Articles from DEFCON AI
DEFCON AI, an insights company specializing in optimization of complex networks, today announced the successful completion of a key research and development milestone: the deployment of a theater distribution planning tool for contested logistics planning using Talisman Sabre 2025 (TS 25) data.
By DEFCON AI · Via Business Wire · July 10, 2025

DEFCON AI, an insights company that’s building next-generation modeling, simulation, and analysis (MS&A) toolsets for multimodal transportation, logistics, and the modern military environment, today announced that the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD) Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office (CDAO) deemed DEFCON AI’s ARTIV™ as “awardable” on the Open Data and Applications Government-owned Interoperable Repositories (Open DAGIR), Global Information Dominance Experiments (GIDE) Industry Challenge #1: Contested Logistics and Sustainment.
By DEFCON AI · Via Business Wire · December 12, 2024

DEFCON AI, an insights company that’s building a next-generation modeling, simulation, and analysis (MS&A) toolset for the modern military environment, today announced that the Department of the Air Force has exercised a second option year on its previous Phase III Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract with DEFCON AI, allowing for the long-term sustainment and upgrades of its software and positioning the company for continued future growth.
By DEFCON AI · Via Business Wire · October 22, 2024

DEFCON AI, an insights company that’s building a next-generation modeling, simulation, and analysis (MS&A) toolset for the modern military environment, today announced that it has raised $44 million in Seed funding. The round was led by Bessemer Venture Partners with participation from Fifth Growth Fund and Red Cell Partners, among others. As part of the financing, Christopher Wan of Bessemer joins DEFCON AI’s Board of Directors, alongside independent board member Dr. Ray O. Johnson, former CTO of Lockheed Martin and Bessemer Operating Partner.
By DEFCON AI · Via Business Wire · August 20, 2024

DEFCON AI, an insights company that’s building a next-generation modeling, simulation, and analysis (MS&A) toolset for the modern military environment, today announced the appointment of Vivek Upadhyaya as its new Chief Financial Officer.
By DEFCON AI · Via Business Wire · August 8, 2024

DEFCON AI, an insights company building a next-generation modeling, simulation, and analysis (MS&A) toolset for the modern military environment, today announced that the prototype of its MS&A tool ARTIV™ has deployed to DoD Impact Level 6 (IL6), via Second Front (2F), a public-benefit software company focused on facilitating the delivery of mission-critical software solutions. DEFCON AI is one of the first companies to launch its software on the IL6 production environment through Game Warden® – 2F’s DevSecOps Platform, allowing data processing and planning at the Secret level.
By DEFCON AI · Via Business Wire · August 2, 2024

DEFCON AI, an insights company that is building a next-generation modeling, simulation, and analysis (MS&A) toolset for the modern military environment, today announced that it has formally delivered its advanced MS&A tool, ARTIV, to the Air Force’s Air Mobility Command. The decision-support platform allows planners working in contested mobility settings to design optimized transportation and logistics networks while ensuring resilience.
By DEFCON AI · Via Business Wire · August 2, 2024

DEFCON AI, an insights company that is building a next-generation modeling, simulation, and analysis (MS&A) toolset for modern military environments, today announced that Brig. Gen. (Retired) Scott Stapp has joined the company as its Chief Technology Officer and Chief Revenue Officer. DEFCON AI, the creator of the defense mobility tool Artiv™, is a portfolio company of Red Cell Partners, an incubation firm that builds and invests in technology-led companies that are bringing revolutionary advancements to market in national security, cyber, and healthcare.
By DEFCON AI · Via Business Wire · February 1, 2024

DEFCON AI, an insights company that’s building a next-generation modeling, simulation, and analysis (MS&A) toolset for the modern military logistics and transportation environment, and Second Front, a public-benefit software company focused on accelerating the delivery of mission-critical software-as-a service (SaaS) solutions to the U.S. government, today announced that DEFCON AI’s MS&A tool Artiv™ is now available to Department of Defense (DoD) customers through Second Front’s Impact Level 5 (IL5) production environment. The deployment of Artiv™ via Second Front’s Game Warden® DevSecOps platform, which is held in a “.mil” environment and established via an Authority to Operate (ATO), allows planners at the edge to securely coordinate operations.
By DEFCON AI · Via Business Wire · December 12, 2023

DEFCON AI, a next-generation software company building the foundation to enhance the modeling, simulation, and artificial intelligence enterprise across the Department of Defense (DoD), today announced that it closed a Department of the Air Force Phase III Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR). This contract was awarded through Air Force Installations and Sustainment Center and Air Mobility Command to accelerate the transition from prototype to production code for DEFCON AI’s operational-level logistics and mobility training software. The award was formally received through DEFCON AI’s incubator, Red Cell Partners.
By DEFCON AI · Via Business Wire · December 16, 2022