Small feedback loops, user-centered design, and cross-functional teams help the firm deliver at the pace defense customers now demand
California Business Journal featured Fuse in a new article on how people-centered collaboration helps defense organizations turn complex requirements into fielded systems faster. Seven to 10 years was once typical. Customers now ask for a year or less.
“Defense customers have a requirement today and a threat that will not wait seven to 10 years for an answer,” said Sumner Lee, CEO of Fuse Integration. “Closing that gap takes people who understand the mission, work across disciplines, and put the warfighter in the room early. California Business Journal captured how our teams do just that.”
The article, “From Requirements to Reality: Why Fast-Turn Innovation Starts With People,” explains how Fuse shortens the path from requirement to fielded system. It covers the company’s practice of working in small, measurable increments with frequent customer feedback. It describes the company’s Warfighter Workshops, which bring service members into the design process so systems are intuitive on day one. It also explains how an open architecture lets engineers integrate new gear in days, so Fuse can say yes when customers ask for products and systems in just a few weeks or days.
Digital modeling and Fuse’s own Test Squadron keep engineering rigor in place at speed, and multidisciplinary teams across software, cyber, network, design, and systems engineering drive the pace.
Jason Wilden, Fuse Director of Engineering and Technology, is quoted in the article. He emphasizes how Fuse balances empowering team members to move quickly while insisting on quality outcomes. He says, “Yes, we go fast. We also do the analysis, we do the math, we do the modeling, we do the testing. “Moving quickly does not mean we’re sacrificing engineering rigor.”
To read the full article, go to California Business Journal.
About Fuse Integration
Fuse Integration is a warfighter-focused, non-traditional engineering firm that designs, prototypes and rapidly fields tactical edge networking solutions for defense customers in the United States and allied nations. The company’s airborne and maritime gateway systems and virtualized network architectures are operational today, enabling real-time data sharing across air, land and sea environments. Founded in 2010, Fuse is a service-disabled veteran-owned small business headquartered in San Diego with a corporate office in Washington, D.C. www.fuseintegration.com
