Autonomous combat drone maker Shield AI buys radar startup Echodyne for $5.3B

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Defense technology startup Shield AI Inc. said today it has agreed to buy the Bill Gates-backed radar startup Echodyne Inc. in a deal valued at $5.3 billion. The acquisition is intended to enhance Shield’s autonomous drone warfighting capabilities, it said. Echodyne is a 13-year-old startup that’s best known for its Metamaterials Electronically Scanned Array or […]

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