Echodyne, the Washington-based radar platform company, has been named as the primary radar system within Trust Automation’s Small-Unmanned Air Defense System platform, to be delivered to the United States Air Force under a $490 million Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity contract. The IDIQ, announced in August 2025, covers the development and supply of counter-unmanned aerial systems capabilities across three distinct platform configurations. Echodyne’s EchoShield radar will be integrated across the Rapidly Deployable Small-Unmanned Air Defense System, the Fixed Site Small-Unmanned Air Defense System, and the Expeditionary Small-Unmanned Air Defense System variants. All three platforms adhere to the Sensor Open Systems Architecture…
