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Dirigible Systems

Technology and leadership to get your idea off the ground

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About the firm

Dirigible Systems is an IT systems engineering and computing services provider based in Westminster, Maryland. It specializes in lean project management, model-based systems engineering (MBSE), fractional CTO services, progressive web application development, IT infrastructure hosting, and IoT prototyping. The practice serves startups, small businesses, enterprise organizations, and government clients, offering expertise from key personnel with over 15 years of experience in the Department of Defense and Intelligence Community. It manages past performance on mission-critical computing systems with budgets up to $30M and maintains CAGE code 87F28 and UEI HX7RBTW9232.

Firm type
Software Engineering · Defense Engineering

People

Julius Knapp IIIFounder and CEO

Rick CollettLead Content Manager

Capabilities

Fractional CTO Services

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Provides executive-level technology leadership for startups and growing businesses on a part-time basis, helping align technology strategies with business goals, manage development teams, and make scalable architectural decisions.

MVP as a Service (MVPaaS)

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Helps entrepreneurs and small businesses define their target customer definition, achieve Product-Market Fit, and craft a Go-to-Market plan to identify core MVP features and launch smarter.

Website and Web Application Development

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Designs and develops modern, responsive websites and powerful web applications tailored to business goals, delivering clean, scalable solutions across screens.

  • WordPress Website Development

    Creates content-driven sites using WordPress with Kadence and Elementor, including new builds and site updates.

  • Angular and NestJS Web App Development

    Builds robust, dynamic web applications utilizing Angular with Bootstrap and NestJS for reliable backend performance.

  • Mobile App Development

    Develops cross-platform mobile applications using Ionic and Capacitor, ready for deployment to the Apple App Store and Google Play Store.

IT Infrastructure Hosting

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Designs and hosts custom computing infrastructure across cloud, fog, and edge environments, from platform selection to virtualization and container orchestration.

  • Cloud, Fog, and Edge Computing

    Establishes scalable computing environments integrating cloud storage with fog and edge computing capabilities.

  • Containerization and Orchestration

    Deploys service infrastructure and orchestration platforms using Docker, Kubernetes, KVM, or VMware ESXi.

IoT Prototyping

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Provides lean prototyping of low-SWaP (Size, Weight, and Power) cloud, fog, edge, and IoT platforms, integrating microcontrollers with message brokers.

  • ARM Microcontroller Integration

    Integrates IoT devices using Python, MicroPython, and CircuitPython on various ARM-based microcontrollers.

  • Message Broker Implementation

    Implements reliable messaging architectures utilizing Apache Kafka, RabbitMQ, or Mosquitto (MQTT).

Project Management and Systems Engineering

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is organized into supported delivery tasks.

  • Applies Agile

    Support includes Applies agile.

  • Lean

    Support includes lean.

Industries

Defense · Intelligence & National Security · Government · Software

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