Echodyne will deliver advanced radar solutions for a counter-UAS platform being developed by Trust Automation under a US Air Force contract with a potential value of $490 million.
The company’s EchoShield radar is being incorporated into the Small Unmanned Air Defense System (SUADS), a scalable suite of platforms designed to support diverse deployment needs. Configurations include an air-transportable palletized system, a fixed-site solution for infrastructure protection, and a lightweight expeditionary variant suited for mobile operations in austere environments.
Built to comply with the Sensor Open Systems Architecture (SOSA) framework, the system supports flexible integration of multiple sensors and components.
EchoShield provides medium-range surveillance with the ability to detect, track, and classify aerial threats while delivering accurate positional data. Its machine learning-driven processing improves object recognition and enables coordination with complementary systems such as electro-optical payloads and interception mechanisms, enhancing engagement speed.
Performance-wise, the radar can detect very small drones at around 1.5 kilometers, track quadcopters at approximately 3 kilometers, monitor larger multirotor UAVs at about 5.3 kilometers, and identify small fixed-wing drones at ranges of up to 7.9 kilometers.
