Metis Board appoints Ben Hewitt as Managing Director

Metis, specialists in providing innovative technologies to detect a wide range of Radio Frequency (RF) threats across diverse sectors, is pleased to announce that Ben Hewitt has been appointed as Managing Director, effective 1^st September 2026.  Ben joined Metis last year as Head of Sales and Marketing and was promoted to Chief Commercial Officer and led the successful recent contract award for SKYPERION Lightweight passive RF sensor to KONGSBERG to support the Polish SAN counter Uncrewed Air System (cUAS) programme, worth over £30 million.

Before joining Metis, Ben had over 17 years’ experience in high-tempo international, strategic and operational environments in the Royal Air Force (RAF) and held significant roles in the Counter Uncrewed Air Systems (C-UAS) commercial sector.  With this deep understanding of emerging technology, market trends and increasing C-UAS threat profile,Ben was a natural choice to become the campaign manager for Leonardo. Ben spent three years working with military and civilian experts to support capability development and primarily promote “Falcon Shield” (Leonardo’s C-UAS system) which uses SkyperionRugged as its passive RF detection capability.  

Tony Burnell Founder of Metis said, “3 years ago I designed a growth strategy for Metis to bring our unique C-UAS technology to a wider global audience.  Together, the Metis team, with significant input and driving force from Ben, has promoted and helped educate international MODs and large primes about our platform-agnostic and operationally proven Skyperion systems, which are now being used by multiple international customers as a key part of their multi-layered defence against the increasing threat from drones.  

Ben Hewitt Managing Director said, “From my time in the RAF dealing with the RAF ORCUS system and while working for Leonardo, I had developed the deepest respect for the operational expertise, engineering acumen, design ethos and quality of product produced by Metis.  It is therefore a great honour, to not only have been working for Metis the last year, but to now be appointed Managing Director.   I am very excited about driving forward Tony’s vision and delivering on our existing and upcoming international commitments.”