RIDAR
The RIDAR is in pre-order with the next batch being delivered August 2026 - We are now shipping the RIDAR-FM orders if you want an expedited solution.
The RIDAR by GoTAK (Remote ID + ADS-B Receiver) provides public safety teams with a rugged, ATAK-ready solution for real-time airspace awareness, helping you safeguard your operations, events, and communities by easily deconflicting aircrafts and sUAS.
Dual Detection Capability
Monitors both Remote ID signals from commercial sUAS and ADS-B transmissions from manned aircraft, ensuring a full airspace picture in one device.
Extended Detection Range
Detects drones and operators up to 7 km (or more) away, while simultaneously pulling in aircraft traffic within a 50-mile radius of your area of operations.
Seamless ATAK Integration
Plug the unit directly into your Android-based End User Device (EUD) via USB-C and the ADSB + Drone Hone plugin automatically begins feeding live drone and aircraft tracks into ATAK.
Networked Awareness
All detections are automatically shared over LAN, WLAN, TAK Server, or MANET radios using Cursor on Target (CoT), ensuring that your entire team has a unified, real-time air picture.
Ruggedized Design
Built in an IP66 enclosure, RIDAR V2 is weather-resistant, field-ready, and reliable for sustained public safety operations.
Simple, Battery-Free Operation
Powered directly from your EUD via USB-C—no internal batteries required, reducing maintenance and simplifying deployment.
Built in the USA
Each RIDAR is hand-built to order in the USA and ships with all required antennas plus a waterproof USB-C cable for field use.
The RIDAR gives law enforcement, emergency management, and public safety agencies the ability to detect, track, and share drone and aircraft activity in real time. Whether managing large public events, responding to emergencies, or monitoring restricted airspace, RIDAR V1 ensures your team stays one step ahead with clear, actionable airspace awareness.
The RIDAR is in pre-order with the next batch being delivered August 2026
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 RIDARTwo 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: lightweight carbon fiber, or rugged IP67 with ADS-B.
Carbon fiber — lightweight and man-portable for field kits.
IP67 sealed — weatherproof and rugged for fixed or vehicle mounting.
Not included — Remote ID drone detection only.
Included — tracks crewed aircraft via ADS-B.
Yes — DJI, Autel, Skydio, Parrot.
Yes — DJI, Autel, Skydio, Parrot.
Yes — identical detection software.
Yes — identical detection software.
Lightweight, man-portable, rapid-deploy kits.
Fixed sites, vehicles, and all-weather operations.
From $700
$1,500
Same software. Pick the body for your mission.
See RIDAR-FM (carbon fiber)Six questions
operators ask first.
Full documentation in the GoTAK knowledge base. Community support on Discord. Procurement support direct from sales.
RIDAR is a complete sensor in a rugged, weatherproof IP67 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 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 catches it. It also tracks crewed aircraft. The only drones it can't see are FPV or hand-built ones that don't broadcast Remote ID.
RIDAR 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 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 becomes the whole team's picture of the sky, with no setup on each device.
RIDAR 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 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.
