Department of War
Trusted by the warfighter. Proven at the tactical edge.
The Department of War (DoW), formerly the Department of Defense, operates where technology failure is not an inconvenience. It is a threat to national security and human life. Norseman has earned its place here through decades of delivering solutions that work when the network is down, the environment is hostile, and the mission cannot wait. From garrison IT modernization to tactical edge computing in austere environments, we build and deploy the infrastructure that warfighters depend on every day.
Why Department of War teams choose Norseman
- Cleared personnel supporting IL4, IL5, and sensitive classified environments across the DoW enterprise.
- ITES-4H (Army CHESS) contract holder with deep experience in DoW procurement and rapid order fulfillment.
- Odin's Edge, our purpose built autonomous edge AI platform for DDIL environments where the cloud is not an option.
- A record of delivering at the speed the mission demands, not the speed the procurement process typically allows.
Key solutions for Department of War
Cloud & Edge Platforms
Hybrid cloud architectures spanning AWS GovCloud, Azure Government, and on premises classified environments, plus Odin's Edge for tactical and forward deployed operations.
Explore the practiceCyber Resilience & Zero Trust
DoD Zero Trust Strategy aligned implementations, CMMC 2.0 readiness, STIG compliance automation, and cross domain solutions for multi classification environments.
Explore the practiceDigital Foundations
Enterprise infrastructure for garrison and tactical environments: compute, storage, networking, and power solutions hardened for DoW operations.
Explore the practiceApplied AI & Data Analytics
AI inferencing at the edge, predictive maintenance for weapons systems, and intelligence analytics platforms that deliver decision advantage at the speed of relevance.
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Experience and impact
Our experience
- Tactical edge computing deployments supporting forward operating locations with self contained compute, storage, AI inferencing, and private 5G connectivity.
- Infrastructure modernization across Army installations, including server virtualization, storage consolidation, and network architecture upgrades.
- CMMC 2.0 and NIST 800-171 compliance implementations for defense industrial base contractors and program offices.
- HPC and GPU computing deployments for modeling, simulation, and AI training workloads in classified environments.
- Cross domain solution implementations enabling secure information sharing between classification levels.
Impact we deliver
- Delivered operational technology to forward deployed units that kept mission capability in disconnected, degraded, and intermittent connectivity environments.
- Compressed procurement to deployment timelines from months to weeks using ITES-4H streamlined ordering.
- Enabled real time AI decision support at the tactical edge, where latency to the cloud would compromise mission outcomes.
- Hardened garrison IT infrastructure to meet evolving DoW cybersecurity requirements without disrupting ongoing operations.
Where we are focused next
Autonomous Edge AI
Odin's Edge points to the future of deployed computing. It brings AI inference, data sovereignty, and full stack IT capability into a ruggedized, self contained platform that operates without any network dependency.
JADC2 & Data Mesh
Joint All Domain Command and Control demands seamless data sharing across services and domains. Norseman is positioning solutions that enable interoperable data fabrics across classification boundaries.
Zero Trust at the Tactical Edge
Extending zero trust principles beyond the garrison into contested, forward environments where traditional perimeter security models were never designed to operate.
How Department of War buyers work with us
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DoD ESI
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