Frontier Technology Inc. (FTI) is a Dayton, Ohio-based defense technology company founded in 1985 by Lavon F. Jordan, a former missile and space intelligence professional at Robbins Air Force Base. Headquartered in Ohio with facilities across the United States, FTI is employee-owned and led by CEO Jose Hidalgo. The company serves the Department of Defense and the Intelligence Community as a trusted technology partner across sea, space, cyber, air, land, and intelligence domains.
FTI's core work centers on transforming complex data into actionable insights for national-security missions. Its technical capabilities span AI-powered analytics, modeling and simulation, defensive cyber software, and a mission data platform that anchors an integrated digital ecosystem. These capabilities are designed to work across existing systems without creating vendor lock-in, with a stated emphasis on interoperability and seamless integration.
The technical stack is built around decision-support for high-stakes operational environments. FTI's modeling and simulation tools support mission scenario analysis, its defensive cyber software focuses on protection rather than offense, and its analytics layer applies artificial intelligence to help military and intelligence personnel act on complex data at speed. The integrated digital ecosystem ties these capabilities together across operational domains.
FTI describes its organizational culture through what it calls the 4Cs - Core Values, Commitment, Compassion, and Charity - principles attributed to the company's founding ethos. As an employee-owned firm with nearly four decades of operation in the defense sector, it positions itself as a mission-driven organization oriented around supporting warfighters and the broader national-security community.
