# FTI Defense

> FTI Defense, legally Frontier Technology Inc., supplies mission analytics, modeling and simulation, defensive cyber software and technical services to U.S. military, intelligence and federal customers. Its portfolio connects existing data and systems to support readiness, planning and operational decisions.

- **Founded:** 1985
- **Headquarters:** Beavercreek, United States
- **Founders:** Lavon F. Jordan (Co-founder), Joseph S. Hashem (Co-founder)
- **Products:** Mission Data Platform, Cortex & Nevi, MERM, WOPR, AI Sidekick
- **Notable:** 2015 SBIR Tibbetts Award recipient., Company reports supporting more than 70 wargames since 2016., Announced CMMC Level 2 certification on August 31, 2026.

## Products & services

- **Mission Data Platform** — Connects existing tools and workflows across analytics, simulation and decision support.
- **Cortex & Nevi** — Data processing, AI-assisted analysis, orchestration and native visualization with extensible architectures.
- **MERM** — Mission Effectiveness Readiness Management supports Navy equipment health, predictive faults, maintenance and supply decisions; SaaS and licensing announced in 2024.
- **WOPR** — War. Operation. Plan. Response. Modeling and simulation for collaborative, cross-domain wargaming.
- **AI Sidekick** — Generative AI support for operational tasks in classified, degraded or disconnected environments.
- **Avya** — Mission-specific software testing, automation, synthetic data and performance validation.
- **Defensive cyber services** — Threat assessments, penetration testing, supply-chain risk analysis, operational evaluation and remediation.
- **Systems and digital engineering** — Model-based systems engineering, sensor modeling, space-domain awareness, logistics and life-cycle analysis.

## Achievements

- 2015 SBIR Tibbetts Award recipient.
- Company reports supporting more than 70 wargames since 2016.
- Announced CMMC Level 2 certification on August 31, 2026.
- Awarded a position on the Missile Defense Agency SHIELD IDIQ vehicle, announced January 2026.

## Latest updates

- **2026-08** — Announced CMMC Level 2 certification.
- **2026-03** — Featured SIGNAL coverage of AI Sidekick for Navy radar maintenance.
- **2026-01** — Announced SHIELD IDIQ award; $151 billion is the vehicle ceiling, not FTI revenue.
- **2025-09** — Sold commercial IT subsidiary FTI Services to subsidiary executives.
- **2025-02** — Jose Hidalgo became CEO; Ron Shroder remained chairman.

## Links

- Website: https://www.ftidefense.com/
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/fti-defense
- Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/frontiertechnol
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCThSFsUmipgv321OjWrdcKg
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/frontiertechnol/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FrontierTechnologyInc

---

Profile page: https://yespress.io/fti-defense
Published by YesPress — https://yespress.io
Last updated: 2026-10-01