VIStology: Versatile, Semantics-Based Software Solutions

Dynamic Solutions for Changing Business Needs Powered by Semantic Technologies and Artificial Intelligence

25 years in defense contracting Sustained delivery on defense programs
JTEL GAT passed (SCA 4.1) SCA-Pass compliance test product
Semantics since 1999 Applied ontology + knowledge engineering

Versatile Software

Dynamic solutions designed to adapt to changing business needs and evolving requirements

Ontology-Based Systems

Flexible, adaptable systems that support new requirements without extensive re-engineering

Technical Expertise

Staff specializing in formal semantics, information fusion, artificial intelligence, and cognitive systems

Policy-Guided Autonomy of Federated Agentic Services

As AI transitions from isolated models to federated agentic workflows, deterministic control is non-negotiable. We apply decades of semantic engineering to bound autonomous agents with unbreakable, ontology-driven policies, delivering policy-guided autonomy for federated agentic services that operate safely within mission parameters.

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Solutions for Mission-Critical Systems

Naval vessel representing complex interconnected systems

Cross-System Data Integration

Unified queries across heterogeneous data sources via semantic metadata, connecting siloed systems into a single knowledge layer.

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Military communications equipment

Policy-Driven Control

Ontology-backed policy engines for spectrum sharing, message prioritization, and RF communications management.

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Military drone for targeted reconnaissance

Relevance Reasoning

Identifying exactly what information is needed to answer a specific query, cutting noise from decision-critical workflows.

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Advanced military aircraft

Future-Proof Design

An ontology-based abstraction layer that absorbs changes to algorithms, protocols, and configurations without re-engineering.

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Featured Product: SCA-Pass

An extensible, user-friendly testing environment providing automated, reproducible conformance tests for waveform applications against the Software Communications Architecture (SCA) v4.1 architectural standard.

  • Automated, reproducible compliance testing
  • Extensible test harness for custom waveform validation
  • Aligned to SCA v4.1 architectural standard

Recommended by JTEL for SCA 4.1 compliance testing.

Core Capabilities

Ontology Development

Custom ontologies tailored to specific domains, enabling precise knowledge representation, precise queries, validation, and integration that survive changing requirements

Semantic Technology Integration

Integrating semantic solutions into customer products and operational systems, turning your software into a knowledge-aware system.

Neurosymbolic AI

Combining neural networks with symbolic reasoning for explainable, robust intelligence, delivering systems that must be right

Research & Development

Solving hard integration problems in military C2, cognitive wireless communications, and standard conformance verification

AI that must be right

Modern AI is powerful but unreliable. When decisions must be deterministic, auditable, and compliant, probabilistic outputs aren't enough. VIStology builds the semantic backbone that grounds AI in formal meaning so your systems can be fast and correct.

We create ontology-based layers that sit between your data, your users, and your AI, enabling the policy-guided autonomy of federated agentic services. This delivers traceable reasoning, cross-system integration, and designs that absorb change instead of breaking from it.

Why VIStology?

Three decades of deep expertise in semantic technologies, proven on government and commercial contracts.

Deep Domain Expertise

Our leadership team brings 30+ years of academic research at Northeastern University , with 200+ publications in information fusion, ontology engineering, and formal reasoning.

Government-Proven

Our CTO has served as PI on DoD contracts for 10+ years. SCA-Pass passed the Government Acceptance Test (GAT) and is recommended by JTEL for SCA 4.1 compliance testing.

Standards Leadership

Active participation in a variety of standardization efforts, including SOSA®, JTNC SCA 4.1, iNET and IEEE 1900.5. Senior members of IEEE and ACM, driving industry-wide semantic technology adoption.

A Track Record of Excellence

30+ Years Combined Leadership Experience
200+ Published Research Papers
25+ Years as a DoD Contractor
Government Acceptance: SCA-Pass passed the Government Acceptance Test (GAT) performed by JTEL and is officially recommended for SCA 4.1 compliance testing.
From the Tactical Edge to the Strategic Core.

Trusted By Leading Organizations

We collaborate with government agencies and defense contractors on critical projects

Government

U.S. Air Force
U.S. Army
U.S. Navy
AFRL
DARPA
MDA
JTNC
ONR

Prime / Industry

Lockheed Martin
RTX
BAE Systems
SwRI
Johns Hopkins APL

Standards / Academia

W3C®
SOSA®
WInnF
iNET
NSC
Northeastern University