Overview
Counter-UAS company building passive RF sensors that detect drones and geolocate their pilots with no emissions. Founded in 2024 by John Andrzejewski and Eli Kerstein. Selected for AFWERX SBIR Phase II award to secure low-altitude airspace. CEO: Lucas Raskin.
Reality check
AFWERX SBIR Phase II (company-claimed)
Jun 2025: A $1,195,000 Direct-to-Phase II SBIR contract for its passive RF drone detection system for the Department of the Air Force; work began May 20 2025.
Vandenberg and Picogrid (company-claimed)
The award brings the platform to Vandenberg Space Force Base and advances integration with Picogrid's Legion system.
Passive RF detection (company-claimed)
Passive sensors detect, classify and geolocate drones and their pilots without emitting signals.
Scout sensor (company-claimed)
A portable sensor using under 10 watts, deployable in under 60 seconds.
Scout-X sensor (company-claimed)
A weatherproof fixed sensor for persistent rooftop or mast coverage.
Full Spectrum (company-claimed)
Adds wideband software-defined-radio detection for FPV, modified-controller and homebuilt aircraft threats.
Users (company-claimed)
US Air Force Security Forces and law enforcement.
Verified record
- Verified deployments
- 2 deployments on file
- Active incidents
- None on file
Data & sources
Web sources
4
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Models (1)
View all models →Guardian RF on the deployment map
View the global map2 verified deployments across 2 regions, newest verified Jun 2024. Explore where Guardian RF's robots are operating, by place and type.
Relationships
Current leadership (1)
- Lucas Raskin CEOsecondary-verified
Founders (1)
- Lucas Raskincofounderfounded 2024-01-01
Safety record
No incidents on record for Guardian RF.
Only active incidents are counted. Retracted incidents are excluded from this summary but remain reachable at their canonical URLs.
Full safety record: incidents, sourcing, and exposure data →
Operator customers (1)
- Guardian RF2 deployments
Recent coverage
Guardian RF in third-party press
Peers
98 peers across 1 segment. Every Guardian RF competitor derived from shared form-factor and application-domain edges.
drone(98)
57 companies in this segment · moderately_concentrated (HHI 1809.2177305910177) · leader Anduril Industries at 3057%
- AEVEX Aerospacedirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- ATL Global Holding AGdirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- Aereodirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- AeroVironmentdirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- AgXeeddirect competitor(inferred)moderate
- AirForestrydirect competitor(inferred)moderate
Mentioned on (2)
Registry pages whose text names Guardian RF.
Robots and products (1)
People (1)
Financial state
- Total funding
- $125,000
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Timeline
Every recorded move in Guardian RF’s history, most recent first: funding rounds, partnerships, acquisitions, supply-chain starts, key hires, and press.
Funding roundSeed funding round
2024-07-01Seed raising $125000
Recent activity
Every change to this record is dated, sourced, and independently verified where marked.
- Record createdAug 8, 2026
Added to the verified registry
- Deployment recordedJun 1, 2024
Passive RF Drone Detection System at United States
- Deployment recordedJun 1, 2024
Passive RF Drone Detection System at Germany, Europe
Sources (4)
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Methodology: Verified · 4 sources (no primary) · last reviewed 2026-10-13
Verification posture
Verified
Low confidence
Review state
Stable
Last reviewed 2026-10-13
Sources by quality tier
- 4
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Methodology surface for Guardian RF.Peer companies
- Earendil Robotics4 models
- Dominion Dynamics2 models
- Allen Control Systems1 model
- Epirus1 model
- Milliray1 model
In the press
Recent coverage mentioning Guardian RF from third-party publications. Automatically surfaced; not part of the verified registry record.
Machine-readable surfaces
- Markdown mirror: /companies/guardian-rf.md
- RSS feed: /companies/guardian-rf/feed.xml
- JSON-LD: embedded in this page’s head
- REST API: /v1/companies/c670b1dd-ecae-4aa0-82f0-119e932850e7
- Revision history: /companies/guardian-rf/history
- Data documentation: /data
- Query this programmatically: Deploy MCP
Peer companies
- Earendil Robotics4 models
- Dominion Dynamics2 models
- Allen Control Systems1 model
- Epirus1 model
- Milliray1 model
Video
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The Guardian GT – Big Arm system is a single, or dual-armed, human-controlled robot mounted on an agile tracked vehicle base. Each 7-foot arm has 7 Degrees of F
Heat Index
Category contender75/100
A composite of competitive footprint, funding, press velocity, active partnerships, and supply-chain edges. Different from the Intelligence score below (which is per-form-factor productization). Non-robotics companies cap at 25.
Reality vs attention
Guardian RF draws attention at the 42nd percentile but verifies reality at the insufficient-data level among counter_uas robots.
6-month trend
Analysis
Clean safety record across 2 verified deployments. Deployment footprint remains limited relative to category peers.
Signal flags
Dimension breakdown
Verified signal
Attention (reach, not merit)
DEPLOY Intelligence scores are computed from verified registry data: confirmed deployments, disclosed funding rounds, regulatory filings, active job listings, video viewership, and press coverage. Confidence ratings reflect data availability. Scores update nightly.
DEPLOY Indices — verified vs claimed
Last computed: Nov 7, 2026