Spotter Global wins Utah Business innovation award for CH3D radar

Spotter Global received second place in Utah Business’s 2026 Innovation Awards defense, security and aerospace category for its CH3D radar technology and GAX500-3D system. The recognition spotlights the Orem company’s push to counter drone swarm threats with faster compact surveillance radar.

Why it matters: - Spotter Global’s CH3D radar marks a shift in compact surveillance radar aimed at drone swarm threats. - The award underscores growing demand for counter-unmanned aircraft systems that protect critical infrastructure, military sites and other vulnerable locations. - The recognition adds to Spotter Global’s track record after the company also won a Utah Innovation Award in 2013 for compact surveillance radar.

What happened: - Spotter Global won second place in the Defense, Security & Aerospace Technology category of the Utah Business 2026 Innovation Awards. - CEO and Founder Logan Harris accepted the honor at the Innovation Awards Ceremony at the Utah Cultural Celebration Center. - The award recognized Spotter Global’s Compact Holographic 3D Radar Technology, or CH3D. - The company says CH3D enabled the GAX500-3D, the first radar in a new CH3D series and currently the fastest radar system in the world.

The details: - The GAX500-3D is engineered to counter evolving unmanned aircraft system swarm threats. - Spotter Global describes the GAX500-3D as a reinvention of the small radar category. - Spotter Global also received the SIA 2026 New Product Award in the Countermeasures to Drone & Robot Threats category for the CH3D-powered GAX500-3D. - The company’s 2026 product lineup also includes Edda Integration, a collaboration with 9 Mothers to improve drone detection and tracking for Edda, an AI-powered C-sUAS Point Defense Turret. - Spotter Global introduced RDID 3.0, the latest version of Remote Drone ID for detecting and tracking low-level drone threats. - Spotter Global released SnapTrack, a new feature within its NetworkedIO command and control security system.

Between the lines: - The award suggests Utah’s defense-tech ecosystem is rewarding firms that are moving fast on drone defense. - Spotter Global is positioning its radar, tracking and command-and-control tools as a connected security stack rather than a single product. - The company is leaning on its history as an incumbent in compact radar while trying to reset expectations for speed and capability.

What's next: - Spotter Global will likely keep expanding CH3D-based radar offerings after launching the GAX500-3D as the first in the series. - The company is also likely to continue pairing radar with drone detection, tracking and command-and-control products for defense and civilian customers. - Spotter Global says it designs, manufactures and assembles its compact radars and related software from its headquarters in Orem, Utah, with products made in the USA. - More information is available on Spotter Global’s social channels, including YouTube and X.