MARSS provides senior programme and project management expertise embedded directly within prime contractor delivery structures. Our approach ensures all planning, governance, and reporting outputs are fully conformant with prime methodologies, tooling, and assurance frameworks, eliminating translation overhead and accelerating delivery.

Key features of our delivery model

• Prime-Conformant by Design:
  Every artefact, from RAID logs to governance packs, is produced using the prime’s templates, processes, and assurance standards.

• Embedded Specialists:
  MARSS programme managers integrate seamlessly into prime delivery teams, enabling low-friction onboarding and immediate contribution.

• Artefact-First Outputs:
  Submission ready deliverables aligned to prime governance, ensuring rapid acceptance and compliance.

• Commercial Alignment:
  Back to back alignment with prime Statements of Work (SOWs for clarity and accountability).

What We Deliver

• Planning & Scheduling:
  Development of integrated master schedules, dependency mapping, and milestone tracking aligned to prime frameworks.

• Governance & Reporting:
  Creation of governance packs, RAID logs, and progress reports that meet prime assurance requirements.

• Risk & Issue Management:
  Proactive identification, mitigation, and escalation using prime-approved processes.

• Programme Recovery & Assurance:
  Rapid intervention to stabilize delivery and restore confidence during critical phases.

• Stakeholder Engagement:
  Coordination across suppliers, primes, and government stakeholders to maintain alignment and transparency

Why It Matters

By embedding MARSS programme managers within prime delivery teams, we ensure:

• Zero friction in governance and assurance.

• Accelerated mobilisation and delivery confidence.

• Clear accountability and transparent reporting.

MARSS provides senior solution and systems engineering expertise embedded within prime contractor delivery teams. Our engineers ensure every design, requirement, and integration artefact is produced in full compliance with prime methodologies, tooling, and assurance frameworks, enabling seamless acceptance and accelerating programme delivery. Our engineers are skilled in the application of defence standards such as MIL-STD-498 and NATO interoperability standards.

Key features of our delivery model

• Prime-Conformant by Design:
  All engineering outputs, from requirements traceability to system integration plans and CDRLs are created using the prime or end customer templates and governance standards.

• Standards-Compliant Engineering:
  Artefacts and processes adhere to recognised military and defence standards, including:

  • MIL-STD-498 for software development and documentation.

  • DEF-STAN 00-55 for safety-critical systems.

  • NATO STANAGs for interoperability.

• Embedded Specialists:
  MARSS engineers work directly within prime delivery structures, ensuring low-friction collaboration and immediate productivity.

• Artefact-First Outputs:
  Submission ready engineering artefacts aligned to prime assurance, reducing rework and approval delays.

• Commercial Alignment:
  Back-to-back alignment with prime Statements of Work for clarity and accountability.

What We Deliver

• Requirements Decomposition & Traceability:
  Breaking down complex requirements into actionable components, ensuring full traceability across the delivery lifecycle in line with MIL-STD-498 or other standards

• System & Network Design:
  Development of system architectures, network topologies, and integration designs aligned to operational needs.

• Integration & Interoperability Planning:
  Engineering plans that ensure seamless integration across multi-domain systems and platforms compliant with NATO STANAGs.

• Test, Acceptance & Transition Artefacts:
  Creation of test specifications, acceptance criteria, and transition documentation ready for prime assurance.

• Engineering Coordination:
  Managing dependencies, supplier inputs, and technical risks across the programme.

Why It Matters

By embedding MARSS engineers within prime delivery teams, we guarantee:

• Zero friction in technical governance and assurance.

• Accelerated design and integration cycles.

• Clear accountability and compliance with prime frame works.

MARSS provides senior enterprise and solution architecture expertise embedded within prime contractor delivery teams. Our architects design and govern complex defence solutions across strategic, operational, and technical layers, ensuring every artefact is fully aligned to prime methodologies and compliant with defence frameworks such as MODAF, TOGAF, DODAF and NATO interoperability standards.

Key Features of Our Delivery Model

• Prime-Conformant by Design:
  All architecture outputs, from capability models to technical specifications, are produced using the prime’s templates, governance, and assurance standards.

• Standards-Based Architecture:
  Architectural views adhere to recognised frameworks and standards, including:

  • MODAF (Ministry of Defence Architecture Framework) for UK defence programmes.

  • DODAF (Department of Defence Architecture Framework) for US defence programmes

  • TOGAF for enterprise architecture principles.

