Better materials and sensing architectures that improve awareness, discrimination, and decision-quality data.
Advanced technology for American missions
Technology for the people who carry the mission.
TACTIC develops advanced materials, autonomous systems, sensing, and AI to give the American warfighter better capability, faster adaptation, and decisive technical advantage.
Mission first. Science to field.TACTIC closes the gap between promising technology and capability that can actually reach the people who need it.
01 · Warfighter Outcomes
What matters
Capability is measured at the mission edge.
We organize R&D around outcomes that matter in contested, resource-constrained, rapidly changing environments.
AI, autonomy, and closed-loop learning that compress the time from observation to useful action.
Materials and systems designed for thermal, mechanical, electromagnetic, radiation, and environmental extremes.
Prototype, validate, manufacture, and transfer with fieldability designed into the technical path from day one.
02 · Core Capabilities
Built for hard technical problems
Deep science. Fast execution. Operational consequence.
CAP / 01
MAT
Advanced Materials
Functional, magnetic, quantum, thermal, structural, and extreme-environment materials engineered around mission requirements.
CAP / 02
AI
AI & Autonomy
Physics-informed learning, agentic workflows, multimodal fusion, and autonomous experimentation for faster technical decisions.
CAP / 03
ISR
Sensing & Insight
Measurement systems that expose hidden system state and convert complex data into decision-grade understanding.
CAP / 04
TRL
Technology Transition
Validation, repeatability, manufacturability, partner integration, and transition strategy built alongside the technology.
Flagship program
FORGE
Autonomous materials synthesis for strategic materials.
FORGE learns how materials form, navigates difficult synthesis pathways, and turns successful growth into transferable process knowledge.
Why it matters
The material only helps the mission if we can make it.
- Rare-earth-reduced magnetic materials
- Quantum and electronic materials
- Extreme-environment coatings and structures
- Energy, sensing, and transduction materials
03 · American Advantage
Tennessee home
Built where national science, defense, and manufacturing converge.
TACTIC is rooted in Tennessee, with regional access to Oak Ridge National Laboratory, the University of Tennessee system, aerospace and defense test infrastructure, advanced manufacturing, and a growing defense-industrial ecosystem.