Defence & National Security

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Hawkesmore builds solutions that improve the way nations buy military equipment.  We advise leading defence nations across the acquisition lifecycle including Through Life Management, Commercial Constructs, Capability Development, Export & Trade Controls and Military Disposals, to ensure our clients maximize their investments on defence equipment and arm their militaries with the best equipment and capability possible.

Our acquisition scrutiny capability can be implemented for any nation’s defence acquisition regime and delivers measurable value add.  Our tailored acquisition scrutiny solution allows organisations to assess capability, interoperability, strategy and industrial development factors for any planned defence acquisition to ensure value maximisation and cost minimisation.

Our localization management solutions allow organisations to implement and manage their localization strategies.  Our solution has been used by industrial development regulators to manage the national industrial development agenda, as well as inbound defence organisations to plan and manage their localization and offset portfolio to best demonstrate value add and long term success in the region. 

Our NDIS framework incorporates the key elements of any nation’s industrial development agenda, aligning to National Security Strategies, Threat Analyses, national skills strategies and technological development to ensure all industrial initiatives are driving towards the same objectives and that the defence industry becomes a vital contributor to a nation's economic growth.

We recognise the vital importance that an established defence disposals capability can have for a nation, as both a revenue generating capability, and a tool for enabling international political relations.  Our disposals solution integrates policy, operations and commercial elements to build a comprehensive disposals regime that can deliver long term success.

Our comprehensive Export Controls solutions provide a holistic trade controls capability that ensures adherence to international regulations, enables reselling and gifting opportunities, and allows a nation to demonstrate confidence and control to international partners. 

We work with both inbound and local defence and security organisations to establish long lasting international partnerships to the benefit of all involved.  Our expert teams have an extensive understanding of the regional and global defence ecosystems and support our clients in sourcing suitable partners, building commercial agreements and delivering long term sustainable partnerships.

We are experts in market entry and positioning strategies, including optimal partnership selection.  Our experts have deep experience in the practical aspects of partnership establishment and have proven success in commercial negotiations, partnership contract drafting, company establishment and partnership relationship development, having successfully advised numerous international organisations to successfully deliver strategic and tactical partnerships across the Middle East.

Hawkesmore has extensive experience developing and executing capability development strategies for Middle East organisations, as well as international companies establishing themselves in the region.  Our experts have a deep understanding of the key enablers and stages in developing defence and security capability and support our clients in deciding what capability to invest in based on the market projections and future technologies.