Array Labs Raises $20 Million to Scale Radar Manufacturing, Prepare for Launch

Array Labs, designing, building, and operating the world’s most advanced radar satellites, led by Andrew Peterson, Jose Isaac Robledo, and others, has 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, bringing Array’s total funding to $35M since going through Y Combinator.

Array has developed a mass-manufacturable radar architecture using consumer electronics and telecom techniques, significantly reducing costs while improving performance.

According to Andrew Peterson, cofounder and CEO of Array Labs, the radar satellite industry today mirrors the pre-SpaceX launch market, dominated by legacy defense contractors producing bespoke, high-cost systems. The company has assembled talent from leading Silicon Valley technology firms to develop radar systems designed for large-scale production at commercial price points without compromising capability.

In 2025, Array Labs doubled its team, finalized the satellite bus design, launched two new product lines, and expanded commercial bookings to nine-digit contracted revenue. Over the past 24 months, the company has also secured approximately half a dozen government awards across U.S. armed services, the intelligence community, and key combatant commands.

Array began with a vision to generate real-time 3D Earth maps using coordinated small-satellite clusters. As the technology matured, customer demand shifted toward the radar instruments themselves, prompting a move from a data-centric model to a radar-first platform business.

Today, Array operates three lines, radar payloads, sovereign satellite systems, and data products, all built on a core breakthrough: radar instruments delivering up to 100× the power of legacy systems at roughly 1% of the cost, compatible with platforms ranging from small satellites to next-generation heavy-lift spacecraft.

Over the past two years, Array has won multiple U.S. government awards across major defense and research agencies, advancing technologies spanning high-power antennas, communications, and 3D reconstruction.

On the commercial front, multi-year agreements have been secured for the first radar cluster with global industrial and AI leaders, focused on persistent 3D data and analytics. Demand for turnkey radar payloads is also accelerating, with further updates expected in the coming months.

Array has refined the integration of consumer electronics, communications technology, and advanced signal processing to produce radar systems that are up to 10× cheaper than traditional alternatives while delivering up to 100× greater power. These radars are designed for large-scale detection and tracking missions and packaged for rapid partner integration, with AI-driven software converting raw signals into actionable 3D intelligence rather than static imagery.

The Series A financing will support team expansion across engineering, product, and go-to-market functions, increased production capacity for radar panels, completion of flight qualification, and the launch of the world’s first formation-flying radar satellite cluster.