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In 2021, ADROITA founder and CEO Sarah Pavillard was recognised as ‘Consultant of the Year’ at the Defence Industry Awards for her work on the Destroyer program.
I’m ex-Navy, and most of my team at ADROITA are Veterans. We are driven to engineer success for sovereign capability. Our people understand that service doesn’t end when you take off your uniform, and the same sense of service to our national interest that led us to join the military in the first place continues to motivate us to do our part to future-proof Australian security and prosperity today. We do this by working directly with Defence or through our partners like Downer Defence, to lend our skills, experience, and expertise to support them to deliver complex projects and programs. We have also made a significant contribution to broader sovereign industrial capacity in the sector by mobilising SMEs to become suppliers to Defence.
A core value for ADROITA is partnering for success, so the most valuable support a Prime can provide to my business is acting as a true partner. Practically, this means being mutually invested in one another’s and our clients’ success and jointly solving the challenges our clients face – we’re stronger together, after all. The small things count too – on-time payments, seamless administration, early insight into key opportunities to enable us to plan, and the other activities that keep an SME cash-flow engine operating effectively.
Downer Defence has engaged with us genuinely, and clearly understands the valuable and highly specialised maritime and combat systems engineering and program management expertise that ADROITA possesses, and knows where and when to deploy us.
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Reach out to ADROITA! Our slogan is ‘Engineering Success for Sovereign Capability’, reflecting our mission to help Australian SMEs to join the Defence supply chain. We offer strategic advisory services to help businesses overcome barriers and enter the Defence sector.