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FireThorn, on display this week at AUSA.
This is the autonomous interceptor built to plug into the air-defense architectures NATO allies already operate. It pairs Fortem's radar-guided airframe with an MBDA NATO-approved warhead for kinetic defeat of one-way attack drones (Shahed/Geran) and reconnaissance drones (Orlan).
Yesterday, Fortem and @MBDAGroup announced an expanded strategic partnership to bring autonomous counter-drone protection into European and allied air defenses. FireThorn is a key part of that vision, designed not as a standalone system but as an interceptor that integrates into the command-and-control infrastructure militaries already trust.
FireThorn is on display at MBDA’s booth (#453) at the Association of the United States Army - AUSA convention this week in Washington.
@AUSAorg #AUSA2026 #CounterDrone #CUAS
Fortem and MBDA just expanded our partnership: DroneHunter and FireThorn now integrate into the air-defense architectures European and allied forces already operate.
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Drones don't announce themselves. They don't ask permission. And they don't wait for you to be ready.
Neither does Fortem.
Our autonomous systems detect, track, and capture hostile drones mid-flight -- no pilot required, no collateral damage. It's not a concept. It's operational, and it's proven in real-world environments.
See it in action.
Big win! The fifth-generation DroneHunter F700 was just named 2026 New Product of the Year in the UAV category by @SecurToday magazine.
We're honored to share that Fortem Technologies' SkyDome® has won 1st Place in Defense, Security & Aerospace Technology at the Utah Business 2026 Innovation Awards!
The awards celebrate companies, founders, products, and creative problem-solvers advancing Utah's technology and business ecosystem.
SkyDome is an integrated, end-to-end counter-drone solution — combining TrueView® radars, AI-powered command and control, and DroneHunter® autonomous interceptors — to detect, track, and capture hostile drones in flight using Fortem's patented net technology. It has helped protect major international events, including the 2021 Olympics and FIFA World Cup, and is deployed at sites across multiple continents.
Thank you to the Utah Business team for this recognition, and to the entire Fortem team, whose innovation and commitment to advancing autonomous drone defense made it possible.
Congratulations to all the 2026 honorees! shorturl.at/i6A8Y
Our CEO Jon Gruen on why the counter-drone fight has to move beyond intercept -- and what the IED campaigns he served in can teach us about getting there.
Read his new piece in @NationalDefense. Link in comments.
Our own Shane Shamblin joins SkySafe CRO Melissa Swisher tomorrow for a conversation about what it takes to build a truly layered approach to airspace security.
They’ll discuss how passive RF detection, radar, mitigation and forensics can work together -- and why no single technology can address the full range of drone threats facing critical infrastructure, public safety and federal operators.
Join the conversation and bring your questions.
Detection is only one piece of the counter-UAS puzzle.
Join SkySafe and Fortem Technologies for a live conversation on what a complete counter-UAS stack looks like, from detection to mitigation and forensics.
📆 Wednesday, August 19
⏰ 2 PM ET
Register free and join the conversation: na2.hubs.ly/H07h7650
#CounterUAS #DroneSecurity #AirspaceSecurity
What happened this week in Leipzig, Germany, shows we are closer than ever to a catastrophic drone attack on NATO territory, with all signs pointing to Russia.
On Tuesday night, a worker at Leipzig/Halle airport -- one of Europe's largest cargo hubs and a major transit point for Western arms shipments to Ukraine -- found a drone carrying what German media have reported were military-grade explosives in a cargo area near a runway. That same night, a freight aircraft struck an unidentified flying object and sustained damage. Germany's federal interior minister said foreign involvement cannot be ruled out. The investigation is ongoing.
Between August 2024 and February 2026, there were at least 144 suspicious drone sightings across 13 European countries, according to the International Institute for Strategic Studies in London, which assessed Russia as the most likely actor. IISS described a sustained campaign to probe gaps in air defenses, penetrate the perimeters of sensitive military installations, and map how governments respond. Leipzig is not that. An explosive payload placed inside a civilian cargo hub that serves as a transit point for arms to Ukraine is a different act.
