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Applied Intuition wins contract to underpin new DOD-wide 'Autonomy Factory'

The Defense Department's Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office has selected Applied Intuition to develop the enterprise software platform supporting the Pentagon's new initiative to streamline the integration and testing of autonomous systems across the department, the company announced today. The program -- called “Autonomy Factory” -- is built on Applied Intuition's Axion toolchain technology and its data engine, giving program officers and operators across the department a shared environment to build, test and evaluate autonomous systems, according to the company. “The Autonomy Factory is the connective tissue between AI and the physical world of defense,” said Qasar Younis, co-founder and CEO of Applied Intuition. The company said the solution will break down siloes between segmented military service digital environments and data collections, which have thus far only produced a mess of disparate tools and data, vendor-locked systems, isolated test events, individual compliance guidance and bloated timelines for autonomy system training. The Applied Intuition platform will give program officers, warfighters and developers instant access to data, test assets and other tools. “The result is a self-serve digital infrastructure that can be accessed by planners conducting mission thread analysis, program offices running data campaigns and tests, and the operators working directly with those programs in the field,” the company said. The Pentagon is poised to supercharge its spending on autonomy for FY-27, requesting nearly $55 billion for the Defense Autonomous Warfare Group, which had previously been funded at only $225 million. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has also said DOD intends to establish a sub-unified command focused on autonomous warfare.