Echodyne opens $40M radar factory near Seattle to meet booming demand for drone detection

Echodyne CEO Eben Frankenberg, left, gives a tour of the company’s new manufacturing facility in Woodinville, Wash., to U.S. Suzan DelBene, center, and Sen. (Echodyne Photo) Echodyne , the Seattle-area radar-platform company, cut the ribbon Wednesday on a new $40 million manufacturing facility designed to meet growing demand for its drone-detection and airspace-monitoring systems.