Partner for transformation in engineering, production and IT

Defense & Security

Resilient and efficient value chains, faster availability of networked products

Defense and security are one of the central pillars of our prosperity. Increasing geopolitical tensions and security policy challenges are bringing the industry increasingly into the public eye and require a rapid expansion of capacities. In view of the changing global balance of power and technological developments, it is important to develop innovative production processes and enter into strategic partnerships. Companies must quickly adapt their capabilities in order to expand both their production capacities and their technological expertise. At the same time, cooperation with players from outside the industry is becoming increasingly important in order to develop new solutions for modern defense and secure technological sovereignty.

In 2023, the German government adopted its first National Security Strategy in response to current security policy challenges. The focus is on national and alliance defense, supported by a concept of integrated security that combines defensibility, resilience and sustainability. New guidelines are intended to efficiently align the Bundeswehr with these requirements in order to ensure its deterrence and defense capabilities.

Challenges in the industry

UNITY knows the challenges of the industry - and the success factors in the areas of production, engineering and IT transformation.

We support companies in the introduction of development methods and the supporting IT, as well as the scaling and modernization of production in order to meet the new market situation due to the global/geopolitical turnaround.

Increasing capacity in production

We support your team on site from the factory start-up to the achievement of performance and cost targets and optimize all levers in the entire production network, including the production IT architecture.

driving agility & flexibility in development

We enable you to react quickly to requirements and facilitate agile and virtualization-oriented development in order to bring products to market faster.

Focus on system of systems & interoperability

We enable the integration of networked systems and seamless interoperability for maximum performance of your products.

Securing and scaling the supply chain

We examine your supply chain for its performance with regard to the planned volume growth and address risks in your supplier landscape in order to secure the necessary procurement volumes in the long term.

Digitalization & traceability in the life cycle

We develop a customized plan for the digitalization of the product life cycle and support the design, selection and introduction of PLM systems.

Time to Market & Utilization Commercial Off-the-shelf

We empower your ongoing projects and support your employees in taking responsibility for the targeted development of products using COTS.

Consulting services for defense & security

Increasing capacity in production

Delivery capability and resilience

Your challenges:

Historically grown plant structure does not allow immediate scaling of capacities
Inflexible production concepts such as construction site production lead to unused capacities
Low level of automation & technology in production & warehouse technology

UNITY solution approach:

Identification of bottlenecks & waste factors to increase area productivity
Setting up logistical decoupling points for various product groups and the associated production planning and control
Calculation and preparation of make or buy decisions

Value Chain Strategy
SCM Innovation
Smart Factory
Factory and intralogistics planning
Operational Excellence

Software Defined Defense

Increased agility, flexibility and interoperability

Your challenges:

Ensure interoperability and connectivity of products with other systems to promote collaboration against global threats
Drive the integration of new technologies to be more competitive and secure

UNITY solution approach:

Model-based development of systems of systems and networked systems through architectures with, for example, embedded software of networked products
System specification, validation and integration through the early application of virtualization & simulations as well as the use of AI in the process and product, e.g. edge and cloud
Agile requirements management & function-oriented development to expand product capabilities

Code the Product
Smart Data & AI
IT security in the product

Engineering Excellence

Acceleration of development cycles

Your challenges:

Lack of comparability of requirements with the technologies and standards available on the market
Slower collection, modification and response to requirements

UNITY solution approach:

Agile requirements management and function-oriented development to increase efficiency
Increased use of decision-making processes with requirements-oriented trade-off analyses, supported by virtual analyses and AI
Solutions that combine both customer wishes and technical requirements in an optimal and economically viable way.

Systems Engineering
Modularization of products
Profitability & Efficiency

Product Lifecycle Management

Optimizing traceability, ensuring compliance and cyber security

Your challenges:

IT tool breaks for the management of product data and their lifecycles
Vulnerability to cyber attacks
Need for organizational development and transformation support

UNITY solution approach:

Holistic view of life cycle processes & their mapping in a modern & protected IT architecture (e.g. according to ICE 62443, CRA, or BSI TR-02102) & with a digital twin
Tracking compliance through design to compliance & report to compliance, e.g. sustainability, material compliance (e.g. product passport), safety (e.g. IEC 61508, ISSO 26262), etc.
Development of semantic information models with networking & automated data exchange
Expansion through classic & digital services over the entire life cycle as well as closed-loop engineering through feedback usage data

Product Lifecycle Management
Digital Twin
Compliance
Cyber Security

Deployment Management

Introduction of requirements management and PLM software
Increasing quality by standardizing processes through the introduction of PLM software
Ensuring the proper coordination of all PLM software implementations
Supporting the A400M fuselage design user community in the specification of software requirements
Reduce costs by reducing the number of applications managed by the fuselage design office
Increased efficiency of the design office by reducing time lost due to PLM software issues
Foresight with scenarios

