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Aircraft
Crewed and uncrewed combat aircraft, crewed–uncrewed teaming, and the programs that buy and sustain them.
Defense consulting
Defense expertise, independently delivered
Stericate advises investors, defense companies, consultants, and government teams on weapons platforms shaping the fight, the industrial base that builds them, the acquisition system that buys them, and the strategic impetus behind their development.
01 Weapons and platforms02 Industrial base03 Contracting and acquisition04 Strategic environment
Defense decisions are high-stakes and hard to reverse. We bring an independent, technically grounded view of the technology, the industrial base and the acquisition system, so clients can act with confidence.
01 Capabilities
Areas of expertise
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Missiles
Ballistic, cruise and hypersonic weapons: how they perform, how they are produced, and how they are defeated. We cover the offense and the defense.
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Unmanned systems
Air, land and sea: small UAS through large-group aircraft, unmanned ground vehicles, and surface and undersea vessels. Platform, payload, autonomy and the concepts of employment that make them useful.
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Defense supply chain
Sub-tier suppliers, energetics, propulsion, seekers and microelectronics: where capacity is thin, where single points of failure hide, and what it takes to scale production.
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Defense contracting
How the Department of Defense buys, from OTAs and SBIR to programs of record, and how to position a company or product to get through the process.
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Wargaming
Scenario design, adjudication and analysis that put new systems and concepts under realistic pressure before money is spent on them.
02 How we help
Typical engagements
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Technical and market assessments
An independent view of a system, a technology or a market segment: what works, what doesn't, and who is winning.
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Due diligence
Support for investors and acquirers evaluating defense and aerospace companies, their technology and their position in the market.
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Strategy and capture
Finding where a product fits in the defense market, which customers and contract vehicles to pursue, and how to compete.
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Proposal review
Independent Pink, Red and Gold team reviews that test a proposal against the requirement, the evaluators and the competition.
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Supply chain review
Mapping critical components and suppliers, finding the bottlenecks, and planning around them.
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Ongoing advisory
A standing advisor on retainer for investors, executives and boards who need informed answers as questions come up.
03 Where we go deepest
Drones and interceptors
Cheap, numerous drones have changed how wars are fought, and defending against them with expensive interceptors doesn't add up. The advantage goes to whoever can field effective systems at the right cost, at scale, and fast. It's the area where we have the most depth.
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Drones of every class
FPV and loitering munitions, one-way attack drones, ISR aircraft, and uncrewed ground and maritime systems.
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Counter-drone and air defense
Sensing, command and control, and the full range of defeat options, from electronic warfare to guns, lasers and missiles.
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Interceptors
Low-cost drone and missile interceptors, cost-per-engagement, and the magazine depth a defense can actually sustain.
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Production at scale
Turning a promising prototype into thousands of units a month.
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