay Inslee signed an executive order that will allow driverless cars to test-drive on Washington roads, with or without a human behind the wheel.

Autonomous vehicles all need sensors that can help them detect and avoid objects in their environment. And to operate at high speeds, these sophisticated machines need to identify objects ahead precisely, and early enough, that they can avoid crashing into them.

Microsoft co-founders Bill Gates and Paul Allen are among the investors putting another $29 million into Echodyne, the Intellectual Ventures spin-out that’s developing low-cost, miniaturized radar systems for drones and self-driving cars.

On Monday, Seattle-area radar startup Echodyne is expected to announce a $29 million investment, led by NEA, with participation from other investors including Bill Gates and his Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen's Vulcan Capital.

Echodyne Corp announced today a $29 million Series B financing led by New Enterprise Associates (NEA) with Bill Gates, Madrona Venture Group, Vulcan Capital, Lux Capital, The Kresge Foundation and others also participating in the round.

The laws of physics, it seemed, prevented it — but Echodyne made it work anyway. And it’s ready to put out its first product.

chodyne, a radar-technology startup backed by investments from Bill Gates and Paul Allen, says it has successfully tested its detect-and-avoid radar mounted on a small commercial drone.

Echodyne, the metamaterials startup company backed by the likes of Bill Gates and Paul Allen, announced a successful test of its detect-and-avoid radar system for small drones.

Bellevue-based Echodyne Corp. today announced it has successfully tested drones equipped with radar to detect and avoid objects in flight.

A radar-equipped drone is blazing a trail for the day when flying robots fill the skies – and deliver your packages.

Drones are usually blind—even those carrying cameras rely on a human to navigate safely and spot obstacles.

Tech titans like Uber, Amazon, and Google have all laid out ambitious plans for filling the skies with autonomous aircraft.

The skies of the future are going to be crowded with drones, and a startup called Echodyne is anticipating that day with a new radar that helps drones detect and avoid each other.

As we’ve pointed out over the last few years, there are some issues with the idea of urban or suburban delivery drones.

New technology being developed in the Seattle area could revolutionize the way drones and self-driving cars avoid collisions.

Echodyne, a radar array startup with investors including Bill Gates, his Microsoft cofounder Paul Allen's Vulcan Capital, and Seattle's own Madrona Ventures, just made what the company considers a landmark announcement for the future of self-driving vehicles.

Echodyne Corp today announced the first ever successful test of an airborne Detect and Avoid (DAA) radar on a small Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (sUAV).

Bellevue-based Echodyne is taking the wraps off a radar system that’s just a step up from smartphone size but provides advanced capabilities for drones and autonomous vehicles.

The many use cases for drones are now clear. They can help tend crops more efficiently, find people lost in the wilderness, and even carry packages.

Echodyne Corp today announced the development of MESA-DAA, an Airborne Detect and Avoid (DAA) radar for small to medium-sized unmanned aircraft systems (UAS).

New technology enables high-performance radar for commercial markets and applications.

Echodyne Corp today announced limited availability of its first metamaterials electronically scanning array (MESA) for radar applications.

In a nondescript office tucked near Highway 520 in Bellevue, a couple dozen physicists and engineers think they have reached what may be the biggest breakthrough in commercial radar in a generation.

Better, Smaller And Cheaper Situational Awareness Will Fuel The Next Leap Forward In The Commercial Drone Industry.

Powerful radar, mostly limited to the military, could soon be cheap enough for cars and consumer drones to use.

Plastics. Computers. Metamaterials? Almost half a century after Dustin Hoffman was taken aside in “The Graduate” and given the famous “one word” line about the future, it may be time to update the script again.

Bill Gates and Madrona Venture Group are leading a $15 million investment in a new company called Echodyne, which is developing secretive new radar technology based on artificial materials that can manipulate and control electromagnetic radiation.

Bill Gates and Madrona Venture Group are leading a $15 million investment in a new company called Echodyne, which is developing secretive new radar technology based on artificial materials that can manipulate and control electromagnetic radiation.

Echodyne Corp announced today its initial round of funding led by Bill Gates and Madrona Venture Group, with participation from Vulcan Capital, Lux Capital, The Kresge Foundation, and others.