Helping aerospace and defense (A&D) companies develop effective strategies for winning contracts with critical customers, contributing to stronger growth
What we do
Finding pockets of growth
We work with clients to identify the best investment opportunities, leveraging Radar, our proprietary analytics platform, and our global panel of senior advisors to pressure test potential growth areas. We combine our A&D knowledge with our expertise in strategy and corporate finance, including our leading-edge valuation techniques, to provide our clients with a comprehensive perspective on their investment opportunities and growth portfolio.
Capture Excellence
We help companies redesign the overall bid process with the goal of reducing both costs and timelines. Our expertise includes pricing to win, developing competitive intelligence, and providing proposal support.
Design-to-value
As clients develop products, we help them conduct design-to-value analyses that consider both the costs and benefits of different features. By removing any attributes that customers do not value, A&D companies can lower production costs. That decrease will translate into lower product prices, which could increase the likelihood of winning bids.
Examples of our work
Optimizing product costs
We performed a design-to-value analysis during the bid phase for a client. Our insights helped reduce proposed costs significantly and helped the client win an $800 million contract.
Creating capture excellence
By helping a client create a two-speed capture process, we reduced the effort needed to bid on all contracts, including those with lower value, unlocking an opportunity to save 40 percent.
Refocusing business development
We worked with a defense-services player to re-orient the focus of the business-development team and business-unit investments toward pockets of relevant growth in a post-merger world.
Featured Capabilities
Radar
Combines hard data with analytical tools to provide extensive information on A&D markets. The insights help companies develop their portfolios, reduce spending, and make better decisions about budgets, growth opportunities, and research.
Cleansheet
Analyzes a product’s cost structure to help manufacturers improve design and capture savings.
Design-to-Value
Helps companies obtain deeper insights about products, customers, and the supply base. It draws on both digital tools and the knowledge of experts in our design-to-value labs.
Featured Experts
Ryan Brukardt
Senior Partner
Advises global aerospace, defense, and space companies on achieving sustainable growth and operational excellence
Frank Coleman III
Partner
Serves Industrial clients on strategy and M&A, driven by value creation fundamentals and underpinned by complex technology investments
Simone Vesco
Partner
Leads the advanced industries sector in the Mediterranean office and our industrial services work in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa (EMEA), serving clients on strategy, marketing and sales, operations, working capital, and aftermarket and services transformations
Featured Insights
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Up in the air: How do consumers view advanced air mobility?
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Our new global survey shows that consumers are ready to take advantage of advanced air mobility, but concerns remain.
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Creating strong digital B2B channels at industrial companies
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The digital solutions common at many companies are new to most industrials. How can digitization take root in this complex industry?
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How industrial companies can cut their indirect costs—fast
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New technologies go beyond what traditional cost optimization can offer.
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How generative design could reshape the future of product development
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Smart algorithms won’t just lead to better products—they could redefine how product development is done.
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Making cost engineering count
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Cost engineering isn’t just for car companies and chipmakers. Across sectors, complexity and cost pressures are giving companies good reason to follow a more disciplined approach to finding savings.