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Echodyne Says Its Radars Successfully Tracked Small Drones In Urban Airspace

Echodyne Says Its Radars Successfully Tracked Small Drones In Urban Airspace
Echodyne's EchoGuard radar. Photo: Echodyne

A recent test by the Pentagon’s Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DAPRA) demonstrated the ability of radars supplied by Echodyne to detect and track small unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) in urban airspace, the company said last Friday. More than a dozen of Echodyne’s radars were installed on two aerostats, towers, and building tops in the San Diego, Calif., metropolitan area for large area, comprehensive surveillance of drones as part of DARPA’s Aerial Dragnet program, which began in 2016. Under the…

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