What separated Tuesday night from a mass-casualty event was a single component -- a detonator on the bomb -- that failed.
Addressing this threat requires the right technology, deployed at scale, and the legal authority to use it. Tuesday night should prompt every NATO capital to ask whether it has all three.
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Fortem Technologies has been selected as a prime contractor on DHS's counter-drone IDIQ, a five-year, multiple-award contract vehicle. Our track carries an estimated starting ceiling of $1.011 billion with room to grow.
Being selected for this contract -- and the only small business to earn that position -- reflects years of proving that our technology works in the field.
Unauthorized drones pose one of the fastest-growing security challenges to U.S. Department of Homeland Security. Together with our subcontractors Lockheed Martin and Microsoft, Fortem can now put our DroneHunter interceptors, TrueView R40 radars, and SkyDome command-and-control software in the hands of every DHS component -- from Federal Protective Service and U.S. Secret Service to the U.S. Coast Guard, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, and more.
We look forward to getting to work.
Read our announcement: businesswire.com/news/home/2…
@DHSgov @CBP @LockheedMartin @Microsoft @SecretService @USCG @FPSDHS
Fortem Technologies has been named to the inaugural All-World Defense 300, a new index that ranks private defense companies on what actually matters: verified contracts and systems that are deployed now.
@_futureunion_, which compiled the list, describes it as the first authoritative accounting of the private companies underwriting allied defense across 26 nations. It's scored on what governments fund and field, not what companies raise.
It's good company to be in, and it reflects the work our team does every day to keep people and infrastructure safe from drone threats.
Learn more: lnkd.in/gnZ4rCad
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As #FIA2026 gets under way, Aerospace Global News goes behind the scenes of how Farnborough keeps its flying display safe, including Fortem’s radar and AI-enabled airspace monitoring. aerospaceglobalnews.com/news… #AirspaceSafety
The final whistle has blown on the 2026 FIFA World Cup, and we salute all the players, fans, and officials who made the biggest sporting event in U.S. history one to remember.
Fortem was part of the team that kept it safe. During the tournament, our TrueView radars detected and tracked more than 1,600 unauthorized drones in the airspace near U.S. World Cup sites.
From Qatar in 2022 to the United States in 2026, we've played a key role in keeping the World Cup secure. We hope to make it a hat trick in 2030!
Congratulations to Spain, and to everyone who worked behind the scenes to bring the world together safely.
Over the Fourth of July weekend, members of Fortem's Professional Services team were proud to support activities surrounding our nation's 250th anniversary celebration in Washington, D.C.
Deployed in support of the event, Fortem's TrueView® R40 Radar and DroneHunter® showcased advanced airspace awareness and autonomous CUAS capabilities designed to help secure complex environments against evolving aerial threats.
Through long hours and sweltering temperatures along the National Mall, our team demonstrated exceptional professionalism, resilience, and dedication throughout the holiday. We're proud of the role our team and technology play in helping protect the people, places, and events that matter most.
In 1776, a new nation declared its right to “provide new Guards" for its future security. 250 years on, the threats have changed — and so have the Guards.
This Fourth of July, Fortem Technologies is proud to be among them, standing watch so the next 250 years are just as free.
We remain committed to supporting those who safeguard our communities, critical infrastructure, and national security.
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🚨BREAKING🚨Vladimir Putin launched drones from his fleet of sanctioned oil tankers to spy on nuclear weapons in Britain, intelligence experts have claimed.
The drones “exploited numerous gaps” in Nato air defences during a “sustained” 15-month campaign by the Kremlin, according to a report published by the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS).
Among them was RAF Lakenheath, a US base in Suffolk that is preparing to host nuclear bombs. In November 2024, drones breached its airspace, along with three other US sites in England. A sanctioned Russian tanker docked in Hull at the time has since been blamed for launching the drones.
