Platform One
OEM: U.S. Air Force (multi-vendor)
First Produced: 2019
Status: Active
Role: Air Force DevSecOps software factory
Primary Operator: U.S. Air Force / Department of the Air Force
OEM Website: af.mil
Platform One is the U.S. Air Force's enterprise DevSecOps platform, providing hardened Kubernetes-based infrastructure, CI/CD pipelines, and accredited container images to hundreds of DoW and federal programs. Core offerings include Iron Bank (hardened container repository), Big Bang (Kubernetes reference implementation), and Party Bus (multi-tenant PaaS).
The platform enables continuous Authority-to-Operate (cATO), dramatically reducing the time required to push software to operational systems from months to hours. Platform One has become a model for other software factories across DoW — Kessel Run, Kobayashi Maru, BESPIN, and others — and exemplifies the 'software is a weapons system' ethos of modern defense acquisition.
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