Run Cloud-Native Software Without the Cloud

Mulga Defense Corporation builds the execution layer that lets cloud-native software run where the cloud cannot reach. Our flagship platform, Spinifex, replicates the AWS GovCloud services that public sector teams already depend on (compute, block storage, object storage, networking) and runs them on operator-owned hardware at the tactical edge, inside private data centers, on shipboard systems, or across air-gapped enclaves. The result: agencies and warfighters keep the developer tooling, SDKs, and architectural patterns they have already standardized on, while removing the centralized cloud dependency that fails the moment a link is jammed, severed, or never available in the first place.

Public sector adoption of commercial cloud has unlocked enormous capability, but it has also created a structural problem for defense, intelligence, and critical infrastructure missions: the software that matters most is often built against APIs that assume persistent connectivity to a hyperscaler control plane. When that assumption breaks — in DDIL (denied, degraded, intermittent, limited) conditions, on a forward operating base, aboard a submarine, or across a coalition partner's classified network — mission applications either fail outright or require expensive rewrites to a bespoke edge stack. Spinifex eliminates that re-write tax. Software written for AWS EC2, EBS, and S3 deploys onto Spinifex unchanged, using the same AWS CLI, SDKs, and Terraform modules already in use across the federal civilian and defense communities.

Spinifex is purpose-built for the public sector context. Identity, permissions, and execution authority are enforced locally on the node — never gated by an external cloud control plane — so operations continue indefinitely without reach-back. Object storage is protected with Reed-Solomon erasure coding for multi-node fault tolerance. Block storage includes WAL-backed persistence, snapshots, and NVMe caching. The platform is hardware-agnostic and runs on x86 or ARM Linux systems, including rugged edge nodes deployed in austere environments. Open-source code is available under AGPL-3.0, with a commercial license for organizations that require it, giving government buyers full auditability of the runtime that mission software depends on.

Mulga sits below mission platforms, not beside them. C2 systems, autonomy stacks, AI/ML inference, geospatial workloads, and collaboration tools all run on top of Spinifex side by side, isolated by default. Designed, engineered, and built across Australia and the United States, Mulga delivers sovereign infrastructure that matches how the public sector actually operates: distributed, contested, coalition-driven, and unwilling to accept disconnection as a failure state.