Defense & Intelligence Practice

Advising the agencies
that guard the nation

Cleared consultants, former operators, and mission engineers delivering strategy and software to the DoD, IC, and combat support agencies.

Our Defense & Intelligence practice exists to strengthen the institutions that safeguard the nation. We bring cleared talent, operational fluency, and a software-first delivery model — the opposite of the traditional slide-deck advisory engagement — to the missions where failure is not a budget variance.

620+

TS/SCI Cleared Staff

Agency Customers

Active ATOs Supported

8.4yrs

Program Tenure

Mission Context

When the mission cannot afford to fail

The defense and intelligence enterprise cannot outsource its core judgments to firms without clearances or operational lineage. Our partners are cleared professionals with standing relationships in the community, and our delivery teams hold active TS/SCI with polygraph where the mission requires.

We engage at three altitudes: strategy (mission effects, portfolio shaping, investment rebalancing), systems (acquisition support, platform engineering, technical advisory), and execution (cleared agile delivery teams embedded with program offices).

Capabilities

What we deliver

Mission Strategy

Portfolio shaping, investment strategy, and mission effects modeling for combatant commands and IC components.

Acquisition Advisory

OTA structuring, middle-tier acquisition, and software acquisition pathway support for defense programs.

Cleared Delivery Teams

Embedded agile product teams inside SCIFs — full-stack engineering, data, and ML talent with active clearances.

Intelligence Tradecraft Systems

Tradecraft software, analytic workflow tooling, and multi-INT collaboration platforms for IC analysts.

Operations Research

Wargaming, simulation, red teaming, and decision analysis to stress-test strategies before they meet the adversary.

Zero-Trust & Cyber

Zero-trust architecture, continuous ATO, and insider-threat posture tuning for classified networks.

Who We Serve

The enterprises we spent careers inside

Our partners led programs at OUSD(I&S), the CIA, NSA, NGA, DIA, and the service intelligence components. Our engineers have shipped software inside the classified enclaves of every major combat support agency. Our delivery teams do not require escorted access — they hold the credentials that let us start working on day one.

We do not accept engagements we cannot meaningfully improve. If the problem is a contracting pathway issue, we say so. If the program needs a different prime, we say so. Our reputation in the community is worth more than any single engagement.