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DroneHunter Able to Integrate with FAAD C2 as C-sUAS Solution, Company Says

Kelsey Reichmann

Wednesday, March 31st, 2021

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DroneHunter Able to Integrate with FAAD C2 as C-sUAS Solution, Company Says

Fortem Technologies' DroneHunter drone snaring another drone in the sky. Photo: Fortem

Fortem Technologies said it has proved integration capabilities between its DroneHunter and the Forward Area Air Defense Command and Control system (FAAD C2), which was selected as the command and control standard for countering small unmanned aircraft systems (sUAS) by the Joint Counter-sUAS Office (JCO). This integration comes ahead of planned demonstrations for low collateral interceptors at Yuma Proving Ground in April. Fortem could not disclose if they will be participating in the tests at Yuma, which will be led…

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