Approach to Complex Challenges

SPA’s commitment to the mission cannot be overstated.

Approach to Complex Challenges

SPA’s commitment to the mission cannot be overstated.

SPA experts have worked alongside our clients for over five decades, doing the work that helps protect our nation and the interests of our allies.

We don’t just provide people to fill seats, we provide the top subject matter experts in strategy and technology across all client domains. We have forged strong relationships with our clients after years of working hand-in-hand. Using custom-designed tools and methodologies, we advise decision makers with rigorous data-driven analysis.

Explore Our Unique Approach

SPA experts have worked alongside our clients for over five decades, doing the work that helps protect our nation and the interests of our allies.

We don’t just provide people to fill seats, we provide the top subject matter experts in strategy and technology across all client domains. We have forged strong relationships with our clients after years of working hand-in-hand. Using custom-designed tools and methodologies,  we advise decision makers with rigorous, data-driven analysis.

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SPA will identify, integrate, and apply the right people, tools, and processes for each client, blending our technical skills, our deep national security expertise, and analytic rigor to meet their needs.

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People

The right experts based on client requirements

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Tools

Targeted technology, custom tools, models, and applications

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Processes

Established and proven methodologies

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Technical Skills

Modeling and simulation, systems engineering

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National Security Enterprise

Strategy, policy, and doctrine; future force assessment; acquisition

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Analytic Rigor

AI/ML, decision analytics; software, cyber, cloud

People

The right experts based on client requirements

Tools

Targeted technology, custom tools, models, and applications

Processes

Established and proven methodologies

Technical Skills

Modeling and simulation, systems engineering

National Security Expertise

Strategy, policy, and doctrine; future force assessment; acquisition

Analytic Rigor

AI/ML, decision analytics; software, cyber, cloud

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Accelerating innovation

Our Office of Innovation serves as an accelerator for new capabilities, processes, and technologies.

We solicit ideas ranging from traditional “technical” areas such as software or model-based approaches to process-based or other improvements; we encourage innovations that address client issues in new or unique ways and those that make SPA better.

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Accelerating innovation

Our Office of Innovation serves as an accelerator for new capabilities, processes, and technologies.

We solicit ideas ranging from traditional “technical” areas such as software or model-based approaches to process-based or other improvements; we encourage innovations that address client issues in new or unique ways and those that make SPA better.

Our process-based approach is applied across domains from seabed to space and integrates:

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Operational Expertise

Our people understand Area of Responsibility, Combatant Commands, service missions, and threats

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Technical Depth

We build DevSecOps software in agile pipelines, system architectures, models, and digital twins that capture ops environments

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Modeling and Simulation

We offer innovative SPA software tools designed for issue analysis to problem analysis and decision support

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Skills and Capabilities

We apply our expertise to enable us to solve client problems using MBSE, data science, AI/ML, wargaming, model federation, etc.

Our process-based approach is applied across domains from seabed to space and integrates:

1

Operational Expertise

Our people understand Area of Responsibility, Combatant Commands, service missions, and threats

2

Technical Depth

We build DevSecOps software in agile pipelines, system architectures, models, and digital twins that capture ops environments

3

Modeling and Simulation

We offer innovative SPA software tools designed for issue analysis to problem analysis and decision support

4

Skills and Capabilities

We apply our expertise to enable us to solve client problems using MBSE, data science, AI/ML, wargaming, model federation, etc.

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