Fortem Technologies, Inc. completes extra $5.5M Funding Steered by Signia Venture Partners and Data Collective: Fortem is Commencing Globe's Foremost Airborne Autonomous Counter-Drone System

PROVO, Utah, May 6: Fortem Technologies, Inc. revealed the completion of an extra $5.5M round guided by Signia Venture Partners and Data Collective (DCVC).  Fortem Technologies, Inc. delivers sophisticated radar systems and connected software systems for manned and unmanned aircraft along with its own up-to-date air security network acknowledged as the Fortem DroneHunterTM.

The Fortem TrueView Radar model DAA-R20 allows enterprises to utilize drones to give reliable and gainful package distribution facilities, big infrastructure reviews, border patrols, etc. Also human pilots of common aviation aircraft and helicopters can fly securely in a more packed airspace with TrueView Radar.

"Last year, Fortem successfully adapted a radar technology used in the US Department of Defense drone program over the last 6 years," revealed Timothy Bean, CEO of Fortem, adding, "The result is TrueView Radar for use in the commercial drone market; it's a proven, complete and safe technology. The performance, size, cost, and power consumption of the TrueView Radar is unmatched in the industry."

 "Fortem's innovative design – and the battle tested trade secrets created in the crucible of real world deployments -- is here today to support a wide range of new commercial drone applications," stated Ed Cluss, Partner at Signia Venture Partners and Fortem board member, furthermore stating, "I've worked with Tim in the past and am very optimistic what he and the Fortem team will continue to accomplish under his leadership."

The Fortem DroneHunterTM is an unmanned aircraft that utilizes the TrueView Radar, device knowledge, expert guidance methods, and an open comprehensive data & control system -- all created by Fortem -- to freely glide toward undesirable drones in the sky -- devoid of a human pilot on the ground – and perceive, trail, grade, check through video stream, review, and securely apprehend the trespasser drone at a secure gap from the secure zone. Fortem's DroneHunterTM is the globe's foremost counter-drone system that functions beyond line of sight (BLOS) utilizing radar to safeguard a perimeter day and night from undesirable air dangers. Fortem DroneHunterTM is obtainable nowadays for assessment.

"Fortem is delivering proven capabilities to US civilian security professionals and military leaders that were the stuff of science fiction just ten years ago", revealed Matt Ocko, DCVC's Managing Partner and Fortem board member, adding, "What attracted us was Fortem's use of AI and novel signal processing algorithms to deliver similar capability to building-sized radars  – and the beyond-line-of-sight coordination of entire fleets of drones – in the size of a couple of hard-back books, all consuming less power than a light bulb."

Timothy Bean, Fortem's CEO, has a 20-year profession guiding effective expertise startups. His emphasis has been on cyber-safe and extremely big scale utilizations of duty essential infrastructure uses for governments and worldwide discrete businesses. His groups have gained distinct prizes of $50M along with accounted for above $500M in yearly product profits.

Co-founder and CTO Adam Robertson has been at the vanguard of drone and radar expertise for over two decades. Most newly, he was the VP of Engineering at IMSAR, where he administered their radar expansion ventures for the US Department of Defense equaling above $100M of radar deliverables.

"I'm very excited to be working with Adam to bring to market a proven technology and augmenting it with machine learning, secure data collection and services, and an open command & control platform for our customers," stated Bean, adding, "We are grateful to our investors, who share our vision, and to our customers who are collaborating with us on their very demanding military and commercial use cases."

Cluss enquires, "How does one live in a drone world, and feel safe? With a modern air safety and security company. That's how we see Fortem."

Fortem Technologies will be displaying the advanced Fortem TrueView Radar and the novel Fortem DroneHunterTM product throughout AUVSI XPONENTIAL 2017 in Dallas on May 8 through May 11. One can go to Fortem Technologies, Inc. at Booth 2857.