Drones are the defining airspace challenge of this decade. Varta Systems builds the hardware and software that detects them from their radio emissions — a wideband SDR dev board for researchers, and turnkey sensor systems for security teams.
Commercial and consumer drones are outpacing every traditional security system. Cameras need line of sight. Radar was built for aircraft ten times the size. RF detection is different — and it's the approach that actually works.
Controller links, video downlinks, telemetry packets — every consumer drone emits radio signals when it's operating. Those signals carry a manufacturer fingerprint, a model signature, and often a location. You don't need to see the drone. You need to hear it.
43+RF signatures in libraryOptical cameras require light and line of sight. Acoustic sensors saturate in any urban environment. Radar built for commercial aviation is blind to a 2 kg drone flying at 100m AGL. RF detection is passive, silent, and works through walls, trees, and bad weather.
15 kmdetection rangeCritical infrastructure, event security, border monitoring, research institutions, and enterprise campuses are actively purchasing counter-drone solutions today. Varta Systems brings professional-grade RF detection hardware to that market without the defense contractor price tag.
Nowshipping Sept 2026From raw RF capture to tactical threat display — same team, same detection engine, no integration tax.
The RF front-end. 16-bit wideband capture from 75 MHz to 6 GHz, running Linux onboard. Use it standalone or stack multiples for a phase-coherent DF array.
Turnkey sensor systems built on VartaSDR hardware. Three tiers — portable field sensor to 15 km multi-site deployment. ML classification across 43+ drone RF signatures.
The operator interface. Live tactical map, prioritized threat queue, drone classification readout, and offline maps for field deployments without internet.
We make the hardware and software that detects drones from their radio emissions — from a dev board you can build on, to turnkey sensor systems you can deploy in the field. Based in Bismarck, ND. Independent. Shipping hardware.
A standalone 16-bit wideband SDR dev board — no host PC required. Zynq FPGA running Linux, Gigabit Ethernet, GPS timing, and phase-coherent multi-board sync. Buy one and run GNU Radio. Stack multiples for a DF array. Drop it into a Varta Platform deployment as a direct SDR upgrade.
Turnkey counter-drone sensor systems built on the same RF hardware as VartaSDR. From a battery-powered field sensor to a multi-site geolocation array — same detection engine at every tier.