Sabel Systems Formally Launches 97Helix, Setting a New Standard for Defense Digital Engineering

BEAVERCREEK, Ohio – Sabel Systems today formally launched 97Helix™, a digital engineering platform purpose-built to close the gap between program data and warfighter capability. Built to operationalize DoDI 5000.97, 97Helix gives defense programs and industrial partners the standards-authoritative data foundation they need to deploy AI with confidence, build credible digital twins, and maintain an unbroken lifecycle digital thread from contract award to fielding.

97Helix enables the normalization of data so that disparate systems can work seamlessly with one another. It is platform agnostic, so customers’ existing tools and workflows are unchanged, reducing program risk through increased development efficiency.

“The problem is not data or a shortage of tools, it is the absence of a system that converts data into decisions at the speed programs demand,” said Shawn Purvis, President and CEO, Sabel Systems. “97Helix is that system, built to accelerate decision velocity and coherence across the acquisition lifecycle, by connecting tools into an environment where data flows, relationships are discoverable, and teams act with clarity.”

97Helix is not a first-generation product. It synthesizes the proven capabilities behind Sabel’s most successful deployed solutions – including Spacestation, the Digital Acquisition Environment (DAE), the Digital Engineering Cloud® (DEC), and nimbusCORE™ – battle-tested across U.S. Space Force, Army, and Air Force programs. That operational heritage provides 97Helix with a maturity and credibility in the defense digital engineering space.

At the core of 97Helix is a modular architecture built in direct response to the call of DoDI 5000.97: nimbusCORE for hybrid cloud orchestration, connectCORE™ for configurable tool integration, dataCORE™ for configurable, standards-authoritative data alignment, and collabCORE™ for workflow, DevSecOps, and program delivery. All are unified through helixCORE™, a single pane of glass delivering an intuitive, role-configured experience as accessible as the platforms users already know. Each module embraces the defense standards, specifications, and program requirements that govern the full acquisition and sustainment lifecycle, embodying what modular and open truly mean in practice.

97Helix includes the flexibility to utilize one module or all, meeting programs where they are, at any phase of the acquisition lifecycle, with a low barrier to entry and a clear path to the full platform.

“Starting from an ontology the military community already recognizes means data does not need to be interpreted before it can be acted upon. That is where decision speed is won or lost,” said Matt Blackmon, Chief Product Officer, Sabel Systems. “Where other platforms rely on AI to infer data definitions from ingested content and lock those constructs inside proprietary ecosystems, 97Helix starts from what the acquisition community has already established as authoritative. The result is program data that belongs to the program – auditable, portable, and built to outlast any single vendor relationship. It’s your mission, your configuration, your data.”

97Helix is available now across all major deployment models – hosted, self-hosted, and hybrid – supporting commercial cloud, government cloud, and classified enclaves. Defense programs and industrial partners interested in 97Helix can engage the Sabel Systems team at the upcoming Digital Engineering for Defense Summit, June 24-25, in Washington, D.C.