Experts in defence consulting

Sagentia Defence is an independent and solution-agnostic advisor with a comprehensive understanding of the defence operating landscape so ideally positioned to form strategic partnerships and collaborate seamlessly with Strategic Command and across defence elements.

Our expertise in science and technology uses innovation to enhance synergy among the British Army, Royal Navy, Royal Air Force, and other defence elements. By leveraging our capabilities, we play a key role in the UK’s defence transformation, improving efficiency and security across command-and-control technology, defence systems and equipment interoperability, and defence training and intelligence technology.

Our experienced defence team excels in coordination and knowledge exchange across the Front Line Commands (FLCs) and research establishments. This boosts the efficiency of UK military operations and provides multi-disciplinary solutions to the most complex challenges, bring cutting-edge advancements to the forefront.

Sagentia Defence collaborates closely with Front Line Commands (FLCs) and research establishments, in the delivery of sophisticated UK Defence capabilities. Our expertise spans military, economic, and political realms, ensuring informed, successful outcomes and strategic guidance on transformative technologies.

Sagentia Defence can address a range of land technology domains such as: autonomous and robotic systems to advance operational efficiency, advanced sensors to improve situational awareness, detection devices for the protection of ground forces and energy storage solutions and logistical support.

Collaborating with Sagentia Defence ensures that Land Science and Technology initiatives benefit from a partner offering genuine insights and innovative strategies. We pride ourselves on being a transparent, solution agnostic and trusted Customer Friend, genuinely invested in the successful outcomes we contribute to achieving.

Sagentia Defence collaborates with the Royal Navy to advance critical systems, providing independent expertise in material science, systems engineering, and operational analysis to enhance efficiency and address pressing challenges in naval operations, submarine engineering and technology integration. This support complements the UK’s dedication to maritime security and technological advancement.

In addition to conventional naval power, the UK invests in research and development to advance underwater technologies, ensuring a comprehensive and adaptive approach to maritime security challenges. Sagentia Defence has unique capabilities to support Maritime ambitions, and our consultants are experts in their fields drawn from a variety of backgrounds including Industry and the Armed Forces.

As the UK defence market seeks to drive Science and Technology advancement to maintain a strategic advantage and address emerging threats, Sagentia Defence has a strong Science and Technology based culture and is experienced in collaborating across the MOD and Dstl portfolio.

MOD investment in Research & Development is growing and suitable partners are being sought that have broad industry knowledge alongside strong R&D capability. Sagentia has a number of practices operating across several markets (medical, chemical, energy, sustainability, aviation, consumer) and we combine that cross-market knowledge with our defence practice team made up of ex-military, defence researchers and industry experts.

Sagentia Defence focuses on a market independent view of both cost and effectiveness of current and future equipment though operational analysis, early lifecycle cost estimating, model development and horizon scanning which you can find out more about on our services page.

We work across many Dstl key development areas such as chemical research, biotechnology, navigation and sensing technologies and we have collaborated on ideation projects with Dstl to examine the best way of addressing a new security challenge, and novel prototype development for Dstl’s CBR division and British Army.

To maintain a military advantage, foster innovation, and deliver capabilities at pace, the armed forces need support from industry to innovate, reduce costs and exploit civilian technology.

Sagentia Defence can support defence industry including prime contractors to de-risk complex technology developments from a commercial perspective (how will it make money or deliver value?), a technical perspective (how will it work most effectively?) and a human perspective (how will people use and benefit from it?). We can also make changes to existing product lines making equipment safer, lower cost and more robust.   

To achieve this, we combine a high level of technical competence, with deep domain expertise from multiple market sectors and the knowledge of working across the lifecycle from Technology Readiness Level 1 to 9. This allows us to deliver high quality work, at pace.