One interceptor chases at 90 km/h and comes home. One flies at 280 km/h and does not. Ours does both jobs.
Fortem's DroneHunter F700 is reusable and slow. Wild Hornets' STING is fast, cheap and expendable. Our intercept drone sits between them: 200 km/h with operator-assisted engagement and an abort-and-return capability, and it is available without a wartime queue in front of you.
The interceptor is a production item within a counter-UAS line built for real airspace defence tasks: day and night, RF and GPS denied, swarm compatible, with sustainment placed in the buyer's region.
Side by side
| Attribute | Represented by UnstratIntercept drone | Fortem TechnologiesDroneHunter F7001United States | Wild HornetsSTING FPV interceptor2Ukraine |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maximum speed12 | 200 km/h (as published) | 25 m/s, about 90 km/h, in attack and pursue modes; faster targets are engaged in defence mode | 280 km/h maximum, 140 to 170 km/h cruise |
| Intercept range or radius12 | Up to 2.5 km (as published) | Maximum flight operating radius 4 km, depending on environment | Tactical operating radius with return 18.5 km, maximum flight range 37 km |
| Endurance12 | Up to 15 min (as published) | Typical mission 1 to 3 minutes over roughly 0.5 to 1.5 km | 6 minutes at maximum speed, up to 15 minutes at cruise |
| Operating altitude2 | Up to 4,000 m AGL (as published) | Not published | Operational 0 to 5,000 m, maximum 7,000 m, climb rate 30 m/s |
| Payload12 | Up to 250 g (as published) | Carries NetGuns and a drogue chute; maximum weight of a tethered capture 6 kg | 500 g payload, maximum take-off weight 4 kg plus or minus 0.2 kg |
| Defeat mechanism12 | Operator-assisted precision intercept with minimal collateral risk | Net capture with drogue chute recovery of the captured aircraft | Warhead with remote detonation initiation |
| Recovery after a sortie12 | Abort mission and return-to-launch capability | Reusable, reload for the next mission in under 3 minutes with a battery and NetHead swap; battery recharge 75 minutes | Expendable, consumed on interception |
| Denied-environment operation12 | RF and GPS denied operations, day and night, swarm compatible | C2 wireless link encrypted with AES-128 or AES-256; no denied-navigation mode published | ELRS radio control with digital and analogue video; daytime, thermal and analogue camera options |
| Mass and handling12 | Not published | 18 kg take-off weight, wingspan 1,963 mm, battery 4.1 kg, operating temperature -10 °C to +50 °C | 4 kg maximum take-off weight with payload |
| Operator training burden2 | Not published; operator training available through the wider product line | Not published | Vendor states 6 days training, or 2 days or less for qualified FPV operators |
| Availability to a foreign government buyer12 | Independent / non-aligned supply | United States export chain | Ukrainian production, described by the maker as combat proven against Shahed-type drones, with domestic demand as the first call on output |
Competitor values are quoted from the vendor documents listed under Sources, as published on the date shown. Configurations vary, so treat every row as a starting point for the evaluation rather than a like-for-like test result.
What the table means
Speed is the whole argument
Fortem is explicit that the F700 switches from attack to defence mode when the target is faster than 25 m/s, which is most things worth intercepting. Wild Hornets solved that with 280 km/h and a warhead, at the cost of the airframe every time. Our interceptor flies at 200 km/h with operator-assisted engagement and can break off and return, which keeps the cost per false alarm at zero.
Reusable, expendable, or both
There is no universally right answer. Against a single intruder over a stadium, a reusable net interceptor is the cheaper and safer tool, and Fortem's under-three-minute reload is genuinely good. Against a Shahed-class target at range, expendability is the point and Ukraine has proved it. A defence that can only do one of these is a defence with a known gap.
What you can actually buy
STING's specification is impressive and its production is committed to a war. Fortem's is American, with the licence chain that implies. Our interceptor is available to non-aligned buyers, produced in volume, and supported where it is used. Note honestly that STING publishes a longer radius, 18.5 km with return against our 2.5 km, and a higher ceiling. If the requirement is deep interception of cruise-profile drones, say so early and we will scope it against the extended-range platform instead.
Questions buyers ask
What is the best alternative to Fortem DroneHunter F700 for a buyer outside the United States?
Our intercept drone covers the same role at higher speed: 200 km/h against the F700's 90 km/h, with AI-assisted lock and operator-controlled engagement, plus abort and return-to-launch. Fortem's advantages are real and published: a 4 km operating radius against our 2.5 km, and reusable net capture that leaves the target recoverable. If evidence matters more than speed, weigh those. If export conditions matter, we are non-aligned.
How does your interceptor compare with Ukraine's STING interceptor drone?
STING is faster and reaches further: 280 km/h maximum and an 18.5 km tactical radius with return, against our 200 km/h and 2.5 km. It is expendable, carries a 500 g payload with remote detonation, and its maker publishes an 80 to 90 per cent hit rate in service. Ours is designed for repeatable use with abort and return-to-launch, operates in RF and GPS denied conditions, and can be bought and sustained by a state that is not queueing behind a war effort.
Which counter-drone interceptor has the lowest cost per engagement?
A reusable interceptor wins when the alarm turns out to be a hobby drone, because you fly home instead of spending the airframe. Fortem publishes reload in under 3 minutes and a 75-minute battery recharge, which sets the practical sortie rate. An expendable interceptor like STING wins when the target is a strike drone worth far more than the interceptor. Ours is configured so an aborted intercept costs nothing but battery, which matters on sites with heavy false-alarm traffic.
Can these interceptors work when GPS is jammed?
Ours is stated to operate in RF and GPS denied conditions, day and night. Fortem publishes AES-128 or AES-256 link encryption but no denied-navigation mode. Wild Hornets publishes ELRS control with digital and analogue video, which is a link, not a navigation solution. If you expect to fight under electronic attack, make denied-navigation behaviour a tested acceptance criterion rather than a brochure line.
Sources
- 1. Fortem Technologies, DroneHunter F700 Data Sheet (MKT_DH F700-Data Sheet_20230119) (copy held on this site)Retrieved: 2026-07-31
- 2. Wild Hornets, Ukrainian FPV Interceptor STING: tactical and technical specificationsRetrieved: 2026-07-31