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Gallium Defense raises €7.1M to make drone detection cheaper and scalable
Gallium Defense has emerged from stealth with a €7.1 million seed funding round led by Keen Venture Partners and 360 Capital, with participation from Omnes Capital and Polytechnique Ventures.
The French startup is developing the GDS-10, a software-defined, X-band active electronically scanned array (AESA) radar designed to detect first-person-view (FPV) drones up to 10 kilometres away, at a fraction of the cost of conventional systems.
Its target specifications include 360-degree horizontal and 90-degree vertical coverage, drone swarm tracking, jamming resistance, and day-and-night operation in all weather conditions. Two versions are being developed: one for critical infrastructure protection and another for military applications.
I spoke to Eric Fournier, CEO and co-founder of…
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