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Cushman & Wakefield, a global real estate services firm, announced that MatrixSpace, a leader in portable AI-enabled radar for counter drone solutions, signed a lease for 10,569 square feet at 76 Blanchard Road in Burlington, Massachusetts.
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Winning solution demonstrates scalable, cost-effective sensor technology to strengthen the Nation’s layered defense and advance DOW strategic priorities
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MatrixSpace Named Active Sensor Winner in U.S. Army Operation Flytrap 4.5, xTechCounter Strike Competition
MatrixSpace, a leader in portable AI-enhanced radar counter drone sensing technology, announces the completion of its $20 million Series B funding round.
Showcases strong technology partnerships with Kongsberg Geospatial and MatrixSpace, positioning Volatus as the integrator of a proven ecosystem. Strengthens Volatus’ competitive position as one of the few Canadian operators authorized at this advanced level. Enhances Volatus’ commercialized drone-in-a-box and advanced BVLOS applications by introducing a scalable light weight detect and avoid systems. Expands Volatus’ BVLOS portfolio into higher-value missions unlocks recurring revenue opportunities in drone-in-a-box, logistics, and enterprise monitoring.
Integration delivers AI-enabled radar situational awareness to DroneSense Remote software, for scalable, real-time drone operations
Aerospace technology provider Sagetech Avionics has selected AI sensing system innovator MatrixSpace to support its advanced airspace solutions. Sagetech Avionics empowers safe flight in crewed and uncrewed aircraft with certifiable situational awareness solutions, serving military, public and commercial organizations.
MatrixSpace integrates Dell NativeEdge to enhance real-time AI, strengthen public safety programs, and support next-generation smart city initiatives
Palm Springs Police Department (PSPD) has expanded its Drone as First Responder (DFR) program, establishing the largest first responder agency coverage area (37 square miles) monitored by radar sensors instead of humans in the United States. The PSPD’s program expansion was made possible with multiple remote drone launch points across Palm Springs utilizing MatrixSpace’s low airspace awareness technology. This innovation has also supported the city’s application for a FAA No Visual Observer flight operations waiver to ensure the safe separation and avoidance of both general aviation and commercial aircraft.
HSWERX, the Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) innovation hub, awarded MatrixSpace Radar to provide advanced air detection to support uncrewed aircraft systems (UAS) operations. The technology has potential applications across a variety of mission environments, including the DHS Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agency.
Advexure, one of the US's largest dealers, distributors and systems integrators for uncrewed drone systems and technology solutions, has partnered with MatrixSpace to enhance its customers' drone operations and perimeter security solutions.
Skyway provides essential services to airline operators, eVTOL manufacturers, and commercial developers, including vertiport airspace and airfield management. By teaming up with MatrixSpace, Skyway will expand its current integration and leverage MatrixSpace Radar’s advanced AI-enabled sensing technology to enhance situational awareness in Skyway’s upcoming deployments.
Reflecting the growing momentum of its advanced AI-sensing radar solutions, MatrixSpace has appointed Wes Boyd as Vice President and General Manager of Radar Systems.
Campbell Police Department (CPD) is making significant strides in its Drone as First Responder (DFR) program, making it the first U.S. law enforcement agency to secure a camera and radar-based Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS) waiver for DFR.
Expanding its pioneering Drone as First Responder (DFR) program, Campbell Police Department (CPD) is the first in California, using optical and radar sensors, to incorporate radar in a Part 91.113(b) waiver request to conduct single-person operations, which requires only one operator for flight operations.
FAA Waiver Allows Campbell PD to Deploy DedroneBeyond for Drone-Agnostic Day and Night DFR Operations Without a Visual Observer
ARES Security and MatrixSpace announce a technology partnership that combines the AI collaborative sensing capability of MatrixSpace Radar™ with ARES Security’s AVERT Mission Planning and Operations (MPO) software for autonomous systems.
Legionnaire International has been selected for a $3.19M AFWERX Challenge SBIR Commercial Services Offering contract to design and deliver a new potentially podded refueling boom for tactical aircraft.
MatrixSpace has been selected for a $1.9M AFWERX Tactical Funding Increase (TACFI) Phase II Sequential contract to develop a distributed dual-mode mesh radar for base defense, based on the MatrixSpace Radar hardware platform.
MatrixSpace has been selected by AFWERX for a $1.25M Direct-to-Phase II SBIR to develop a prototype low SWaP-C multi-function, multi-band antenna payload, based on the MatrixSpace Radar hardware platform.
INVOLI, a leading provider of cooperative air traffic surveillance solutions, is thrilled to announce its partnership with MatrixSpace, an expert in non-cooperative air traffic detection. This partnership marks a significant milestone in aviation safety and surveillance technology.
MatrixSpace Radar is now shipping to commercial and public organizations in the United States and approved international countries. The award-winning product’s commercial delivery follows its recent Federal Communications Commission authorization.
MatrixSpace and INVOLI have co-led the first F3623-23 Standard Specification for Surveillance Supplementary Data Service Provider (SDSP) published by ASTM International.
