An all-of-government expert discovery and collaboration platform that finds the cleared professional you need — across every agency and component, in seconds, not days.
When a program office needs a rare AI/ML skill, or a program office needs an SME to evaluate an industry solution, or a field commander needs a quantum expert — the search happens through phone calls, personal networks, and word of mouth. The right expert exists. They just can't be found.
"I reach out to my network to see if anyone knows someone who knows the topic."
"Finding the right SME to evaluate a vendor solution takes days. By then the collection window is closed."
"A lot of our collaboration is still word of mouth. There is no system."
An all-of-government platform — not a single agency tool. Runs on cleared infrastructure, serves every DoW component and IC agency, and makes 14,000+ cleared professionals discoverable in seconds.
Government capability gaps are posted to industry solution marketplaces. The Beacon is the expert layer that makes those marketplaces work faster — on both sides of the submission.
The DoW has identified critical mission focus areas spanning AI, autonomy, cyber, and intelligence. The Beacon has Panic Rooms — always-on expert communities — mapped to each one.
An industry solution on autonomous swarm warfighting arrives. The program office needs a peer panel of cleared SMEs. That search — today done through emails and personal networks — takes 4 seconds on The Beacon.
32 always-on, cleared technology war rooms — each mapped to a DoW mission area. When a capability gap opens, the community is already assembled and working the problem.
The Beacon is a proposed platform for expert discovery across the Department of War and the Intelligence Community. We are seeking partners, sponsors, and program offices to bring it to life. Let's build it together.