Fortem Technologies opens advanced manufacturing headquarters

As drone warfare reshapes global conflicts and autonomous aerial threats grow more sophisticated, Fortem Technologies today officially opened a new state-of-the-art headquarters and manufacturing facility designed to meet surging demand for its counter-drone systems. The new 51,000-square-foot building in Lindon more than doubles Fortem’s previous capacity and marks a major milestone in the company’s mission to secure airspace around the world.

From its expanded base in Utah, Fortem will produce its flagship DroneHunter and DroneKiller interceptors and TrueView radar systems, battle-tested technologies deployed today by military and homeland security customers in Ukraine, the Middle East, and at critical infrastructure sites globally. The new facility enables Fortem to bring previously outsourced manufacturing in-house, cut production lead times, and scale up output dramatically in response to growing customer demand.

“Drones have upended the economics of air warfare. For a few thousand dollars, our adversaries can now threaten assets worth billions,” said Jon Gruen, CEO of Fortem Technologies. “This new facility is a direct response to that reality. It gives us the scale, speed, and integration needed to build the counter-drone systems America and its allies require, not in five years, but right now.”

Fortem’s previous headquarters were located on the sixth floor of an office building in Pleasant Grove, with limited manufacturing space and no on-site flight testing capability. The new facility, just a five-minute walk from the old one, features over 10,000 square feet of dedicated manufacturing space and on-site flight testing areas, allowing production teams to assemble, test, and rework systems without leaving the premises. The building also supports future expansion with pre-permitted plans for an additional 15,000 square feet of manufacturing space.