Projects
Darkhorse finds the best use of available data — leading to impactful strategic planning, business decisions, and daily life.
Capabilities in Action
Each engagement below is a real program — federal, interagency, or operational. The thread that runs through all of them is the same: ask the right questions, think in layers, and deliver elegant clarity to the people who have to make a decision.
Featured case studies are linked. Additional past performance is summarized below — for full contract details visit News.
Featured Case Studies
Within the wildland fire community, data and information supports activities before, during, and after a wildfire — across land and agency boundaries.
Integral to the launch of the NIFC Open Data Site during the worst fire season in US history — bringing the power of data to the public.
A compilation of every maritime navigation light in US and foreign waters — vital for government, civilian, and commercial maritime users.
Field Notes — Additional Engagements
Our data scientists improve mission areas across Maritime Features, Surfaces, Publications, Events, Dissemination, Source Assessment, and Metrics — automating processes and unlocking big data in service of worldwide Safety of Navigation.
Direct FMV intelligence support to overseas contingency operations in a 24/7/365 high-tempo special-operations environment — multi-INT fusion, Activity-Based Intelligence (ABI), and Pattern-of-Life (PoL) analysis to predict activity in real time.
Designed and implemented the data architecture and public data distribution for the national, interagency wildland fire community — guiding NWCG data standards, building services, and consolidating disparate datasets into authoritative interagency feeds.