Raft, a top defense tech company, has launched the Raft Partner Program. This new initiative helps industry partners quickly build, integrate, and deploy mission-ready apps on the Raft Data Platform ([R]DP) and the Raft AI Mission System ([R]AIMS). As modern warfare moves to software-defined, multi-domain operations, the program meets rising needs for speed, interoperability, and smooth collaboration across defense.
The Raft Partner Program aims to build a national security ecosystem. It speeds up the creation of innovative, interoperable tools using [R]DP and [R]AIMS. Through access to technical enablement, platform resources, and close collaboration with Raft’s engineering teams, partners are equipped to deliver secure, high-performance applications ready for operational deployment. These platforms already serve as foundational software layers supporting many of the Department of War’s largest modernization initiatives.
“Regardless of the mission, if you want the Department of War to adopt your technology, you need to build on the foundational software layers powering their key modernization initiatives,” said Shubhi Mishra, Founder and CEO of Raft. “This program gives industry a fast lane and time back to the mission. Partners can integrate across the Raft ecosystem and scale their capabilities everywhere the U.S. fights.”
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Raft also announced the founding cohort of partners, which includes Lockheed Martin, Scale AI, Red Hat, and Rune Technologies. Applications are now open for companies interested in joining the next cohort. Participation in the Raft Partner Program provides validated interoperability, stronger market differentiation, and a faster path to delivering mission-ready capabilities directly to operators. The program is designed to support a wide range of partners-from emerging technology companies developing next-generation applications, to defense primes delivering integrated solutions at scale, to commercial technology providers extending pre-integrated capabilities to the tactical edge.
“Raft’s partnership program reiterates their position as foundational to the modernization priorities across the Department of War”, said Mina Faltas, Founder & CEO of Washington Harbour Partners. “Since partnering with Raft, their proliferation across the multi-domain defense ecosystem – especially the widespread adoption of [R]DP and [R]AIMS – highlights their commitment to innovation. The modern national security imperatives require modular software-defined solutions, and Raft, alongside their key partners, are answering the call by bringing the best of American innovation together”, added Patrick Foley, Principal at Washington Harbour Partners.