Fractional COO · Aerospace & Defense

We bring operational clarity
to technical founders.

You built something exceptional. Now the operations can't keep up.

We embed systems engineering discipline and managerial accounting clarity into your business — so you can scale past your first major contracts without breaking.

65%
Requirement violation reduction
60
Day sprint to clarity
Prime
Contractor experience
47G
Utah A&D ecosystem
A&D
Exclusive industry focus
How We Work

Sprint to Retainer.

We start with a focused, fixed-fee diagnostic. Founders say yes to a defined sprint far more easily than an open-ended commitment — and delivered well, the retainer conversation happens naturally.

01
Discovery Call
Free · 60–90 Minutes

We listen for operational and financial pain — contract fulfillment pressure, margin visibility, team gaps, missed milestones. You'll know by the end whether we're the right fit.

  • Operational pain mapping
  • Bottleneck identification
  • Financial health signals
  • Honest fit assessment
Freeno obligation
02
60-Day Sprint
Fixed Fee · Defined Deliverable

Deep operational and financial diagnostic. We map your processes, run your job costing, identify the highest-leverage gaps, and deliver a prioritized action plan with a financial case for each recommendation.

  • Full operational diagnostic
  • Job costing & margin analysis
  • KPI dashboard built
  • 3–5 gap prioritization
  • Before-and-after documentation
$5K–$12Kfixed fee
03
Ongoing Retainer
Monthly · 1–2 Days/Week

We implement the plan together. SOPs, KPI dashboards, managerial accounting integration, cross-functional coordination, prime contractor compliance, and monthly operational reviews.

  • SOP development
  • Monthly operational reviews
  • Managerial accounting integration
  • Hiring & capacity planning
  • Prime contractor compliance
$3K–$10Kper month

"We don't consult from the outside. We've lived inside prime contractors, managed defense programs, and built companies from the ground up."

Who We Serve

Built for technical founders.

Our clients are engineers and scientists running companies. Exceptional at the product. Dealing with operational and financial chaos that's limiting their growth.

Aerospace & Defense Subcontractors

10–100 employees. Winning prime contracts but struggling to fulfill them. AS9100 compliance burden. Job costing complexity. On-time delivery pressure you can't afford to miss.

Deep Tech & Advanced Manufacturing

Hardware-forward companies where the technical problem is solved but operational infrastructure hasn't kept pace. Margins shrinking without a clear explanation.

Post-Contract Win Companies

Just landed your first major government contract. Workforce planning, delivery timelines, and cross-functional coordination are suddenly all critical. We know this transition intimately.

Companies Preparing to Scale

Revenue is real, growth is happening, but the foundation isn't ready. Before the next hire or the next contract, build the systems that scale with you — not against you.

Our Edge

What makes us different.

We're not generalist consultants who read about operations. We've lived inside the industry we serve — on both sides of the prime-supplier relationship.

Prime Contractor Experience
We know what primes demand

Our team has operated inside prime contractors. We know exactly what's expected from suppliers — and where the gaps form under pressure.

Financial Clarity
Managerial accounting fluency

We anchor every recommendation in your internal cost data — contribution margins, variance analysis, job costing for defense contracts. Almost no fractional COO in A&D does this.

Military & Defense Network
Operations expertise from the field

Our advisors bring military operations experience and deep relationships across the Utah A&D ecosystem — including the 47G network of 200+ member companies.

Systems engineering rigor. Managerial accounting literacy. Deep roots in the A&D ecosystem. We understand your world from the inside.

The Process

What working together looks like.

01
Discovery Call
Free · No obligation

We ask about your contract fulfillment pressure, margin visibility, and where your team's time disappears. By the end of the call, both of us know whether it's the right fit.

02
60-Day Sprint
Fixed fee · Clear deliverable

We go deep — operational mapping, job costing, bottleneck identification — and deliver a prioritized action plan with a financial case for every recommendation.

03
Retainer Partnership
Monthly · Ongoing implementation

We implement the plan together. SOPs, dashboards, accounting integration, hiring frameworks. The retainer conversation happens naturally — clients ask what comes next.

Results

Case Studies

Every engagement is documented. This is how we build — and prove — our pattern library.

OperationsDefense Programs

Reducing requirement violations by 65% on a live missile defense program

High violation rates during control tuning and field deployment. Standard review processes weren't catching root causes before MDA milestone reviews, threatening prime contractor relationships.

65%
Violation reduction
Prime
Milestones restored
SystemsAerospace Prime Support

SOW management and working group coordination across a multimillion-dollar navigation program

Vendor relationships and working groups lacked structured milestone visibility, exposing coordination gaps across the supplier network during prime contractor reviews.

Zero
Missed prime milestones
Multi-M
Program delivered
Next case study in progress
Founding client sprint · 2025
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Book a Discovery Call

60 minutes. No pitch. We listen for operational pain and tell you honestly whether we can help.

Who this is for

A technical founder in aerospace, defense, or advanced manufacturing. You're winning contracts but operations feel reactive. Margins are shrinking without explanation. You need fractional COO support — not a full-time salary.

Based in
Salt Lake City, Utah · Serving A&D nationally
Network
47G Ecosystem · 200+ Utah A&D member companies
What to expect

A 60-minute phone call. We'll ask about your operational pain, your numbers, and where growth is stalling. You'll leave with at least one clear insight — whether we work together or not.

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Free · 60 minutes · Phone call · No obligation