AEROSPACE, DEFENCE AND SECURITY CONSULTING

Our Services

Selected Current and Previous Clients of Blue 5 and its Staff

SAAB technologies
BUSINESS PLANNING,
COMPETITOR TECHNICAL EVALUATION,
MARKET CAPTURE
Thales
PRODUCT DESIGN ASSISTANCE, COMPETITIVE INTELLIGENCE, MARKET CAPTURE
Korea Aerospace Industry
PRODUCT DESIGN ASSISTANCE, TRAINING SERVICES DEVELOPMENT
BAE Systems
PRODUCT EVALUATION
Government Sweden
DEFENCE INDUSTRY PLANNING
Lockheed Martin
PRODUCT TECHNICAL ANALYSIS, CRITICAL INFRASTUCTURE, MARKET REQUIREMENTS, MARKET CAPTURE
Leonardo
DEFENCE TRADE AND EXPORT ANALYSIS
United Kingdom Government
PRODUCT DESIGN ASSISTANCE, COMPETATIVE INTELLIGENCE, MARKET CAPTURE
Boeing
PRODUCT TECHNICAL ANALYSIS, MARKET CAPTURE
Fincantieri
PRODUCT EVALUATION, COMPETITOR TECHNICAL EVALUATION, MARKET CAPTURE
European Defence Agency
UAV / AEROSPACE, DECONFLICTION STUDY
Kongsberg
PRODUCT EVALUATION, COMPETITOR TECHNICAL EVALUATION, MARKET CAPTURE
Nammo
MARKET VALUE ANALYSIS
Rheinmetall MAN
MARKET REQUIREMENTS ANALYSIS, MARKET CAPTURE
Japan Government
GEOPOLITICAL / SECURITY RESEARCH AND ASSESSMENT
Hyundai Rotem
PRODUCT EVALUATION, MARKET CAPTURE

Our comprehensive suite of professional services caters to a diverse clientele

Saab Vigen aircraft in flight from right to left

Aerospace and Defense

Competitive Intelligence:
Analysis of client’s competition, their strategies, relations, products and relative strengths / weaknesses that could be exploited

Market Capture:
Assessment of opportunity value and key factors likely to generate a win both in terms of the programme as a whole and the client’s own particular selling points

Technological Evaluation:
Assessment of opportunity value and key factors likely to generate a win both in terms of the programme as a whole and the client’s own particular selling points

Strategic Appraisal:
Wider view of where the defence world is heading, covering geo-political stress-points, potential regional conflicts and where opportunities may arise as circumstances evolve

Government

Defence Industry Strategy:
3rd Party view of government direction and sponsorship of major domestic companies, balance of public vs. private sector activity and assessment of relative export strengths

Programme Evaluation:
Key requirements for new platform / systems development, potential for external partnership and market size for eventual export

Strategic Threat Analysis:
Activities of hostile states and the degree to which this might prove of significance to the client, together with methods and partners that underpin these activities of concern

Domestic Security:
Best practice and comparative assessment of particular programmes such as transport and infrastructure, where shortcomings might occur and what alternatives  exist

Conference running at a round table

M&A / Legal

Due Diligence:
Support for M&A activity covering global companies as well as small and medium businesses considering a change in their portfolio and hence strategic changes

Supply Chain Analysis:
Strengths and weakness of particular business arrangements, where operations over national borders might be a weakness and how to maximise political positioning

Arbitration Support:
Disinterested primary and secondary source data collation in support of legal action for companies representing defence market disputes