DSD FORGE

The Synchronization-Powered Operating System
for High-Assurance Mission Delivery

Technical Stack

The Integrated Ecosystem

DSD Forge integrates the semantic, infrastructure, and governance elements of your mission — empowering teams to harmonize and automate complex software delivery in real-time.

VELES

Compliance & Security Governance Platform

Centralizes security assessment workflows and automates compliance validation — connecting control data, AI-assisted evaluation, and audit-ready traceability in a single, governed platform.

  • Standards-Aligned Validation — NIST 800-53 and FedRAMP-ready control evaluation
  • Real-Time Control Verification — Continuous assessment and decision support
  • Audit-Ready Traceability — Immutable logs and full workflow visibility
  • AI-Assisted Evaluation — Faster, consistent compliance analysis
  • Governed Workflow Automation — Role-based review, approval, and reporting
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ASTRA

Cloud Infrastructure & DevSecOps Automation

Automates cloud migration, infrastructure provisioning, and DevSecOps pipeline generation — standardizing delivery and accelerating secure deployment across environments.

  • Multi-Cloud Enablement — AWS, Azure, and GCP-ready architectures
  • Automated IaC & Pipelines — Terraform and CI/CD generation at scale
  • Built-In Compliance — NIST 800-53–aligned evidence and audit readiness
  • Rapid Migration Acceleration — Reduces timelines from months to weeks
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OPTIBASE

AI-Powered Analysis & Operational Optimization Platform

Unifies security compliance, performance diagnostics, and remediation into a single platform — eliminating fragmented tooling and enabling faster, smarter operational decisions across database and infrastructure environments.

  • Unified Compliance & Security — Automated STIG checks and risk visibility
  • Performance Diagnostics — Bottleneck detection and optimization insights
  • AI-Driven Remediation — Actionable fixes and script generation
  • Secure, Flexible Deployment — Cross-platform and on-prem ready
  • Scalable Operational Insight — Expanding into broader infrastructure optimization
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KALVIS

Delivery Orchestration & Governed AI Platform

Orchestrates software delivery, modernization, and cybersecurity assurance through a unified control plane — embedding governance, compliance, and AI-driven execution directly into the development lifecycle.

  • Lifecycle Delivery Governance — End-to-end aligned workflows with built-in approvals
  • Continuous Compliance & RMF Traceability — Evidence and authorization artifacts generated in real time
  • Secure AI-Driven Execution — Controlled, auditable AI coding and automation
  • Multi-Environment Operations — Supports cloud, hybrid, and legacy systems
  • Full Audit Transparency — End-to-end traceability across code, decisions, and outcomes
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Modular Architecture

  • Kalvis → Secure application generation
  • Astra → Cloud & DevSecOps automation
  • OptiBase → Database STIG enforcement
  • Veles → Continuous validation & governance
  • Each component automates a layer of the stack, but together they function as one controlled ecosystem.
  • Application, infrastructure, database, and compliance validation operate in sync.
  • That integration is what enables autonomy at scale.

DSDFORGE™

Kalvis

Secure application generation

Astra

Infrastructure & DevSecOps automation

OptiBase

Database STIG compliance

Veles

ATO evidence validation

Requirements
GOAL: Define system & security requirements
Astra

Uses Questionnaire to gather initial requirements.

Kalvis

AI-guided requirement refinement with SMEs. Mission needs put in structured work packages. Captures edge cases.

Design
GOAL: Define architecture & security patterns
Astra

Defines compliant cloud architecture templates. Embeds NIST 800-53 controls into infrastructure design.

Kalvis

AI Architect Agent decomposes work into structured components. Aligned with enterprise architecture standards.

Development
GOAL: Write secure code
Kalvis

Generates Laravel-compliant application code. Automates unit tests. Aligned to enterprise standards.

Build & Integrate
GOAL: Automate building, testing, and packaging
Astra

Generates Infrastructure as Code (IaC). Builds GitLab CI/CD pipelines. Applies secure configuration baselines. IL2-IL4 compliant.

Test & Secure
GOAL: Validate functionality and enforce security
Astra

Automates SAST/DAST scanning. Compliance validation. Enforces NIST 800-53.

Kalvis

AI validation agent runs functional checks. Validates sandbox.

OptiBase

SQL Server database scans STIG compliance. Interprets STIG guidance. Generates remediation SQL if needed.

Deploy
GOAL: Release into secure env
Astra

Maintains DevSecOps pipeline integrity.

Authorize
GOAL: Prove the system is secure enough to operate
Veles

Ingests pipeline outputs and documentation. Evaluates evidence against SCA/AO/R criteria. Identifies compliance gaps. Provides ATO readiness assessment.

Operate & Monitor
GOAL: Monitor & maintain compliance
OptiBase

Ongoing STIG compliance validation. Tracks remediation and interventions.

Veles

Validates updated artifacts when changes occur.

Connecting Requirements
to Authorized Action

Activate the power of synchronized automation across the entire lifecycle. DSD Forge weaves security and analytics directly into daily engineering, capturing every decision for continuous compliance and auditability.

Real-Time Collaboration

DSD Forge integrates decision-making in a common logic layer, driving meaningful action as mission conditions evolve.

The Best Way to Build

Compose AI-powered workflows on a scalable architecture that re-uses your ecosystem’s multi-modal templates, actions, and security patterns.

No Fragmentation

Incorporate data and models from your existing enterprise architecture — without fracturing sources of truth or increasing manual coordination burden.

Mission-Driven Impact

Today, defense and government institutions use DSD Forge to accelerate mission capability, secure cloud migrations, and maintain continuous authorization.

Controlled Execution

Ensures systems are built and deployed through structured, repeatable processes that enforce security, compliance, and operational standards during execution.

Integrated System Delivery

Eliminates fragmentation across infrastructure, software, and data by aligning environments into a single, coordinated system of delivery.

Continuous ATO Readiness

Maintains auditability and compliance throughout the lifecycle, enabling systems to meet Authority to Operate (ATO) requirements without disrupting delivery timelines.

Scalable Mission Support

Supports multiple programs and environments without increasing coordination burden, enabling consistent execution across distributed systems.

Reduced Engineering Friction

Automates repetitive tasks and standardizes workflows to reduce manual effort and improve delivery speed across teams and environments.

Operational Consistency

Ensures systems behave consistently across development, test, and production environments, reducing risk during deployment and sustainment.

System Autonomy

Automation of configuration and validation tasks to reduce repetitive engineering labor by significant margins.

Architectural Mobility

Delivery of portable, secure architectures through standardized cloud templates scalable across Air Force portfolios.

Lifecycle Compression

Measurable reduction in the end-to-end timeline from mission concept to operational deployment.

DSD Forge — Deadlock Analysis interface

DSD Forge is an integrated operating environment that unifies application, infrastructure, database, and compliance layers into a single, synchronized execution stream. The platform operationalizes AI to execute the repeatable engineering, configuration, and validation tasks that define the high-assurance software lifecycle.

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