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Mara raises $7M for Spike counter-drone system with tube-launched interceptors scalable from backpack to vehicle mount
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San Francisco-based Mara secured $7M led by Khosla Ventures to commercialize its Spike counter-drone system, which pairs Spotter sensor units with tube-launched Seeker kinetic interceptors designed to defeat FPV drone swarms.
The system targets FPV attack drones of the type causing heavy casualties in Ukraine, and its Spotter sensors have already been field-tested by Ukrainian forces near the front line. Mara has not disclosed interceptor range or unit cost, so whether the claimed distributed cheap-node economics hold at production scale remains unverified. Only one feed carried this story, and the outlet itself reported asking Mara for details it did not provide.
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Mara raised $7M led by Khosla Ventures to bring its Spike counter-drone system to market.
Seeker interceptors weigh 250g, travel at 200 kmph, and launch from tubes holding up to 48 rounds reloadable in under a minute.
Spotter sensors combine electro-optical, acoustic, and optional low-signature radar, and have been tested in US Army exercises and by Ukrainian forces near the front line.
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