For the second year in a row, Fuse has earned a prestigious VETS Indexes Employer Award, achieving a 4-Star Employer designation for 2025. Marking an improvement from last year’s 3-Star rating, this recognition highlights Fuse’s continued commitment to recruiting, hiring, retaining, developing, and supporting veterans and the military-connected community.

“As a veteran-owned business building products that enhance warfighter capabilities, Fuse is not just led by veterans, it’s built by and for our country’s service members,” said Sumner Lee, CEO of Fuse. “Veteran status is a cornerstone of our culture, and we are proud to provide a rewarding second career for those who have served.”

Fuse’s recruitment process prioritizes identifying military skill sets and operational specialties that align with job requirements, ensuring the best possible match. More than half of the company’s leadership team are veterans, and over 30% of its employees are veterans, transitioning service members, or military-affiliated personnel.

“Fuse has demonstrated exceptional support for veterans and the military-connected community, earning the organization one of the most prestigious awards possible in the VETS Indexes Employer Awards program,” said George Altman, president of VETS Indexes. “Even as more organizations are recognizing the uniquely valuable skills that veterans bring as employees, the efforts of Fuse to recruit, retain, develop, and support those who served, as well as their families, stand out from the pack. Fuse is among the very best veteran employers, and its program can serve as a model for others.”

This year, a record 349 organizations completed and submitted surveys for the VETS Indexes Employer Awards. Of those, 294 organizations received recognition across the following award levels: 5-Star Employer, 4-Star Employer, 3-Star Employer, and Recognized Employer. The participants included a diverse range of entities, from large and small companies to government agencies, nonprofit groups, and educational institutions.

View all 2025 awardees online.

About Fuse Integration

Fuse is a warfighter-focused engineering and design firm providing innovative communications, networking, and computing solutions for defense customers. The company’s virtualized network systems, tactical edge network and airborne networking gateway products improve the sharing of information, video, text, and voice among warfighters throughout airborne, maritime, and ground environments. Founded in 2010, Fuse is a service-disabled veteran-owned small business with headquarters in San Diego and a corporate office in Washington, D.C. www.fuseintegration.com

About VETS Indexes

VETS Indexes is a leading voice on veteran employment issues, overseeing the VETS Indexes Employer Awards, hosting the Employing U.S. Vets Conference, unearthing unique and unprecedented data on veteran employment through the Veteran Employment Benchmarking Service, and developing custom indexes, linked to financial products, that track the performance of the publicly traded companies that have established themselves as the best employers for veterans. Learn more at VETSIndexes.com.

Warfighter-focused defense tech company improves rank to 100

For the second consecutive year, Fuse has earned a spot on the esteemed Inc. Regionals: Pacific list, improving its rank to 100 among the fastest-growing companies in the region. The 2025 list highlights the most successful private businesses across California, Oregon, Washington, Hawaii, and Alaska.

“Over the past year, Fuse has expanded our impact, successfully transitioning more of our groundbreaking tactical edge networking technologies from development to deployment, reinforcing our role as a trusted partner in defense communications,” said Sumner Lee, CEO of Fuse. “Earning a spot on the Inc. Regionals list once again reflects our team’s exceptional ability to turn vision into reality, ensuring warfighters have the secure, reliable connectivity they need in the most demanding environments.”

Building on a record-breaking 2024, Fuse has continued key defense demonstration success and introduced cutting-edge artificial intelligence innovations, continuing the momentum that led to its improved ranking this year.

“The honorees on this year’s Inc. Regionals list are true trailblazers driving economic growth in their respective regions, industries, and beyond,” said Bonny Ghosh, editorial director at Inc. “This list celebrates their achievements and tells the stories of remarkable companies that are fueling growth and adding jobs in local economies throughout the country.”

About Fuse Integration

Fuse is a warfighter-focused engineering and design firm providing innovative communications, networking, and computing solutions for defense customers. The company’s virtualized network systems, tactical edge network and airborne networking gateway products improve the sharing of information, video, text, and voice among warfighters throughout airborne, maritime, and ground environments. Founded in 2010, Fuse is a service-disabled veteran-owned small business with headquarters in San Diego and a corporate office in Washington, D.C. www.fuseintegration.com 

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Interactive demonstrations showcase AI in action at the edge

WASHINGTON, Mar. 31, 2025 – Fuse Integration, a warfighter-focused engineering and design firm, today announced it will showcase its AIRE (AI Radio Environment) application interface capabilities at this year’s Sea-Air-Space 2025 event, April 7 and 8 in National Harbor, Maryland. Fuse will have interactive AI-powered product demonstrations at Booth #2926 as well as at the Deloitte booth, #1211. Additionally, the company will display models of the company’s CORE® virtualized network system and podded airborne networking gateway products.

