Mission-Critical Software Delivery, Assured
Deploy to DoD Systems with Unmatched Speed & Reliability
UDS is purpose-built for the unique challenges of defense missions—adding a full UI, real-time observability, and cybersecurity-focused artifacts designed for DoD compliance.
A Secure Foundation for Every Mission
Security & Compliance Built-In
Out of the box UDS Core meets 35% of NIST controls for IL 4+ Automated Policy Enforcement. Designed around zero trust and defense-in-depth principles.
Portable to Any Mission Environment
UDS is a portable, supporting multiple cloud providers, on-prem infrastructure, and tactical edge solutions. With UDS, deploy the same software baseline across contractor environments, on government systems, unclassified, classified, or even SAP environments.
Free of Vendor Lock
Own your baseline free of vendor lock. Built entirely on open-source capabilities, UDS uses flexible software licenses, allowing continued use of the solution even without a Defense Unicorns contract.
Applications Included with UDS Core Platform
Prometheus
(Monitoring)
Pepr
(Policy Engine)
Grafana
(Monitoring)
Loki
(Log Aggregation)
Istio
(Service Mesh)
Vector
(Log Aggregation)
Authservice
(Authorization)
Velero
(Backup & Restore)
Keycloak
(IDAM)
Metrics Server
(Metrics)
Neuvector
(Security)
Zarf
(Airgap Deploy & SBOM)
Accelerate ATO with Security & Compliance Artifacts
UDS Premium accelerates your path to Authorization to Operate (ATO) by providing pre-built security and compliance artifacts out of the box. This includes a Security Controls Traceability Matrix (SCTM) mapped to NIST SP 800-53 Rev 4/5, detailed System Architecture and Information Flow Diagrams, Software Bills of Materials (SBOMs), and continuous CVE scan results.
Realtime Monitoring Across all Deployments
With built-in observability tools, UDS provides real-time insight into software health, resource usage, and security posture. From vulnerability scans to policy enforcement, teams can quickly detect, assess, and respond to risks—ensuring secure, compliant operations across all environments.
Fully Supported & Backed by Unicorns
UDS Premium delivers hardened, FIPS-compliant images and pre-integrated deployment artifacts designed for secure, scalable operations. With SLA-backed support and centralized policy management, teams can deploy airgap-ready applications across cloud, on-prem, and tactical edge systems—ensuring continuity across all mission environments.
Reduce Manual Overhead
Reduce operational costs and free up your engineering resources with UDS Premium’s built-in automation. From real-time security validation to seamless deployment management, UDS reduces the typical manual overhead of DoD missions—helping your teams do more with less while keeping your mission on schedule.
Secure Deployments, Simplified from Day One
From packaging applications to monitoring deployments, UDS Premium automates the path to compliant, scalable delivery—across cloud, on-prem, or disconnected environments.
Build and Package
Create mission-ready artifacts using pre-hardened containers and templates that accelerate your path to ATO by meeting DoD Security requirements on day one.
Deploy Environment
Verify compliance before deployment and execute consistently across classified networks, tactical edge, and cloud environments with full confidence.
Monitor & Sustain
Gain real-time visibility into deployed applications with built-in monitoring tools—helping your teams track performance, enforce security policies, and maintain compliance across every environment.
Update Rapidly
Push software updates with ease using UDS Registry and automated workflows—ensuring your mission systems stay secure, compliant, and fully operational without slowing down delivery.
Coming Soon!
Manage & Deliver Software Securely—Anywhere You Operate
UDS Registry makes it easy to manage and distribute pre-vetted, mission-critical software. With a simple user interface, delivery teams can securely push trusted packages from the registry to any environment—whether connected or airgapped.
Distribution Ready for Any Mission
Make UDS application packages available across all environments—from cloud to tactical edge—ensuring continuous access to secure, validated software.
Integration-Ready Architecture
Designed API-first, UDS Registry connects with your CI/CD workflows for automated publishing and seamless delivery—no process disruption required.
CVE & SBOM Insights Built In
View critical vulnerability and software‐bill‐of‐materials data to assess risk before deployment—enabling informed, secure decision-making.
