Defense Tech BaseDefense Unicorns builds and delivers secure, open-source software platforms and DevSecOps capabilities for national-security missions, helping defense organizations rapidly develop, deploy, and operate mission applications in contested and disconnected environments.
At a glance
- Location
- Colorado Springs, Colorado, US
- Capabilities
- Mission software, Cybersecurity
- Markets
- Defense, National security, Government
- Software delivery
- Its UDS software packages and Zarf deployment tooling support cloud-native applications in disconnected and restricted environments.
Compare companies
See this company alongside similar organizations in the directory, including capabilities, disclosed funding and matched federal activity.
Compare Defense Unicorns with similar companiesResearch related technology sectors
What federal contract awards are matched to Defense Unicorns?
Defense Tech Base tracks 20 matched federal contract awards across 1 company in this selection, with $148.9M in reported award amounts, dated Sep 16, 2022–May 05, 2026.
Reported award amounts are not necessarily money spent or company revenue. These matched records do not establish the company’s complete contract history.
SBIR/STTR awards
Defense Tech Base tracks 10 matched SBIR/STTR awards across 1 company in this selection, with $10.4M in reported award amounts, dated Apr 16, 2021–Nov 04, 2025.
- Comprehensive Risk Analysis of Open Source Software Defense Unicorns$140K · SBIR Phase I · Nov 4, 2025
- Bubble - Deployable Edge Compute for Generative AI$75K · SBIR Phase I · Sep 8, 2025
- Edge-Ready Identity Powered by UDS$1.2M · SBIR Phase II · Aug 27, 2025
- Integrated Digital Platform$4.9M · SBIR Phase II · Dec 16, 2024
- Pepr$1.8M · STTR Phase II · Feb 5, 2024
Federal activity
Recent contract awards
View all- Matched awards
- 20
- Reported award value
- $148,944,410
- Latest award
- May 5, 2026
Agencies in matched awards
These are the most frequent awarding agencies in the records matched to this company, by award count.
- Department of Defense 14 awards
- General Services Administration 6 awards
Largest matched awards
Largest reported award amounts in this dataset. These amounts do not necessarily represent money spent or revenue received.
- AIR GAP SOFTWARE DELIVERY SBIR III TO 1 SBIR PHASE III DERIVED …$69.8M · General Services Administration · Sep 16, 2022
- THE PURPOSE OF INTEGRATED DEFENSE CYBER SYSTEMS (IDCS) ARCHITECTURE PLATFORM SUPPORT IS …$12.7M · Department of Defense · Feb 27, 2025
- THE PURPOSE OF INTEGRATED DEFENSE CYBER SYSTEMS (IDCS) ARCHITECTURE PLATFORM SUPPORT IS …$10.5M · Department of Defense · Feb 27, 2025
Most recent matched awards
Department of Defense
DEFENSE UNICORNS- SOFTWARE LICENSE
Department of Defense
MODERNIZING SECURE SOFTWARE DELIVERY ACROSS USSF MISSION ENVIRONMENTS WITH UDS
Department of Defense
SCALABLE HOMELAND INNOVATIVE ENTERPRISE LAYERED DEFENSE (SHIELD) INITIAL ORDER.
Department of Defense
COMPREHENSIVE RISK ANALYSIS OF OPEN-SOURCE SOFTWARE_
Department of Defense
SBIR PHASE 1 - PROPOSAL # OSD254-P0001-0298-BUBBLE - DEPLOYABLE EDGE COMPUTE FOR GENERATIVE AI