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Fortem Technologies

Fortem Technologies is a privately held American counter-drone company founded in 2016 in Lindon, Utah, whose DroneHunter interceptor captures hostile drones with nets and whose SkyDome system is deployed in Ukraine and at the US border.

Fortepian Szopena

"Fortepian Szopena" ("Chopin's Piano") is a lyric poem by the Polish Romantic poet Cyprian Kamil Norwid, published in 1865 and inspired by Russian soldiers' destruction of Chopin's piano during the January Uprising.

Fortepiano

The fortepiano, or hammer piano, is an early piano, invented by Bartolomeo Cristofori in Florence around 1700 and used by Mozart, Haydn, and the young Beethoven.

Fortescue Metals Group

Fortescue Metals Group is an Australian iron ore mining company and the world's fourth-largest iron ore exporter, operating three mining hubs in the Pilbara region of Western Australia.

Forth (programming language)

Forth is a stack-based, extensible programming language created by Charles H. Moore around 1969 at the National Radio Astronomy Observatory, used widely in embedded systems and spacecraft.

Forth and Clyde Canal

The Forth and Clyde Canal is a 35-mile ship canal in Scotland linking Grangemouth to Bowling, opened in 1790 and recognized as the world's first sea-to-sea ship canal.

Forth Road Bridge

The Forth Road Bridge is a suspension bridge crossing the Firth of Forth between South Queensferry, near Edinburgh, and North Queensferry in Fife, opened in 1964.

FortiAnalyzer

FortiAnalyzer is a network security logging, analysis, and reporting product sold by Fortinet that aggregates log data from FortiGate firewalls and other Fortinet and third-party devices.

Forties oil field

Forties is a giant oil field in the UK North Sea, about 180 km east of Aberdeen, discovered by BP in 1970 and the largest oilfield on the UK Continental Shelf.

Forties Oil Pipeline System

The Forties Oil Pipeline System (FPS) is a North Sea oil and gas pipeline network in the UK, operating since 1975 and owned by INEOS.

Fortification

Fortification, also called defensive works, is the military art of strengthening a position against attack, evolving from earth banks and stone walls to star forts and trenches.

Fortifications of Vauban

Fortifications of Vauban (Fortifications de Vauban), a French serial UNESCO World Heritage site inscribed in 2008: 12 groups of fortifications by Louis XIV's engineer Sébastien Le Prestre de Vauban along France's borders.

Fortifications on the Caribbean Side of Panama: Portobelo-San Lorenzo

Fortifications on the Caribbean Side of Panama: Portobelo-San Lorenzo, a serial UNESCO World Heritage Site (1980, in danger since 2012) of Spanish colonial forts around Portobelo Bay and San Lorenzo Castle on the Chagres River, Colón Province, Panama.

Fortified wine

Fortified wine: wine with added grape spirit (brandy), including Port, Sherry, Madeira, Marsala, and vermouth; timing of fortification sets sweetness, alcohol 15–22%, EU-defined category.

FortiManager

FortiManager is a centralized network security management platform from Fortinet, sold as hardware, virtual machines, and cloud, that manages up to 100,000 FortiGate firewalls and other devices from one console.

Fortin de Piedra Oil and Gas Field

Fortín de Piedra is a shale gas field in the Vaca Muerta formation in Neuquén Province, Argentina, operated by Tecpetrol since intensive development began in 2017.

Fortinet

Fortinet is an American cybersecurity company headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, founded in 2000 by brothers Ken Xie and Michael Xie, best known for its FortiGate next-generation firewalls.

Fortingall Yew

Fortingall Yew: ancient common yew (Taxus baccata) in Fortingall churchyard, Perthshire, Scotland; often called Britain's or Europe's oldest tree, estimated 2,000-3,000 years old, girth 52 ft in 1769, now fragmented, reported changing sex in 2015.

FortiOS

FortiOS is the operating system of Fortinet's FortiGate next-generation firewalls, running on physical, virtual, and cloud appliances with firewalling, SD-WAN, VPN, and zero trust in one code base.

Fortis Healthcare

Fortis Healthcare Limited, an IHH Healthcare Berhad company, is a leading Indian integrated hospital and diagnostics provider: 36 facilities across 12 states, 6,150+ beds, Agilus Diagnostics, FY26 hospital revenue ₹7,773 crore.

Fortis Inc.

Fortis Inc. is a St. John's, Newfoundland-based holding company for regulated electric and gas utilities serving 3.5 million customers in Canada, the United States, and the Caribbean.

FortisAlberta

FortisAlberta is a regulated electricity distribution utility in Alberta, Canada, that owns the power lines serving more than 600,000 customers. It has been a subsidiary of Fortis Inc. since 2004.

FortisBC

FortisBC is the brand under which two regulated utilities deliver electricity and natural gas in British Columbia, serving more than 1.3 million customers as a subsidiary of Fortis Inc.

FortisBC Energy

FortisBC Energy is the natural gas distribution utility of British Columbia, Canada, serving most of the province, operating LNG facilities, and owned by the utility holding company Fortis Inc.

FortiSIEM

FortiSIEM is a security information and event management (SIEM) product from Fortinet, created from its 2016 acquisition of AccelOps, that combines log analysis with threat detection and compliance reporting.

FortiSOAR

FortiSOAR is a security orchestration, automation, and response (SOAR) platform sold by Fortinet, acquired with CyberSponse in 2019, that centralizes case management and playbook-driven automation for security teams.

FortisOntario

FortisOntario is a Canadian electric utility headquartered in Fort Erie, Ontario, serving about 70,300 customers through three regulated utilities, as a subsidiary of Fortis Inc.

Fortitude (TV series)

Fortitude is a British Arctic-set thriller TV series (Sky Atlantic, 2015-2018, 3 seasons) created by Simon Donald, set in a fictional Norwegian boomtown modeled on Svalbard where a scientist's murder shatters a crime-free community.

Fortive

Fortive is an American industrial technology company headquartered in Everett, Washington, created on July 2, 2016, when Danaher Corporation spun off its Test & Measurement and Industrial Technologies segments.

Fortna

Fortna is an American warehouse automation and supply chain software company founded in 1946 in Reading, Pennsylvania, now headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, that designs, integrates, and supports distribution and fulfillment operations.