Distributed Radar, AI, and the Future of Counter-UAS | Matt Kling, MatrixSpace

MatrixSpace is scaling low-cost, mass-producible radar sensing to counter-UAS and air-defense markets as expensive exquisite radars become drone targets.

• Palm Springs network: MatrixSpace's one-pound, iPhone-sized FMCW radar now covers 100 square kilometers of Palm Springs airspace, letting police fly drones above 200ft FAA limits for drone-first-responder calls.
• Defense origin and funding: Founded 2020 from an Air Force Phase 1 SBIR that progressed through Phase 2 and a TACFI contract, now aiming for Phase 3 base-defense counter-UAS production.

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