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Array Labs raises 20 million US dollars for scalable radar technology. While Europe is off to a rather leisurely start to the year, things are already taking off again in the Valley. 20 million Series A for Array Labs. The US space and radar technology startup Array Labs has closed a Series A financing round of 20 million US dollars. The round is led by Catapult Ventures, with other investors including Washington Harbour Partners, Kompas VC and existing and new backers such as Y Combinator, Maiora Capital, Animal Capital, Aera VC, Cultivation Capital and Clearance Ventures. The current financing brings Array Labs' total capital raised to 35 million US dollars. The company had previously closed a seed round of USD 5 million (2022) and a further financing round of USD 10 million in 2024 following the round at Y Combinator. Radar architecture modeled on consumer electronics. Array Labs claims to be developing a new type of radar architecture that is designed for mass production for the first time. Instead of using individually manufactured, cost-intensive systems, the company is relying on manufacturing methods from consumer electronics and telecommunications. The aim is to drastically reduce the cost structure of traditional radar systems while significantly increasing performance. CEO and co-founder Andrew Peterson compares today's radar satellite market with the space industry before SpaceX: characterized by established defense companies that produce complex one-off products. Array Labs, on the other hand, is pursuing the approach of producing high-performance radar hardware at commercial prices and on an industrial scale. From data provider to radar platform. Originally, Array Labs planned to operate its own constellations of small satellites to cooperatively generate real-time 3D images of the Earth. However, as the technology developed further, it became apparent that the radar instruments themselves in particular were attracting great customer interest. As a result, the business model changed from a vertically integrated Earth observation provider to a radar-centric platform. Today, Array Labs operates three business units: * Radar Payloads for Satellite Manufacturers and Defense Primes * Sovereign satellite systems for customers who want to operate their own radar assets * Data products in the form of 3D image data and analyses from the company's own satellite constellation All business areas are based on a family of radar systems which, according to the company, are up to 100 times more powerful than existing solutions at around one percent of the cost. Strong demand from defense and industry. Over the past two years, Array Labs has been selected for several competitive funding and development programs with the U.S. Armed Forces, including projects with the Air Force, Space Force, Navy, Army, SOCOM and DARPA. The work includes high-performance antennas, broadband communication systems and 3D reconstruction algorithms. The company is also experiencing growing demand on the commercial side. Array Labs has signed multi-year capacity contracts for its first radar satellite constellation with companies in the mining, infrastructure and AI-based automation sectors. Customers will use the 3D data to monitor critical industrial assets, protect infrastructure and improve autonomous systems. Preparing for production and first satellite launch. Array Labs will use the fresh capital to expand its engineering, product and go-to-market teams, ramp up production of the radar panels and complete flight qualification. The long-term goal is to launch the world's first formation-flying radar satellite constellation.

Array Labs raises $20M to scale radar manufacturing, prepare for launch. News provided by. PALO ALTO, Calif., Jan. 5, 2026 /PRNewswire/ - Array Labs today announced a $20M Series A financing led by Catapult Ventures, with participation from Washington Harbour Partners, Kompas VC, and other new and existing investors, including Y Combinator, Maiora Capital, Animal Capital, Aera VC, Cultivation Capital, and Clearance Ventures. The round brings Array's total funding to $35M since going through Y Combinator. The company previously raised a $5M seed in 2022 after completing YC, followed by a $10M round in 2024. Array has built what it believes is the first radar architecture capable of being mass-manufactured using techniques borrowed from consumer electronics and telecommunications - an approach that has allowed the company to collapse traditional cost structures while dramatically increasing performance. "The radar satellite industry today looks like space launch before SpaceX: dominated by legacy defense contractors building bespoke, expensive systems one at a time," said Andrew Peterson, cofounder and CEO of Array Labs. "We've assembled a team from the most innovative technology companies in Silicon Valley to do something different: build radar that can be produced at scale, at commercial price points, without sacrificing capability." In 2025, Array Labs doubled the size of its team, completed the design of its satellite bus, formed two new product lines, and grew commercial bookings to nine digits in contracted revenue. The company has also been selected for roughly half a dozen government awards over the last 24 months, across the U.S. armed services, intelligence community, and key combatant commands. Business evolution: From "sell you an image" to "sell you a radar" Array started with an ambitious goal: to launch clusters of small satellites that cooperatively image to create a real-time 3D map of Earth. As it matured its core technology, Array realized that the radar instruments it had built were extremely attractive to customers on their own. The company formally reoriented to meet that demand, evolving from a vertically integrated remote-sensing data provider into a radar-first platform business. Consequently, Array now operates three business lines: * Radar payloads: Standalone instruments for satellite bus providers and defense primes seeking very high-power, low-cost radar systems that can be mass-produced and integrated with any satellite bus. * Sovereign satellite systems: Fully integrated spacecraft and dedicated clusters for customers who want to own and operate their own assets for wide-area, high-resolution ISR, and identification of targets on land, at sea, in the air, or in space. * Data products: 3D imagery and analytics from Array's owned and operated satellite constellation, delivered to commercial and civil customers. Each business line builds on Array's core breakthrough: a family of radar instruments that deliver up to 100x the power of legacy systems at ~1% of the cost, packaged in form factors compatible with standard smallsats, scaled buses, and the larger platforms being designed for super-heavy launch vehicles like Starship and New Glenn. Over the last two years, Array has been selected for several competitive U.S. government awards across the Air Force, Space Force, Navy, Army, U.S. Special Operations Command (SOCOM), and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to advance the state of the art across high-power antenna architectures, high-bandwidth communications links, 3D reconstruction algorithms, and more. On the commercial side, Array has signed multi-year capacity agreements for its first radar cluster with global leaders in mining, infrastructure, and embodied AI. These customers will use Array's 3D data and downstream analytics to monitor high-value industrial sites, plan and protect critical infrastructure, and feed better ground-truth information into autonomous systems. These are long-term workloads that want persistent, reliable capacity, rather than one-off imagery. Meanwhile, demand for turnkey radar payloads is rapidly accelerating. The company will have an update to share in the coming months on payload sales, production scale-up, and growth plans. Array has focused on perfecting the fusion of consumer electronics, communications technology, and advanced signal processing into radar systems that cost 10x less than traditional alternatives, while being capable of delivering 100x as much power. The company has built radar that is powerful enough for global detection and tracking missions like Golden Dome, packaged in a way that partners can quickly integrate and field new capabilities. These systems are further improved by Array's advanced AI-driven software, which transforms raw radar readings into actionable 3D intelligence rather than folders of static imagery. With this Series A financing, Array will scale its engineering, product, and go-to-market teams; expand production capacity and meet growing demand for its radar panels; complete flight qualification; and ultimately, launch the world's first formation-flying radar satellite cluster. About Array Labs Array Labs is building the next generation of space-based radar systems. Based in Silicon Valley and backed by Y Combinator, Catapult Ventures, and Washington Harbour Partners, the company is preparing to launch the world's first formation-flying radar constellation. For more information, visit www.arraylabs.io.