DEFENCEFORGE

Active UK Highly Cleared engineers

UK Sovereign Engineering Capability

Mission-Critical Systems Architecture & Bespoke Software Engineering

Specialist mission software for UK Maritime and Land Systems: sonar processing pipelines, GVA-compliant vetronics and high-integrity C++, Rust, Java and Go for DE&S, Front-Line Commands and UK defence primes.

  • Def Stan 23-009 (GVA) / Land Data Model (LDM)
  • Active & Passive Sonar Processing Pipelines
  • High-Integrity C++ / Rust / Java / Go
  • Highly Cleared UK Engineers

Core Capability Pillars

  • [01]

    Maritime Acoustics & Sonar Systems Architecture

    High-throughput active and passive acoustic signal processing pipelines, hydrophone array telemetry, beamforming acceleration, zero-copy buffer architectures and open combat system integration.

    • Real-time C++ / Rust
    • Java / Go
    • Sub-surface sensing enclaves
  • [02]

    Tactical Land Systems & Generic Vehicle Architecture (GVA)

    Platform vetronics software compliant with Def Stan 23-009 (GVA): Land Data Model (LDM) services, DDS middleware abstraction (e.g. RTI Connext, Cyclone DDS), display and HMI integration, and sensor-to-effector interfacing.

    • Def Stan 23-009
    • OMG DDS
    • Land Data Model (LDM)
    • Tactical Ethernet enclaves
    • Ruggedised mission compute
  • [03]

    High-Integrity & Safety-Related Software

    Systems designed and implemented to withstand rigorous safety audits, formal verification and hazard mitigation aligned with UK safety cases.

    • Def Stan 00-055
    • Def Stan 00-056
    • ALARP compliance
    • Deterministic execution
  • [04]

    Sovereign DevSecOps & Air-Gapped Enclaves

    Toolchains, build systems and cross-compilation environments tailored for air-gapped, high-classification networks and accredited UK sovereign environments.

    • Reproducible cross-compilation toolchains
    • Offline dependency mirrors and vetting
    • Air-gapped build and release pipelines

Standards & Assurance

Def Stan 23-009
Generic Vehicle Architecture (GVA)
Def Stan 05-138
Cyber Security for Defence Suppliers (DCPP)
JSP 440 & JSP 604
Defence Manual of Security & Defence Assurance Framework (DAF)
Def Stan 00-055 / 00-056
Safety-Related Software & Defence Systems Safety
NCSC CAF
Cyber Assessment Framework & Cloud Security Principles

Engagement & Trust

Delivered by highly cleared software engineers.

Contact

Discuss a requirement.

contact@defenceforge.uk