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Areté

Low-SWaP sensing, lidar, lasers and counter-UAS for security customers

About Areté

Areté delivers sensing products and software for national and global security challenges. The company's scientists and engineers create low size, weight, power and cost (low-SWaP-C) sensing solutions for government and commercial customers, from stand-alone software and hardware to fully integrated systems. Its corporate headquarters is at 9301 Corbin Avenue, Suite 2000.

Products

  • AIRTRAC lasers: compact, lightweight, low power lasers for designators, LIDAR, UV and custom configurations
  • LIDAR products, from helicopter-borne situational awareness to maritime surveillance and mapping, including LiSA (Lidar for Situational Awareness), which gives pilots navigation and tactical insight
  • Counter-UAS: BASILISK, a modular, passive, camera-based system for detecting and tracking unmanned air systems with very low false alarm rates
  • Other named products: STRIDR, PILLS, TANDOM and ALLSEEN

Capability areas by office

Areté's offices around the United States each list an emphasis, including signal and information processing with modelling and simulation, physical oceanography and marine sensor applications, electro-optics and laser solutions, optical engineering and low rate electro-optic sensor production, multispectral ground processing and exploitation systems, and stabilised vision technologies.

Markets

The company describes products for aerospace, air, land, sea and undersea and space uses. It promotes its work at the Space and Missile Defense Symposium 2026 and at Project Flytrap 5.0, an event where counter-drone systems are demonstrated.

Shows

Areté appears in the exhibitor lists of the AUSA Annual Meeting and Exposition, Modern Day Marine, DSEI UK, XPONENTIAL and Sea-Air-Space.

Contact

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Events where Areté exhibits

All aviation events
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2
countries
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as sponsor
  • AUSA Annual Meeting and Exposition

    12 to 14 October 2026 · Washington, United States

    Stand 4319 (Hall ABC)

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  • Sea-Air-Space

    4 to 7 April 2027 · National Harbor, United States

    Stand 1853

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  • Modern Day Marine

    13 to 15 April 2027 · Washington, United States

    Stand 1101

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  • XPONENTIAL

    17 to 20 May 2027 · Miami Beach, United States

    Stand 1207

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  • DSEI UK

    7 to 10 September 2027 · London, United Kingdom

    Stand S5-170listed for the 2025 edition

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From the organisers’ published exhibitor and sponsor lists.

Event types: Defence and security (4), Helicopters (1). Browse the calendar

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