Author: Noah Phillips, Director of Innovation
The Problem Isn’t Software. It’s Infrastructure.
In modern defense environments, software is only as strong as the infrastructure beneath it. Missions are no longer delayed by poor strategy or slow intel. They are delayed because the systems designed to support them take too long to stand up, too long to recover, and too many people to maintain. The problem isn’t software. It’s infrastructure. BEDDE was built to fix that.
BEDDE Is the Engine Behind Every Deployment
BEDDE, short for Bundled Edge Development and Deployment Environment, is the engine that powers Varada’s mission infrastructure. BEDDE isn’t a product. It’s a professionally delivered capability. A repeatable, infrastructure-as-code service that serves as the foundation of Varada’s deployments. It provisions secure, scalable environments anywhere the mission requires them, with no need for connectivity, field engineers, or lengthy configuration cycles. It replaces manual provisioning with automation. It replaces drift with consistency. It replaces lag with instant readiness.
Mission Speed Starts with Repeatability
What sets BEDDE apart is not just its speed. It is the consistency. Every BEDDE deployment delivers the same hardened, compliant, zero trust environment, whether it’s installed in a disconnected tactical kit or launched across a high-side enclave. It supports IL6 workloads. It runs OpenShift natively. It can be pre-loaded on a thumb drive or pushed remotely from garrison. And it recovers itself when things break. That level of automation and resilience is not common in federal IT. It is deliberate. It is engineered. It is operational.
What normally takes months, sometimes even a year, BEDDE delivers in hours. Full DevSecOps infrastructure, provisioned at the speed of mission. No handoffs. No rework. No waiting.
BEDDE was built so that the people closest to the mission can deploy infrastructure themselves. Warfighters, field teams, and non-technical personnel can stand up secure environments without calling in SMEs or waiting on support tickets. That level of autonomy transforms how fast units can move, adapt, and recover in the field.
Born from Real Field Needs
BEDDE was born out of a very real need. Government teams were stuck rebuilding infrastructure every time a test event failed or an update wiped out a config. Getting back online took weeks. Achieving ATO was a marathon. So we created a way to remove the friction. BEDDE accelerates provisioning, automates compliance, and ensures that what works in the lab works exactly the same in the field. No variation. No drift. No surprises.
BEDDE supports a range of mission-critical workloads, including C5ISR systems and targeting platforms. By delivering consistent infrastructure in even the most degraded or disconnected conditions, it ensures data flow and mission continuity without compromise.
Proven in Defense Environments
That consistency matters most in high-stakes, high-security environments. When the Navy needed to modernize its DevSecOps stack under the RAISE initiative, BEDDE delivered a production-ready environment in under 24 hours. It met the RMF requirements and enabled faster development and testing cycles without compromising security. That capability, once limited to the enterprise, is now available at the edge.
The Foundation of Varada’s Ecosystem
BEDDE is more than a delivery engine. It’s the infrastructure backbone behind Varada’s most agile deployments. BEDDE-IHX extends its power to tactical kits and disconnected environments, offering both compute and portable power support to sustain operations even in the most austere conditions. At the edge, JIVA360 runs on top of BEDDE to deliver secure, field-ready intelligence. SoftwareX, Varada’s Software Factory as a Service, integrates with BEDDE for clients who need full-stack automation from infrastructure to application, but can also operate independently. BEDDE is also designed to integrate with cross-domain solutions. When paired with diodes, jump servers, and mission routers, it supports secure data transfer between classification levels and across network boundaries. BEDDE ensures that, wherever it’s used, the environment is stable, compliant, and ready to support the mission.
Built for the Fight Ahead
The battlefield has evolved. The mission moves faster than ever. BEDDE was built for that reality. It gives the operator infrastructure that boots up instantly, recovers automatically, and never needs to be explained twice. It gives program managers the confidence that every environment is secure, compliant, and ready to scale. And it gives agencies a future-proof foundation that adapts to whatever comes next.
Infrastructure That Just Works
Infrastructure shouldn’t be a bottleneck. BEDDE turns it into an advantage. See it in action. Let us show you what automated infrastructure really looks like.
