On October 31, Acuity announced that its Helios solution is now approved on the Platform One Solutions Marketplace.
When software arrives late, missions slow and operations stall as teams wait for tools that should already be deployed. Across the Department of Defense, teams work hard but lose time to unclear requirements and missing links between what the mission needs and what engineers deliver. In fact, a recent GAO report found that more than half of major IT programs ran over budget and behind schedule, with average delays of more than a year. Every delay costs time, trust, and mission advantage. Those setbacks reduce readiness, increase cost, and limit the impact of new capabilities.
Acuity’s Helios solution changes that story by using AI to close the gap between need and delivery, the company said. Helios brings structure and precision to every stage of development by validating requirements before a single line of code is written. It converts user stories into clear, testable conditions that define logic, data, security, and infrastructure needs. Each feature generated by the toolkit links directly to those conditions, creating full visibility from idea to implementation. By building on verified requirements, Helios delivers software that aligns with the mission the first time.
According to the company, in plain terms, teams spend less time fixing and more time building. Product owners move from planning to release, developers work with confidence, and security analysts prepare evidence in hours instead of days. Every role gains from a single, trusted source that connects mission intent to delivered capability. With Helios now approved for the Platform One Solutions Marketplace, Acuity will expand testing with operational users.
Source: Acuity
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By Loren Blinde
November 4, 2025
