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Vendor sprawl
A modern tactical vehicle needs compute, power, comms, autonomy, counter-UAS, and mission software from six or more suppliers, none of whom designed for each other.

Company overview
We define the interface between a vehicle and its mission system, integrate the mission system as a qualified configuration, and deliver vehicle autonomy as a staged, gated program.
At a glance
The problem we solve
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A modern tactical vehicle needs compute, power, comms, autonomy, counter-UAS, and mission software from six or more suppliers, none of whom designed for each other.
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The vehicle manufacturer inherits an engineering problem it is not staffed for, at production rate, with no documented interface.
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Without an interface standard, each configuration is a bespoke build. Cost and schedule scale linearly with variants.
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Undocumented integration cannot be audited, maintained, or re-qualified across a twenty-year fielded life.
A113 Defense exists to own that layer, document it, and stand behind it.
Three capabilities
Each one can be engaged independently.
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We author and own the Interface Control Document: the mechanical, electrical, thermal, data, and software standard that separates the platform from the mission system. The OEM builds to it once.
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We select and manage subsystem suppliers, integrate the kit as a single qualified configuration, and carry integration-level warranty and configuration control at production rate.
C
We deliver autonomy as a staged program: teleoperation, assisted, supervised, conditional. Each phase fixed-price, gated, and backed by a documented safety framework.
Applications
The architecture is platform-agnostic. The kit follows the mission, not the vehicle.
Armored personnel carriers, tactical trucks, and infantry mobility vehicles requiring autonomy and mission systems.
Installation and perimeter security with counter-UAS detection, persistent surveillance, and signature management.
Convoy operations, resupply, and expeditionary power in degraded-communications environments.
Mobile command posts with edge compute, mast communications, and on-vehicle mission software.
Persistent patrol, remote sensing, and detection across wide areas with limited manning.
Site security and monitoring for energy, port, and utility operators in the commercial sector.
Next step
Six to eight weeks, fixed price. You receive the concept of operations, the Interface Control Document, the electrical and thermal budget against your actual platform, a safety framework, and a firm price for the build.
If the study does not earn the next phase, you have learned that for the cost of a study.
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