Defense Unicorns, a veteran-founded, Department of Defense (DoD) focused, software delivery company, has officially announced the launch of its Airgap App Store™, which is understood to be a marketplace of applications that support national security missions.
According to certain reports, the stated marketplace will help mission operators effectively navigate modern warfare one application at a time, going from an initial release of dozens of applications to its intended catalog of thousands of mission capabilities.
More on the new Airgap App Store would reveal how it is built on capabilities that are supported in airgap environments, including fully disconnected, semi-disconnected, or secure environments with strong firewalls, such as DoD cloud environments or corporate networks that support critical infrastructure.
Markedly enough, Airgap App Store is actually built on robust capabilities of UDS, thus providing DoD program managers and mission operators with rapid access to pre-integrated applications tailored to the unique needs of the defense sector. You see, its assortment of services, at launch, happen to include broad range of mission-critical software solutions that are portable, secure, and compliant with DoD requirements.
Apart from it, the Airgap App Store brings forth the necessary support to keep software always available at the speed and scale needed in complex and secure military operations.
“Delivering software in the DoD starts with understanding what capabilities actually exist that can deploy to a mission environment,” said, Austen Bryan, DoD veteran and UDS lead. “This requires an understanding of cyber security, disparate infrastructures, security classifications, and the Federal Acquisition Regulation. The truth is, these capabilities were impossible to find. That changes today with the launch of the Airgap App Store. Government program managers and their teams can find, research, and decide among a growing list of capabilities that can deploy to where their needs are.”
Talk about UDS features which will now be a part of the new Airgap App Store deployments, they begin from the promise of speed, considering UDS can accelerate initial ATOs and on-demand updates by automating many parts of the software delivery lifecycle. Such automation allows for the delivery of an initial ATO security documentation in as little as 2 weeks.
Next up, there is the security aspect, which is made evident through UDS’ pledge to 0 CVE posture with continuous monitoring, logging, and alerting across a defense-in-depth approach to cybersecurity. Furthermore, UDS satisfies up to 90% of the NIST 800-53 technical controls that program offices are responsible for in IL-4, 5 environments.
“Modern warfare has changed dramatically over the last decade. It’s no longer acceptable to continue to go to war with outdated non-modern solutions. The Airgap App Store is an easy-to-use on-demand solution for DoD mission partners to discover and determine what mission capabilities they can easily deploy to any environment,” said Rob Slaughter, CEO of Defense Unicorns.
Moving on, UDS will also instill its Highly Distributable nature in the mix. In case you weren’t aware, the stated technology is actually infrastructure agnostic, meaning it is designed to deploy where the mission requires: cloud, on-prem, and tactical edge alike.
Alongside being distributable, the solution is also portable. Basically, UDS’ portability helps mission capability providers to rapidly develop, test, deploy, and operate regardless of infrastructure, supporting cloud, bare-metal, and tactical edge with uniformity.
Hold on, there is more, considering we will still haven’t acknowledged UDS’ knack of reducing mission dependency on single centralized solutions. Instead offering versatile deployment options, the technology gives your mission the assurance it requires in real wartime scenarios. UDS also makes complex software delivery easy by providing a user-friendly experience that doesn’t require technical expertise.
Finally, the technology will unlock access to its vendor lock free facility. As UDS is a solution built entirely through open source capabilities, it is able to use flexible software licenses that allow any user to continue to leverage the solution, even if not on contract with Defense Unicorns.
