Fortem Technologies
US counter-drone technology company providing detect-track-identify capabilities; received strategic investment from Lockheed Martin's $1 billion venture fund.
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Can Lockheed's SANC ecosystem displace Anduril's Lattice as the enterprise counter-drone integrator of choice?
Timeline for Fortem Technologies
Named as Golden Dome SBI partner gaining prime-adjacent positioning
Drones: Industry & Defence: Anduril names Sandia on Golden Dome teamReceived strategic investment from Lockheed Martin to build SANC counter-UAS ecosystem
Drones: Industry & Defence: Lockheed launches SANC counter-UAS product line- What is Fortem Technologies and what do they make?
- Fortem Technologies is a US counter-drone company that makes the TrueView radar system and the DroneHunter, an autonomous interceptor that captures drones with a net. Lockheed Martin made a strategic investment in Fortem in April 2026, branding the combined system as SANC.Source: Motley Fool
- Why did Lockheed Martin invest in Fortem Technologies?
- Lockheed Martin invested in Fortem through its $1 billion venture fund to build its first integrated commercial Counter-UAS product line, branded SANC. The investment is a direct response to Anduril's $20 billion Lattice enterprise contract and the growing C-UAS market.Source: Motley Fool
- What airports or events has Fortem's DroneHunter been used at?
- Fortem's DroneHunter net-capture interceptor has been deployed for airport protection and major event security under US Army and Department of Homeland Security contracts. Its non-explosive net capture makes it suitable for populated areas where fragmentation would create secondary hazards.Source: Fortem Technologies
Background
Fortem Technologies is a US Counter-UAS company headquartered in Pleasant Grove, Utah, founded in 2016. It produces the TrueView radar system for drone detection and the DroneHunter autonomous drone interceptor, which uses a net to physically capture intruding UAVs without explosive fragmentation, making it suitable for use over populated areas and at airports. Fortem's technology addresses the detect-to-intercept chain in a single integrated stack. On 23 April 2026 Lockheed Martin disclosed on its Q1 2026 earnings call a strategic investment in Fortem through its $1 billion venture fund, branding the combined capability as the SANC counter-UAS ecosystem.
Fortem previously held US Army and Department of Homeland Security contracts for airport and critical infrastructure protection, including deployments at international airports and major events. Its customer base spans both government and commercial markets. The DroneHunter system has been demonstrated against multiple drone classes and positions Fortem in the enterprise C-UAS market that Anduril's $20 billion Lattice Counter-UAS contract had begun to consolidate. The Lockheed investment signals that heritage primes are acquiring or investing in commercial C-UAS capability rather than developing it organically.
The SANC branding positions Lockheed Martin's first integrated commercial Counter-UAS product line directly against the enterprise integrator role Anduril's Lattice platform holds. Fortem provides the sensor-to-effector layer while Lockheed provides programme management, integration with existing platforms, and access to its international customer base. The partnership represents one of the first moves by a traditional prime to re-enter the commercial C-UAS market through a specialist acquisition rather than an internal programme.