Nominal’s Advanced Platform Powers Faster, Smarter Hardware Development for National Security
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Modern engineering teams developing high-stakes systems — from fighter jets to nuclear reactors — are often overwhelmed by the massive volumes of data generated during testing and operations. These data points, coming in at intervals ranging from seconds to nanoseconds, are essential for ensuring safety, performance, and innovation. That’s where Nominal, a next-generation software company, is stepping in to transform how engineers work with complex data across defense, aerospace, energy, and manufacturing sectors.
At the heart of Nominal’s offering is Nominal Core, a software platform designed to centralize, visualize, and securely share vast datasets collected from advanced hardware systems. Whether it’s thousands of sensors on a fighter jet or real-time telemetry from a satellite, Nominal Core allows teams to align and analyze disparate data streams. Complementing this is Nominal Connect, a toolkit that empowers engineers to build custom apps for automation and system integration — reducing manual work and increasing efficiency.
“It’s a very technically challenging problem to take the types of data that our customers are generating and get them into a single place where people can collaborate and get insights,” said Jason Hoch, co-founder of Nominal.
The company started by Hoch along with Cameron McCord and Bryce Strauss, today creates solutions that are accelerating innovation in areas vital to U.S. national security, enabling faster development of next-generation hardware that will define future capabilities in both defense and industry.
