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Defense technology · Charleston, SC · Non-traditional defense contractor

Clarity for contested environments.

HYPATIUS builds the software operating layer for contested-domain defense — space wargaming and BMC3I, federal capture intelligence, and program execution. Three platforms. One operating philosophy.

UEI UKELB3UV76V6 · CAGE 19S89

$700B+ federal market BMC3I-native simulation Orbit to seabed OTA · CSO · SBIR Phase III Every AI run on the record DCAA-aligned Charleston, SC

Ninety percent accuracy is a one‑hundred percent failure rate.

In contested domains the margin for error is zero. We don’t build features — we engineer the decision. Every system assumes the environment is fighting back, and degrades to advantage instead of collapse.

870K
Lines of orbital simulation shipped
3
Platforms, one operating layer
<500 ms
Sensor-to-COA, the loop closed
The portfolio

Three platforms.
One operating layer.

A three-layer operating system for contested-domain defense. Each layer is a named platform, deliberately scoped — and they compose into one connected picture from orbit to procurement.

01 / Live

STARCHITECT

Advanced reconnaissance · space wargaming

The operating system for space wargaming and BMC3I. High-fidelity orbital mechanics and adversarial AI drive battle-management simulation built for the next decade of contested space — and every AI-assisted run ships with a complete, reviewable record.

Orekit
Physics core
BMC3I
Native integration
SDA / PWSA
Mission set
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02 / Live

ALIDADE

Capture intelligence · GovCon

AI-native federal capture, end to end. Relationship graphs and market signals sight the bearing to a win — then build the compliant, double-blind teamed proposal on one instrument.

7-factor
PWIN model
Neo4j
Relationship graph
Double-blind
Teaming
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03 / In development

CRATON

Deterministic ERP · program execution

The operational backbone for high-tempo defense programs. A deterministic, audit-ready ERP foundation engineered for DCAA compliance and cryptographic data isolation.

DCAA
Cost accounting
Deterministic
Audit-ready
Isolated
Cryptographic
In development
STARCHITECT
Reasoning layer · live

Space wargaming and BMC3I simulation — the operating system for orbital conflict.

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ALIDADE
Capture layer · live

AI-native federal capture intelligence — find, score, team, and propose on one instrument.

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CRATON
Execution layer · in development

Deterministic, audit-ready ERP for program execution — DCAA-aligned, cryptographically isolated.

In development
What we do

Built for the environment that fights back.

Three disciplines run through every platform we ship.

01 · DECISION INTELLIGENCE
Reasoning, not dashboards

We fuse orbital mechanics, market signals, and policy constraints into one reasoning surface. The output is a defensible call — and AI-assisted analysis ships with a complete, reviewable record of every run: inputs, tools called, outputs.

Reasoning enginesGraph AIRun-level provenance
02 · CONTESTED BY DESIGN
Denied, degraded, decisive

Every system assumes denied, disrupted, intermittent, and limited (DDIL) conditions. Quorum-free consensus and enclave-local autonomy mean it degrades to advantage, not collapse.

DDIL-resilientZero-trustEdge compute
03 · MISSION-GRADE GOVERNANCE
Audit-ready, not bolted on

Tenant isolation, immutable audit, DCAA-aligned accounting, and forensic watermarking are the architecture — engineered in, not retrofitted for procurement.

DCAAFedRAMP-readyCryptographic isolation
Hybrid-architecture multi-domain operations

Edge to core, and back.

Five domains sense at the edge — the domain space. One hybrid layer, tolerant of denied, disrupted, intermittent, and limited (DDIL) links, carries it to the core — the information and decision space. There, threat becomes measured courses of action (MOMs · MOEs · MOPs), verified by an operator, and battle management, command, control, communications, and intelligence (BMC3I) is pushed back to the edge at the speed the threat level demands.

Domain space · EdgeFind · Fix · Track
Space
SDA tracks · maneuvers · RF/EO custody
C4ISR
Air
ISR feeds · missile warning · air picture
C4ISR
Land
Ground sensors · fires · force posture
C4ISR
Maritime
Surface/subsurface tracks · AIS · radar
C4ISR
Cyber
Network telemetry · link health · intrusion
C4ISR
Hybrid layerTransport
Mesh, any path
Agnostic data paths · no single link
Store-and-forward
Nodes rejoin without loss
Unified data
One record across domains
Cross-level sharing
DoD · IC · coalition · commercial
DDIL-tolerant · sub-ms
Decision space · CoreInformation / decision space
1
Threat / response matrix
Threat level × pre-authorized response, per domain
2
TT&P + COA generation
Branches per scenario · kill-chain graph
3
Fast-forward adjudication
Physics + network wargame · Orekit · 200 Hz
4
Probability of success
Per scenario · measures: MOMs · MOEs · MOPs
5
Operator-verified decision
AI-assisted · complete, reviewable record of every run
Combatant CommanderNational Command AuthorityMission partners · coalitionBusiness transaction model
Return · BMC3I to the edge

Battle management, command, control, communications, intelligence — pushed back into the domain space. The threat level decides who acts and how fast.

Target · Engage · Assess
Low
Who acts
Core deliberates · commander commits
Latency
Hours → days
What moves
Updated TT&P · re-plan · retasking
Elevated
Who acts
Core pushes ranked COAs · operator verifies
Latency
Minutes
What moves
COAs with probability of success · tasking
Imminent
Who acts
Edge acts on pre-authorized response matrix
Latency
Seconds · <500 ms sensor-to-COA
What moves
Effects · then report to core

TT&P = tactics, techniques & procedures · COA = course of action. The latency curve and the five domain lanes are on the Platforms page.

HYPATIUS protective dome over contested domains
Why HYPATIUS

The underdog
builds sharper.

01 / BUILTBuilt by operators, not a conglomerate. We shipped 870,000 lines of orbital simulation before we asked anyone for a Series A.
02 / SPEEDWe move at commercial cadence as a non-traditional defense contractor on OTA, CSO, and SBIR Phase III vehicles while the primes wait on the next budget cycle.
03 / MERITA small business and non-traditional defense contractor. Small enough to care about your mission, deep enough to deliver it — we win on the work.
04 / OPENStandards-aligned and open by design. We integrate into the joint architecture, not lock you into ours.
The vision

The next decade of conflict is a software problem.

Deterrence now runs on who can sense, decide, and act faster across every domain at once — orbit, spectrum, sea, and the contracting line that funds it all. HYPATIUS is building the operating system for that fight: one connected reasoning layer, owned by the people defending the mission.

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Leadership

Operators, engineers, builders.

National-security space, platform architecture, brand, operations, and aerospace strategy — each has been doing this kind of work for years.

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News

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Press release · 08 Sep 2026

Hypatius names Stanley O. Kennedy, Jr. Chief Executive Officer

Oakman Aerospace co-founder brings four decades of space systems and digital engineering leadership to the company behind STARCHITECT. Founder James A. LeMieux transitions to Chief Technology Officer.

Charleston, S.C. · Read the release →

Contracting with HYPATIUS
STATUS Small business  ·  Non-traditional defense contractor
UEI UKELB3UV76V6  ·  CAGE 19S89
HQ Charleston, SC  ·  CONTACT leadership@hypati.us
Small-business set-asideNon-traditional defense contractorSBIR Phase IIIOTACSO NAICS 541512NAICS 541330NAICS 541715SAM.gov registered

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