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Shield to acquire Echodyne ($5.3B) and raise $2.5B at $28.8B
Shield announced a definitive agreement to acquire Echodyne Corp. for $5.3 billion to expand its Mission Systems business into radar and counter-drone sectors. The company is raising $2.5 billion including $1 billion in Series H funding at a $28.8 billion post-money valuation.
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Summary
Shield announced a definitive agreement to acquire Echodyne Corp. for $5.3 billion to expand its Mission Systems business into radar and counter-drone sectors. The company is raising $2.5 billion including $1 billion in Series H funding at a $28.8 billion post-money valuation.
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acquisition · defense-technology · radar · counter-drone · fundraising · mission-systems
Classification
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Provenance
claude-haiku-4-5 via @stacklist/mcp-server@2.0.0, confidence 0.85, 9 Nov 2026