BLUEWIRE

ABOUT

Bluewire is a specialized consulting company that focuses on providing solutions for defense and intelligence community projects. We are staffed by experienced Intelligence Community professionals and specialize in delivering bleeding edge technologies to empower the war fighter and protect the United States.

LEADERSHIP TEAM

Eric Valero - President

Nate Bale - Chief Executive Officer (CEO)

Steve Benner - Chief Technology Officer (CTO)

DJ Steffensmeier - VP of Engineering (VPE)

OUR EXPERTISE

Defense and Intelligence Community consulting
Custom software development for defense applications
AI consulting and implementation
Digital transformation strategy
Technology modernization
DoD 8570 compliant solutions

PROJECTS

LUDD - ludd.ai

LUDD is a private, offline AI intelligence platform designed to provide resilient, secure computing capabilities across various scenarios. The platform operates completely offline, ensuring data privacy and continuous access to knowledge even in environments with limited or no internet connectivity.

KEY FEATURES

Edge AI with locally-running large language models
Offline knowledge architecture with compressed, indexed information
Multi-layered security framework with secure boot and full disk encryption
Extreme durability and energy efficiency
Custom AI agent development directly on device

APPLICATIONS

Smart homes with local personal data processing
Business privacy with secure, on-premise AI solutions
Off-grid intelligence for remote operations
Emergency response during communications failures
Strategic and military operations requiring deployable AI

ARIA - github.com/bwcoai/aria

ARIA (Adaptive Runtime Intelligent Analyzer) is an AI-native observability platform that replaces PromQL with plain English. Teams describe what they want to monitor in natural language and ARIA generates live Prometheus dashboards, answers data questions through a conversational interface, and produces executive-ready reports — all without metric values ever leaving your infrastructure.

KEY FEATURES

Natural language dashboard authoring with real-time Prometheus metric context injection
Multi-datasource support with cross-datasource correlation panels
Pluggable LLM backends (AWS Bedrock, self-hosted Ollama) with automatic fail-over
Rich panel library: timeseries, gauge, heatmap, table, pie chart, and more
PDF and CSV exports with AI-written executive summaries
Grafana-compatible JSON import/export

APPLICATIONS

Kubernetes and cloud operations teams monitoring EKS clusters without PromQL expertise
SRE incident response with rapid custom dashboard creation
Cross-functional teams enabling non-technical stakeholders to query and understand metrics
Executive reporting with auto-generated summaries of infrastructure health
Air-gapped and on-premises deployments with fully self-hosted Ollama backends

LAKEGUARD - github.com/bwcoai/lakeguard

LAKEGUARD is a high-performance file inspection proxy that intercepts uploaded files before they reach backend systems, blocking malicious content at the edge with sub-millisecond overhead. Built in Go with a dual-stage worker pipeline, it enforces XML threat detection, binary signature scanning, and size limits — exposing rich Prometheus metrics at every step.

KEY FEATURES

XML threat detection blocking XXE and external entity injection attacks
Binary signature scanning with configurable threat severity classification
Dual-stage inspection and release pipeline with 64 concurrent workers per stage
Memory pooling via sync.Pool for minimal GC pressure under sustained load
Prometheus-native observability: latency, queue depth, throughput, and backend status metrics
Kubernetes and AWS ECS/Fargate deployment with included Helm charts and Terraform

APPLICATIONS

Secure file upload APIs requiring content inspection before storage or processing
Data pipelines that need to quarantine suspicious files in ETL workflows
Enterprise and regulated environments demanding audit-grade visibility into file threats
SaaS platforms protecting multi-tenant systems by filtering uploads at the edge
Document management services blocking XXE attacks in XML processing workflows

SERVICES

Bluewire provides end-to-end technology services from initial consultation and strategy development to implementation and ongoing support. We specialize in AI solutions, custom software, and digital innovation for defense applications.

Custom software development specifically tailored for defense and intelligence applications
AI consulting and implementation for government agencies and defense contractors
Digital transformation strategy with focus on national security requirements
Technology modernization for defense operations
Comprehensive technology solutions including software development, AI integration, cloud migration
Digital transformation consulting for defense and intelligence organizations
Advanced analytics and automation for intelligence operations
Machine learning models for intelligence operations