Core Service Areas BDS
BDS offers
a comprehensive
porfolio of services
Ranging from force modernization and defense procurement strategy to investment advisory, M&A due diligence, and defense technology integration.
The firm is particularly equipped to advise on emerging systems such as AI, UAVs, and ISR platforms, as well as navigating complex regulatory environments (e.g., ITAR, STANAG, PESCO). Target clients include Tier-1 and Tier-2 contractors, dual-use technology firms, and private equity, sovereign wealth investors with a defense or aerospace focus and even ministries of defense.
Institutional Defense
Strategy
- Armed forces modernization roadmaps
- Capability development and threat-based assessments
- Organizational enhancement, talent acquisition, succession planning and management teams’ buildup
- Procurement strategy for governments or multilateral organizations
CAPEX & Procurement Advisory
- System-level investment justifications
- Lifecycle cost analysis and optimization
M&A and
Investor
Support
- Strategic geopolitical risk briefings for boards and investors
- Private-sector “red teaming” of public defense plans
- Buy-side advisory for PE firms
- Acquisition & investment due diligence in defense technology
- Product, commercial and positioning strategy to industrial (PE) companies
- Lobby and geopolitical positioning
- Organizational structure guidance
- Strategic fit and integration roadmaps
Industrial
Base
Strengthening
- Supply chain localization and resilience planning
- Offset strategy and SME development
- Competences acquisition and development policies
- National defense industrial base assessments
Technology
& Systems
Acquisition
- Evaluation of emerging defense technologies (UAVs, AI, ISR)
- Systems integration and sourcing support
Geopolitical Risk
& NATO/EU
Alignment
- Export controls, STANAG compliance
- EDF, PESCO, and EDA project positioning
Success Factors
- Access to high-trust networks (former generals, defense attachés, ministers, C-Suites).
- Credibility in geopolitics or defense economics — e.g., military background or academic credentials.
- Capability to bridge sectors — defense, finance, and technology.
- Fluency in regulatory and security frameworks, especially export control (ITAR, EAR), FMS, etc.
- Scenario-based advisory — forecasting defense trends tied to political developments or tech leaps (e.g., AI in defense command systems).