Implementation roadmap for market-oriented skills development
Development of coherent future conflict scenarios
Creation of overall scenarios and definition of innovation fields
Creation of technological future scenarios and an implementation roadmap
Identification of future customer requirements
Identification of new market fields
Consistent understanding of future innovations and developments
Consistent understanding of future customer requirements
Systems Engineering certification training

Implementation of the Systems Engineering Level B (SE-ZERT®) certification training course
12-day training course for selected R&D employees on systems engineering fundamentals and their applications
Curriculum is based on ISO15288 and is geared towards SE-ZERT® certification
Extensive training material and connection to a comprehensive showcase for applying what has been learned
Stimulating discussion to apply the course content to your own company context
Standardization of SE development processes

Support for ongoing development projects
Designing the "system design" process, including procedures and deliverables for direct application in ongoing development projects
Preparing and ensuring the transferability of results to a model-based systems engineering approach
Ensuring compliance with specifications and standards in accordance with ISO/IEC/IEEE 15288
Harmonization of CAD & PDM system landscape

Project review, ensuring the implementation of measures and support during contract negotiations
Conducting stakeholder interviews to identify pain points
Deriving fields of action for general performance evaluation and increasing effectiveness and efficiency in the project
Creating and tracking a project roadmap with suitable KPIs to measure performance
Defining and carrying out performance tests to quickly assess the CAD/PDM solutions
Determining the negotiation strategy and defining the acceptance criterion
Factory planning for the realignment of Wheels & Brakes

Analysis of material flow, space utilization, processes, costs & IT infrastructure in the current situation
Planning the logistics supply
Planning the target processes for logistics and workshops
Planning the layout of the facilities
Specification and budgeting of operating resources
Increase in productivity by 30%
Reduction of throughput time by 40%
Planning and investment protection by means of material flow simulation
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Digital factory planning

Conception of a new production system, planning and implementation support for a new factory
Significant improvement in space efficiency
Production time optimization and reduction of throughput time by >40% in each case
Development & evaluation of concept alternatives for production concept, degree of automation and layouts
Continuous change management in the construction phase with regard to changes to building planning and the production concept
Piloting of the new flow assembly & ensuring successful ramp-up in the new factory
Support after relocation in the hyper-care phase
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MRO production concept

Integration of 7 workshops into an optimized production concept
Data analysis of 2,678 products, 336,000 operations and 215,000 working hours
Development of a new, flexible production system to improve productivity and throughput times
Development of a concept layout on 12,000 m² spread over 2 levels for approx. 300 workstations to realize 30% - 45% growth
Securing the processes for implementing 90,000 production orders and 30,000 transport orders per year in the future
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Industrialization initiative MRO

Optimization of maintenance and servicing in the aviation industry
Identification of potential for improvement
Development of measures, resource planning and schedules
Increasing efficiency in MRO by 10%
Structuring of the procedure and coaching during implementation
Creation of templates and templates
Introduction of "work shadowing" to ensure that know-how is retained
Development of an automated planning tool based on SAP data to increase planning transparency and reliability
Strategy concept for metallic materials

Optimization of the value stream, machinery and layout
Analysis and optimization of the value stream
Reduction of transport routes in production by 50%
Technological evaluation of the current and recommendation of future machinery
Calculation of optimal man-hours for the future production program
Determination of the necessary capacities
Optimization of the shift model to increase machine utilization and reduce production costs,
Creation of two layout variants
Cost evaluation of the variants
Detailed planning of a logistics concept

Optimization of inventories, supply and transport of production materials
Development of a logistics concept for the central marketplace, marketplace assembly and goods issue (CS)
Conception of a transportation concept from the marketplace to the workplaces
Creation of a raw materials supply concept
Optimization of warehousing and transport
Reduction of stock levels by more than 50%
Creation of a high level of transparency in inventories and order processing
Optimization of transports and product placement for assembly
Technology Competence Leveraging

Identification of new markets and fields of application for the existing product and technology portfolio
Evaluation of the customer benefits and customer needs of existing products and technologies
Identification of potential new markets
Evaluation of market attractiveness according to factors such as sales potential, customers and their needs, competitors
Evaluation of the effort required to develop new fields of application
Prioritization and detailing of the fields of application in business model concepts
Innovation management for naval shipbuilding

Workshop to plan innovation management and identify initial innovative ideas and solutions
Exchange on the methodological background for setting up innovation management and on creativity techniques for generating ideas
Integration of impulses and trends to create a common understanding and as inspiration for the future of the defense and marine industry
Brainstorming and joint discussion of the top ideas along defined innovation fields and concretization of these in fact sheets for initial scope and cost estimation
Comparison of status quo and target state along the core fields of innovation management