RIDAR-FM
A commercial remote ID drone detector and signals awareness tool built for ATAK. RIDAR-FM units are currently built to order and will be delivered within 30 to 60 days from your order depending on availability and production capacity.
01DRONE AWARENESS
See every drone —
and the pilot.
When a drone keys up nearby, it appears on your ATAK map within seconds — with the operator's location pinned too. No scanning the sky, no guesswork.
02SIGNAL AWARENESS
Not just drones —
the signals around you.
RIDAR also surfaces nearby Bluetooth and WiFi devices and points you toward them — so you can find what's transmitting in your space.
03SIGNAL TRUST
Know
what's real.
Anyone can fake a drone signal. RIDAR scores every detection and flags the fakes — so your team reacts to real threats, not decoys.
05DISTRIBUTED DF
More operators.
Bigger perimeter, faster fix.
Every teammate running RIDAR extends your team's detection perimeter and adds another angle on the same signal. The more sensors in the field, the faster and more precisely you triangulate Bluetooth and WiFi emissions across the whole area.
DEPLOYMENT
One sensor.
Every operating posture.
RIDAR is compact and draws power entirely from the connected EUD, so it deploys in whatever posture the mission requires — fixed overwatch, vehicle-mounted, or carried by the operator.
Operated from a vehicle, RIDAR maintains a live airspace picture on the move. Convoys, patrols, and mobile command retain the same drone and signal awareness as a fixed installation, without halting.
Attached to a plate carrier or pack, RIDAR operates directly from the EUD already in the operator's kit. No additional battery and no startup sequence — airspace awareness moves with the operator.
Connect RIDAR to the EUD and detections begin populating the map within seconds. No assembly and no calibration — the sensor is operational as soon as it is connected.
Fixed, mobile, or carried — the operational picture is identical.
See what it deliversWHAT IT DELIVERS
From detection
to decision.
Detection is only the starting point. The operational value is the warning time it provides, the operator location it establishes, the common picture it shares, and the defensible record it produces.
RIDAR identifies a drone the moment it begins broadcasting — typically well before it can be seen or heard. That lead time is the difference between a measured response and a surprise.
Every detection includes the operator's location on the map. While the drone is still airborne, the team already knows where to direct a ground response.
A detection from any one RIDAR appears on every team member's map at the same time. Command, patrols, and the operator all work from one shared airspace picture.
Every detection is logged and exportable — drones, operators, signals, and timelines. After an incident, that record supports the report, the briefing, or the case file.
Every drone in the airspace — on the map, within seconds.
Buy RIDAR-FMTwo builds.
One detection core.
Both models run the identical detection software — Remote ID, spoof analysis, on-device intel, IFF, history, and team CoT. The hardware is the difference: rugged IP67 with ADS-B, or lightweight carbon fiber.
IP67 sealed — weatherproof and rugged for fixed or vehicle mounting.
Carbon fiber — lightweight and man-portable for field kits.
Included — tracks crewed aircraft via ADS-B.
Not included — Remote ID drone detection only.
Yes — DJI, Autel, Skydio, Parrot.
Yes — DJI, Autel, Skydio, Parrot.
Yes — identical detection software.
Yes — identical detection software.
Fixed sites, vehicles, and all-weather operations.
Lightweight, man-portable, rapid-deploy kits.
$1,500
From $700
Same software. Pick the body for your mission.
See the RIDAR (IP67 + ADS-B)Six questions
operators ask first.
Full documentation in the GoTAK knowledge base. Community support on Discord. Procurement support direct from sales.
RIDAR-FM is a complete sensor in a lightweight carbon-fiber housing — it plugs into an Android EUD running ATAK 5.2 or newer over USB-C (Bluetooth is also supported), powered from the EUD with no internal battery. The ATAK plugin is included; once connected, detections appear on your map within seconds. Each unit is hand-built to order in the USA and ships within 30–60 days, with all antennas and a waterproof USB-C cable in the box.
No — RIDAR-FM only listens. It never transmits, jams, or interferes with anything, which keeps it quiet, undetectable, and legal to run in places where active counter-drone gear isn't allowed.
Almost every commercial drone — DJI, Autel, Skydio, Parrot and the rest — broadcasts a Remote ID signal, and RIDAR-FM catches it. It does not track crewed aircraft (for that, choose the rugged RIDAR with ADS-B), and it can't see FPV or hand-built drones that don't broadcast Remote ID.
RIDAR-FM scores every detection for authenticity, weighing multiple characteristics of the signal and its behavior into a single confidence level. Likely spoofed, replayed, or fabricated tracks are flagged with a clear AUTHENTIC or SPOOFED verdict on the detection card, and the scoring runs entirely on-device. We don't publish the specific factors the analyzer weighs — keeping them private is what keeps the scoring robust against spoofers who would try to game it.
Yes — completely. Everything runs on the device itself, so RIDAR-FM works with no internet, no signal, and no cloud. Give it a connection and it adds extra detail when it can — but it never depends on one.
Every detection is shared to your team's maps automatically — over your network, a mesh, or a radio. One operator's RIDAR-FM becomes the whole team's picture of the sky, with no setup on each device.
RIDAR-FM covers the main band where drones, Bluetooth, and WiFi broadcast, and works together with your device to extend into the higher band too — so you get the full picture with no extra gear.
Every drone in your airspace.
On the map. In seconds.
Identified, ranged, verified, and shared across the team — without transmitting a thing. RIDAR-FM is hand-built to order in the USA; plug it into your EUD over USB-C and the airspace above your team becomes a live feed on every screen.
