Fortastra Timeline

Events

• 2026-10-08 - Funding - Fortastra closes $30 million Series A for autonomous orbital spacecraft - Capital will expand spacecraft development and testing and advance autonomous rendezvous and proximity operations. The financing follows the Watchdog V0 launch and a manufacturing memorandum with Hadrian for national-security spacecraft. - source: prnewswire.com
• 2026-08-13 - Executive Hire - Fortastra appoints Scott Klempner to lead national-security product strategy - The retired colonel was Deputy Program Executive Officer for Space Combat Power at Space Systems Command, guiding more than 30 programmes. His earlier roles included Deputy Director of the NRO's Survivability Assurance Office and satellite, payload and ISR… - source: prnewswire.com
• 2026-04-02 - Executive Hire - Fortastra appoints engineering, product and people leaders - Jetter previously led avionics engineering and manufacturing at Relativity Space and engineering at Impossible Aerospace. Desai brings programme leadership from Hermeus and Divergent; Nowinski led Astrion's Space Launch and Sciences business and a team of… - source: prnewswire.com
• 2025-12-11 - Funding - Fortastra discloses over $8M seed financing at public launch - Generational Partners, Wave Function Ventures, Bloomberg Beta and Forward Deployed VC participated in the seed financing. Proceeds support spacecraft development, engineering recruitment and testing and analysis capabilities in Southern California. - source: fortastra.com