How a Startup Claims to Have Solved Radar's Cost Crisis in the Drone Age

A $100 drone can take out a $100 million radar. For Tom Driscoll, CTO of Echodyne, that math defined both the modern battlefield’s biggest problem and his company’s opportunity.

Instead of building ever-pricier radars, Driscoll believes the answer lies in making them cheap enough to field everywhere. Echodyne’s breakthrough? Using metamaterials to build radars with military-grade performance at a fraction of the cost, size, and power.

In this episode of Defense Disruptors, Driscoll explains how his team cracked a decades-old challenge and why scalable, affordable radar may be the key to surviving drone warfare.

Read the full episode on NextGen Defense: Defense Disruptors: How Echodyne Is Fighting Cheap Drones With Radar Innovation