Early Access

An open, hands-on phase before the formal programme lands. We’re working now with the integrators, capability providers, end-users, and research teams whose systems will land alongside PlatypOS in the field.

Integrators
Startups
Defence-tech founders and CTOs

Early-stage companies developing technologies the existing stack does not have a place for — next-generation compute, quantum-aware processing, novel networking, alternative effectors. Co-investigation at startup tempo: short, focused engagements with demonstrable outputs both sides can claim.

Eligibility
TRL 6 or above, non-ITAR
First step
A short, focused co-investigation at startup tempo
Start as a startup →
Integrators
Prime contractors and sub-primes

Defence and security integrators delivering capability into customer programmes. Joint technical evaluation of PlatypOS against existing solutions and in-development alternatives — side-by-side measurements on representative scenarios and hardware. The output is a defensible comparison usable by integrator engineering leads and end customers.

Eligibility
Non-ITAR programmes and platforms
First step
Joint technical evaluation against your current stack
Start as an integrator →
Capability providers
Hardware · software · AI

Vendors of hardware, software, or AI components that operate within EW workloads — radios, classifiers, signal-processing libraries, domain-specific models, and adjacent technologies. Co-validation of the component against PlatypOS as a deployment surface, with a published compatibility envelope. Terms negotiated per partner; the relationship is structured for mutual market access.

Eligibility
Fielded, TRL 9 components; non-ITAR
First step
Co-validation against PlatypOS as a deployment surface
Start as a capability provider →
End-users
Capability development and innovation programmes

Organisations evaluating new capability ahead of conventional acquisition — innovation accelerators, rapid-capability cells, and operator-facing pathways within allied services. Engagements span demonstrations, structured evaluations, and accelerated routes from trial to fielded use. PlatypOS is fieldable; the contribution from the partner is the operator and the scenario.

Eligibility
Allied services and innovation programmes
First step
A demonstration or structured evaluation
Start as an end-user →
Peer platforms
Mission-system, C2, and AI platforms

Platforms operating at adjacent layers — command, picture, mission AI, autonomy, ISR fusion. Integration to PlatypOS at the API and data-exchange layer, with both products preserving their customer relationships and roadmaps. The joint capability appears in the operator workflow without either platform absorbing the other’s stack.

Eligibility
A documented, non-ITAR integration API
First step
Integration at the API and data-exchange layer
Start as a peer platform →
Allied research
Government, university, and national labs

Research organisations testing techniques against a real cognitive-EW substrate rather than against simulation. PlatypOS provides an open, modular runtime to evaluate classifiers, waveforms, effects chains, and architectural alternatives. IP, publication, and any commercialisation pathway are negotiated per engagement; the substrate is useful in any of those configurations.

Eligibility
Allied labs; publishable, non-ITAR research
No team member with publications — or co-authors — tied to universities in China, Iran, North Korea, or Russia in the last 10 years
First step
Your techniques on a real cognitive-EW substrate
Start as a research team →
Startups
Defence-tech founders and CTOs

Early-stage companies developing technologies the existing stack does not have a place for — next-generation compute, quantum-aware processing, novel networking, alternative effectors. Co-investigation at startup tempo: short, focused engagements with demonstrable outputs both sides can claim.

Eligibility
TRL 6 or above, non-ITAR
First step
A short, focused co-investigation at startup tempo
Start as a startup →
Integrators
Prime contractors and sub-primes

Defence and security integrators delivering capability into customer programmes. Joint technical evaluation of PlatypOS against existing solutions and in-development alternatives — side-by-side measurements on representative scenarios and hardware. The output is a defensible comparison usable by integrator engineering leads and end customers.

Eligibility
Non-ITAR programmes and platforms
First step
Joint technical evaluation against your current stack
Start as an integrator →
Priority disciplines · Prioritising the possible

The technical areas where Panop most wants to be in conversation during early access. If your work lands in one of these, the integration story with PlatypOS is short and we’ll prioritise inbound. The shape of the engagement varies — co-validation, joint test, integration, or co-development — but the through-line is the same: you bring the capability, PlatypOS is the surface it lands on.

01Cognition

AI and decision systems for the EW domain — classifiers, mission models, autonomy stacks, decision-support layers. PlatypOS provides the runtime, the mesh, and the operator surface; your work plugs in as a component with a defined contract, runs on-device, and reaches the operator through the same loop everything else does.

02Computation

Compute architectures past the conventional CPU/GPU envelope — neuromorphic, FPGA-class reconfigurable fabric, in-memory and analog compute. PlatypOS is hardware-agnostic by design; bring the substrate and we’ll port the stack, characterise the workloads, and publish what the platform unlocks.

03Hardware

Ruggedised radios, EW nodes, vehicles, vessels, UxS payloads — the boxes customers actually deploy. PlatypOS runs on your hardware: we co-validate the platform, publish a compatibility envelope, and stand the joint capability up in the field. No lock-in, no white-labelling — both products keep their customer relationships.

04PNT

GPS-denied navigation, resilient timing, signals-of-opportunity, inertial fusion, and the integration of alternative PNT sources into the mission picture. PlatypOS consumes PNT as a mesh primitive — every node needs a defensible position and a synchronised clock; bring the source and we’ll integrate it into the operator surface and the data plane.

05Quantum

Quantum sensing, RF photonics, post-quantum cryptography, and quantum-secure timing applied to the contested-spectrum problem. PlatypOS is the cognitive layer above the physical one; we’ll evaluate your technology against representative scenarios and integrate where the quantum advantage is real.

06Security

Cryptographic primitives, attestation, anti-tamper, and secure-boot work for distributed nodes operating disconnected and in adversary-held terrain. PlatypOS is the substrate that needs to stay trustworthy under attack; we’ll integrate your approach against the real mesh and the real threat model.