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iCES Corporation — Systems Thinking @ Work

Systems Thinking @ Work

  • AI & Intelligent Automation
  • Cybersecurity & Resilience
  • Digital Engineering & Digital Twins
  • Mission Infrastructure

Helping Federal and DoW missions develop, secure, and modernize complex systems, from research to real-world operations.

SBA-Certified SDVOSB · CMMC Level 2 · ISO 9001:2015 · Founded 2007 · McLean, VA

Contract Vehicles

How we deliver

Systems thinking and engineering, enabled by agentic AI

Mission Strategy and Human Accountability
  1. 01

    Define the Mission

    Set outcomes, constraints and success measures.

  2. 02

    Model the System

    Connect requirements, workflows, data and interfaces.

  3. 03

    Engineer and Orchestrate

    Coordinate people, agents and tools within approved boundaries.

  4. 04

    Validate and Deploy

    Verify results and authorize release against agreed criteria.

  5. 05

    Operate and Improve

    Monitor outcomes and make controlled improvements.

Continuous Security, Assurance and Traceability

Plan Act within permissions Check Escalate or iterate

Products & Services

Supporting Capabilities

Why iCES

  • Founder-led engineering since 2007

    Led by Dr. Edward Ghafari, with 35+ years of leadership and a faculty role at the George Washington University School of Engineering & Applied Science.

  • Credentials and contract access

    SBA-Certified SDVOSB and CMMC Level 2, with four contract vehicles: GSA MAS, NASA SEWP VI, OASIS+, and MDA SHIELD.

  • Depth in innovation and standards

    Always at the forefront of technology and innovation, from AI/ML to Quantum Machine Learning (QML), digital twins, and simulation. Grounded in today’s leading standards, from SysML v2 to post-quantum cryptography.

Mission Focus

From mission intent to an executable digital thread.

iCES Corporation turns mission requirements into model-based, AI-ready engineering that teams can build, verify, and sustain.

We connect MBSE, cybersecurity, and AI so DoW and Federal programs move from intent to fielded capability with traceability at every step. Our engineers deliver at enterprise scale and train the workforce that carries the digital thread forward.

See our customers & partners →

  • 1M+

    Active users in 90+ countries on Defense Collaboration Services (DCS), 30K concurrent

  • 500+

    DoW engineers trained in MBSE/SysML in partnership with Georgia Tech

  • Award

    DoD Value Engineering Award winner, DCS

  • 15

    FISMA systems secured for NOAA satellite ground systems, incl. GOES-R and JPSS (20K+ devices)

Who we serve

  • Department of War (DoW)
  • NASA
  • Department of Commerce
  • Department of State
  • Department of Homeland Security
  • Department of Energy
  • Department of Health & Human Services
  • Department of Veterans Affairs
  • Commercial
  • International

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Leadership

Dr. Edward Ghafari, Founder & CEO

35+ years of leadership across technology, Fortune 500, military and Federal programs; Professor at GWU SEAS and Board Member of its National Advisory Council.

About iCES & Leadership →

Need an SDVOSB that can deliver AI & Intelligent Automation, Cybersecurity & Resilience, Digital Engineering & Digital Twins, and Mission Infrastructure on your contract?

Agencies: order through our contract vehicles

Contract Vehicles

Primes: team with an SBA-Certified SDVOSB on GSA MAS, OASIS+, SEWP VI, and MDA SHIELD

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