Fortem Technologies has closed a round of financing led by new investors, including Lockheed Martin’s venture arm, Hanwha Aerospace and AIM13|Crumpton Venture Partners, and will use the capital to expand its airspace safety and security capabilities to meet the increasing market demand for its tech platforms. “Not only does this investment help us address our […] More

David Spirk, former chief data officer at the Defense Department and a previous Wash100 Award winner, has been appointed to the government advisory board of counter-drone technology maker Fortem Technologies. The U.S. Marine Corps veteran joins other former military and federal officials who advise Fortem’s management team on its strategic efforts to address customer defense […] More

Fortem Technologies has entered its artificial intelligence-enabled and radar-guided drone in a recent U.S. Army test and demonstrated its ability to intercept and capture threat drones autonomously and deposited the seized aircraft to a designated drop zone and landing. The company said Thursday its DroneHunter technology, which was integrated with a Forward Area Air Defense […] More

Mike Mostow, previously the federal business vice president of Everbridge, has taken on a new role as the chief revenue officer of Fortem Technologies, a Pleasant Grove, Utah-based drone security company. In his new capacity, Mostow will spearhead and link the teams responsible for business development, sales, engineering, program management and customer success to enhance […] More

Adam Robertson, co-founder and chief technology officer of Fortem Technologies, was added to the Aviation Rulemaking Committee of the Federal Aviation Administration to focus on ARC’s unmanned aircraft systems beyond visual line-of-sight operations. The company said Thursday Robertson and other committee members will provide industry insight to inform the agency’s creation of new regulations for […] More

Wayne Phelps, a retired U.S. Marine Corps lieutenant colonel and a former senior project manager for unmanned aircraft system at SAM Companies, has joined Fortem Technologies as a director who will drive its federal business development. His responsibilities include supporting the Pleasant Grove, Utah-based defense company’s efforts to evolve and acquire more work with government […] More

Counter-drone technology maker Fortem Technologies has created a government advisory board with nine senior leaders from the defense, intelligence, federal and private sectors.

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Fortem Technologies has secured a contract of an undisclosed sum from the Department of Defense to provide approaches that will impede and counter improvised threat environments.

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Boeing has made an investment in Fortem Technologies through its ventures arm to help the Salt Lake City, Utah-based company advance the development of radar platforms for unmanned aerial vehicles. Fortem has developed a radar system, TrueView, that works to help drones detect and avoid other aerial objects and perform package delivery, cargo transport, infrastructure inspections […] More

Michael Buscher, former chief growth officer at Bigbear.ai, has started a new role as chief strategy officer of unmanned aerial vehicle manufacturing company UAV Factory, according to his LinkedIn post Monday. He will help lead UAV Factory through its business combination with Jennings Aeronautics. Both companies are backed by private equity firm AE Industrial Partners. “It’s […] More

PAE ISR and NASA have agreed to demonstrate the Resolute Eagle unmanned aircraft system within the National Airspace System in 2020 in support of an effort to fully integrate UAS into the country’s skies. The company said Tuesday it will demonstrate the Resolute Eagle in 2020 and work with other firms such as Fortem Technologies, […] More