Mulga is a US defense technology company building sovereign cloud infrastructure for places the public cloud can't reach.
Our flagship platform is Spinifex: an open-source, AWS-compatible platform for secure edge deployments. It runs EC2, VPC, S3, and EBS-compatible services on bare metal, with full local control.
Spinifex replicates a hyperscale cloud environment on your own compute infrastructure, so cloud-native applications and AI workloads can operate anywhere, independent of centralised cloud providers.
It's built for environments where running in the cloud isn't an option: edge sites, private data-centres, low-connectivity sites, and highly contested environments.
- AWS-compatible APIs. Use the AWS CLI, SDKs, and Terraform you already know. No rewrites.
- Zero cloud dependency. Runs entirely on your hardware. No phone-home, no external control plane.
- Bare-metal performance. QEMU-based compute with direct hardware access.
- Edge-first architecture. Built for disconnected, contested, and resource-constrained sites from day one.
- Open source. AGPL-3.0, with a commercial license available.
Spinifex v1 is publicly available. Get started at github.com/mulgadc/spinifex or mulgadc.com/spinifex.
Three services, one stack.
Spinifex (Compute)
EC2-compatible VM orchestration built on QEMU. Launch instances with the AWS CLI, SDKs, or Terraform. Cloud-init metadata, instance types, and full lifecycle management.
Viperblock (Block storage)
EBS-compatible block storage with WAL backing, replication, snapshots, NVMe caching, and in-memory read/write optimisation. Attach volumes via NBD or virtio-blk.
Predastore (Object storage)
S3-compatible object storage with Signature V4 auth, multipart uploads, and Reed-Solomon erasure coding for fault tolerance across nodes.
Mulga is a US defense company advancing sovereign capability for the United States and our allies.
Our team has deep experience in distributed systems, virtualization, networking, and storage. We work with partners across government, defense, and industry on interoperability, security, and long-term sustainment.
Modern defense and critical industries need more than cloud. They need persistence. When satellites jam, networks fail, or cloud regions go dark, operators still need to compute, store, and decide.
That's what Mulga is for. Sovereign software, AWS-compatible tooling, and a resilient edge architecture that doesn't depend on a single link home.
- Try Spinifex: github.com/mulgadc/spinifex
- Docs: docs.mulgadc.com
- Website: mulgadc.com
- LinkedIn: Mulga Defense Corporation
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Mulga Defense Corporation A US company headquartered in the United States, with engineering offices in Australia.