Capabilities
WesDef Inc deploys a global network of industrial specialists across seven core service areas — from 155mm projectile manufacturing through capital formation and full-scale factory operations, at any program stage, worldwide.
155mm Projectile Manufacturing Experts
WesDef advises on the full forge-to-finish 155mm metal parts manufacturing platform — from billet preparation and forging through heat treatment, machining, inspection, and finish operations. We help clients structure the production system, quality discipline, and traceability frameworks required to perform for primes, integrators, and customer-approved programs.
- —Billet preparation and forge line advisory
- —Heat treatment and machining workflow design
- —Finish operations and surface treatment planning
- —Per-part serialization and material genealogy frameworks
- —Inspection records, disposition workflow, and FAI preparation
- —NCR, MRB, and CAPA system design
- —Domestic capacity expansion and facility replication planning
- —Acceptance pathway structuring for prime and government customers
Capital Formation & Program Finance
Investor narrative development, defense program finance structuring, and strategic capital positioning across global defense and industrial markets.
- —Investor narrative development
- —Defense program finance structuring
- —Due diligence preparation
- —Strategic capital positioning
- —Global market entry advisory
LAP Program Development
Load, Assemble, and Pack facility strategy, capacity planning from peacetime to surge rates, and allied co-production partnership structuring across NATO and global partners.
- —Facility siting and permitting
- —Peacetime-to-surge capacity planning
- —Allied co-production MOU structuring
- —NATO qualification pathways
- —ATF and DOD regulatory compliance
Energetics & Propulsion
Supply chain development for explosives, solid propellants, rocket motors, and pyrotechnic formulations — including insensitive munitions transition planning and global sourcing partnerships.
- —Energetics supply chain mapping
- —Insensitive munitions (IM) transition planning
- —Solid rocket motor supplier development
- —Raw material sourcing partnerships
- —Global allied energetics partnerships
Guidance Systems & Compliance
Integration planning for INS, GPS, and seeker systems; ITAR licensing strategy; and allied partnership structuring for precision-guided munition programs operating in contested environments.
- —ITAR licensing and export control strategy
- —Guidance kit integration planning
- —Anti-jam and GPS-denied system planning
- —Allied partnership structuring
- —Semiconductor and sensor supply chain risk
Final Assembly & Production Readiness
System integration planning, First Article Inspection preparation, lot traceability frameworks, and supply chain synchronization for complex multi-subsystem defense assembly programs.
- —System integration planning
- —First Article Inspection (FAI) preparation
- —Lot traceability and quality frameworks
- —Supply chain synchronization
- —Workforce development and retention
Global Partnerships & Network Development
Cross-border co-production agreements, NATO interoperability qualification, allied supplier development, and technology transfer partnership structuring across defense industrial ecosystems.
- —Cross-border co-production agreements
- —NATO interoperability standards
- —Allied supplier qualification
- —Technology transfer partnership structuring
- —MOU negotiation and program integration