established · 4.0

Defense

Score 27.7 / 100 293 providers 16 APIs Search apis.io →

Variants seen in the corpus: Defensedefense

Providers using this tag (293)

Ranked by API Evangelist rating — Exemplar and Strong are expanded by default.

Strong 2 Solid coverage with minor gaps

SeekrArtificial IntelligenceGenerative AIAgentsLLM35 APIs61.3 Epsilon3CompanyAerospaceSpace3 APIs58.5

Developing 7 Usable, with meaningful gaps to close

Maxar TechnologiesSatellite ImageryEarth ObservationGeospatialRemote Sensing25 APIs50.2 Scale AIData EngineLabelingRLHFGenAI Platform9 APIs47.6 Amazon SimSpace WeaverDigital TwinSimulationSpatial Simulation14 APIs47.3 Ask SageCompanyArtificial IntelligenceGenerative AILarge Language Models32 APIs44.4 SkydioAutonomous SystemsDronesEnterprise7 APIs41.1 AirbusAerospaceManufacturingAviation7 APIs40.7 VioletlabsCompanyHardwareEngineeringManufacturing1 API40.0

Thin 16 Limited public surface area

Rockwell CollinsAvionicsAerospaceAviation8 APIs38.2 AalyriaCompanyNetworkingSatelliteSpace4 APIs37.2 ICEYESARSatellite ImageryEarth ObservationTasking7 APIs34.7 PicogridCompanyDataPublic Safety1 API34.0 Urban SkyCompanyAerospaceStratospheric BalloonsRemote Sensing1 API33.8 Starfish SpaceCompanyAerospaceSpaceSatellites35 APIs32.8 EvrimCompanyIntelligenceSignalsData Enrichment18 APIs31.9 DVIDS APIMediaGovernmentSearch3 APIs30.9 RTXAerospaceGovernmentLogistics3 APIs30.7 LeoLabsCompanySpaceSatellitesSpace Situational Awareness2 APIs30.6 SaildroneMaritimeOcean DataUSVUnmanned Surface Vehicle3 APIs29.7 United TechnologiesAerospaceAviationManufacturing3 APIs29.1 EchodyneCompanyRadarGovernment2 APIs27.7 Electra.aeroAerospaceAviationAircraft ManufacturingAdvanced Air Mobility1 API27.3 StriveworksCompanyArtificial IntelligenceMachine-LearningMLOps1 API27.0 Teledyne TechnologiesAerospaceDigital ImagingInstrumentation6 APIs26.8

Emerging 69 Early or largely undocumented

Minimal 199 Almost no public developer surface

APIs with this tag (16)

Ranked by the provider's API Evangelist rating — the Kin Score is scored per provider, not per API, so every API of a provider shares its band. How the rating works →

Developing 2 Usable, with meaningful gaps to close

Scale DonovanDonovan is Scale's AI platform for defense and public-sector use cases, delivering decision-support and ana...47.6 Skydio Control & Telemetry ICDReal-time command and control interface for the Skydio X10D using MAVLink/RAS-A, enabling integration with ...41.1

Thin 2 Limited public surface area

Collins Digital Exchange APIsThe Collins Digital Exchange is a developer portal operated by Collins Aerospace providing API products for...38.2 EchoWare Radar Management and Data APIEchoWare is Echodyne's software platform for MESA radar. It manages a network of Echodyne radars as a singl...27.7

Emerging 6 Early or largely undocumented

DoD Data PortalThe Department of Defense Data Portal features APIs enabling access to DoD open data across military branch...22.5 DoD Open Data PlatformThe Department of Defense Open Data Platform (data.mil) provides access to unclassified DoD datasets and da...22.5 Air Force Reserve CommandAir Force Reserve Command (AFRC) provides information on reserve programs, career opportunities, unit locat...17.9 US Air Force DAF API ProgramThe Department of the Air Force API program provides a strategic framework for standardized APIs across the...15.8 US Air Force Open DataThe Air Force OPEN Data Program provides public access to Department of the Air Force datasets, covering mi...15.8 SAP NS2 (SAP National Security Services)SAP NS2 is an independent US subsidiary of SAP SE that operates SAP cloud and software workloads for the US...15.1

Minimal 6 Almost no public developer surface

Cubic Corporation APIThe Cubic Corporation API provides access to platform services and data for enterprise integration and auto...9.3 HEICO Corporation APIThe HEICO Corporation API provides access to platform services and data for enterprise integration and auto...9.3 Kratos Defense & Security Solutions APIThe Kratos Defense & Security Solutions API provides access to platform services and data for enterprise in...9.3 Ducommun APIThe Ducommun API provides access to platform services and data for enterprise integration and automation.8.3 AAR Government ServicesAAR's government services division provides comprehensive maintenance and supply chain programs, shelters a...8.2 Parsons Corporation APIThe Parsons Corporation API provides access to platform services and data for enterprise integration and au...8.1

Score breakdown

Frequency

68.7

log-scaled weighted occurrences

Breadth

8.0

spread across providers

Quality lift

13.2

mean composite of providers using it

Cohesion

38.9

strength of nearest seed neighbor

Where this tag comes from

Provider tag291

Api tag16

Cohort brief

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The 293 providers in the APIs.io catalog tagged Defense, scored on the Kin Score. Every figure below is computed from the catalog — nothing here is written.

Providers

293

all scored

Mean Kin Score

11.3

-9.4 vs catalog 20.7

Mean Agent Readiness

3.1

-6.6 vs catalog 9.7

Spread

1.5–61.3

median 8.5 · σ 9.6

How the 293 split by band

Exemplar 0Strong 2Developing 7Thin 16Emerging 69Minimal 199

Facet averages, against the whole catalog

Facet	This cohort	Catalog	Difference	Scored
Contract Governance	2.6	6.4	-3.8	293
Discoverability	54.5	60.4	-5.9	293
Operational Transparency	3.9	11.3	-7.4	293
Access Clarity	12.1	22.3	-10.2	293
Developer Ergonomics	7.3	17.9	-10.6	293
Contract Quality	5.1	17.5	-12.4	293

A facet is averaged over the members that carry it, not over the whole cohort — the “Scored” column is that count. Averaging an absent facet as zero would score our own coverage gaps as the providers’ posture.

What this cohort publishes

Artifact	This cohort	Catalog	Difference
MCP server (any)	4%	16%	-12
MCP server (first-party)	2%	7%	-5
Agent Skills	0%	0%	0
OAuth scopes	3%	9%	-6
Security	92%	88%	+4
Arazzo workflows	0%	2%	-2
Governance rules	5%	13%	-8

mcp_pct counts any mcp/ artifact including ones API Evangelist derived from the provider OpenAPI; mcp_first_party_pct counts only servers the provider publishes. Prefer the latter.

Top by Kin Score

1 Seekr 61.3
2 Epsilon3 58.5
3 Maxar Technologies 50.2
4 Scale AI 47.6
5 Amazon SimSpace Weaver 47.3
6 Ask Sage 44.4
7 Skydio 41.1
8 Airbus 40.7
9 Violetlabs 40
10 Rockwell Collins 38.2

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