Second Front exists to make commercial products and services the default approach for every level of government, owning the compliance layer that accelerates the delivery of next-generation capabilities to the missions that need them.

In 2026, more than 40 customers have moved that mission forward, achieving or advancing toward Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program (FedRAMP) certifications, Department of War (DoW) Cloud Computing Security Requirements Guide (SRC) Impact Levels, and GovRAMP authorizations.

Here’s a snapshot of what’s been unlocked to date.

Workforce, Training & Readiness:

Keeping the Force ready and skilled.

Why fielding this technology matters: Several workforce initiatives are underway to close the recruiting and retention shortfalls the public sector has faced — from DoW’s Cyber Workforce Strategy to OPM’s government-wide Tech Force initiative and its spinoffs. This technology is one of the few levers available to close the skills gap faster than the acquisition system can hire its way out of it.

BG Workforce Solutions (DoW IL4): Immersive AR/VR training environments for sustaining a skilled defense-industrial workforce at military depots.

Jericho Security (DoW IL5): AI-generated phishing and deepfake simulations that train personnel to spot social engineering before a real attack lands.

PMG Learning Solutions (DoW IL4): AI-driven spaced-repetition training content for DoW learners retaining technical and procedural knowledge.

Defense Acquisition / “Valley of Death” Intelligence:

AI startups attacking DoW budget and contracting transparency.

Why fielding this technology that matters: The “Valley of Death” — where promising technology dies in the gap between a successful demo and a funded program of record — is now a named, tracked problem: the FY26 NDAA created the BOOST program inside the Defense Innovation Unit specifically to bridge it. Startups giving budget analysts, contracting officers, and congressional staff real visibility into where money and priorities are moving are attacking that gap directly, not just working adjacent to it.

NATO Diana (NATO UNCLASSIFIED): Accelerator moving dual-use startups from prototype to fielded capability across NATO’s 32 member markets.

Pryzm (DoW IL5): AI-driven acquisition intelligence unifying budget, legislative, and program data.

GovSignals (DoW IL5): AI that drafts proposals and matches contractors to government opportunities, pre- to post-award.

Thrust AI (DoW IL2 and IL5): Thrust AI’s LIFT is an AI-powered edge-to-enterprise financial intelligence platform that transforms operator-executed transactions into audit-grade enterprise intelligence for Air Force, Army, Navy, and DLA to support more than 50,000 operators and over $11B in annual mission spending, to reduce administrative burden on operators at the edge, and to advance the Department’s FY2028 congressional clean audit mandate.

Decision Intelligence: Domain-Specific to Cross-Domain:

Customers turning data into decisions — some built deep on a single domain, others coordinating across domains, services, or coalition partners.

Why fielding this technology that matters: This is proof of the long-term, “connect everything” interoperability that CJADC2, the Department’s flagship initiative, is chasing. These customers are delivering that same cross-domain, shared-picture outcome at the mission level now, while the top-down enterprise integration continues to mature.

Flip (DoW IL5): Al-powered asset management platform built for the Department of War, with features like workflow automation, data cleaning, readiness forecasting, predictive maintenance, and tactical scheduling that saves ~13,000 hours per base annually, and improves data accuracy to nearly 100%.

Jeppesen ForeFlight (DoW IL5): Real-time flight-planning and instrumentation data for military aircrews operating alongside commercial airspace.

Research Innovations (RII) (DoW IL5/IL6): Command-and-control software giving joint and coalition staff one shared, secure picture to plan and decide together.

AI Data Foundation Layer: 

The underlying models, data pipelines, and trust infrastructure that mission AI is built on top of.

Why fielding this technology that matters: The government-wide commitment to an “AI-first” posture only works if the data feeding it is clean and verifiable, the models running on it are hosted on infrastructure the government controls, and the AI systems themselves stay governed and accountable once they’re live.

Cohere (FedRAMP Class D (High), GovRAMP High): Large language models operating inside government-controlled infrastructure for analysts and operators handling sensitive or classified data.

Jetstream (FedRAMP Class D (High)): JetStream SAIG Platform™, the security-first AI governance control plane, gives federal agencies and private companies a single system to deploy agentic AI with enterprise visibility, identity-bound accountability, and runtime control as they operate in government environments.

Unstructured (DoW IL5): Turns messy military documents and files into clean data that AI models can reliably use.

VIA Science (DoW IL5): Verifies data integrity end-to-end so classified AI decisions rest on a trustworthy chain of custody.

Hardware / Software Parity:

Software that has to tightly mirror, monitor, or directly run a physical system.

Why fielding this technology that matters: By decoupling the software execution layer from the underlying bare metal, organizations can run cutting-edge, cloud-native applications on legacy physical assets without requiring constant, costly hardware retrofits. This approach prevents restrictive hardware lock-in and extends the operational lifespan of legacy assets by allowing them to run modern automation, security patches, and telemetry.

Shift5 (DoW IL5): Onboard OT monitoring for ground vehicles and aircraft operating in contested environments.

Ridiculously Fast Deployment Cadence:

Customers turning what used to take months or years into days.

Why fielding this technology that matters: Forward-leaning customers are compressing traditional multi-year deployment cycles down to mere days or minutes. This shift directly executes the core directive of the Defense Innovation Board’s “Software Is Never Done” study, which rejected static software deliveries in favor of continuous, lifelong system evolution — the same principle now codified in the Software Acquisition Pathway.

Onebrief (IL5, IL6, Top Secret, FedRAMP Class D (High)): The leading platform for military commands to optimize workflows and transform operations by unifying agentic AI, simulation, and global integration into a single adaptive environment.