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SPECTRAN V6 Command Center vs FAAD C2 (Forward Area Air Defense Command & Control)
Spec comparison for two products on Aviation Souk. Both compete in Counter-UAS & Base Air Defence.
Counter-UAS & Base Air Defence
SPECTRAN V6 Command Center
by Aaronia AG
Multi-channel real-time spectrum analyzer with dual 4K displays, 10 ns pulse detection, and simultaneous coverage from 10 MHz to 8 GHz for demanding RF monitoring and counter-UAS operations.
Counter-UAS & Base Air Defence
FAAD C2 (Forward Area Air Defense Command & Control)
by Northrop Grumman
The U.S. Army's programme-of-record SHORAD command-and-control software — fusing sensors, effectors, and real-time fire control onto a single screen for short-range air defence, C-RAM, and C-UAS on one architecture.
| Cost of ownership | SPECTRAN V6 Command Center | FAAD C2 (Forward Area Air Defense Command & Control) |
|---|---|---|
| Price tier | — | — |
| Lead time (weeks) | ?–? | ?–? |
| Delivery | — | — |
| Install | — | — |
| GCC airports deployed | 0 | 0 |
| Certifications | 0 | 0 |
Specs
Technical specifications.
| Spec | SPECTRAN V6 Command Center | FAAD C2 (Forward Area Air Defense Command & Control) |
|---|---|---|
| Frequency range | 10 MHz – 8 GHz | — |
| Real-time bandwidth | up to 980 MHz | — |
| Sweep speed | up to 4,400 GHz/s | — |
| Pulse detection (I/Q-based POI) | 10 ns | — |
| Pulse detection (FFT-based) | 97 ns | — |
| DANL | -170 dBm/Hz | — |
| Sample rate | 8 × 2 GSPS 16-bit I/Q | — |
| FFT throughput | 3,840 million FFT points/s | — |
| Vector signal generator bandwidth | up to 480 MHz | — |
| Processor | 24-core | — |
| RAM | 128 GB | — |
| Storage | up to 24 TB SSD | — |
| Display | Dual 4K widescreen (3840 × 4320 combined) | — |
| Network | 2 × 10 GbE SFP+ | — |
| Programme of record | — | U.S. Army SHORAD C2 since 1986 |
| DoD C-UAS C2 designation | — | U.S. Secretary of Defense-designated C-UAS C2 system of record |
| Missions on one platform | — | SHORAD + C-RAM + C-UAS simultaneously |
| Operator interface | — | Single integrated air picture (SIAP); tablet-deployable |
| Architecture | — | Open, vendor-agnostic, non-proprietary |
| Sensor integrations (examples) | — | AN/MPQ-64 Sentinel, AN/TPQ-53, M-ACE |
| Effector integrations (examples) | — | Avenger, Patriot, Stinger, Fortem interceptors |
| Interoperability standards | — | JADC2 messaging; NATO air-defence architecture compatible |
| C-UAS operational experience | — | >8 years deployed |
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