Facts

• Segment: Defense
• Country: United States
• Founded: 2016
• Website: https://www.fortemtech.com

Profile sections

• Summary
• Market context
• Facts
• Funding
• Investors
• Context / Market Position
• Events
• Team
• Relationships
• Context tags
• Customers and deployments
• Sources

Summary

Fortem Technologies develops counter-drone systems for airspace security and defence. Its SkyDome system combines radar, command software and the DroneHunter interceptor, which autonomously captures rogue drones for military, border, venue and critical-infrastructure protection.

Market context

Fortem is a meaningful defence-autonomy company because it combines sensing, edge AI, and autonomous interception into fielded counter-drone systems. Its relevance comes from real deployment demand in critical infrastructure and security environments where low-cost drone threats are rising quickly. Proprietary counter-UAS systems stack including TrueView radar and DroneHunter interceptor platform.

• Capability: Counter-UAS detection and interception workflows Distributed radar-based airspace awareness Autonomous drone interception for critical infrastructure defense Edge AI-assisted threat identification and tracki…
• Strategic position: Defense robotics builder focused on counter-drone systems Integrated sensing-plus-interceptor platform provider Deployed airspace security systems supplier for homeland and critical infrastructure co…

Facts

• Website: https://www.fortemtech.com
• HQ: Pleasant Grove, United States
• Founded: 2016
• Segment: Defense
• Known funding rounds: 1

Funding

• 2024-11-13 - Strategic investment - $10M - LAGO Innovation Fund invests $10 million in Fortem Technologies - source: fortemtech.com

Investors

• LAGO Innovation Fund - Lead - Vc - 1 funding event - first seen 2024-11-13

Counter-drone system builder

Fortem Technologies develops counter-UAS systems, including SkyDome and DroneHunter interceptors for airspace security.

• Target environment: Military bases, public venues, critical infrastructure, borders, airports and contested drone-threat environments.
• Deployment model: Counter-drone system sales and deployments using radar, command software and autonomous drone interception.
• Customer context: Defence customers, public-safety agencies, infrastructure operators, border-security teams and airspace-security buyers.
• Workflow context: Drone detection, airspace monitoring, autonomous interception, non-kinetic capture and controlled mitigation of unauthorized drones.
• Commercial maturity: Commercially deployed counter-UAS company with fielded SkyDome and DroneHunter systems.
• Market position: Defence and security robotics company focused on autonomous drone interception rather than UAV platform supply.
• Adoption constraints: Adoption depends on threat type, rules of engagement, airspace permissions, detection reliability, integration and procurement cycles.
• Adjacent context: Adjacent context includes C-UAS systems, interceptor drones, airspace security, radar sensing and critical-infrastructure protection.
• Source confidence: high

Events

• 2026-03-19 - Partnership - Lockheed Martin selects Fortem Technologies for counter-drone infrastructure protection - Fortem Technologies announced a collaboration with Lockheed Martin to deploy counter-drone systems for…
• 2025-06-17 - Facility Opening - Fortem Technologies opens advanced manufacturing headquarters - Fortem Technologies opened a new advanced manufacturing headquarters to meet rising global demand for counter-drone systems
• 2024-11-13 - Funding - LAGO Innovation Fund invests $10 million in Fortem Technologies - LAGO Innovation Fund invested $10 million in Fortem Technologies
• 2024-10-31 - Partnership - SkySafe and Fortem Technologies partner on drone detection and mitigation - SkySafe and Fortem Technologies announced a partnership combining detection and mitigation capabilities for unauthor…
• 2024-07-23 - Partnership - Fortem Technologies and MBDA partner on Sky Warden effector concept - Fortem Technologies and MBDA announced a partnership to enhance Sky Warden with a new effector concept
• 2024-02-06 - Partnership - Fortem Technologies partners with INTRA Defense Technologies in Saudi Arabia - Fortem Technologies partnered with INTRA Defense Technologies to offer advanced counter-UAS solutions in Saudi Ar…

Team

• Jon Gruen - Chief Executive Officer - Current operating leader for Fortem's counter-UAS radar and DroneHunter interception systems.
• Adam Robertson - Chief Technology Officer - Adds technical leadership context for Fortem's radar-led counter-UAS and autonomous drone-interceptor systems.

Relationships

• partnership - Collaboration on integrated counter-UAS systems for critical infrastructure protection
• partnership - Partnership combining drone detection and mitigation capabilities
• partnership - Partnership on Sky Warden effector concept and interception capability
• partnership - Partnership for advanced C-UAS solutions in Saudi Arabia

Context tags

• Defence customers - Customer Environment
• Public safety operations - Customer Environment
• Counter-UAS directed energy supplier - Peer Group
• Autonomous drone interception - Workflow

Customers and deployments

• Advanced Manufacturing Hq Count - 1 advanced manufacturing headquarters - 2025-06-17 - Advanced manufacturing headquarters - counter-drone manufacturing - Fortem Technologies opened an advanced manufacturing headquarter…