Ortheus
Defense

ORT/DEF

Systems that hold the mission.

Decision advantage, autonomy, and edge AI for contested, denied, and degraded environments — software and hardware engineered as one capability, delivered as client-owned IP with a human in command.

Operations

One system across the battlespace.

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ARCH · MISSION ARCHITECTURE

How the system connects.

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READOUT · LAYER-01 · COMMAND & DECISION

Mission planning, COA comparison, force laydown, and decision audit trails. The operator sees ranked options — the system never decides.

Systems
  • Mission planning suite
  • Decision support engine
  • Common operating picture
  • Decision audit trails
Data Flow
Upstream

Fused intelligence picture, threat assessments, ranked recommendations

Downstream

Commander's intent, collection priorities, rules of engagement

Fixed-bid · Client-owned IP · Compressed delivery

ENGINEERING · DEEP DIVE

The hard problems we solve.

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01

Inference at the edge

Running production ML models on power- and size-constrained edge hardware. We optimize for TensorRT and ONNX, quantize for the target GPU, and maintain accuracy under thermal throttling — because a model that can't run on the fielded device doesn't exist.

  • INT8/FP16 quantization pipelines
  • TensorRT and ONNX Runtime optimization
  • Thermal-aware inference scheduling
  • Model distillation for edge targets
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02

Sync without connectivity

The system keeps operating when SATCOM drops. Local decision authority, conflict resolution on reconnect, and priority-based data queuing — designed for hours or days of disconnected operation, not minutes.

  • CRDTs for conflict-free data merge
  • Priority-based store-and-forward
  • Local decision authority with audit trails
  • Bandwidth-aware sync on reconnect
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One codebase, field to cloud

The same application architecture runs on a ruggedized tablet, an edge node, and a cloud instance. Containerized services adapt to available compute, and the UI renders for the bandwidth and display it has.

  • Containerized microservices (K3s to EKS)
  • Adaptive UI for bandwidth and display
  • Shared schema across deployment targets
  • Offline-first data layer with cloud sync
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Assurance before the field

Every AI output is evaluated, red-teamed, and traced before deployment. Not a compliance checkbox — a repeatable engineering process that produces evidence a program office can defend.

  • Automated evaluation harnesses
  • Red-team simulation frameworks
  • Model cards with provenance tracking
  • Audit-ready evidence pack generation
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Hardware and software on one release train

Firmware, PCB revisions, and application software ship together on a single coordinated release. Hardware-in-the-loop testing catches integration failures before the field does.

  • Unified CI/CD across firmware and app
  • Hardware-in-the-loop test automation
  • Coordinated OTA field updates
  • Version-locked hardware-software manifests

Mission briefs

Explore pre-scoped capabilities aligned to active defense priorities.