Tagup Names Major General David W. Maxwell to Defense Advisory Board

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sep 1, 2026--

Tagup, a defense technology company delivering logistics decision advantage with next-generation artificial intelligence, today announced the appointment of Major General David W. Maxwell (U.S. Marine Corps, retired) to its Defense Advisory Board.

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Major General Maxwell spent 36 years as a Marine logistician, holding responsibility at the operating force, service, joint, and coalition levels before moving into the defense industrial base that supplies the force. He brings an end-to-end perspective on the decisions that deploy and sustain ready forces as Tagup expands its Manifest ® platform across defense logistics missions and echelons.

“Major General Maxwell understands what it takes to sustain readiness across the entire force, from forward operations to the installations and infrastructure that make those operations possible,” said Jon Garrity, CEO of Tagup. “His experience leading logistics at the Marine Corps, joint, and enterprise levels will be invaluable as we help commanders make faster, better-informed sustainment decisions.”

Major General Maxwell retired from the Marine Corps in 2024 as Commander of Marine Corps Installations Command, where he led more than 26,000 Marines and civilians across 25 bases worldwide. Previously, Major General Maxwell served as Vice Director for Logistics on the Joint Staff, where his responsibilities included integrated logistics planning and execution in support of joint operations. His senior assignments also included Assistant Deputy Commandant, Installations and Logistics (Plans, Policies and Strategic Mobility); Commanding General, 2nd Marine Logistics Group; Combined Joint Director of Logistics for NATO Resolute Support in Afghanistan; and Commander, Marine Corps Base Quantico.

Earlier in his career, Major General Maxwell held logistics billets across the Marine Air-Ground Task Force, and at Marine Corps Forces Korea and U.S. European Command. He also deployed with 2nd Marine Logistics Group (Forward) in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. Following his retirement, he served as Vice President for Safety and Security at BWX Technologies, a manufacturer of nuclear components and materials for commercial and defense applications.

“Installations, mobility, supply, and maintenance are often managed as separate functions and frequently in the moment, but their combined effect is readiness both today and into the future,” said Major General Maxwell. “In a complex environment, leaders need to see dependencies, tradeoffs, and be able to compare feasible courses of action to make decisions that address today’s needs while preserving maneuver space for tomorrow's decisions. That is the capability Tagup is delivering, and I look forward to helping the team scale it across the force.”

Major General Maxwell’s appointment builds on Tagup’s growing presence within the U.S. Marine Corps, including applications in aviation, ground, and medical logistics. Through its Manifest ® platform, Tagup enables commanders and logisticians to simulate and optimize logistics courses of action across supply, maintenance, and mobilization.

Major General Maxwell joins a distinguished Defense Advisory Board of retired flag officers across the services who have commanded, modernized, and sustained forces at the highest levels. The board provides strategic guidance grounded in real-world operational experience, helping ensure Tagup’s technology remains deployable, trusted, and aligned with the demands of modern warfare.

About Tagup

Tagup is a defense technology company founded at MIT that is delivering logistics decision advantage with next-generation AI. The company’s platform, Manifest, is an AI-powered multidimensional logistics decision engine that simulates and optimizes logistics courses of action under constraints and uncertainty, delivering a decisive operational advantage in contested and degraded environments. A trusted partner of the U.S. military, Tagup supports logistics operations across supply, maintenance and mobilization, including applications in aviation, ground and medical logistics units. To learn more or request a demonstration, visit tagup.ai/contact.

Major General David W. Maxwell

MIAMI (AP) — Tropical Storm Edouard headed toward the Gulf Coast early Tuesday and expected to gain strength before bringing potentially heavy rains and flooding into parts of Texas and Louisiana.

The storm was upgraded Monday night from a tropical depression and forecasters with the National Hurricane Center expect it will make landfall in Texas later on Tuesday.

Early Tuesday the storm was about 65 miles (100 kilometers) south-southeast of Cameron, Louisiana, and 90 miles (145 kilometers) southeast of Port Arthur, Texas, with maximum sustained winds of 40 mph (65 kph) while moving west-northwest at 8 mph (13 kph).

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said the biggest problem expected from the storm is flooding. Forecasters are anticipating 3-6 inches (7-15 centimeters) of rain in the greater Houston area, with some areas of the state’s upper coast getting up to 9 inches (22 centimeters). More than 4 inches (10 centimeters) per hour could fall and will likely cause flash flooding in low-lying and urban areas, according to the National Hurricane Center.

“This is our first big storm of the season, and I’ll tell you, Texas is prepared,” Orlando Alanis of the Texas Division of Emergency Management said during a news conference.

Crews worked Monday to clear dry vegetation that could ignite from a lightning strike and cause fast-spreading fires, Abbott said.

Meanwhile, the remnants of Tropical Storm Dolly brought rain and thunderstorms to parts of Haiti and the Dominican Republic, the Turks & Caicos, and the Bahamas, the hurricane center said.

In the Pacific Ocean on Monday evening, Tropical Storm Lowell was about 630 miles (1,015 kilometers) southeast of Hilo, Hawaii, with maximum sustained winds of 70 mph (110 kph) while moving west at 10 mph (17 kph). Forecasters said Lowell could rapidly intensify and become a major hurricane by Wednesday.

Also in the Pacific, Tropical Storm Marie formed early Tuesday well offshore of southwest Mexico and wasn’t threatening land, the center said. The storm was about 470 miles (756 kilometers) southwest of Manzanillo with maximum sustained winds of 45 mph (72 kph) and was moving northwest. Marie was expected to become a hurricane in the coming days.

Elsewhere in the Pacific, Hurricane Karina became a hurricane Sunday, fueled by warm waters far from any shore, and strengthened Monday into a powerful Category 4 storm. But it did not threaten land, forecasters said.

On Tuesday morning, Karina remained a Category 4 hurricane and was centered 1,210 miles (1,950 kilometers) west-southwest of the southern tip of the Baja California peninsula of Mexico with maximum sustained winds of 140 mph (222 kph) while moving west-northwest at 10 mph (17 kph), the center said.

The story has been updated to correct that Dolly was a tropical storm, not a hurricane.

This satellite image released by NOAA shows Tropical Storm Marie in the North Pacific Ocean on Tuesday, Sept.1, 2026 . (NOAA via AP)

This satellite image released by NOAA shows Hurricane Karina strengthening off the southern tip of Baja California on Sunday, Aug. 30, 2026. (NOAA via AP)

This satellite image released by NOAA shows Tropical Storm Lowell over the Pacific Ocean, Monday, Aug. 31, 2026. (NOAA via AP)

This satellite image released by NOAA shows Potential Tropical Cyclone Five forming over the Gulf of Mexico on Monday, Aug. 31, 2026. (NOAA via AP)