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.
