Problem

Guardian RF addresses the low-altitude airspace security gap around military installations, utilities, campuses, public-safety operations, and other sensitive sites. Cheap, adaptable drones can be used for surveillance, perimeter testing, unauthorized overflight, attacks on critical infrastructure, and disruption of emergency or security operations, while many organizations have mature ground security but limited visibility into the air above them.

The core economic pain is a mismatch between inexpensive drones and traditional counter-UAS systems that are costly, bulky, slow to deploy, and often designed as multimillion-dollar bespoke installations. The killer use case is affordable, persistent awareness around operationally sensitive locations—such as power and gas infrastructure, correctional facilities, launch sites, and public events—so operators can detect suspicious aircraft, identify their origin, and act before an overflight becomes a security incident.

Product / Service

Guardian RF provides passive radio-frequency drone-intelligence hardware and an intelligence platform. Its sensors receive, rather than transmit, RF signals; they detect, classify, and geolocate drones and their pilots in real time without emitting signals or imposing a large infrastructure burden. Scout is the primary portable sensor for commercially available and government-operated drones, with roughly 60-second setup, about 10 watts of power consumption, LTE or LEO backhaul, and mounting options for poles, vehicles, and rooftops.

The broader product family supports different deployment models and threat classes. Scout-X is a fixed-site sensor designed for unattended operation and mesh-enabled coverage across distributed locations, while Full Spectrum uses wideband software-defined radio to detect and attribute analog FPV, improvised, home-built, or otherwise non-cooperative systems. Guardian RF’s low-SWaP, attritable design and edge processing are intended to make coverage deployable in minutes, maintainable for months, and scalable from one site to a broader portfolio.

Market

Guardian RF competes in the counter-UAS, drone detection, and low-altitude airspace-intelligence market, particularly the lower-cost passive-sensing segment for defense, critical infrastructure, law enforcement, aviation, campuses, and major events. Its differentiation is not a claim to replace every integrated air-defense system; it is to provide distributed, persistent RF visibility at a cost and deployment speed better suited to widespread coverage. Relevant competitors and adjacent alternatives include Dedrone’s RF sensors, Anduril’s military counter-UAS systems, and Fortem Technologies’ radar-based TrueView products.

The company is commercially active rather than pre-revenue: Georgetown reported that Guardian RF had sold its product to customers in the United States and abroad, and the company says its systems are deployed across defense installations, law-enforcement networks, critical infrastructure, and major public events. More recent traction includes selection as a DIU low-cost counter-UAS sensing finalist, a $1.195 million AFWERX Direct-to-Phase II SBIR award, a 2026 near-border airspace demonstration in the Chippewa County Drone Project, and a Picogrid partnership supporting installation security at Vandenberg Space Force Base.