Aerospace & Defense

Executive-grade advisory for aerospace, defense, and dual-use stakeholders—focused on capital strategy, governance, and measurable execution in complex environments.

How SJC Helps Aerospace & Defense Organizations

Today’s aerospace and defense environment requires innovation, disciplined delivery, and resilient operating models. SJC supports leadership teams with discretion-first, institutional-grade advisory that improves decision velocity and execution reliability.

  • Accelerate innovation: prioritize next-generation programs, manufacturing modernization, and analytics-led decisioning.
  • Enable digital transformation: increase operating efficiency and mission outcomes through data strategy, automation, and AI-enabled workflows.
  • Restructure and integrate: support strategic restructuring, M&A diligence, and post-merger integration governance.
  • Future-proof the workforce: strengthen leadership operating cadence, skills pathways, and DEI-aligned talent systems where appropriate.
  • Rationalize the portfolio: dispose of underperforming assets and reposition toward higher-growth and higher-resilience areas.
  • Enhance equipment readiness: improve readiness, safety, and lifecycle performance through disciplined maintenance and sustainment governance.

SJC combines global operating experience with board-ready rigor to help stakeholders strengthen governance, unlock value, improve operations, and adopt technology responsibly—without compromising discretion.

Capabilities for Aerospace & Defense

Modular support—engage one capability or run an integrated program across multiple workstreams.

Capital Strategy
Funding pathways, capital prioritization, liquidity, and stakeholder-aligned narratives.
Operating Model
Governance, decision rights, cadence, KPI architecture, execution discipline.
Risk & Compliance
Institutional controls, assurance posture, escalation frameworks, readiness reporting.
Digital & Data
Automation, analytics, AI-enabled workflows, measurable efficiency uplift.
M&A / PMI
Diligence support, integration governance, synergy tracking, execution risk reduction.
Cost & Performance
Cost-to-serve reduction, procurement discipline, performance governance.

Maintenance, Repair & Overhaul Advisory

MRO is pivotal to readiness, safety, and lifecycle performance across aerospace and defense operations. As the sector faces volatility—capacity constraints, supply chain disruption, and cost pressure— disciplined, cost-effective MRO execution becomes a strategic advantage.

Explore Our MRO Offerings
  • Readiness governance: KPIs, operating cadence, escalation paths aligned to leadership expectations.
  • Cost and throughput: bottleneck analysis, labor utilization, spares optimization, turnaround-time discipline.
  • Supplier strategy: vendor performance governance, contracting rigor, negotiation support.
  • Quality and safety: controls, auditability, documentation discipline, risk posture improvement.
  • Modernization: digital work orders, analytics, forecasting, decision-support tooling.
Leadership Approach

SJC operates as a discretion-first advisory partner—aligning stakeholders, clarifying decision paths, and installing a cadence that reliably converts plans into measurable outcomes.

Request a Brief

If you would like a short, executive brief on MRO performance programs (scope, cadence, outcomes), contact the team and we will share a tailored outline.

Selected Case Examples

Illustrative examples of the types of outcomes SJC supports. Details are shared on a confidential basis.

Post-Merger Integration
Defined guiding principles, governance, workstreams, and timelines to accelerate integration, reduce execution risk, and improve value realization.
Innovation Sprint
Led a cross-functional sprint to identify material cost reduction in a critical value stream and strengthened negotiation capability through tools and operating cadence.
Pricing & Revenue Uplift
Supported development of pricing logic and governance for parts/services—delivering measurable uplift through disciplined execution and controls.
Export & Business Development
Restructured sales and BD operating model to improve response time, unlock opportunities, and improve outcome capture with governance and KPI discipline.

Insights

Publish short, executive-grade insights here (2–4 per quarter). Keep them tight, measurable, and practical.

Readiness at Scale: installing a cadence that reduces downtime and improves predictability.
Capital Discipline: how to prioritize programs when demand, cost, and capacity are volatile.
AI with Controls: practical AI adoption that strengthens execution rather than adds risk.

Contact

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