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Engagements
- A major aircraft MRO provider engaged CRA for military market growth strategy development. We provided validation of the client’s business development strategy, insight into key military markets, and access to key decision makers.
- For an integrated aerostructures manufacturing company, CRA helped develop new strategy and industrial policy. We created and executed a strategic plan to transform a facility to meet projected workload that is consistent with DoD industrial imperatives.
- For a premier aircraft MRO provider, CRA designed a strategy against an anti-competitive contractor with whom the client had served as a subcontractor.
- CRA provided partnering strategy support for a technology-based startup. We helped create a partnership to develop and commercialize a promising new technology.
- For a supplier of mission-critical helicopter subsystems, CRA provided new market applications of core technology. We identified new applications for the client’s existing helicopter subsystem technology and assessed the attractiveness of associated market segments.
- A large aerospace and defense contractor sought long-term research and development investments. CRA evaluated the DoD’s long-term technology priorities to help the client determine future corporate investments.
- CRA provided regulatory support to promote antitrust clearance for a leading space launch system supplier. We assisted with negotiations and the execution of a merger with a top-ranked competitor while managing the Hart-Scott-Rodino process.
- For a general aviation aircraft manufacturer, CRA provided litigation support against a supplier providing faulty parts. We calculated the direct and “reputational” cost of damages arising from aircraft crashes caused by the faulty components.
- A large defense prime required assistance compiling and analyzing worldwide A&D transactions. CRA recorded, sorted, and analyzed all aerospace and defense M&A activity to discover key trends and possible values for future transactions.
- For an R&D-focused imaging technology developer, CRA provided market diagnostic and growth strategy formulation by reviewing target markets in imaging and optics. We also recommended an optimal combination of organic and external growth to meet corporate objectives.
- The corporate headquarters of a large U.S. defense firm sought detailed financial analysis. CRA benchmarked the financial performance of the client’s multiple operating segments against their respective peer groups.
- For a global military systems integrator, CRA provided BRAC strategy development by identifying opportunities to increase revenues in overhaul and maintenance partnerships with federal military depots.
- A federal IT/technical services supplier sought strategic plan development. CRA evaluated and reformulated corporate growth strategy to double revenues over a five-year period.
- CRA provided a diversified electronics manufacturer with a buy-side M&A transaction advisory. We forecasted the growth prospects and competitive position of a specialist radar and communications acquisition target.
- For a global aerospace and defense prime, CRA provided buy-side M&A advisory services by assessing the markets, competitive position, and ownership sensitivity issues for a diversified A&D services acquisition target.
- A propulsion systems prime contractor required growth and acquisition strategy support. CRA helped support an external growth strategy by identifying USG spending priorities and A&D/national security trends, analyzing selected A&D markets, and subsequently identifying potential acquisition targets.
- For a global defense and space systems supplier, CRA produced an M&A target assessment by reviewing 14 suppliers selected by the client and evaluating the attractiveness and fit as potential acquisition candidates.
- A global A&D firm required buy-side transaction advisory services. CRA built a bottom-up revenue projection for an information assurance/IT target.
- A large, diversified equity investor sought buy-side due diligence support, so CRA performed a due diligence review, program review, and assessment of a small manufacturer of highly-engineered components.
- For a global supplier of aeronautical electronic systems, CRA provided valuation and buy-side due diligence support for the potential acquisition in the avionics market following a revision of the target’s financial outlook.
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