“At Fuse, we understand the critical importance of reliable and cutting-edge technology for maritime warfighters. Our AI-driven solutions, such as the AIRE application interface, provide real-time insights and enhance communication at the tactical edge, where every second counts,” said Sumner Lee, CEO of Fuse. “We’re honored to be part of Sea-Air-Space 2025 again and look forward to demonstrating how our products are empowering the next generation of maritime operations.”

FUSE BOOTH | Interactive Demos and Resources

Booth: 2926, in the Maryland Room

Demonstrations
Interactive AI-powered “Network Help Desk” for warfighters

Models
CORE® multi-function network controller
Kraken-18 multiple-platform gateway pod

DELOITTE BOOTH | Interactive AI Demo

Booth: 1211, in Prince George’s Exhibit Hall A-E
Interactive AI demo, powered by Fuse AIRE

To schedule an interview with Lee at or before Sea-Air-Space 2025, contact Joyce Bosc at 301-717-9529 or jbosc@boscobel.com.

About Fuse Integration
Fuse is a warfighter-focused engineering and design firm providing innovative communications, networking and computing solutions for defense customers. The company’s virtualized network systems, tactical edge network and airborne networking gateway products improve the sharing of information, video, text and voice among warfighters throughout airborne, maritime and ground environments. Founded in 2010, Fuse is a service-disabled veteran-owned small business with headquarters in San Diego and a corporate office in Washington, D.C. www.fuseintegration.com

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Joyce Bosc
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301-717-9529

Fuse Integration announced that a recent demonstration of its Tactical Edge Network (TEN) successfully enabled cross-country connectivity across a distributed mobile network. Connected systems reached back through the Tactical Edge Network Targeting in a Contested Long-Range Environment (TENTaCLE) architecture with a forward-deployed ground station to enable tactical data link gateway between a forward-deployed battlespace node and command and control units distributed across the country. Working closely with the U.S. Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR), Fuse’s portable and secure network architecture, Kraken Expeditionary Gateway (KEG), extended the reach of the Atlantic Test Range from Patuxent River, Maryland out into the Pacific Ocean.

“Fuse has developed and tested tactical edge networks in multiple events over the past five years,” said Sumner Lee, CEO of Fuse. “This demonstration of our TEN architecture, interconnected with line-of-sight mesh networks and tactical data link gateway, shows that we are bringing essential CJADC2 capability to our warfighters at the edge.”

This most recent experiment showcased the flexible features of Fuse TENTaCLE, supporting connectivity aligned with the Department of Defense Combined Joint All-Domain Command and Control (CJADC2) effort. Layering a coalition network into the TENTaCLE architecture with live automated failover between aircraft and test nodes enabled the architecture to maintain connectivity—even when the greater SIPRNet went down during the demonstration.

As part of the demonstration, an experimental KRAKEN Robot was deployed with the expeditionary KEG kit and controlled by remote C2 users thousands of miles away. This secure coalition network successfully leveraged a global hybrid SATCOM link, in conjunction with secure data, to enable multiple users to access data at various security levels.

Fuse’s TENTaCLE architecture is a joint tactical edge networking capability that has been developed through Joint Capability Technology Demonstration and Office of the Secretary of Defense development efforts. The first platforms to deploy TENTaCLE were B-52s and F/A-18 Hornets. Through further development with NAVAIR and U.S. Air Force programs, Fuse has now extended TENTaCLE capabilities to reach out to other aircraft to support coalition users.

The fleet-wide fielding of the Fuse CORE® multi-function network controller on the E-2D Advanced Hawkeye platform will bring resilient networks with hybrid SATCOM linking it to the tactical edge.

