Echodyne Radars Help the Army Be Better, Faster, and Lighter
Echodyne Delivers Multi-Modal High-Fidelity Data at Army Futures Command Exercise
Echodyne participated in the U.S. Army Futures Command’s annual Maneuver and Fires Integration Exercise (MFIX) at Fort Sill, OK in July 2025 hosted by The Fires Capability Development Integration Directorate (FIRES CDID). The goal of the exercise was to create an operationally realistic complex training environment that puts Counter Unmanned Aerial Systems (C-UAS) technologies in the hands of Soldiers to get feedback in real time, advance fires-related concepts, and ultimately evolve faster than the threat.
A key area of experimentation at the exercise included defeating small drones. UASs are low-cost, increasingly capable, autonomous and networked systems, and require a high level of accuracy to detect, track, and mitigate. During MFIX, Echodyne radars demonstrated high-fidelity radar tracking while fully mobile and consistently detected, classified, and tracked rotary and fixed wing small UASs flying in both simple and complex patterns. Echodyne’s precise radar data locked optical sensors onto targets to accelerate fire control solutions and reliably hit targets all while on-the-move (OTM).
Echodyne’s unmatched radar data seamlessly integrated within other sensor and tactical C2 all domain systems strengthening the Army’s ability to coordinate with other services across multiple domains. EchoShield radars were fully integrated into the U.S. Army Forward Area Air Defense (FAAD) air picture and provided coordinates to enable effectors to reliably hit targets and met the exercise requirements for integration of Air Defense and Field Artillery sensors and effectors. At MFIX, Echodyne radar systems provided continuous precision radar data between Fire sensors, effectors and the C2 network and increased the speed and accuracy of sensor-to-shooter capabilities.
Echodyne worked alongside Aaronia, MyDefence, and Campian at the exercise, with EchoShield radars integrated into their System of Systems (SoS). Echodyne also worked with TCOM and EchoGuard provided high fidelity radar data to their tethered UAS system.
“Echodyne is committed to providing cutting edge, combat proven sensor capabilities to the Army to ensure soldiers adapt quickly and stay ahead of the UAS complexities on the modern battlefield. We look forward to returning to Fort Sill, OK in early 2026 for the inaugural Cross Domain Fire,” said Jeff Phillips, VP DOD/IC.
About Echodyne
Echodyne is a U.S.-based designer and manufacturer of advanced radar systems for cutting-edge Defense applications. The company combines patented advanced ESA antenna designs with powerful software and machine learning to precisely detect, classify and track multi-mission threats on complex modern battlespaces. Echodyne radars seamlessly deliver the most accurate situational awareness data whether operating in fixed, temporary, portable, and on-the-move modalities across air, ground, and water domains. The radars’ open architecture ensures data-rich integration into sensor fusion layers and command-and-control systems enhancing operational threat clarity. Echodyne’s commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) radars shatter the price-performance curve to scale mission-critical radar across all echelons of the force delivering enhanced mission success and warfighter safety. Echodyne radars are the primary sensor for dozens of Counter-UAS systems around the world, including every branch of the U.S. Armed Forces and across every Agency of the U.S. Government, and supports Allied Forces globally.