Defense organizations need to enhance operational efficiency and safeguard sensitive information
42%
of the top U.S. defense contractors reportedly suffered a data breach in 2020.
United States Government Accountability Office
93%
of aerospace and defense executives say emerging technologies have accelerated the pace of innovation in their organizations.
Accenture
20%
of the top U.S. defense contractors are highly susceptible to ransomware attacks.
United States Government Accountability Office
Trusted by 12M+ users in over 150 countries





Ensure mission resilience with unified communications
We fortify your defense strategy by demolishing communication barriers and consolidating team collaboration capabilities into a unified, non-siloed command center.






The #1 chat platform trusted by aerospace, military, and defense institutions
Deploy on-premise, in a private cloud, or use air gaps to prevent the leakage of confidential information
Organizations like the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA), the U.S. Army, the U.S. Navy, and the U.S. Air Force place their utmost trust in Rocket.Chat by choosing deployment options that give the ultimate assurance around data control, sovereignty and mission resilience.

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Don’t let technology stop you from developing solutions used to ensure national security and maintain the stability of governments and nations. Enable your distributed engineers and DevOps professionals to collaborate seamlessly and securely while guaranteeing system survivability.
“In 2 months of using Rocket.Chat, we understood how efficient it was, so we wanted to scale with quality and stability. The team at Rocket.Chat understood how important it was for us to grow together.”
Erik Arnesen
Head of IT, Public Defender’s Office of the State of São Paulo (DPESP)

Rocket.Chat
Element
Mattermost
Slack
Microsoft Teams
Skype for Business
Why government agencies choose Rocket.Chat






Digital sovereignty






End-to-end encryption





Limited
180+ advanced role-based permissions






Private network deployment (cloud, on-prem, or air-gapped)






Interoperability - Federation capabilities built on Matrix






Omnichannel citizen engagement (SMS, email, WhatApp, and other)






White labeling






MIT Open Source license (all editions)






Rocket.Chat
Element
Mattermost
Slack
Microsoft Teams
Skype for Business
Why defense organizations choose Rocket.Chat






Digital sovereignty






End-to-end encryption





Limited
180+ advanced role-based permissions






Private network deployment (cloud, on-prem, or air-gapped)






Interoperability - Federation capabilities built on Matrix






Omnichannel citizen engagement (SMS, email, WhatApp, and other)






White labeling






MIT Open Source license (all editions)






Rocket.Chat
Element
Mattermost
Slack
Microsoft Teams
Skype for Business
Why universities choose Rocket.Chat






Digital sovereignty






End-to-end encryption





Limited
180+ advanced role-based permissions






Deploy on-premise or in a secure cloud






Interoperability - Federation to connect education ecosystems






Omnichannel student-teacher engagement (SMS, email, WhatApp, and other)






White labeling






MIT Open Source license (all editions)






Rocket.Chat
Element
Mattermost
Slack
Microsoft Teams
Skype for Business
Why healthcare organizations choose Rocket.Chat






Digital sovereignty






End-to-end encryption





Limited
180+ advanced role-based permissions






Deploy on-premise or in a secure cloud






Interoperability - Federation to connect healthcare ecosystems






Omnichannel patient engagement (SMS, email, WhatApp, and other)






White labeling






MIT Open Source license (all editions)






Rocket.Chat
Element
Mattermost
Slack
Microsoft Teams
Skype for Business
Why financial institutions and FinTech companies choose Rocket.Chat






Digital sovereignty






End-to-end encryption





Limited
180+ advanced role-based permissions






Deploy on-premise or in a secure cloud






Interoperability - Federation capabilities built on Matrix






Omnichannel client engagement (SMS, email, WhatApp, and other)






White labeling






MIT Open Source license (all editions)






Rocket.Chat
Element
Mattermost
Slack
Microsoft Teams
Skype for Business
Why privacy-conscious Tech companies choose Rocket.Chat






Digital sovereignty






End-to-end encryption





Limited
180+ advanced role-based permissions






Deploy on-premise or in a secure cloud






Interoperability - Federation capabilities built on Matrix






Omnichannel communication (SMS, email, WhatApp, and other)






White labeling






MIT Open Source license (all editions)







Unified communications with Multi-Level Security
Rocket.Chat is deployed in DoD, IC Community and Civilian Agencies up through IL7. We are ISO 27001 certified and VPAT - Section 508 compliant. Rocket.Chat is Iron Bank certified and verified as secure for use under the United States Department of Defense’s Platform One DevSecOps initiative.
Defense-grade security and flexibility to help you focus on your missionÂ
Facilitate effortless and sovereign collaboration across servers, platforms, and geographically dispersed locations.







“The only platform that made communication possible”
Rocket.Chat was, more often than not, the ONLY way that my Special Operations Task Force intel team and I could coordinate with our interagency counterparts. It always worked, it was universally used and respected, and it made otherwise-impossible cross-domain and cross-organizational communication possible.
Classified Naval Director
Director at Naval Agency
What to look for in an aerospace and defense messaging app?
Feature and functionalities to look for in a secure aerospace & defense communications platform.
Self-hosted and air-gapped deployments
Secure data governance & sovereignty
HIPAA, GDPR, ISO27001, Iron Bank compliance
Active directory integration
Role/permission-based access
Unlimited conversation history
End-to-end encryption
Our current contract vehicles
Rocket.Chat possesses the following licenses through which government agencies can place orders

GSA Contract #:
GS-35F-0431Y

NASA SEWP:
NNG15SD09B

US Air Force 2GIT BPA: 2
2. 47QTCA21A000N