Very few consultancies fully grasp the complex ecosystem of defense acquisition programs. At A&M, our professionals understand the regulatory and government contracting challenges, working with contractors and OEMs and the across the multi-tiered defense industrial base. We work with early stage venture and privately equity supported defense innovation firms bridging the gap between cutting edge commercial technologies and getting to defense departments’ programs of record. We have been called on by the US Department of Defense and governments around the world when major acquisition programs are underperforming and not meeting schedule, budget and readiness contractual commitments. Our team members have delivered results over decades on the highest profile and largest government weapons systems, aviation and military asset programs in the history of the United States and international governments. We support international governments and partner nations on joint partner programs including Direct Commercial Sales (DCS) and Foreign Military Sales (FMS). We help deliver the mission on-time, on-budget and in-full.

Recent global events, fragile international relationships, diplomacy, geopolitical uncertainty and the pandemic have created unprecedented global challenges to deliver on our commitments to protect our national security and the security of our global allies. It is in our vital interest to reassess the current state of our government acquisition programs, ensure the solvency and viability of the critical defense industrial base, manage global supply disruptions and vulnerabilities, consider value chain re-shoring of mission critical initiatives and cost and performance improvement programs to deliver mission capability, affordability and readiness.

Despite the impacts of the global pandemic, threats to our national security remain very real. Bad actors around the world did not hit pause in response to the pandemic. Conversely they escalated dangerous behavior and sought vulnerabilities in our defense commitments to national security and our global partners and allies. Flexibility, affordability and service are the lynchpins of success in the world of government contracting today. Companies are often asked to do more with less, and risk-sharing contracts are on the rise. Our team of aerospace and defense experts stand ready to work collaboratively with your teams to help guide you through these challenging times.

Operating at a peacetime cadence does not work when battling on multiple fronts.

Count on our proven lines of attack:

• Performance improvement
  • Program review and current state performance assessment. Security cleared to the appropriate levels to work with program leaders, contractors and suppliers to turn around programs, and simply get performance back on track and contract compliance
  • Revenue enhancement, market segmentation, innovation, capture, price-to-win, commercialization, marketing and sales force effectiveness
  • Performance based contracts construct and management 
  • Intelligent industry – manufacturing 4.0, IoT, artificial intelligence, machine learning 
  • Big data, data science, advanced data analytics 
  • Supply chain (including IT systems), operations (including shop floor / lean production) and procurement effectiveness (including direct price negotiation)
  • Should-Cost/Will Cost and Total Cost of Ownership analysis and operating models
  • Back-office efficiency and outsourcing
  • Working capital and cost optimization
  • IT system program assurance and program rescue
• Transaction advisory services 
  • Target screening and sector target insight
  • Operational due diligence
  • Financial and tax due diligence
  • M&A support and post-merger integration / carve-out
• Turnaround and restructuring
  • Program viability and prioritization
  • Government, contractor and supplier collaboration to help remain at the forefront of technology
  • Defense ecosystem advisory and restructuring advisory services
  • Program management centers of excellence
  • Critical assistance during times of underperformance and crisis
  • Interim management
• Operations and risk management
  • Cost and schedule risk assessment
  • Portfolio risk assessment
  • Supply chain, supply chain digital transformation and resiliency, negotiation, performance management, financial risk mitigation
  • Executive level, enterprise-wide Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP)