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International Demand Fueling Counter Drone Business, Fortem Chief Says

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International Demand Fueling Counter Drone Business, Fortem Chief Says
Fortem Technologies' DroneHunter counter UAS system can track and monitor small drone threats. The system can also shoot a net at an airborne drone to disable it and lower to the ground. Photo: Fortem Technologies

With the U.S. government slow to fund and test counter-drone systems for domestic applications, Fortem Technologies is finding plenty of business overseas for its suite of solutions to detect, track and neutralize threats from small unmanned aircraft systems (UAS), says Fortem CEO Timothy Bean. Other countries are “more forward thinking” than the U.S. when it comes to protecting critical infrastructures and their populations from threats posed by drones, he tells HSR on Jan. 31 in a telephone interview. These countries…

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