Architecture documentation for defence and air-gapped environments
Defence, intelligence and critical national infrastructure require architecture documentation that is current, auditable, and never on a network an adversary can reach. NeoArc is built for this from the first line of code.
Architecture documentation for a classified system carries the same sensitivity as the system it describes. A complete set of diagrams, data models, integration maps and design decisions is a readymade target package. That is why, in defence, intelligence and critical national infrastructure, architecture cannot live on a cloud product, cannot sit behind a web interface reachable from the corporate network, and cannot depend on a licence server that phones home. These are not preferences. They are structural requirements that follow from the classification.
Most architecture tools begin with the opposite assumption. They assume connectivity, add offline as a later configuration, and treat air-gap as a deployment edge case to be handled by an enterprise feature flag. That is the wrong shape. Air-gap is not a feature that can be added late to a product built for the network.
NeoArc was built for air-gap from the outset. The Sovereign edition ships on verified media, installs from verified media, and operates with no external touchpoint at any stage of its lifecycle. There are no accounts. There is no telemetry. There are no external calls, silent or otherwise. There is no licence server. The architecture documentation never leaves the classified environment, because the tool was never designed to move it.
| Edition | Deployment context | Update channel | Connectivity assumptions |
|---|---|---|---|
| Connected | Workstations with full internet access | Vendor update channel | Assumes ordinary outbound connectivity for updates |
| Enterprise | Restricted corporate networks | Controlled mirror operated by the customer | Assumes a controlled path to an internal mirror, no direct vendor contact |
| Sovereign | Fully air-gapped environments, including classified workstations | Verified media | Assumes no connectivity of any kind, at any stage of the lifecycle |
If you are considering how NeoArc fits into a classified programme, the right next step is a conversation rather than a download. Talk to us about how NeoArc fits in your estate and we will be straightforward about what the tool does, what it does not do, and how a Sovereign deployment works in practice. Use the contact form on the site to get in touch.