Teradar Modular Terahertz Engine (MTE)

Teradar is a sensor company with an address in Boston, Massachusetts, according to its website. It makes terahertz-based sensors for vehicles and security, positioned between radar and lidar, and serves automotive, defense and security screening markets.

Its core product is the Modular Terahertz Engine, an all solid-state architecture built from proprietary transmit chips, receive chips and Teracore processing chips. The architecture can be tailored to range and resolution needs for ADAS and autonomous driving. The Summit sensor, unveiled at CES 2026, is its first flagship product, shown to automakers and Tier 1 suppliers.

• Modular Terahertz Engine: an all solid-state, customizable chip architecture for sensing.
• Proprietary chipset: transmit, receive and Teracore processing chips form the sensor core.
• Long range: detection beyond 300 meters.
• High resolution: native angular resolution as fine as 0.13 degrees.
• All-weather sensing: operation in day, night, rain, fog and snow.
• Camera integration: object and range data supplement camera-based perception.

Vietnamese automakers and Tier 1 suppliers can evaluate terahertz sensing for ADAS perception in heavy-rain conditions. Security screening and defense integrators can assess the platform for non-automotive uses listed by the company.

Native resolution as fine as 0.13 degrees, which the company states is 20 times better than leading automotive imaging radars. Range of over 300 meters. Operation in day, night, rain, fog and snow. Solid-state design with no moving parts, and compatibility with SAE levels 2 to 5.

ADAS and autonomous driving programs seek sensors that keep working in fog, rain and snow, driving interest in new sensing bands between radar and lidar. Vietnamese and ASEAN automotive and e-mobility makers that adopt ADAS features are potential longer-term users, with initial shipments anticipated in 2028 pending contracts.

Boston, Massachusetts. Emerged from stealth about two months before CES 2026 with a USD 150 million fundraise, per press coverage. Demonstrations to five automakers and three Tier 1 suppliers; initial shipments anticipated in 2028.