Strategic capture, proposal management, and M&A advisory for the defense and aerospace industrial base — built by veterans of Lockheed Martin, Raytheon, Boeing, L3Harris, and General Dynamics.
Most consultants exit at proposal submission. We don't. Radiant Blue rides the engagement through award, debrief, and contract execution — because the deal isn't done until it's signed.
Walk through the methodologyIndustry standard: the engagement ends at Phase 05. Radiant Blue stays through Phase 07.
Embedded capture leadership through the full pursuit lifecycle. We hold the pen across color teams, BOEs, oral defense, and FPR negotiations — and we do not leave at submission.
At-the-table dealmakers who understand both the defense market and the financial structure required to scale within it. Strategic teaming, joint ventures, acquisitions, and exit preparation.
Most strategic consultants help you compete. We help you become the obvious choice — by changing how you invest, what you build, and how you tell the story.
We evaluate your portfolio, help you invest in solutions that address your customers’ problems, and position you as the obvious choice to solve them.
We ensure you have the right technical solution for the opportunity, clarity on how it fits your portfolio, and the skills and resources to translate that solution into a winning proposal.
Proprietary methods and deep expertise produce consistent and predictable wins. We provide an assessment of the competitive landscape and an honest read on what the customer values most.
“Any organization will benefit from being able to access the level of experience and expertise that Radiant Blue brings to bear. When you bring an opportunity forward or come up with an idea, they offer a great sounding board. They’re not afraid to come back and ask, "Did you think of this?" Or, "Well, that makes sense, but what if…" The only way you get that level of insight is through experience and Radiant Blue brings tremendous depth of experience to the table. Put all of that together, add some hard work, and you can accomplish some great things.”
Five decades of partner-level experience inside the primes that set the federal acquisition standards we now navigate on your behalf.
Cynthia’s reputation for delivering consistently outstanding results landed her in the highest echelons of leadership and responsibility at General Electric, Lockheed Martin, Raytheon, and Bausch & Lomb — living through massive growth, mergers and acquisitions, restructuring, and divestitures. Today she leads one of the most unconventional and successful advisory firms in defense and aerospace.
Bill is a thought-leader on architecting winning strategies, strategic business investment, and razor-sharp pricing tactics in technology, defense, and aerospace. He is the senior you want in the room when a project goes sideways, and the negotiator you want on your team when you’re vying for a complex government acquisition.
Solution shaping is where capture leads run out of runway. The pattern is consistent — and avoidable if you adjust the engagement upstream.
The signal is in where the line items moved, not the topline number. A read on what the FY26 NDAA implies for tactical communications, space, and EW.
Multiples have compressed; strategic buyers have not retreated. The right exit window in 2026 looks nothing like the playbook from 2022.
For active captures, repositioning conversations, or M&A discussions. We respond within two business days. An NDA is available on request.