# Lucas Raskin

> Lucas Raskin is the co-founder and CEO of Guardian RF, a defense technology company building passive radiofrequency sensors that detect and track drones. A Georgetown physics major, he turned a 24-hour hackathon project into a Y Combinator-backed company, spent six months embedded with Ukrainian ground troops refining the technology in real combat, and landed on the 2026 Forbes 30 Under 30 list for Transportation and Aerospace. Guardian RF's palm-sized Scout sensors and Mosaic mesh network now protect critical infrastructure, defense assets and frontline soldiers from cheap, lethal drones.

- **Role:** Co-Founder & CEO at Guardian RF
- **Organizations:** Guardian RF, Georgetown University, Y Combinator (Summer 2024)
- **Nationality:** American
- **Education:** Physics, Georgetown University
- **Known for:** Named to the 2026 Forbes 30 Under 30 list (Transportation and Aerospace)., Co-founded and leads Guardian RF, a Y Combinator Summer 2024 company., Fielded Guardian RF technology under an AFWERX Direct-to-Phase-II SBIR at Vandenberg Space Force Base.

## Career timeline

- **2024** — Competed in a 24-hour defense tech hackathon in El Segundo, California, building a drone detection prototype with fellow physics majors under the hastily chosen team name 'Georgetown Physics'.
- **2024** — Co-founded Guardian RF with John Andrzejewski and Eli Kerstein; admitted to Y Combinator's Summer 2024 batch.
- **2024** — Embedded for roughly six months with Ukrainian ground troops via the Dare to Defend Democracy (D3) initiative to study real-world drone behavior and countermeasures.
- **2025** — Guardian RF fielded under an AFWERX Direct-to-Phase-II SBIR with the 30th Security Forces Squadron at Vandenberg Space Force Base; selected as a finalist for the DoD's Falcon Peak 25.2 counter-UAS exercise.
- **2026** — Named to the Forbes 30 Under 30 list for Transportation and Aerospace; Guardian RF partnered with Picogrid to enhance drone defenses at Vandenberg Space Force Base.

## Achievements

- Named to the 2026 Forbes 30 Under 30 list (Transportation and Aerospace).
- Co-founded and leads Guardian RF, a Y Combinator Summer 2024 company.
- Fielded Guardian RF technology under an AFWERX Direct-to-Phase-II SBIR at Vandenberg Space Force Base.
- Finalist in Falcon Peak 25.2, the U.S. Department of Defense's premier counter-UAS exercise.
- Deployed and validated drone-detection systems in active combat conditions in Ukraine.

## Latest updates

- **2026-02** — Guardian RF partnered with Picogrid to boost drone defenses at Vandenberg Space Force Base.
- **2026-01** — Lucas Raskin named to the Forbes 30 Under 30 list for Transportation and Aerospace.

## Links

- Website: https://guardianrf.com
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/lucas-r-422937242

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Last updated: 2026-06-27