Controlled, Auditable Access
Granular access controls and distribution permissions ensure only approved teams can access and deploy packages—supporting both security and compliance goals.
Mission-Critical Insights at Your Fingertips
Stay mission-ready with real-time insights across clusters, applications, and security events—helping your teams detect, respond, and maintain operational advantage.
Seamless User Interface Built for Your Mission Needs
Unified Dashboard for Deployment Security Overview
Access a clean dashboard that streamlines secure deployment and management. From visualizing recent activity to initiating workflows, the UDS user interface makes it easy to navigate your available applications and resources—all in one place.
Live Monitoring & CVE Reporting
Track vulnerabilities and system health in real-time. UDS provides clear visibility into CVE scan results, SBOM metadata, and policy violations—empowering teams to prioritize risk and maintain mission-compliant posture.
Cluster-Level Observability & Metrics
Built for DoD-scale infrastructure, engineers can monitor resource utilization, health checks, and performance metrics across individual clusters. Identify anomalies, troubleshoot live systems, and ensure your apps stay mission-ready.
Choose The Right Plan For Your Mission
Whether you’re starting with our open-source foundation or scaling with enterprise support, UDS offers the right solution to fit your mission requirements.
| Core | Premium | |
|---|---|---|
Secure Runtime Platform ( UDS Core Docs ) | | |
SBOM & CVE Scans | | |
ATO Compliance Artifacts |  | |
Unicorn Hardened Images | | |
Access to FIPs Validated Images | | |
Custom Deployment Artifacts | | |
Infrastructure Testing & Integration | | |
| Additional Capabilities | ||
| | |
Cluster Observability UI ( View Demo ) | | |
Multi-Cluster Observability UI Coming Soon! | | |
| Support | ||
24/7 Support | | |
Ops/Security SLAs | | |
| Add Ons | ||
Tactical Edge Deployments ( Learn More ) | | Additional Cost |
Pre-integrated Applications ( View App Catalog ) | | Additional Cost |
Secure Infrastructure Modules | | Additional Cost |
Onsite Installation & Training | | Additional Cost |
Fully Managed Deployment Service | | Additional Cost |
Further Accelerate Delivery
Tactical Edge Deployments
Advanced capabilities for edge computing deployments.
Low-Latency Processing
Distributed Computing
How UDS Powers Secure Delivery
Frequently Asked Questions
UDS Premium builds on the open-source foundation of UDS Core by offering a full user interface, real-time observability tools, visual registry access, and pre-packaged compliance documentation—all designed to simplify secure deployments in regulated environments.
No. UDS Premium includes a fully featured visual interface that lets teams deploy, monitor, and manage software without using the CLI—ideal for users who prefer graphical workflows.
Yes. UDS Premium supports both connected and airgapped deployments. It includes a visual UDS Registry that can operate offline, enabling secure software distribution across cloud, on-prem, and disconnected systems.
UDS Premium includes real-time (or near real-time) observability features such as deployment status, cluster health metrics, policy enforcement alerts, CVE exposure summaries, and SBOM visibility—all from a centralized interface.
Yes. UDS Premium includes pre-built compliance documentation and policy artifacts aligned with DoD RMF, NIST 800-53, and continuous ATO (cATO) standards—helping accelerate and sustain ATO timelines.
Absolutely. UDS Premium includes access to the UDS Registry UI (coming soon), enabling users to browse, organize, and manage mission software packages across environments visually.
UDS Premium is infrastructure-agnostic and tested across AWS GovCloud, Azure GovCloud, private cloud, and airgapped environments. You can manage deployments to multiple targets using the same consistent interface and secure packages.
UDS Premium includes 24/7 support from UDS experts, including operations troubleshooting, vulnerability response, and deployment guidance—tailored to mission-critical environments.
No. While Zarf and UDS CLI can still be used under the hood, UDS Premium allows you to interact through a user-friendly UI. It’s ideal for teams that want a complete experience without relying solely on command line tools.
UDS Core, the foundation of UDS Premium, is open source. UDS Premium includes additional features and support as part of a commercial offering, with transparent integration of open-source components like Zarf and Pepr to ensure auditability and vendor independence.