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Palo Alto, CA. November 10, 2025: SAIC and OpsHub announced a strategic collaboration to power enterprises to build a federated, fully automated digital thread inside ReadyOne, SAIC’s digital engineering ecosystem.
The partnership enables government agencies and enterprises to create a complete digital thread across software development, product engineering, MBSE, and change management delivering a single source of intelligence demanded by today’s rapidly changing business landscape.
Customers don’t need a full system revamp where they need to buy, learn, and completely transfer over to an additional platform. They simply use the tools they already trust, and ReadyOne stitches them together into a fully automated, resilient digital thread.
Most attempts to create a digital thread have looked the same: deploy a new tool, centralize data in a proprietary environment, and ask teams to change the way they work. On paper, that sounds manageable. In practice, it creates slow adoption, fragmented execution, and limited value.
The Pentagon has made it clear in DoDI 5000.97 and MOSA that digital engineering and modular, open architectures are not optional, they are the standard. But policy only works when execution is practical.
That’s where the SAIC x OpsHub partnership changes the model. By blending forces, customers get a digital thread that is:
The timing of this partnership is not coincidence, it’s a necessity. Here’s why:
By combining SAIC’s mission-proven ReadyOne platform with OpsHub’s digital thread infrastructure, customers get exactly what the moment demands: a resilient, automated, and vendor-agnostic digital thread that is compliant on paper, actionable in practice, and ready to scale today.
SAIC:
“This partnership with OpsHub provides our nation’s armed forces and intelligence agencies with expanded solution offerings to accelerate their adoption of SAIC’s ReadyOne digital engineering practices,” said Chris Finlay, Vice President of Innovation at SAIC. “Missions are quickly evolving and we must bring in advanced technologies that enhance transparency, improve collaboration and deliver greater impact all while being scalable and maintainable.”
OpsHub:
“By joining forces with SAIC, we’re giving customers the ability to build a resilient digital thread inside ReadyOne – one that works across all their tools, scales across all their programs, and aligns with mandates like DoDI 5000.97 and MOSA.
Customers don’t need another platform, another gatekeeper, or another layer of disruption. What they get is faster adoption, trusted data in every system, and a best-in-class ecosystem for leveraging federated digital engineering at scale.” Said Sandeep Jain, CEO of OpsHub, Inc.
OpsHub provides an Intelligent Federation Platform to enable effective digital engineering at scale. Unlike traditional digital thread solutions that require users to switch platforms, OpsHub enables complete thread visibility directly within existing tools. By removing barriers such as manual integration, additional tools to learn, and missing in-system traceability or collaboration, OpsHub overcomes the biggest hurdles to digital thread adoption including poor data quality, low adoption, and limited value. With over 70+ pre-built connectors, we help organizations create best in class eco-system for leveraging Digital Engineering tools and Digital Thread.
For more information on OpsHub and its solutions, visit www.opshub.com.
Media contact: Sreya Sarbadhkari, marketing@opshub.com