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

Defense technology startup Shield AI Inc. said today it has agreed to buy the Bill Gates-backed radar startup Echodyne Inc. in a massive 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 […] The post Autonomous combat drone maker Shield AI buys radar startup Echodyne for $5.3B appeared first on SiliconANGLE.