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Echodyne plans to mass produce radars for the drone war
Key Points
  • Echodyne told The Defence Blog its new Kirkland, Washington facility will produce more than 30,000 counter-drone radars annually.
  • Echodyne's MESA radars are deployed in Ukraine, at Lithuania training grounds, and across multiple U.S. military programs.
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Echodyne builds its radars around a patented technology called MESA, short for Metamaterials Electronically Scanned Array, which steers a radar beam electronically
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Deep-Space Radar Construction Delayed, GAO Says​

Deep-Space Radar Construction Delayed, GAO Says
DARC is a joint effort between the U.S., Australia, and the United Kingdom to use ground-based radars to track objects in geosynchronous orbit, up to 22,000 miles above Earth. The radars will provide 24/7, all-weather tracking, and once all three sites are online, will give the U.S. and its allies a continuous view of the entire GEO belt—greater coverage than is now possible with any other ground-based system. Under the pact, the Space Force is leading development, but the agreement allows the U.K. and Australia to operate and host the sites and participate in joint operations and exercises.
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Northrop Grumman is on contract to build the first two facilities—one in Western Australia and a second in Wales. The Space Force hasn’t announced the location of the third site, which is expected to be in the U.S. and also built by Northrop, with a contract expected later this year or in early 2027.
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