Defense Supply Chain Challenge
Defense manufacturers face unprecedented pressure to scale production while maintaining supply chain resilience
Surge Production Demands
The Problem: Defense suppliers, especially drone and autonomous systems startups, must rapidly scale from low-volume production (100 parts/year) to high-volume manufacturing (1,000+ parts/month) without established supply networks.
The Impact:
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Long lead times to identify qualified suppliers
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Limited visibility into supplier capacity and availability
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Risk of production delays due to supply bottlenecks
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Missed opportunities due to slow sourcing processes
Empower Your Operations with Real-Time Proof of Capacity
SPARC connects directly to machines, MES systems, and supplier data to give you live visibility into what’s actually being built — not what’s promised.
Our platform turns production telemetry into verified readiness metrics, helping program offices, OEMs, and suppliers plan, award, and deliver with confidence.
Live Capacity
Visibility
See which suppliers are available, qualified, and producing — in real time.
Machine Verified Proof
Replace self-attestations with hard data from connected machines.
Surge Readiness Dashboard
Model surge scenarios and see how demand can be absorbed across the network.
Secure Defense Grade Infrastructure
Zero-trust connections ensure compliance with CMMC and ITAR.
Meet SPARC
SPARC (Surge Production & Readiness Command) was born from a rare kind of collaboration — software engineers, manufacturers, and AI specialists joining forces to solve one of the Department of Defense’s toughest problems: proving industrial readiness. Anchored by early support from the Defense Logistics Agency, the partnership combines Authentise’s digital thread and MES expertise, Kform’s hands-on production and supplier experience, and OpenWerks’ AI capability intelligence. Together, they bring decades of DoD and supply-chain experience into a single platform that finally turns real manufacturing data into evidence — not claims — of capacity and resilience.
