Kirkland-based radar maker opens an 86,350-square-foot plant capable of producing more than 30,000 MESA radars a year to meet counter-UAS demand. Echodyne has opened a new advanced radar manufacturing facility in Washington State, the company announced July 9, 2026. The Kirkland-based firm says the site significantly expands capacity for its patented MESA radar to meet demand … [Read more...] about Echodyne Expands U.S. Radar Manufacturing to Meet Global C-UAS Demand
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Echodyne on the Drone Radio Show: Radar to Enable Advanced Air Mobility and BVLOS Drone Ops
Don't miss Echodyne on the Drone Radio Show, as CTO and Founder Tom Driscoll talks wtih host Randy Goers about how radar is used to enable advanced air mobility and BVLOS drone operations. Listen here: Drone Radio Show · Soaring Higher with Advance Radar Systems: Tom Driscoll, CTO & Founder of Echodyne Tom Driscoll, CTO and Founder of Echodyne, a startup bringing … [Read more...] about Echodyne on the Drone Radio Show: Radar to Enable Advanced Air Mobility and BVLOS Drone Ops
Inside the First Truly BVLOS Quadcopter Drone Flight Without Ground Observers – A 4 Mile Linear Inspection Along the Trans-Alaska Pipeline
This article has been updated to clarify the nature of the drone in this story. To date, flight beyond visual line of sight (BVLOS) has been tested with visual ground observers or in an "extended line of sight" scenario - one that may require as much staff as flight within visual line of sight. (Edit: Or, as some readers pointed out, using fixed wing and/or VTOL drones. … [Read more...] about Inside the First Truly BVLOS Quadcopter Drone Flight Without Ground Observers – A 4 Mile Linear Inspection Along the Trans-Alaska Pipeline
This is Cool: Echodyne Demonstrates Augmented Reality for Airspace Awareness
This is one of the coolest things we got to experience at this year's AUVSI Xponential: finding a drone in the sky through Hololens augmented reality glasses. Here it is: imagine that you've secured an area of airspace around your drone operation. The Echodyne system has identified a drone in the airspace. Now, you need to find it in the sky - and learn all there is to … [Read more...] about This is Cool: Echodyne Demonstrates Augmented Reality for Airspace Awareness
Metamaterial Radar May Improve Car and Drone Vision
(Source: technologyreview.com) Plenty of people play with small drone aircraft in their backyards these days. Tom Driscoll, cofounder and chief technology officer of a startup called Echodyne may be the only one whose quadcopter packs the kind of sophisticated radar used on fighter jets. “We flew it around, did some collision avoidance, and locked onto one of our engineers … [Read more...] about Metamaterial Radar May Improve Car and Drone Vision
