StartupHub.ai · Apr 2026
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Updated Jul 30, 2026
Overview
Milliray, operating as DroneTector, builds counter-UAS airspace security systems that use millimeter-wave radar plus camera and acoustic sensing to detect, track, and classify small drones for airports, critical infrastructure, defense, venues, and VIP protection teams.
Primary product
DroneTector millimeter-wave radar sensor stack for small-drone detection, tracking, and classification
Founded
2023
Headquarters
Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom
Team size
1-10
Industry
Public Safety
Sub-industry
Counter-UAS / airspace security
Offices
Office 1, Technology House, Newton Place, Glasgow, Scotland, G3 7PR
Business model
B2B enterprise sales
Hardware + software sensor platform
Pilot-led deployments / pre-orders
Funding
Stage
seed / early-stage VC
Total raised
$617K
Latest round
Seed / Pre-Seed · Mar 2026
Latest amount
$500K
Mar 2026
Jan 2026
People & investors
Work & culture
Research-led and PhD-heavy, with a deep-tech, physics-first culture focused on solving a hard counter-UAS sensing problem for real-world deployments.
Product & market
Pricing
Quote-based enterprise sales, typically pilot-led for defense and infrastructure deployments
Differentiators
- —Purpose-built millimeter-wave radar for small, low-signature drones
- —Combined radar, camera, and acoustic sensing
- —All-weather, 24/7 detection and classification
- —Standalone or distributed mesh deployment
- —Focus on reducing false positives and missed detections
Technology
millimeter-wave radar
camera arrays
acoustic arrays
distributed detection network
onboard compute
machine learning classification
convolutional neural networks
multi-sensor fusion
Customers
airports
critical infrastructure operators
defense operators
venues
VIP protection teams
Competitors
Epirus
Zen Technologies
D-Fend Solutions
DroneShield
Fortem Technologies
Scale & contact
Latest news
LinkedIn · Mar 2026
Angel investor Taro Fukuyama announced an investment in Milliray alongside Y Combinator and Pioneer Fund.
Y Combinator · Feb 2026
YC launch post describing DroneTector's radar-based counter-UAS product, its target markets, and the founding team.
Defence Finance Monitor · Jan 2026
Short profile describing DroneTector as a Scottish deep-tech startup building radar-based counter-drone detection.
Conception X / Medium · Dec 2024
Early coverage of DroneTector's technology, incubation at Conception X, an airport pilot, and a pre-seed fundraising effort.
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