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Counter-UAS Radar Systems

Low cost radars
for interceptors

Active radar seekers and ground radars for counter-UAS. All-weather Shahed detection, adaptable to any existing interceptor or platform.

Backed by Y Combinator
The Problem

The vast majority of interceptors are still manually piloted.

Active radar seekers would enable any interceptor to launch autonomously, but at six figures per unit they cost significantly more than the targets they are meant to intercept.

50%+
of Shaheds over Ukraine are now jet-powered. C2 latency forces FPV operators to manually locate targets in the last kilometer, and jet Shaheds are too fast to catch.
$4M
per Patriot intercept. The single most expensive subsystem of every autonomous interceptor is its radar seeker head.
Capabilities

Beyond-visual-range guidance.
Autonomous or operator-assisted.

The same seeker supports two modes of employment. It can carry an interceptor to the target on its own after launch, or feed live target telemetry back to a pilot flying manually — closing the gap between the cueing network and visual acquisition.

Mode 01
Fully Autonomous Interception
Interceptor in flight

The interceptor launches on a fire control cue from the C2 network and flies out under radar guidance. The seeker acquires the target beyond visual range and hands off to terminal guidance for the final intercept — no pilot in the loop.

C2 Fire Control Launch Radar Midcourse Terminal Seeker
Mode 02
Operator-Assisted Guidance
Interceptor hardware

For crews flying manually, the seeker streams live target range and bearing back down the link. The pilot sees the target on their display long before it is visible — at distance, at night, and through fog, smoke, and rain.

Radar Track Live Telemetry Pilot Display
The Products

Low-cost, high-performance CUAS radars.

All three products deliver all-weather Shahed detection and can be adapted to specific airframe requirements.

Archimedes 1A
80 mm Radar
Archimedes 1A exploded seeker render
Platform FPV interceptors
Targets Shahed-class UAS
Archimedes 1B
120 mm Radar
Archimedes 1B ground radar
Platform UGVs & motherships
Targets Quad FPV & Shahed-class UAS
Barca 1
Ballistic Capable Seeker
Classified
Platform Interceptor missiles
Targets Cruise missiles & SRBMs

Archimedes 1A

An active radar seeker head designed to adapt to any existing interceptor, detecting Shahed-class targets beyond visual range in fog, smoke, rain, and darkness.

Archimedes active radar seeker module
01 Cue
Receives target bearing, range, altitude from the cueing network
02 Midcourse
Active radar guides the interceptor to the target beyond visual range
03 Terminal
Autonomous vision-based guidance for final intercept
The Team

We bring over a decade of RF PCB engineering experience. We've built critical software for the US Navy Tomahawk missile fleet, satellites in low Earth orbit, and FPV hardware fielded by frontline operators.

Spun out of Defense Tech for Ukraine (DTU), a volunteer non-profit designing hardware for frontline units.

Everything we build is for frontline operators. We work directly with operators and airframe partners, from first prototype through live fire.

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