On June 30, Defense Unicorns announced the launch of UDS Registry, a software registry that stores, manages, and distributes Zarf and other OCI (Open Container Initiative) artifacts. UDS Registry is the first software registry of its kind to offer the speed, reliability, and mission-critical performance required by defense systems operating in the most extreme environments.
“UDS Registry gives the U.S. and our allies an American-made software solution that secures our software supply chain and maintains trust and reliability across the software development lifecycle,” said CEO and co-founder Rob Slaughter. “We are insanely proud of the team at Defense Unicorns that continues to develop world-class software solutions for the most critical and extreme software environments in the world.”
UDS Registry integrates seamlessly with Zarf, the most widely used open-source airgap tool in the world, developed by Defense Unicorns, as well as UDS, Defense Unicorns’ enterprise platform solution, to enable rapid and secure software delivery. Designed to work alongside UDS Core and UDS Tactical Edge, it offers a centralized capability to manage and verify packages, from container images to complex bundles.
Modern warfighters confront a vital obstacle: delivering trusted software into contested, disconnected, and classified environments remains frustratingly slow. Manual processes, fragmented metadata, and unreliable version control introduce delays that undermine both mission readiness and cybersecurity. UDS Registry was purpose-built to remove these barriers.
With its airgap-native architecture, UDS Registry gives teams the ability to catalog, validate, and deploy mission software anywhere. Every package is continuously scanned, cryptographically signed, and enriched with a Software Bill of Materials (SBOM), Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVEs) data, and procurement metadata. Role-specific views provide tailored access for SREs, operators, and program managers, reducing deployment friction and enhancing visibility across the stack.
In just four years, Defense Unicorns has become the world leader in open source software for defense systems, and has built an impressive client base including the U.S. Navy, U.S. Air Force, U.S. Space Force, U.S. Army, and multiple U.S. cyber initiatives around the globe.
“UDS transforms how software moves from development to delivery, bringing speed, trust, and operational clarity to mission-critical environments,” said Jeff McCoy, co-founder and chief technology officer at Defense Unicorns. “The idea is to give you all the data you need, so regardless of environment or connectivity limitations, you can effectively operate wherever the mission demands.”
Source: Defense Unicorns
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