We bring complex programmes and systems into operational effect at the pace needed today.
Defence and Security capability is evolving fastest where data, autonomy, connectivity and secure integration come together.
Turn data from multiple platforms, sensors and systems into clearer, faster operational decisions.
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Connect platforms, people and systems through resilient, secure communications.
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Maintain trusted positioning, navigation and timing when conventional signals cannot be relied upon.
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Process data closer to the point of need to reduce latency, network demand and operational delay.
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Connect dissimilar networks, platforms and security domains without losing control of data or risk.
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Build security and assurance into complex programmes from the outset.
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Integrate power, sensors and platform systems to improve reliability, performance and mission effectiveness.
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We bring together leadership, multi-discipline engineering and secure delivery expertise to help complex Defence and Security programmes progress with pace and control.
Our capability spans the full programme lifecycle, from requirements and integration through to assurance, certification and through-life support. It is built on practical experience across advanced platforms, mission systems, guided weapons, uncrewed systems, command and control, and secure digital environments.
We provide the structure, leadership and control needed to move complex programmes forward.
Our teams support planning, governance, risk, dependencies, workforce coordination and delivery oversight, using proprietary tools and automation-enabled processes to improve visibility, decision-making and schedule confidence.
We can support defined work packages or take responsibility for wider programme outcomes, including the recovery and stabilisation of work that has lost momentum.
We help clients turn complex technologies, platforms and systems into coherent, deliverable capability.
Our experience includes requirements development and management, system architecture, design assurance, hardware and software integration, and integration across platforms, networks and operational ecosystems.
We have supported work involving advanced weapons, uncrewed platforms, military vehicles, command and control systems, communications and integrated mission systems.
We provide the evidence, control and assurance needed to demonstrate that systems and products are ready for their intended use.
Our capability covers V&V strategy and management, test planning, validation, evidence capture, design assurance, standards compliance and certification support.
By embedding assurance throughout delivery, we help reduce late-stage rework, strengthen decision-making and maintain progress towards acceptance.
We embed security and information assurance into programmes from the outset, rather than treating them as late-stage checks.
Our teams support Secure by Design, cyber risk management, information assurance, security governance and the integration of secure technologies, including AI and machine learning-enabled systems.
We work across sensitive UK programmes and international contexts where security controls, sovereignty and assurance are critical to delivery.
We help organisations identify, develop and deploy practical AI and machine learning capabilities across complex defence and security programmes.
Our approach connects technology with the operational need, data environment and delivery context. This includes assessing where AI can add genuine value, preparing the data and architecture it depends on, integrating solutions into existing systems, and putting the right governance, assurance and security controls around their use.
From accelerated analysis and decision support to intelligent automation, autonomy and predictive insight, we help clients move from experimentation to dependable capability — while managing risk, maintaining human oversight and ensuring solutions can operate effectively in secure and constrained environments.
We help clients plan for the operation, support and evolution of complex capability throughout its lifecycle.
Our experience includes Integrated Logistics Support, obsolescence management, supportability planning and the coordination of through-life requirements across engineering and programme teams.
This helps clients improve readiness, manage long-term risk and sustain capability beyond initial delivery.
Bring us the challenge. We bring the cleared capability, delivery structure and engineering judgement needed to move it forward at pace, without losing control of risk, assurance or governance.
Defence and Security are changing in response to increasing instability and emerging threats.
New capability needs to reach the people who depend on it faster, but not at the expense of control, risk, assurance, or operational confidence.
Positiv Cohort is a UK-sovereign delivery partner proven at delivering complex Defence and Security programmes for secure, high integrity, data environments, at the extreme pace needed today.
Our teams bring deep administrative, engineering and delivery experience, supported by proprietary tools, recognised accreditations, established security controls, and a clear understanding of how to move complex programmes, products and services from intent to end-user delivery.
A true full-scope delivery partner, operationally embedded within your organisation.
Whether you are a start-up or SME seeking to scale / enter the UK, or a Ministry of Defence / Defence Prime looking to deliver that step change in agility now, we deliver that complex capability at pace, with all the governance and accountability you would expect on a critical programme.
We move complex products and programmes from opportunity to delivery within compressed timeframes.
