Aerospace and Defense enterprises are expanding their global production capacity and reshoring critical manufacturing in response to rising defense spending, geopolitical pressures, and sovereign sourcing requirements. At the same time, digital engineering, AI, and digital twins are moving from pilots to production across manufacturing, testing, MRO, and sustainment, making model-based and digitally validated workflows standard across the life cycle. Enterprises are also shifting toward modular delivery and technology-enabled operating models, increasingly favoring platform-, automation-, and AI-led solutions and evaluating service providers and technology vendors together to achieve faster, scalable, and more resilient outcomes.
Both demand-side and supply-side trends are covered in Avasant’s Aerospace and Defense Digital Services 2025–2026 Market Insights™ and Aerospace and Defense Digital Services 2025–2026 RadarView™, respectively. These reports present a comprehensive study of the Aerospace and Defense industry and closely examine the market leaders, innovators, disruptors, challengers, and tech pioneers. They also provide a view into key market trends and developments impacting the Aerospace and Defense industry.
Avasant evaluated 57 service providers across two dimensions: practice maturity and future proofing. Of the 57 providers, we recognized 21 that brought the most value to the market over the past 12 months.
The report recognizes service providers in four categories:
Figure 1 below from the full report illustrates these categories:
“We are observing a significant shift within A&D enterprises leveraging AI technologies in a secured manner, digital twins, and model-based engineering driven by defense ramp-ups and sovereign sourcing,” said Naresh Lachmandas, senior partner with Avasant. “In parallel, they are industrializing supply chain visibility as capacity expands across the US, Europe, and allied regions.”
The reports provide a number of findings, including the following:
“What stands out is how consistently service providers are embedding compliance, AI, and digital thread into core delivery,” said Jyotika Jain, lead analyst at Avasant. “At the same time, they are positioning platforms and IP as core offerings, as enterprises increasingly expect secure, AI-enabled outcomes instead of traditional services.”
This RadarView features detailed profiles of 21 service providers, along with their solutions, offerings, and experience in assisting Aerospace and Defense enterprises in their digital transformation journeys.
This Research Byte is a brief overview of Avasant’s Aerospace and Defense Digital Services 2025–2026 Market Insights™ and Aerospace and Defense Digital Services 2025–2026 RadarView™. (Click for pricing.)
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