Every gallon demanded forward has to be hauled, stored and defended. DFGD works the demand side of operational energy: extending how long tactical vehicles, generators and ground systems operate between resupply — and building the demonstration and acquisition pathways that move a validated capability into programs.
Across two years of symposiums, forums and direct engagement with Defense and military leaders, the same needs keep emerging:
The pattern holds whether the room is a symposium, a program office or a prime: reduce what the mission demands, and endurance, resilience and resupply all move together.
Contested logistics · Operational energy · Reduced fuel demand · Increased operating endurance · Reduced resupply requirements · Mission resilience
The wheeled fleet a formation moves and fights from — where fuel demand sets the tempo of everything behind it.
The generators that power command posts, radars and life support — running for days, fed by convoys.
The resupply chain itself: fewer gallons demanded forward means fewer convoys exposed to reach it.
Ground platforms and support equipment assessed for endurance gains on their own mission profiles.
Uncrewed and autonomous platforms, where endurance is often the capability itself.
Assessed case by case — the pathway model fits wherever fuel demand limits the mission.
Military buyers want a problem solved and evidence they can act on. DFGD builds the pathway in their language: requirement fit, demonstration protocol, measured outcomes, then capture and acquisition.
FIRES / Field Artillery & Air Defense Symposium engagement and a segmented follow-up campaign, the CUAS Forum at FISTA, an Oklahoma National Guard / FIRO innovation pathway, and prime discussions with Leidos / Dynetics, KBR and BAE Systems — engaged, presented to and pursued, labeled accurately.
Demonstration concepts framed for the programs that own the problem — from static displays to structured pilots with measurement protocols, including FISTA modeling and a SOCOM demonstration pathway under discussion.
SBIR, Army xTech, AFWERX, DARPAConnect, SOFWERX, GVSC and NAMC — transition pathways explored around the anchor capability so evidence, sponsors and funding line up.
Bring the operational need — vehicles, generators, ground or uncrewed systems — and we'll frame the demonstration, the measurement protocol and the pathway that follows it.
