Nutanix Kubernetes Platform (NKP) Now Available Through Platform One

Defense agencies are racing to containerize mission applications to achieve the speed and agility required to outpace threats. Kubernetes® container orchestration has become a battlefield requirement.

Yet, running Kubernetes across multiple environments – datacenters and multiple clouds, Disrupted, Degraded, Intermittent, and Low-Bandwidth (DDIL) sites, and classified enclaves – can quickly turn into platform sprawl and drain time, talent and budgets.

Platform teams need a way to simplify at scale: one standard approach that accelerates delivery, hardens the supply chain, and streamlines accreditation without sacrificing security and control.

The Nutanix Kubernetes Platform (NKP) solution provides a standard approach with pure, CNCF-upstream Kubernetes that avoids proprietary forks and vendor lock-in. NKP preserves portability and ecosystem choice while unifying operations across diverse environments, such as on-premises, cloud and IL-6 environments from a single control plane.

Fleet level lifecycle management, policy guardrails, and GitOps-friendly workflows can help IT teams tackle administrative overhead and siloed operations. With air-gap-ready workflows, private registry mirroring and standardized evidence generation, NKP helps teams move fast and keep mission apps resilient wherever the fight goes.

NKP simplifies day-zero through day-two Kubernetes operations with built-in security, persistent storage and infrastructure-as-code automation. NKP comes ready for air-gapped, IL5/IL6 and tactical edge environments while supporting customer efforts to meet DoD DevSecOps, zero trust and FedRAMP requirements.

NKP is now Platform One awardable via the P1 Solutions Marketplace, enabling defense organizations to easily acquire NKP, which Forrester Research has recognized as a Leader in multicloud container platforms*.

As the U.S. military’s software delivery engine, Platform One embodies a unified software factory model that integrates hardened containers from Iron Bank, zero trust sidecar security, CNCF-certified Kubernetes, and DevSecOps automation. NKP offers strategic enhancements by:

• Automating lifecycle management of Kubernetes clusters anywhere – on-premises, air-gapped, IL5/IL6, tactical edge/DDIL environments, and public cloud.
• Integrating with Iron Bank and SCSS for runtime container defense.
• Scaling secure software pipelines using preconfigured GitOps and IaC blueprints. 
• Powering disconnected and edge-deployed workloads on bare metal or hyperconverged infrastructure.

Platform One provides a trusted open source DevSecOps platform that accelerates software approval and deployment capabilities. By offering a standardized, secure foundation for development and deployment, Platform One enables the DoD to rapidly deliver critical capabilities to warfighters while maintaining robust cybersecurity protections throughout the software lifecycle.

The combination of NKP enterprise-grade container management capabilities and Platform One's streamlined acquisition process gives defense agencies the tools needed to rapidly modernize application development without sacrificing security or operational flexibility.

_{*The Forrester WAVE | Multicloud Container Platforms Report | Q3 2025}

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