Rare earth magnets are essential components in systems like the F‑35, wind turbines, drones, and missiles. The U.S. Department of War (DoW) recently invested in U.S. companies to expand domestic magnet manufacturing and heavy rare earth processing, an investment that...
First in a series examining how the United States manages- and could better manage- its critical minerals strategy The US sits at a strategic inflection point with critical materials. A subset of these critical materials are critical minerals, needed...
National security rests on secure, reliable access to the materials that build our platforms, weapons, and infrastructure. The National Security Strategy makes that plain. The harder truth is that the intelligence needed to protect that access sits scattered across...
The conversation around Advanced and Small Modular Reactors (A/SMRs) is accelerating for good reason. Governments, utilities, national laboratories, and private industry are all investing in next-generation nuclear technologies that promise cleaner energy, greater...
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tier Tech International, Inc. Achieves Official CMMC Level 2 Certification Delray Beach, FL — June 8, 2026 — Tier Tech International, Inc. (“TTI”) is proud to announce that it has officially achieved the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification...
In recent years, the global conversation around supply chain security has reached a fever pitch. However, many of these strategic conversations focus almost entirely on Critical Minerals, which primarily covers raw extraction. At Tier Tech International (TTI), we...
Most technology evaluations start with the wrong question: "What’s the best tech out there?" A better question is: What is the right tech for my mission? A technically impressive tool that can't integrate with your physical and organizational infrastructure and...
Tier Tech International is proud to offer over 18 methodologies engineered to mitigate risks and solve wicked problems. We have a history of creating entirely new methodologies when...
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has designated 16 critical infrastructure sectors, each of which have distinct functions, vulnerabilities, and regulators. CISA uses this categorization to create a...
The rapid spread of unmanned systems (UxS) across land, air, and maritime domains presents a cross-infrastructure problem that may overwhelm our current measures to defend against them. These unmanned systems typically fall under one of several categories including:...