Enhanced Investment Banking for Aerospace & Defense

We believe that an investment bank should do more than write CIMs and send emails, so we provide services that create competitive advantages for our clients such as creating a differentiated contracting pipeline.

Our team has an 85%-win rate across DoD, USG, State, Local, and Foreign Military Opportunities

Meticulously designed to maximize success for our clients in the aerospace and defense sectors.

Through targeted, phased strategies, we ensure thorough preparation, shaping, and execution to achieve superior outcomes.

Horatius Defense Contracting Process

    • Develop the situation. Understand how the procurement agency buys the services you sell. Discover their specific key strategic goals, objectives and management challenges.

    • Understand key role players and shaping the situation to your offering. This is more than market research; this is customer diligence. We develop the customer and not just the RFP. Win before it’s even started.

    • Define the competitive landscape. Shore up offering weaknesses and improve on strengths.

    • Thoroughly vet and conduct the due diligence on our product offering. Ensure all Threshold requirements are met and determine best bets for Objective requirements to surpass proposal specifications while staying on budget and submission timing.

    • Ensure all manufacturing, sources of supply, and team members are in place, trained, and knowledgeable on product requirements.

    • Conduct proposal capture and submission activities.

    • Proposal submission and tracking.

    • Contract execution. Ensure the client is compliant with all contractual requirements.

    • Assist in managing any contract modifications.

    • Assist in any post award negotiations with the procuring agency.

Case Studies

Horatius Defense has a history of delivering exceptional results, including securing high-value contracts for the U.S. Army, SOCOM, and the Philippine Armed Forces.

The team’s strategic insights and technical expertise have transformed procurement processes, winning contracts worth tens of millions.

Our Leadership Team

  • Billy Birdzell

    Managing Director

    HORATIUS GROUP

  • John Day

    Managing Director

    HORATIUS DEFENSE