Product Manager - Mission Agents

SMX and Vannevar partner to deliver mission-specific AI agents. PR Newswire Today at 1:15am PDT Agreement Marks Vannevar's First Official Strategic Partnership PALO ALTO, Calif., April 21, 2026 /PRNewswire/ - Vannevar and SMX have entered into a strategic partnership to bring mission-specific warfighting agents to the Combatant Commands (COCOMs) and select federal agencies. The partnership is designed to accelerate operational outcomes by combining Vannevar's data, AI, and mission analytics capabilities with SMX's enterprise-scale delivery, prime contract positions, and proven execution across all geographic Combatant Commands, select Service Components, and Federal Civilian Agencies. Together, Vannevar and SMX will oversee agent deployments with an AI-enabled services model, embedding mission and technical experts onsite to scale usage and mission outcomes. Vannevar began working with SMX in 2021 to support Special Operations Command Pacific open source intelligence activities, and in 2025 expanded our work to provide agentic capabilities for interagency operations. Building on that work, the partnership expands joint delivery through deeper data integrations, mission-relevant datasets, and reasoning agents built for targeted use cases such as Western Hemisphere defense, counter-narcotics operations, and information dominance. "Modern operations demand more than access to information. They demand the ability to turn disparate and complex data into timely insights that drive action at the speed of everything from competition to conflict," said Erin Biggers, Executive VP of Mission at Vannevar. "This partnership is about rapidly fielding warfighting agents that fit how teams actually work, and delivering decision advantage that is measurable, repeatable, and ready to scale." "SMX brings a strong track record of delivering mission-critical capabilities at scale across the global operational landscape," said Dana Dewey, President of Global Defense at SMX. "By combining our execution strength and mission footprint with Vannevar's agentic capabilities, we can accelerate the transition from prototype to sustained operational- embedding mission-specific AI directly into end-user workflows and drive real-world outcomes." What this partnership enables The partnership is structured to move rapidly from mission needs to fielded capability, with an emphasis on operational workflows and repeatable deployment models. Key themes include: * Integration of existing platforms to support data sharing and analysis, including hard-to-access datasets that can confirm or tip analysts and uncover new insights. * Agent infrastructure capable of model-agnostic agent orchestration, model performance monitoring, real-time model evaluation, and workflow development. * Mission-specific agent deployments that enable customized workflows, including deep tradecraft specialization in geospatial, COA planning, and Information Operations that can compress key tasks from days to minutes. * AI-enabled mission services, including embedded agent and mission experts who can tune and adapt deployments to customer needs, train teams, and accelerate time-to-outcome. Where we will focus first In the near term, the partnership will focus on joint go-to-market offerings aligned to both organizations' existing footprints, including priority missions and stakeholders across six Combatant Commands and a targeted set of Federal Civilian agencies where mission sets are aligned to deploying frontier AI against top national security challenges. Built for rapid fielding and flexible acquisition The partnership will pursue opportunities through a mix of rapid acquisition pathways and traditional mechanisms, with a deliberate emphasis on OTAs where they accelerate speed, flexibility, and transition to production. SMX and Vannevar are aligned on rapidly fielding capabilities based on validated user demand, then expanding usage from initial deployments to program-level adoption. Looking ahead SMX and Vannevar will operate with an accelerated cadence for partnership execution, including customer prioritization, developing new reasoning agents, and overseeing their deployment in operational settings. About Vannevar Vannevar builds defense software for 21st-century conflict. Its platform delivers information dominance and decision advantage - improving targeting, accelerating planning, and strengthening both homeland defense and Indo-Pacific deterrence. Powered by one petabyte of rare adversarial data, Vannevar's agentic AI adapts to each mission and operates at the tactical edge. Learn more at www.vannevarlabs.com. About SMX SMX is an industry-leading provider of product-focused solutions for mission-oriented clients, operating across the United States and around the globe. SMX delivers scalable and secure solutions combined with the mission expertise needed to accelerate outcomes for the Department of War, Intelligence Community, Public Sector, Fortune 1000, and other public and private sector clients. For more information on our solutions, please visit https://www.smxtech.com/. SOURCE Vannevar Labs This is a paid placement. For further inquiries, please contact PR Newswire directly.

Art of the Edge: building new capabilities for MCTSSA. In February 2026, Vannevar joined a composite team to successfully demonstrate a live "Art of the Edge" integrated capability for senior Marine Corps leadership. The demo was the product of a focused five-week sprint across a coalition of partners, built around a simple goal: move at operational speed against real mission problems, and prove Vannevar Labs, Inc. can integrate in ways that matter at the tactical edge. Vannevar Labs, Inc. is proud to have been part of this collaboration, and grateful to the team that turned a concept into a working, integrated capability in a short window. Vannevar Labs, Inc. partnered with Ultra, leveraging a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) with the Marine Corps Tactical Systems Support Activity (MCTSSA), whose mission includes technical support, interoperability certification, testing, integration, and life-cycle support for C4I systems. Interoperability as the force multiplier. The value of "Art of the Edge" is not just that systems can talk to each other. It is what becomes possible when they do. In the words of Thomas "TJ" Johnson at MCTSSA: "We are providing commanders at the tactical edge with the context needed to understand the environment in real-time. This 'Art of the Edge' architecture provides a vision into the broader range of response options and the flexibility to act with precision in complex, contested environments." "We are providing commanders at the tactical edge with the context needed to understand the environment in real-time." - Thomas "TJ" Johnson, MCTSSA Senior Principal Engineer for Combined and Joint Interoperability Vannevar's role in the integrated capability was to enrich battle tracks with mission-specific data and reasoning agents, helping convert raw signals into decision-ready outputs inside Ultra's platform. When you're moving fast with many mission partners, interoperability is the force multiplier. The WEST demo aimed to prove that these capabilities are not a standalone vignette but a modular architecture where each parter contributes distinct strengths to extend the core system. In practice, that means commanders at the tactical edge get more than "what" they are seeing. They get better visibility into the "so what" and "now what" even in complex, contested environments. The demo received strong positive feedback during the AFCEA West conference, resonating with senior leadership including the Commanding General of Marine Corps Systems Command. It surfaced a clear demand signal: that integrated, interoperable, mission-ready systems are available to the warfighter today, rather than a future aspiration.not a future aspiration. There is pull to make this real and repeatable. What comes next. Momentum matters most right after a demo, when interest is fresh and partners are aligned. The team is already tracking down opportunities to deploy this partnered solution in upcoming Marine Corps and joint exercises alongside MCTSSA. Vannevar Labs, Inc. also have clear internal takeaways on how to further enhance the performance of its agents for specific mission outcomes in operational environments. Thank you to MCTSSA, the AFCEA venue, and its mission partners for making this collaboration possible. You can lear more about the Department of the Navy's Technology Transfer Program here.

Vannevar, a company building AI agents for national security missions, has appointed Eric Ransom as Chief Legal Officer. Ransom brings nearly two decades of experience in government service, private practice and industry, with expertise in defence acquisition and emerging technology. Ransom joins from Crowell & Moring, where he was a partner advising defence contractors and venture-backed defence companies. He previously helped launch Scale AI's defence business as its first in-house counsel for Public Sector and spent over a decade at the Government Accountability Office's Bid Protest Division. In his role, Ransom will lead legal functions, government contracting strategy and compliance programmes. Vannevar currently supports over 125 deployments across the Department of Defense and US government.