aid: defense-unicorns
name: Defense Unicorns
description: >-
  Defense Unicorns is a defense-technology company that makes running modern software on
  military systems easy — from cloud to edge, satellites to submarines. Its UDS (Unicorn
  Delivery Service) platform is a secure-by-default, airgap-native software delivery stack
  built on Kubernetes and Zarf, bundling Istio, Keycloak, Authservice, Prometheus/Grafana,
  Vector/Loki, Falco and the Pepr policy engine. The company ships its developer surface as
  open-source CLIs and libraries — the UDS CLI, Pepr, Lula (compliance-as-code / OSCAL),
  and the Maru task runner — rather than a hosted REST API. Offerings span UDS Core, UDS
  Fleet, UDS Enterprise, software factories, compliance automation, and forward-deployed
  engineering. Backed by Sapphire Ventures.
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/defense-unicorns/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
x-type: company
x-source: vc-portfolio
x-backed-by:
- sapphire-ventures
x-tier: stub
x-tier-reason: portfolio-lead
accessModel:
  pricing: unknown
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Unknown
  confidence: low
  source: []
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
specificationVersion: '0.20'
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-07-18'
image: https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/87975021?v=4
tags:
- Company
- Infrastructure
- DevSecOps
- Kubernetes
- Defense
- Software Delivery
- Compliance
- Open Source
- Air Gap
apis: []
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
common:
- type: Website
  url: https://www.defenseunicorns.com/
- type: DeveloperPortal
  url: https://docs.defenseunicorns.com/
- type: Documentation
  url: https://docs.defenseunicorns.com/
- type: GettingStarted
  url: https://docs.defenseunicorns.com/cli/getting-started/
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/defenseunicorns
- type: Blog
  url: https://www.defenseunicorns.com/resources/
- type: Support
  url: https://www.defenseunicorns.com/contact/
- type: Pricing
  url: https://www.defenseunicorns.com/pricing/
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://www.defenseunicorns.com/legal/site-terms-of-service/
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://www.defenseunicorns.com/legal/privacy-policy/
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/defense-unicorns-domain-security.yml
- type: Packages
  url: packages/defense-unicorns-packages.yml
- type: SDKs
  url: packages/defense-unicorns-packages.yml
- type: CLI
  url: cli/defense-unicorns-cli.yml
- type: LLMsTxt
  url: llms/defense-unicorns-llms.txt
- type: WellKnown
  url: well-known/defense-unicorns-well-known.yml
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-07-19'
  status: backfilled
  pass: local-v1
  note: backfilled from .gitignore signal + verified work evidence