Drones armed with precision-fired nets protecting U.S. strategic, Ukrainian critical sites

By Jason Sherman / March 2, 2023 at 3:16 PM
(Editor's Note: This story has been updated to reflect that the Army is planning to buy DroneHunter technology for operational use.) The U.S. government is protecting select strategic sites from small-uncrewed air systems with new counter-drone technology developed by a Utah startup that nabs a threat mid-air with a net, a system that is also proving itself in operations over Ukraine by thwarting some Russian intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance missions as well as kamikaze drone strikes. Fortem Technologies, based...

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