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UNCLASSIFIED // OPEN SOURCE
LAT 40.5308 · LON -112.2997
Established 2026 · Mountain West · Open-Source Intelligence

Caeruli Obscuri.

Laboratorium  ·  Dark Blue Labs

We are cartographers of the publicly invisible. We turn open signal ˜ satellite, sensor, document, transmission ˜ into operational clarity for agencies and operators who cannot staff a research arm of their own.

Discipline Geospatial & Open-Source Intelligence
Posture Decision support, not authority
Engagement Pilots, retainers, bespoke instrumentation
CO-LAB · v0.1 · TRANSMISSION OPEN · 2026.05.11

Four disciplines, one pipeline.

Every engagement converges on the same engine: ingest, fuse, interrogate, deliver. We adapt the surface to the customer; the substrate stays the same.

I.GEO

Geospatial Intelligence

Continuous change detection over fires, emissions, encroachment, infrastructure, illicit activity. Sentinel, Landsat, NAIP, commercial tasking when required.

  • Change detection
  • Hotspot triage
  • Tasking advisory
II.SIG

Signal & Source Fusion

AIS, ADS-B, FAA, EPA, USGS, court records, permit databases, scraped public archives ˜ correlated and timestamped against geographic and entity graphs.

  • Entity resolution
  • Cross-source corroboration
  • Audit trails
III.INS

Bespoke Instrumentation

Custom field hardware where the off-the-shelf stops. ESP32 sensor arrays, mesh-networked tactical comms, 3D-printed enclosures, drone payloads built to a specific operational question.

  • Mesh-capable comms
  • Edge sensing
  • Rapid prototyping
IV.AI

AI Integration

Model-aware automation built into the analyst's workflow ˜ not bolted on. Privacy-preserving pipelines, human-in-the-loop triage, retrieval-grounded reasoning over your own corpus.

  • RAG over private corpora
  • Triage automation
  • Pseudonymized processing

How we work,
and what we will not do.

Ex aperto, claritas. From the open, clarity
i.

Open sources, professional handling.

Everything we touch is publicly available. That does not mean it can be redistributed, weaponized, or treated carelessly. We read licenses. We document provenance. We honor terms of use.

ii.

Decision support, not decision authority.

We deliver analysis with confidence intervals, dissenting interpretations, and what the data cannot tell you. The agency, operator, or client makes the call. We document our reasoning so they can defend theirs.

iii.

Pipelines over one-offs.

The first delivery is bespoke. The fifth is a product. We deliberately build infrastructure that compounds: each engagement makes the next faster, cheaper, and more rigorous.

iv.

Privacy as a first principle.

Client data is pseudonymized before it crosses a model boundary when feasible. We architect for the world where the data leaks ˜ not the world where it never does.

v.

Honest scope, honest price.

We will tell you when the question you asked is not the question that gets you the answer you need. We will tell you when you do not need us. We would rather lose the engagement than scope it dishonestly.

Where we are looking.

A working list. We expect this to shift as engagements land. Status flags reflect internal readiness, not customer commitment.

V-001 Wildfire intelligence Pre-fire fuel modeling, real-time hotspot triage, and post-fire damage assessment for small fire districts and rural counties currently flying blind. MODIS · VIIRS · SENTINEL-2 · NAIP · NWS Operational V-002 Emissions surveillance Methane and pollutant attribution for environmental watchdogs, state DEQs, and ESG-bound capital. Plume-to-operator linkage with timestamped provenance. TROPOMI · MethaneSAT · Carbon Mapper · EPA Operational V-003 Encroachment & dumping Detection of unauthorized grading, illegal dump sites, and boundary encroachment for BLM districts, county code enforcement, and private landholders. SENTINEL-2 · PLANET · COUNTY GIS In Development V-004 Maritime anomaly Dark vessel detection, AIS gap analysis, and sanctions-evasion patterns for NGOs and compliance teams who cannot afford the incumbent platforms. AIS · SENTINEL-1 SAR · GLOBAL FISHING WATCH In Development V-005 Critical infrastructure watch Continuous monitoring of substations, water treatment, and pipeline rights-of-way. CISA-adjacent posture, NDA-first engagement. SENTINEL · NAIP · DHS HIFLD · OSM In Development V-006 Construction verification Satellite and drone-based project progress against draw schedules for construction lenders, private credit, and insurers. SENTINEL-2 · PLANET · DRONE TASKING Queued V-007 Tactical mesh comms Field-grade mesh-networked situational awareness derived from open standards. Bespoke deployments for agencies operating beyond reliable cellular. MESHTASTIC · TAK · LORA · ESP-NOW Queued

Open a file.

If you operate an agency, a watchdog, a fund, or a county and you have a question the open world can probably answer ˜ tell us the question. A first conversation is free, brief, and confidential. We will tell you honestly whether we are the right shop.

Domicile Mountain West, USA
Engagement Pilots from 4 weeks · Retainers · Fixed-bid
Posture Privately held · SLED & private sector