Mission-critical means compliance is the architecture.
Defense primes, aerospace suppliers, and A&D manufacturers operate under a compliance regime — CMMC 2.0, ITAR, NIST 800-171, FedRAMP, IL4/5, AS9100 — that constrains every architecture decision. PEXIVA helps defense and aerospace organizations modernize on AWS GovCloud, Azure Government, and on-prem environments while staying audit-ready every day.
The pressure shaping defense & aerospace architecture.
CMMC 2.0 enforcement is reshaping the supplier base — and tier-2/tier-3 suppliers are now in scope. FedRAMP High and IL5 workloads are moving to commercial clouds at scale. AI for defense logistics, intelligence, and digital engineering is funded and accelerating. The suppliers and primes who plan their architecture around the compliance regime — not around it — are the ones still winning contracts in 2027.
Mission Triggers We See
What typically drives a defense & aerospace leader to call us:
CMMC L2/L3 deadline. ITAR audit finding. FedRAMP authorization push. DoD contract requirement. Cyber incident. Post-M&A modernization. PE recap with compliance gaps.
Forces reshaping the mission
- CMMC 2.0 Level 2/3 enforcement reaching tier-2 and tier-3 suppliers
- FedRAMP High / IL5 workloads moving to AWS GovCloud, Azure Gov
- Digital engineering and model-based systems engineering at scale
- Defense AI/ML programs funding production deployments
- Supply chain risk management (SCRM) becoming contract-required
- PE-backed A&D roll-ups creating post-M&A compliance gaps
Where PEXIVA delivers in Defense & Aerospace.
Cloud, AI, data, applications, security, and workforce — mapped to the architecture decisions defense & aerospace leaders are actually making this year.
CMMC L2/L3 and ITAR-aligned environments
GCC High landing zones, AWS GovCloud architectures, ITAR data segregation, CUI handling boundaries, and 110+ NIST 800-171 control implementations — designed for the audit, not retrofitted to it. AS9100 quality system integration where applicable.
FedRAMP Moderate, High, and IL5
Authorization sponsorship support, control implementation, continuous monitoring, and 3PAO-ready documentation. We've worked across the FedRAMP control families enough to know which ones swallow programs whole.
Defense AI in regulated environments
AI/ML workloads inside compliance boundaries. Anthropic Claude in AWS GovCloud, AWS Bedrock for FedRAMP High, model governance for defense use cases. GenAI for proposal automation, intelligence analysis, and digital engineering.
Defense & Aerospace is a regulated environment.
Regulated under: CMMC 2.0 · ITAR · EAR · NIST 800-171 · NIST 800-53 · FedRAMP · DoD IL2-IL6 · FAR · DFARS · AS9100 · SCRM
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