Integer SitRep: Q1 2025

Welcome to the first edition of our Integer SitRep! As we charge into 2025, we’re celebrating the progress, partnerships, and people driving defense tech forward. Let’s dive in.

Unlocking Economic Potential

We published the results of our South Carolina Economic Impact Report, revealing a $63 million impact on the Palmetto State’s economy in 2024. That number is expected to grow to $112 million annually and $751 million cumulatively by 2030. These results are powerful, lending credence to the sizable impact that our programs have on our local communities. View full report.

Integer’s New Look

We announced our new website, as part of our brand refresh! This is an exciting new chapter that reflects our mission to innovate defense tech for our military and commercial customers, empowering them to make better decisions faster.

As we continue to grow, our software platform spans across several technical capabilities, which we’ve highlighted on our website — Unmanned Systems, Sensors and Perception, Power and Energy, Advanced Manufacturing, and Cyber-Physical Resilience. Check out the new look at www.integer-tech.com.

Fostering A Culture of Tech Innovation — Highlights of Our University Partnerships

University of South Carolina Molinaroli College of Engineering and Computing

We continue to collaborate with the University of South Carolina Molinaroli College of Engineering and Computing, our first and biggest university partner, in areas related to Power and Energy Systems, Autonomous Systems and Sensors for Unmanned Ships, and Advanced Manufacturing.

Our joint defense research at USC helped the Molinaroli College of Engineering and Computing attain excellent annual financial results for 2024 of $69.3 million in research expenditures, a 67 percent increase from the previous year. We’ve also been very fortunate to hire 20 USC graduates as incredible engineers, scientists, business leaders, apprentices, and interns to help us develop technology that will keep our country safe.

LSU

Integer and LSU are partnered on a cutting-edge initiative for the U.S. Navy to enhance the situational awareness and decision-making capabilities of ocean-going robotic ships. The project aims to help these autonomous systems become more aware of the world around them, monitor their own operational health, and make better decisions, faster. The Integer/LSU team has grown to 18 people: five full-time Integer engineers, four LSU faculty, three research associates, and six graduate students. Plus, two LSU seniors have accepted summer internships with us! Recently our team relocated to a larger office space on LSU’s campus in the Louisiana Emerging Technology Center Building. Come and see us on campus!

Computer Vision Engineer II Ryan Jeon, Ph.D., introduces students to the immersive world of virtual reality at STEM Saturday, an event aimed at sparking the curiosity of K-12 students and empowering the next generation of STEM leaders.

Benedict College

We’re partnered with Benedict College to develop defense tech and software for autonomous systems (drones in the air, land, and sea) to increase the cyber resilience of their industrial control systems, which is also relevant for our manufacturing customers. In addition, we’re collaborating to strengthen STEM curriculum and workforce development across South Carolina. The goal is to create strong pathways from education to careers in defense.

It’s been a busy start of the year attending development events together to champion the vital role STEM education plays in shaping the state’s future. A few highlights include STEM Day at the Capitol and STEM Saturday.

Roger F. Wicker Center for Ocean Enterprise

University of Southern Mississippi

We’re partnering with the University of Southern Mississippi (USM) to develop intelligent autonomous systems for seabed warfare missions. As part of the program, we’re establishing an office at USM’s Roger F. Wicker Center for Ocean Enterprise Facility in Gulfport, Miss., allowing for close collaboration between USM’s and Integer’s engineers and scientists. Chad Carpenter, Ph.D. joined our team as our Subsea Data Intelligence Engineering Manager in January and is our site lead for the new office.

Integer On the Road

Heard at Sea-Air-Space 25

(Left to right) Jacob Bal, Business Development Manager; Duke Hartman, P.E., CEO and Cofounder; Josh Knight, Ph.D., COO and Cofounder; and Aaron Wagner, Ph.D., CSO; attend Sea-Air-Space.

Our team attended Sea-Air-Space 2025 in National Harbor, MD earlier this month. A major talking point was the need to accelerate adoption of unmanned systems in the Navy.

While autonomy is playing a growing role in fleet readiness, today’s autonomous systems often fall short of human adaptability, particularly in predicting future outcomes. We’re helping to close that gap. Our defense tech and software engineering helps autonomous systems operate more effectively in highly contested, low-bandwidth communications environments. This, in turn, helps human operators and unmanned systems achieve better results and operational outcomes. Read more in our article.

Joshua Taylor, Software Engineer II, spends the day on the water at RoboBoat 2025.

On the Water: RoboBoat 2025

We had a blast at RoboNation’s RoboBoat competition in Florida, supporting the next generation of maritime engineers. Team members and students from Benedict College and LSU volunteered as judges and mentors. Learn more about our experience at the event here.

Awards and Recognition

On the heels of being named South Carolina’s Fastest Growing Company last fall, we’re delighted to have received a handful of recognition so far this year:

• We were ranked a Top 3 Workplace for Engineers in the Small Company Category by Engineering.com. Read our article to learn more.
• CEO and Cofounder Duke Hartman, P.E., was named one of Columbia Business Monthly’s 50 Most Influential People 2024. See the full list here.
• Chief Strategy Officer Aaron Wagner, Ph.D., is among the Top AI Execs to Watch in 2025. Read the Washington Exec article here.

Welcome Aboard!

Scott Thompson, Cyber-Physical Systems Engineering Manager, brings deep Navy cyber ops expertise. He’s leading our team working on our Cyber-Physical Resilience capability.

Scott is a retired US Navy Lieutenant Commander with 25 years of service in Navy Hull, Mechanical, and Electrical systems. Most recently, he was a Cybersecurity Manager at CACI, where he specialized in Industrial Control Systems (ICS), Operational Technology, and visualization using gaming engines like Unity. His team supported large-scale Navy programs, implementing NIST 800-53 and other cybersecurity standards. Among his key achievements at CACI is leading a team building a 3D software-based Information Warfare Integration Platform for the U.S. Air Force. Read more.

That’s a wrap for this quarter! A huge thank you to all our wonderful employees and partners who are key to our shared success. We’re energized by the progress we’ve made together and even more excited about what lies ahead. Thanks for following along. For the latest Integer news, be sure to follow us on LinkedIn.