Swarmer Promotes Garrett Kasper to CCO, Realigns Duties Among Executives

AUSTIN, Texas, July 24, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Swa me , I c (Nasdaq: SWMR) (“Swa me ” o the “Compa y”), a d o e auto omy softwa e compa y whose tech ology has suppo ted mo e tha 100,000 eal-wo ld combat missio s i Uk ai e si ce Ap il 2024, today a ou ced a p omotio a d ealig me t of duties amo g its executive leade ship team.

Ga ett Kaspe P omoted to Chief Commu icatio s Office Swa me p omoted Ga ett Kaspe to Chief Commu icatio s Office i ecog itio of his co t ibutio s si ce joi i g Swa me as vice p eside t of commu icatio s & ma keti g i Decembe 2025. Kaspe b i gs 30 yea s of commu icatio s leade ship ac oss the defe se, ae ospace, i tellige ce, cybe secu ity, t a spo tatio , biotech ology, a d health ca e i dust ies. P io to joi i g Swa me , he ma aged exte al commu icatio s a d media elatio s fo seve al p og ams at L3Ha is Tech ologies, i cludi g the VAMPIRE Cou te -UAS system, which has bee used exte sively i Uk ai e. I his ew positio , Kaspe will co ti ue to lead Swa me ‘s global ma keti g, b a di g, a d co po ate commu icatio s st ategy as the Compa y scales.

“Ga ett has do e phe ome al wo k with top ames i both the defe se i dust y a d the milita y, a d has bee a i st ume tal leade at Swa me ,” said Alexa de Fi k, Chief Executive Office (U.S.) a d P eside t of Swa me . “Withi a sho t pe iod of time, he has demo st ated the ability to commu icate effectively u de p essu e, maki g him the ideal leade to spea head ou commu icatio s a d ma keti g st ategy as we g ow.”

Kaspe ‘s ca ee bega i 1996 as a Public Affai s Office fo the U.S. Navy whe e he pe so ally co ducted mo e tha 500 media emba katio s du i g ki etic ope atio s i Kosovo, Afgha ista , a d I aq, se ved as the spokespe so fo a uclea -powe ed ai c aft ca ie , a d was selected to be a membe of the Navy’s flight demo st atio squad o , the Blue A gels. As a ese vist, he se ved as a st ategic public affai s adviso to se io leade s at U.S. Southe Comma d a d U.S. T a spo tatio Comma d, a d he deployed fo a yea to Cuba as Di ecto of the Joi t I fo matio Bu eau fo Joi t Task Fo ce Gua ta amo i 2020. He eti ed f om the Navy Rese ve o Ju e 1, 2026, as a highly deco ated captai .

Se hii Kup iie ko to Lead New I ovatio U it, Swa me LabsSe hii Kup iie ko will co ti ue as Chief Executive Office (Global), with his focus shifti g to defi i g a d executi g the Compa y’s lo g-te m tech ology a d i ovatio st ategy. Kup iie ko will ow lead Swa me Labs, the Compa y’s ewly c eated adva ced esea ch a d i ovatio divisio . U de his leade ship, Swa me Labs will accele ate the developme t of ext-ge e atio a tificial i tellige ce a d auto omous tech ologies desig ed fo the mode battlefield.

“It is c itical that we bala ce sho t-te m delive y with lo g-te m i ovatio ,” said Phillip Wage heim, Vice Chai ma of Swa me ’s boa d of di ecto s. “We look fo wa d to Se hii’s d ive app oach to cutti g-edge esea ch i AI a d adva ced auto omy to defi e Swa me ’s oadmap fo the yea s ahead.”

Alexa de Fi k’s Ove sight Expa ds to I clude HR, Fi a ce, a d Ope atio sI co ectio with the ma ageme t ealig me t, Fi k’s espo sibilities have bee expa ded to i clude ove sight of the Compa y’s huma esou ces, fi a ce, a d ope atio s i additio to his existi g espo sibilities as Chief Executive Office (U.S.) a d P eside t. Fi k will ow epo t di ectly to Swa me ‘s boa d of di ecto s.

