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Radar Company Echodyne Opens $40M Woodinville Plant
Echodyne, a radar-platform company, has opened a new $40 million manufacturing facility designed to meet growing demand for its drone-detection and airspace-monitoring systems.
Headquartered in Kirkland, Echodyne established the 86,350-square-foot manufacturing and operations hub in nearby Woodinville, Washington.
The facility will eventually be able to produce more than 2,500 radars per month — roughly 30,000 annually. Echodyne’s expansion is fueled by U.S. and global demand for safety and security radars that can detect and track drones. The company currently employs 260 people, and the new facility will support more than 100 new jobs and up to 200 as the facility reaches full production capacity.
“Our global customer base is demanding more radar to be delivered as fast as possible,” said CEO Eben Frankenberg. “The only way to defend against mass is with mass.”
Echodyne was spun out of Bellevue-based Intellectual Ventures in 2014 and has drawn backing from Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, along with NEA, Madrona Venture Group, Baillie Gifford and Northrop Grumman, among others.
