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clients. A raft of companies have emerged to provide CUAS services but their growth has been hampered by limited real-world
experience and technical approaches constrained by civil oversight authority and U.S. laws.

Finding and Stopping Drones
Finding and Stopping Drones
Most experts agree that a layered drone defense is the best protection for critical infrastructure
and other entities. That’s an assessment embraced by firms like Utah-based Fortem
Technologies. Formed in 2016 and backed by investment from Boeing’s venture
capital arm (Horizon X), Fortem offers complete detection and mitigation
solutions to potential customers. The company refers to its inte-
grated system approach as “Security Elevated”, in essence tak-
ing site security above and beyond the fence line.
Preventing unwanted drone flight into an area –
whether airport, football stadium, nuclear reac-
tor or government building – is a two-part
problem. First, the drone(s) must be de-

A head-on view of the Drone
Hunter interceptor drone
with its low power FMCW
TrueView radar mounted
above two net guns for
capturing rogue drones.
(Fortem Technologies)

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