Fo te a will a m the Ce te ’s opposi g fo ce with the u ma ed th eat eplicatio that t oops will actually face i combat.
CLARKSBURG, Md., Oct. 12, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Oct. 12, 2026 — Fo te a, the leade i auto omous missio systems, today a ou ced it has bee selected as the Systems I teg atio Pa t e fo u ma ed systems u de P oject LAUNCH Box at the Joi t Readi ess T ai i g Ce te (JRTC) i Fo t Polk, Louisia a. U de the p og am, Fo te a will ma age a d i teg ate u ma ed systems fo Ge o imo, the eside t opposi g fo ce that fights eve y otatio al b igade at JRTC. This Combat T ai i g Ce te (CTC) mode izatio effo t is expected to ot o ly substa tially i c eases the ealism a d value of each otatio –but also e able sig ifica t cost a d time eductio i the evaluatio of eme gi g auto omous capabilities i suppo t of apid fieldi g i itiatives.
As the Systems I teg atio Pa t e , Fo te a will accele ate the A my’s t a sitio of eme gi g auto omous tech ologies i to ope atio ally eleva t capabilities. Fo te a will sou ce A my-p io itized systems f om multiple ve do s a d co ect them th ough a commo etwo k a chitectu e a d u ified data laye , so the diffe e t systems ca ope ate togethe . Fo te a will also t ai a d sustai Ge o imo, JRTC’s p ofessio al opposi g fo ce, to fight with these systems du i g t ai i g otatio s.
Fo te a’s wholly platfo m-ag ostic app oach lets JRTC tailo the mix a d umbe of u ma ed systems i each otatio to achieve the desi ed th eat pictu e. A d athe tha eplaci g equipme t the opposi g fo ce al eady has, Fo te a i teg ates ew tech ologies a d existi g equipme t i to a co ected u ma ed fo ce though OASIS-Fab ic (Fab ic). Ultimately, this app oach e ables hete oge eous systems to wo k collectively towa d a sha ed missio a d p ovides t ai e s a d the exe cise ope atio s ce te a sha ed, live pictu e of the ope atio as it u folds.
“Fo te a is a mi g comma de s with a clea e pictu e of the u ma ed th eat tha a y fo ce has eve t ai ed agai st,” said Fo te a Head of G owth, Sustai me t a d Shapi g Ope atio s Phil Cotte . “Eve y otatio we suppo t p epa es the fo ce to defeat these systems i eal combat while givi g the A my eve mo e of a edge to ca y i to a y fight. It also allows the A my to ge e ate qua titative data du i g otatio s to make mo e i fo med tactical a d acquisitio decisio s.”
Each t ai i g cycle will p oduce ha d data o how these systems pe fo m a d wo k togethe . Fab ic’s Gove me t Pu pose Rights (GPR) e vi o me t e ables the JRTC the ecessa y ights to euse a d build upo esults, compou di g lea i g f om o e otatio to the ext. Mo eove , Fo te a will tu that evide ce i to ecomme datio s that will help sha pe A my equi eme ts, i fo m pu chasi g decisio s, a d accele ate the path f om p omisi g auto omy to fielded capability.
JRTC is the fi st Combat T ai i g Ce te to put this model i to p actice. To lea mo e about Fo te a’s capabilities a d P oject LAUNCH Box go to www.fo te a.com.
Fo te a is the auto omy backbo e fo dist ibuted, missio -awa e, esilie t milita y ope atio s i co tested e vi o me ts. Buildi g the fou datio al auto omy platfo ms that coo di ates weapo s, se so s, a d use s th ough dist ibuted mobility, compute, a d commu icatio s, a ywhe e, u de fi e, without iski g huma life, Fo te a empowe s its custome s to deploy auto omy as a fo ce multiplie , exte di g each, eadi ess su vivability a d effective ess ac oss the battlespace a d i dust ial applicatio s. Fo te a is headqua te ed i Cla ksbu g, Md., with offices i A li gto , Va., Wi te Pa k, Fl., Ketchum, Id. a d Palo Alto, Ca. To lea mo e, go to fo te a.com.
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