3 Hoyas Reshape Drone Detection With Guardian RF Start-up

John Andrzejewski, Eli Kerstein, and Lucas Raskin standing together with their arms crossed. — John Andrzejewski (C’25), Eli Kerstein (C’24), Lucas Raskin (C’25)

John Andrzejewski (C’25), Eli Kerstein (C’24) and Lucas Raskin were Georgetown physics majors interested in signal processing when they got an opportunity to work together on a project.

Classmates from the School of Foreign Service — Rasmus Dey Meyer (SFS’25) and Nathaniel Salander (SFS’25) — organized a defense technology hackathon in El Segundo, California, and invited the three friends to compete.

Little did they know that the opportunity would alter their professional futures and put them at the forefront of global politics and emerging technologies.

Going up against some of the brightest minds in technology and engineering, they entered the competition as a shot in the dark, Raskin said. They thought they wouldn’t make it far and even forgot to name their team, hastily calling themselves Georgetown Physics.

In the 24-hour competition, they spent day and night coding their project — a piece of software that uses proprietary signal processing to detect drones and their operators.

After their underdog win, their venture has transformed into a bustling startup they’ve named Guardian RF, a company that specializes in drone detection technology.

The full article can be found on the Georgetown News webpage: News Item: 3 Hoyas Reshape Drone Detection with Guardian RF Start-up