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Space Radar Sensor Startup Kapta Emerges From Stealth With Goal To Lower Costs, Provide Target Tracks

By Cal Biesecker

Friday, February 21st, 2025

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Space Radar Sensor Startup Kapta Emerges From Stealth With Goal To Lower Costs, Provide Target Tracks

Milton Perque, founder and CEO of Kapta Space. LinkedIn photo

Kapta Space, a startup developing advanced radar sensing technology for space platforms, last Friday announced a $5 million seed round as it emerged from stealth with an aim accelerate a space-based or near-space demonstration of its capabilities. The company currently has five full-time employees with plans to double that by this summer to help continue development of the radar technology and likely begin with an airborne mission, Milton Perque, co-founder and CEO of Seattle-based Kapta, told Defense Daily last Thursday.…

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