MatrixSpace Radar has been thoroughly tested to perform within the FCC’s emissions and frequencies specifications and can now be sold to commercial and public organizations in the United States.
Retired US Army, Navy and Homeland Security Leaders Vice Admiral Rich Brown, Brigadier General Peter L. Jones and Tom Bush Join Advisory Board.
MatrixSpace announces the addition of Lieutenant General (retired) Michael Barbero to its advisory board, strengthening its engagement within the defense and commercial sector.
MatrixSpace, a leader in AI collaborative sensing solutions, announces $10M raised in Series A funding. This brings the company’s total funding to $20M since its first year of operation in 2020 and will enable it to accelerate technology advancements, customer adoption and revenue growth.
MatrixSpace announces the addition of Lieutenant General Glenn Spears, US Air Force (retired), and Brigadier General Robert Hipwell, Ph.D, US Army (retired), to its Advisory Board, strengthening its engagement with the defense sector.
Compact, high-performance radar enabling multiple industries to digitize the outdoors for new levels of awareness.
The Women and Drones Leaders’ Summit with Chief Revenue Officer, Lori DeMatteis
Learn about the latest developments in uncrewed and autonomous flight from a business, regulatory, city planning, and technology perspective.
Recently launched MatrixSpace announces the appointment of AI and machine learning expert Nihar Nanda PhD as Head of AI Products, responsible for AI product development.
Recently launched MatrixSpace announces the appointment of industry sales leader Lori DeMatteis as Chief Revenue Officer.
Addressing the next generation of AI-enabled sensing solutions, MatrixSpace announces completion of $10.1M in private investor funding with secured enterprise and government customers in place.
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The xTechCounter Strike winner deploys portable AI-powered radar to strengthen low-altitude airspace awareness for M-SHORAD units in Pabradė. MatrixSpace is supporting the U.S. Army’s Flytrap 5.0 counter-drone exercise from May 1 through May 15, 2026. The Massachusetts-based company announced its participation on May 12. The deployment follows its xTechCounter Strike win during Flytrap 4.5 in November 2025.
MatrixSpace is supporting the FlyTrap 5.0 training exercise (May 1-15, 2026) with its sensor providing rapidly deployable airspace awareness after winning the xTechCounter Strike competition in Operation Flytrap 4.5 in November 2025. Project Flytrap 5.0 is a major U.S. Army-led counter-unmanned aircraft system (C-UAS) exercise taking place in Lithuania in May. “This initiative brings together US and UK forces to test and validate new, low-cost, and portable drone detection and defeat technologies, designed to counter rapidly evolving threats on the battlefield.” “The Maneuver Short-Range Air Defense (M-SHORAD), designated as the “SGT Stout,” is a U.S. Army system designed to protect maneuvering forces from unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), rotary-wing, and fixed-wing threats,” said the company. “But today’s fight is increasingly dominated by low-altitude, small UAS that are hard to detect and even harder to track. These threats operate in the clutter—RF-silent FPVs, loitering munitions, and pop-up drones that compress engagement timelines and often evade traditional sensors”.
MatrixSpace is providing enhanced airspace awareness during the U.S. Army-led Flytrap 5.0 counter-drone training exercise taking place May 1–15, 2026, in Lithuania. The company’s participation follows its success in the xTechCounter Strike competition during Operation Flytrap 4.5 in November 2025.
Matthew Kling, VP and General Manager of AI Systems at MatrixSpace, leading development of the AiCloud and AiEdge platforms, answers five very good questions form the executive editor of Inside Unmanned Systems.
Matt Collins speaks with Matt Kling, VP and general manager of AI Systems at MatrixSpace. The two discuss how the Safer Skies Act has shaped demand for counter-UAS technology, why gaps still exist between what agencies need and what's being deployed, and how MatrixSpace is approaching the counter-UAS challenge as a radar-first, hardware-and-software hybrid company.
Unlocks decisive drone detection for evolving airspace. Building on its award-winning portable AI-sensing radar for counter UAS, MatrixSpace announces a major update to its edge-to-cloud MatrixSpace AI Software Platform. The platform now supports multi-sensor, multi-drone detection in real time for counter UAS applications. It delivers true threat assessment and early warning – detecting, tracking and identifying – to empower on-site and remote operators to make split-second decisions regarding airspace activity. The platform is sensor agnostic and easily integrated into existing systems through open APIs.
MatrixSpace extends its advanced, portable drone detection portfolio with the introduction of the multi-sensor MatrixSpace Fusion 360, verifying threats by fusing radar, optical, and RF/Remote ID sensor data into a unified view. Fusion 360 delivers trusted counter-drone awareness by fusing radar, optical, and RF/Remote ID sensors into a single, authoritative airspace picture—so operators can confirm threats quickly and act with confidence.
Airspace is no longer empty. It is active, layered, and increasingly unpredictable. The rise of small unmanned aerial systems has introduced a new category of threat — one that moves fast, flies low, and often remains invisible to traditional detection systems. To respond to this shift, security technology must evolve. Not incrementally, but fundamentally. MatrixSpace Portable 360 Radar represents exactly that kind of shift.
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