About Fuse Integration

Fuse is a warfighter-focused engineering and design firm providing innovative communications, networking, and computing solutions for defense customers. The company’s virtualized network systems, tactical edge network and airborne networking gateway products improve the sharing of information, video, text, and voice among warfighters throughout airborne, maritime, and ground environments. Founded in 2010, Fuse is a service-disabled veteran-owned small business with headquarters in San Diego and a corporate office in Washington, D.C. www.FuseIntegration.com

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Educational session will outline how modern network technology can enhance SSW capability

Fuse today announced it will deliver an educational session, “STREAM: Software Technology for Route Engineering and Advanced Management,” at the NDIA 2025 Undersea Warfare Spring Conference. With a theme of “Enabling Joint and Combined Force ASW/MIW/SSW Operations in Contested Areas,” the conference will be held March 17 – 19 at the Admiral Kidd Conference Center in San Diego. Fuse’s Deputy Director of Engineering and Technology, Jason Wilden, will present the session, outlining challenges and developments in creating resilient all-domain connectivity.

“In the modern networked battlespace, there is a significant need to modernize the networks to crewed and uncrewed platforms associated with subsea and seabed warfare, or SSW,” said Sumner Lee, CEO of Fuse. “We value the opportunity for Jason to share his insights on this essential area for advancement at the Undersea Warfare Conference.”

TECHNICAL SESSION: STREAM: Software Technology for Route Engineering and Advanced Management

PRESENTER: Jason Wilden, Fuse Deputy Director of Engineering and Technology

WHEN: Wednesday, March 19 | 4:30 PM

ROOM: Admiral Kidd Skyline A

DESCRIPTION:

Resilient command, control, and communications (C3) is essential to deter and, if necessary, defeat adversaries. Undersea C3 is a challenge but particularly important to the effective use of undersea unmanned systems. In fact, it may be the decisive factor in the competition for Subsea and Seabed Warfare (SSW) and, with it, undersea dominance. This session outlines the need to modernize networks associated with SSW and explores developments to improve the resiliency and connectivity of undersea communication systems.

About Fuse Integration

Fuse is a warfighter-focused engineering and design firm providing innovative communications, networking and computing solutions for defense customers. The company’s virtualized network systems, tactical edge network and airborne networking gateway products improve the sharing of information, video, text and voice among warfighters throughout airborne, maritime and ground environments. Founded in 2010, Fuse is a service-disabled veteran-owned small business with headquarters in San Diego and a corporate office in Washington, D.C. www.fuseintegration.com

Retired colonel strengthens company’s Air Force expertise and strategic engagement

Fuse Integration today announced that it has hired retired U.S. Air Force colonel and defense technology leader, Jon D. Klaus, as director of business development. Klaus brings to the role a 30-year Air Force career, government diplomatic experience, and 10 years of success as a defense technology business development executive. He will oversee the strategic direction of the company’s Air Force program, developing, implementing, and driving successful execution and portfolio growth.

“Fuse is expanding the delivery of our advanced networking products and solutions to strengthen Air Force platforms and enhance our nation’s warfighter capabilities across joint and coalition teams,” said Sumner Lee, CEO of Fuse. “Jon brings an impressive blend of military leadership and defense industry expertise to our team. His strategic vision will be instrumental in driving our USAF mission forward and delivering meaningful capabilities for the warfighter.”

Prior to Fuse, Klaus was the vice president/senior director for business development at Saab Inc., where he developed, marketed, and sold the company’s air-related product portfolio across the U.S. defense services. Previously, he served as the United States senior defense official and defense attaché to Sweden, combining diplomatic acumen, strategic leadership, and military expertise to strengthen U.S.-Sweden defense cooperation and shared security objectives. In the Air Force, Klaus served in a variety of aviation assignments, from instructor pilot and flight commander in the KC-135Q and an evaluator pilot in the C-141 to operations officer for C-21s and commander of a KC-135R squadron. Additionally, he was assigned as a National Defense Fellow for the Congressional Research Service in the Library of Congress, and as an executive officer to the Chief Information Officer of the Air Force.

Klaus has a master’s degree in aeronautical science from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University and a bachelor’s in electrical engineering from the University of Iowa.

About Fuse Integration

Fuse is a warfighter-focused engineering and design firm providing innovative communications, networking, and computing solutions for defense customers. The company’s virtualized network systems, tactical edge network and airborne networking gateway products improve the sharing of information, video, text, and voice among warfighters throughout airborne, maritime, and ground environments. Founded in 2010, Fuse is a service-disabled veteran-owned small business with headquarters in San Diego and a corporate office in Washington, D.C. www.fuseintegration.com