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CX2 Introduces FPV-Mounted Seeker That Hunts Enemy Drone Operators

By Cal Biesecker

Wednesday, November 5th, 2025

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CX2 Introduces FPV-Mounted Seeker That Hunts Enemy Drone Operators

CX2's Vadris counter-drone seeker shown mounted beneath an 8-inch FPV drone. Photo: CX2

CX2, a startup focused on spectrum dominance, has introduced a radio frequency-based seeker for a small first person view (FPV) drone to allow military forces to pinpoint and attack enemy drone operators. Unlike other counter-drone companies focused on developing products to detect, track, identify and defeat adversarial unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), CX2’s “Vadris targets the archer, not the arrow,” Nathan Mintz the California-based company’s co-founder and CEO, said in a statement. With all the existing counter-drone products, there are “very…

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