Simplesense and Digital Force Technologies Announce First Air Force Deployment of Counter Drone System Integrated into Installation Resilience Operations

NATIONAL HARBOR, Md., Sept. 14, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Simplesense, Inc and Digital Force Technologies, LLC (DFT) today announced a $3.4M award to integrate DFT’s SeraphimOS™ sensor fusion platform into the Installation Resilience Operations Command & Control (IROC) prototype at an Air Force Installation.

The primary objective of this award is to strengthen and enhance the installation security and base defense posture of military installations, proving rapid integration is possible and further reducing the speed to integrate at future installations. The project will consolidate fragmented sensor feeds—including video, sensor, radar, and intrusion detection—into a unified dashboard designed to significantly reduce operator cognitive load and accelerate the Observe, Orient, Decide, and Act (OODA) loop, delivering near-term operational value to the installation’s Base Defense Operations Center (BDOC).

Installation infrastructure rarely fails all at once and almost never stays inside one squadron. When operational data is fragmented across separate operational pictures, preventable issues escalate before anyone sees them coming — a silent threat to mission readiness. Simplesense’s Resilience Core™ unlocks the power of that data to drive early awareness, giving installation leaders and their teams one trusted view of critical mission support conditions. The solution is currently deployed with a contract underway to expand to five additional Air Force, Space Force, and Army installations, surfacing emerging risks before they cause mission-degradation.

DFT’s SeraphimOS™ fuses data from multiple sensors, autonomously assesses threats, and delivers localized alerts to operators in disconnected and degraded environments. The platform simplifies complex information streams, reduces cognitive burden, and enables faster, more confident decision-making across mission sets — from counter-UAS and base defense to man-portable surveillance and vehicle-mounted sensing.

"Our adversaries can out maneuver the U.S. simply by more quickly adapting the latest technology. The DoW’s investment in companies like Simplesense and DFT keeps the U.S. competitive at the cutting edge, instead of a decade behind." said Eric Kanagy, CEO of Simplesense.

“By integrating SeraphimOS™ into military installations, we’re proving how counter-UAS and other critical sensor data can be rapidly unified to give operators a clearer picture of threats and enable faster, more informed decisions. Just as importantly, we’re establishing a repeatable approach that can scale across Air Force installations.” said Justin MacLaurin, President and CEO of Digital Force Technologies.

About Simplesense

Simplesense is a non-traditional defense contractor delivering cross-domain installation resilience for military bases. Its Resilience Core™ gives mission operators one trusted view of infrastructure conditions, unlocking previously siloed data to enable a faster, more confident response. Formed in 2017, Simplesense is a success story of the defense innovation ecosystem, graduating from industry accelerators to a prototype contract at the Air Force’s Installation of the Future in 2020 to a production contract with the Air Force Installation and Mission Support Center in 2024. More information at simplesense.io.

About Digital Force Technologies

Digital Force Technologies (DFT) is a San Diego, California-based defense technology company that builds Full-Stack Mission Systems to accelerate and automate the kill chain at the tactical edge. Purpose-built for Force Protection and Counter-UAS applications, DFT's mission-tailored systems enable military operators to detect threats, make decisions, and execute effects at machine speed. Trusted by the U.S. military, DFT has fielded thousands of systems in support of the nation's most critical missions. For more than 25 years, DFT has combined deep operational expertise with advanced technologies to rapidly design, develop, and manufacture mission-ready capabilities that meet the evolving demands of the modern battlefield. For more information, please contact info@digitalforcetech.com or visit www.digitalforcetech.com.