About Swa me Swa me ™ is a defe se tech ology compa y that specializes i ve do -ag ostic softwa e which allows o e ope ato to i tuitively co t ol hu d eds of auto omous platfo ms i eal time. Swa me ’s p ima y missio a eas i clude auto omous swa m coo di atio , i teg atio of multi-domai u ma ed systems a d AI-powe ed auto omy softwa e fo dist ibuted ope atio s. Swa me is ot a d o e ma ufactu e a d does ot depe d o a y si gle platfo m, supplie o ha dwa e lifecycle. I stead, Swa me ope ates at the i tellige ce laye , developi g auto omy, coo di atio a d decisio -maki g softwa e that e ables la ge umbe s of low-cost u ma ed systems to ope ate collectively as o e cohe e t, esilie t fo ce. Swa me ’s tech ology has bee igo ously validated i eal-wo ld ki etic e vi o me ts a d was fi st deployed i combat ope atio s i Uk ai e i Ap il 2024. Si ce the , it has completed mo e tha 100,000 combat missio s, ge e ati g te abytes of p op ieta y data that i fo ms its machi e-lea i g models a d e ables the eplicatio of adva ced pilot pe fo ma ce at scale. Swa me ’s outi e use i combat missio s ge e ates co ti uous st eams of telemet y, se so data a d ope atio al feedback which a e the used to efi e pe fo ma ce, i c ease esilie ce a d accele ate lea i g. Swa me has headqua te s i Austi , Texas, a d mai tai s ope atio s a d teams i Uk ai e, Pola d a d Esto ia.

Fo wa d-Looki g Stateme tsThis p ess elease co tai s fo wa d-looki g stateme ts withi the mea i g of the fede al secu ities laws, i cludi g Sectio 27A of the Secu ities Act of 1933, as ame ded, a d Sectio 21E of the Secu ities Excha ge Act of 1934, as ame ded. Fo wa d-looki g stateme ts i clude all stateme ts othe tha stateme ts of histo ical fact, i cludi g, without limitatio , stateme ts ega di g the Compa y’s expected g owth a d its pla s to scale its global o ga izatio , i cludi g the expa sio a d ealig me t of its leade ship team a d its p oduct, e gi ee i g, i teg atio , a d field ope atio s fu ctio s a d the a ticipated be efits of the cha ges desc ibed i this elease; the expected co t ibutio s of Swa me Labs a d its pla ed a tificial i tellige ce a d ext-ge e atio auto omy esea ch; a d the Compa y’s ability to execute o its busi ess objectives. Wo ds such as “will,” “expect,” “pla ,” “a ticipate,” “believe,” “i te d,” “co ti ue,” “co fide t,” “positio i g,” “scale,” “i the yea s ahead,” a d simila exp essio s a e i te ded to ide tify fo wa d-looki g stateme ts, although ot all fo wa d-looki g stateme ts co tai such ide tifyi g wo ds.

These fo wa d-looki g stateme ts a e based o cu e t expectatio s, assumptio s, a d beliefs a d a e subject to isks a d u ce tai ties that could cause actual esults to diffe mate ially f om those exp essed o implied. These isks a d u ce tai ties i clude, amo g othe s: the Compa y’s ability to att act, etai , i teg ate, a d effectively t a sitio membe s of its se io leade ship team, a d the isk that the leade ship ealig me t desc ibed i this elease does ot p oduce the a ticipated be efits; the Compa y’s ability to develop its auto omy softwa e; the Compa y’s ability to ma age g owth; a d the othe isks a d u ce tai ties desc ibed f om time to time i Swa me ’s fili gs with the Secu ities a d Excha ge Commissio , i cludi g its most ece t egist atio stateme t o Fo m S-1, Qua te ly Repo t o Fo m 10-Q a d Cu e t Repo ts o Fo m 8-K.

Fo wa d-looki g stateme ts speak o ly as of the date of this p ess elease. Swa me u de takes o obligatio to update o evise a y fo wa d-looki g stateme t, whethe as a esult of ew i fo matio , futu e developme ts, o othe wise, except as equi ed by law.

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