Capabilities

When the mission is critical and the problem is complex, you can count on us. Maybe you’re starting new work that has never been done before. Or, you’re tackling an entrenched problem that can no longer go unresolved. People are depending on you and time matters.

The truth is, your particular situation and needs dictate the solution. That’s why our personalized service and collaborative approach is so essential. Our experts thrive in high-stress environments that demand specialized attention. We take what we know and apply it to your unique set of circumstances.

Why is this important? Because one size does not fit all. And while templates can be useful for information, they don’t solve problems. People do.

Consulting

Solving the hardest challenges requires three things: know-how, creativity, and perseverance.

In an ever-changing world, it helps to adapt. Doing something new. Solving problems. Creating advanced capabilities. Designing the possible. This is where we thrive.

Whether you’re transforming an organization, or standing up what doesn't exist, we can help. When our work is finished, you decide how and with whom to sustain the improvements.

Planning

Strategic and organizational planning should guide all future activity. Planning is a systematic process, which leads to a vision for a desired end state. We help clients translate this vision into broadly defined goals and objectives, including steps to achieve them. Through planning we refine the vision, establish priorities, and identify capability gaps. Then, we begin to develop concepts to execute the work.

Concept Development and New Capabilities

In concept development, we explore possibilities. We take ideas and create programs, technologies, and plans that didn’t exist before. Research. Brainstorming. Non-traditional thinking. Experiments. Prototyping. All these help us meet pressing timelines and mission-critical needs with creative solutions that work. If you have an idea, we can help bring it to life.

Once you have a new concept, objective, or mission, how do you meet the need? How do you get to the desired end state? What is the best way, given the circumstances? We support the decisions necessary to move forward. Our teams can rapidly plan on the fly, put capabilities in place, and establish a foundation for success. Success takes a plan, action, governance, milestones, and metrics. We have what it takes to get you there.

Continual Improvement and Transformation

Technology, requirements, and challenges proliferate and change. Staying ahead of the curve is a problem almost everyone wrestles with. How an organization faces transformation differentiates the great ones from everyone else.  Fundamentally, it comes down to people, technology, and processes. By having a plan to evolve in these three areas, your organization can better prepare for and adapt to the future, thriving now and in the years ahead.

Taking existing paradigms and morphing them into something new, we team with you to develop a plan for change. And we help get everyone in the organization and all the stakeholders behind it. Actions we take bring you up to the state-of-the-art in no time.

Planning. Concepts and new capabilities. Continual improvement and transformation. In all these, we create bold solutions to your complex problems. The result is success that prepares you for the future.

Professional
services

We offer highly specialized services to meet mission-critical needs head on.

Our true specialty is providing elite-level professionals equipped with the right resources to help you succeed. The following represents a fraction of our professional services capabilities.

Organizational Performance

We help improve the delivery of programs and projects. Quality, money, and time matter most. Because every situation is different, our team uses discovery and facilitation techniques to improve performance, cost, efficiency, and returns. We offer the following to help you achieve your goals. Services include:
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• Program and Project Management
• Business Process Improvement/Reengineering
• Change Management and Training
• Employee Engagement and Culture of Improvement
• Acquisition Management
• Contract Strategy and Management
• Policy Development
  

Research, Intelligence, and Operations

Intelligence drives competitive advantage. Collection. Visualization. Analysis. Action. In today’s world, as information proliferates, it can be difficult to make sense of the best path forward. We offer expertise in all-source intelligence and operations to bolster the nation’s security. Services include:
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• All-source Analysis
• Modeling and Simulation
• Cybersecurity and Forensics
• Threat Finance
• Insider Threat
• Intellectual Property Protection
• Supply Chain and Logistics Analysis

National Defense and Special Operations

Our leadership and many of our talented team members began their careers in national defense and special operations. Strategists. Planners. Operators. Tacticians. We know how to help you lead and defend. Our professionals are adept in time-critical, life and death situations so accomplishing the mission is never a problem. Services include:
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• Operational and Strategic Planning
• Tactical Operations and Training
• Research, Analytics, and Watchfloor Operations
• Security - Physical, Facilities, Cyber
• Alternative Energy and Power Surety
• Operational Readiness and COOP

Tech-enabled
solutions

We develop and apply the latest technology to improve the way our clients achieve their missions.

​Increased capacity. Faster calculation. Greater accuracy. Better memory.

Research and Development

All improvements and new projects start with research. Investigating why things work the way they do. Developing prototypes and alternatives. Testing. Creating a new and better way of doing things. Services include:
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• Technical, Scientific, and Engineering Research
• Verification and Validation
• Test and Evaluation (T&E)
• Assessment Analysis
• Cost Estimating

Software and Systems Development

Software and systems drive today’s technology. They provide the platforms and operations for the critical work tech-enabled solutions perform. Services include:
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• Requirements Development and Management
• Preliminary and Detailed Design
• Development, Coding, and Unit Testing
• Configuration Management
• Software and Systems Integration and Testing
• Independent Verification and Validation
• Deployment, Training, and Change Management
• Operations and Maintenance
  

Operational and Alternative Energy

We understand there is no silver bullet solution for our collective energy needs. Any serious solution includes diverse technologies and changes to meet future requirements. We are researching the latest developments in energy improvements, including solar, wind, bioenergy, water, geothermal, and waste to energy. Our expertise supports technological developments in energy storage, electrical/smart grid, battery electric vehicles, and advanced lighting. Services include:
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• R&D and Engineering Design
• Customization and Alteration for Alternative Needs
• Logistics and Deployment CONUS and OCONUS