Experience across: uncrewed systems, communications, cyber, edge processing and secure systems integration.Proprietary tools and automation-enabled processes improve visibility, decision-making and programme control.
Focused on: risk, cost, schedule, assurance and delivery confidence.Security-cleared UK teams support sensitive programmes where trust, access and sovereign delivery are critical.
Delivery pedigree: our team average 25 years plus experience across secure, high-value Defence and Security programmes.ISO 9001, Cyber Essentials Plus and JOSCAR registered, with security-cleared teams able to support sensitive Defence and Security programmes.
Assurance: recognised standards, established controls and cleared delivery capability.Our Defence and Security partner ecosystem gives clients access to specialist skills, technologies and delivery capability where programmes require additional depth, scale or domain expertise. Extended capability: the right expertise and solutions brought together around the programme need.
Delivery pedigree spanning land, air, maritime, cyber, crewed, uncrewed, hybrid and secure government environments. Experience includes: complex platforms, mission systems and integrated capabilities.
Explore our latest thinking on engineering and systems delivery, technical innovation and delivery capability in high-stakes environments. From practical advice to strategic perspectives, our insights are shaped by hands-on experience and a clear focus on what works in the real world.
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Modern Defence and Security environments depend on the ability to combine information from multiple assets, platforms and sources into a coherent operational picture.
We support the design and integration of data and asset fusion capabilities across crewed and uncrewed environments, helping clients connect systems, manage dependencies and move data to where it can create the greatest operational value.
Our experience spans complex platforms, command and control, mission systems and secure integration. We bring the programme structure, engineering judgement and assurance needed to move fusion capability from technical potential into dependable delivery.
Reliable communications are fundamental to coordinated operations across increasingly distributed and contested environments.
We help clients integrate communications capability across platforms and operational ecosystems, including software-defined radios, communications management, ISTAR nodes and systems acting as secure network access points.
Our role extends beyond the technology itself. We manage the requirements, interfaces, assurance and delivery dependencies needed to create communications capability that is resilient, interoperable and ready to support operational demands.
Positioning, Navigation and Timing underpins the performance of vehicles, sensors, weapons and autonomous systems. As reliance on GPS becomes an operational vulnerability, resilient and dissimilar PNT methods are becoming increasingly important.
We support the integration of PNT capability at vehicle, platform and wider ecosystem level, helping clients combine technologies into coherent and dependable solutions.
Our teams bring systems engineering, integration, V&V and assurance expertise to reduce technical risk, manage interfaces and support the delivery of capability that can continue to operate in degraded or denied environments.
As platforms and sensors generate more data, sending everything back through constrained networks is not always practical or operationally effective.
We help clients integrate edge processing into vehicles, uncrewed systems and secure operational environments, enabling data to be analysed and acted upon closer to where it is created.
This can include protocol integration, onboard processing and the application of AI and machine learning. We provide the engineering, cyber security, assurance and programme controls needed to move these capabilities into secure, dependable use.
Defence and Security operations increasingly rely on information moving between different platforms, networks, organisations and security levels.
We support the design and integration of cloud gateways and connectivity solutions that allow dissimilar systems to exchange data securely and effectively.
Our teams help clients manage the technical interfaces, security requirements, governance and assurance involved in these environments. The result is better connectivity between systems without compromising control, sovereignty or the integrity of sensitive information.
Cyber security and information assurance need to be part of programme delivery from the beginning, particularly where systems combine AI, autonomy, cloud connectivity and sensitive data.
We support Secure by Design, cyber risk management, information assurance, security governance and the integration of secure technologies across complex Defence and Security programmes.
Our experience includes sensitive UK environments, international delivery contexts and programmes affected by evolving security and facility assurance requirements. We help clients maintain progress while ensuring security evidence, controls and responsibilities remain clear throughout delivery.
Modern platforms bring together increasingly complex combinations of sensors, mission systems, computing capability and power-hungry technologies.
We help clients integrate power management and platform control across hardware and software, ensuring systems can work together within the physical and operational constraints of the platform.
Our approach combines systems engineering, integration, requirements management, V&V and assurance. This helps clients identify dependencies earlier, manage technical risk and deliver platform capability that is reliable, supportable and ready for operational use.