Bases across Europe were also spied on. A secret submarine base at Île Longue in Brittany, northern France, which houses the bulk of the country’s nuclear missiles, was targeted as well as air bases containing nuclear bombs in Belgium and the Netherlands.
Analysts pinpointed the dates and times of drone sightings at military bases, airports and critical civilian infrastructure in 13 European countries between August 2024 and February 2026. On each occasion, one or more Russian shadow fleet tankers happened to be nearby.
During one incident, drones were seen deploying from a Russian spy ship before flying towards a French aircraft carrier, according to the report.
The IISS suggests this paints a picture of a widespread “coordinated” operation over Europe’s skies, making it “likely” that the Kremlin was using its sanctioned ships to deploy drones and spy on Nato’s most sensitive military locations.
“The pattern of sightings across 15 months and 13 countries cannot be explained by misidentification or opportunism alone,” said Charlie Edwards, IISS’s senior fellow for strategy and national security and a co-author of the report.
“Russia has demonstrated, repeatedly and in public, that it can penetrate the airspace of Nato member states – including over nuclear sites – without triggering a collective allied response. That gap between capability and political will is now a strategic vulnerability.”
It comes as The Telegraph can reveal another sanctioned ship, the crude oil tanker the Nyxora, which was sanctioned by the UK in July last year for aiding Russia in its war with Ukraine, is today sailing through the Channel.
The vessel entered the shipping lane near Dover shortly before 8am having left the Russian port of Ust-luga near the Estonian border on June 26 on its way to Singapore.
In March Sir Keir Starmer, the Prime Minister, gave the military the approval to board and seize the shadow fleet tankers in UK waters. It followed similar actions undertaken on the shadow fleet in the Mediterranean and Atlantic by French and American forces.
Royal Marines last month boarded their vessel, the Smyrtos, following a six-hour operation.
But Putin has continued to defy the Prime Minister, sailing more of the ships through the Channel, often guarded by Russian warships.
Full story: telegraph.co.uk/gift/5fd16d3…
Europe's drone wall cannot come soon enough.
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America is waking up to the drone problem -- and the policy gap that accompanies it.
In just the last two weeks alone:
- A JetBlue flight reported colliding with a drone on approach to JFK, and a United flight reported a drone passing close beneath it on approach to Newark -- part of a cluster of four separate drone encounters at New York-area airports in four days
- Federal authorities said they'd seized roughly 500 unauthorized drones from restricted airspace across U.S. FIFA World Cup host cities since the tournament began
- @FBI and law enforcement disrupted an alleged plot involving explosive-laden drones targeting a high-profile event at the White House
- And @FBIDDRaia warned that it's "only a matter of time" before battlefield-style drone tactics reach U.S. soil.
It all points to the same reality: drones are now part of the security calculus facing airports, major events, critical infrastructure, and public spaces.
To guard against this rapidly evolving threat, security teams need layered defenses that can detect, track, identify and, when legally authorized, defeat unauthorized drones before they put lives or assets at risk.
And that's precisely where the United States still has work to do.
The SAFER Skies Act, enacted last year, was an important step forward. It created a pathway for properly trained and certified state, local, tribal, and territorial law-enforcement agencies to exercise counter-drone authorities under federal oversight.
That matters, but it didn't close the entire gap. Many critical-infrastructure operators still face a difficult reality: they may be responsible for protecting high-risk sites, but lack clear authority to stop a dangerous drone in real time.
That's why federal legislation recently introduced by @SenTomCotton in the Senate and @repvanepps in the House deserves serious attention. The legislation would authorize designated critical-infrastructure operators to detect, track, and neutralize unauthorized drones over protected sites. It would also establish a grant program to help operators purchase, install, and operate approved counter-drone technology.
Any expansion of authority must be carefully governed, federally coordinated, and tied to approved systems, trained operators, and clear rules of engagement. But the direction is right: as the drone threat evolves, the legal framework for defending against it must evolve as well.
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