  • NATO STANAGs for interoperability and mission assurance.

• Embedded Specialists:
  MARSS architects integrate directly into prime delivery structures, enabling seamless collaboration and rapid mobilisation.

• Artefact-First Outputs:
  Submission ready architecture artefacts aligned to prime assurance and defence governance.

• Commercial Alignment:
  Back-to-back alignment with prime Statements of Work for clarity and accountability.

What We Deliver

• Enterprise Architecture:
  Strategic frameworks, capability models, and governance structures aligned to programme objectives and defence standards.

• Solution Architecture:
  Detailed designs for systems, applications, and integrations ensuring interoperability, resilience, and compliance.

• Operational & System Views:
  Framework compliant views for operational, system, and technical perspectives.

• Technical Architecture:
  Specifications for infrastructure, networks, and platforms aligned to security and performance requirements.

• Design Authority Participation:
  Governance and assurance support within prime architecture boards.

• Interoperability & Dependency Mapping:
  Identification and management of cross-system dependencies and integration risks.

Why It Matters

By embedding MARSS architects within prime delivery teams, we ensure:

• Zero friction in governance and assurance.

• Compliance with defence architecture frameworks and interoperability standards.

• Accelerated design cycles and assured delivery.

MARSS provides senior cyber security architecture and engineering expertise embedded within prime contractor delivery teams. Our specialists design and assure secure systems across multi-domain defence environments, ensuring compliance with prime methodologies and recognised security standards such as Secure by Design (SbD), NIST, ISO/IEC 27001, DEF-STAN 05-138.

Key Features of Our Delivery Model

• Prime-Conformant by Design:
  All security artefacts, from risk assessments to accreditation packs, are produced using the prime’s templates, governance, and assurance standards.

• Standards-Based Security:
  Our approach aligns with:

  • Secure by Design (SbD) Accreditation

  • NIST Cybersecurity Framework for risk management.

  • ISO/IEC 27001 for information security controls.

  • DEF-STAN 05-138 for UK defence cyber requirements.

• Embedded Specialists:
  MARSS security architects and engineers integrate directly into prime delivery structures, enabling seamless collaboration and rapid mobilisation.

• Artefact-First Outputs:
  Submission ready security artefacts aligned to prime assurance and accreditation frameworks.

• Commercial Alignment:
  Back-to-back alignment with prime Statements of Work for clarity and accountability.

Secure by Design: How We Build Security In

• Threat‑Driven Architecture
  Apply formal threat modelling (STRIDE/attack paths) from requirements through design, ensuring security controls directly mitigate mission‑relevant threats.

• Least Privilege & Zero Trust Principles
  Enforce identity‑centric access, strong authentication, micro‑segmentation, and continuous verification across networks and workloads.

• Defence‑in‑Depth Patterns
  Layered controls (network segmentation, encryption, key management, hardened baselines, logging/monitoring) across the stack - no single point of failure.

• Secure SDLC Integration
  Embed security gates in engineering workflows: secure coding standards, static/dynamic testing (SAST/DAST), dependency validation (SBOM), and secure build pipelines.

• Assurance Evidence by Default
  Generate audit‑ready artefacts (risk registers, control coverage matrices, test results, config hardening evidence) as part of delivery, not after.

• Resilience & Recovery
  Design for fault tolerance, backup/restore, incident response runbooks, and validated RTO/RPO to ensure operational continuity.

  What We Deliver

• Security Architecture & Design Inputs
  Secure system and network architectures, reference patterns, encryption/key management, identity and access design, and Zero Trust overlays.

• Risk, Threat & Mitigation Artefacts
  Threat models, risk assessments, treatment plans, and control mappings aligned to defence standards and prime governance.

• Assurance & Accreditation Support
  Accreditation artefacts and evidence packs for MOD/NATO frameworks; participation in design authorities, security boards, and audits.

• Security Engineering
  Secure configurations (hardening baselines), vulnerability management, secure build pipelines, logging/monitoring, and SIEM/SOAR integration.

• Lifecycle Integration
  Security embedded from requirements through acceptance and transition to operations.

  Why It Matters

  By embedding MARSS cyber security specialists within prime delivery teams, you get:

  • Security built‑in from day one (Secure by Design), not added later.

  • Compliance and accreditation confidence with defence standards and prime governance.

  • Resilient, mission‑ready systems across land, sea, air, cyber, and critical infrastructure domains.