Strategy

Helping aerospace and defense companies achieve their strategic goals in a complex, competitive, and evolving landscape

Aerospace and defense (A&D) companies are under increasing pressure. Strong growth over the past few years has raised investor expectations, but defense budgets are flat. Meanwhile, the sector is becoming more complex as new entrants compete for market share and the aftermarket evolves. In this intense environment, it’s not enough for A&D companies to follow their old approach when fighting for a bigger piece of the pie. They need new strategies.

We combine a deep understanding of industry segments—commercial aerospace, defense, and space—with leading-edge tools to help our clients address their most important strategic questions and take their business to new heights.

What we do

Capture excellence

Even the best product needs a strong capture strategy to guarantee its success. By helping clients assess when to bid, how to price, and how to structure their business-development operations, we can increase the likelihood of winning market share.

Corporate finance

With budgets tightening, A&D companies want to optimize working capital and increase available cash. In cooperation with experts from our Strategy and Corporate Finance Practice, we guide them through this process.

Cost effectiveness

Margin expansion is critical, especially in competitive industries such as A&D, but it sometimes gets overlooked in the push for growth. Working with companies, we evaluate operating models and identify strategies for building leaner cost structures—for instance, by considering options to streamline corporate function support.

Growth

We help companies accelerate their growth strategies by taking a comprehensive look at opportunities—both organic and inorganic—in their core business and adjacent markets. By balancing risks with potential gains, we identify the big moves required to accelerate value creation.

Market assessment

Through our independent assessments, we help businesses, private-equity firms, and other industry stakeholders understand critical markets, including the size of the opportunity, growth prospects, and competitive forces. Our insights give clients a fact-based perspective on the market, including recent trends and the impact of new technologies.

Portfolio optimization

With markets shifting—and sometimes taking unexpected twists—even the most effective portfolio strategy may become obsolete. With our guidance, clients can rebalance their portfolios and adjust their investment strategy, doubling down in some areas and retreating in others.

Featured Capabilities
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Corporate Performance Analytics

Corporate Performance Analytics is a digital platform for benchmarking financial performance data, developing strategies, and uncovering insights for data-driven decision-making.

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.

Strategy Analytics Center

We help clients make better strategic decisions through a deeper understanding of corporate performance, value creation, macroeconomic forces, and global and local trends.