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Aerospace & Aviation: Your CMMC and ITAR Compliance Team, Without the Headcount

Aerospace and aviation organizations operate at the intersection of national security, advanced technology, and the most demanding compliance requirements in any industry. A single compliance failure can cost a contract worth hundreds of millions. Agency's U.S.-based forward-deployed engineers and proprietary AI run your entire defense-grade compliance program — CMMC, FedRAMP, ITAR supply-chain controls — on top of the tools you already trust, so a single gap never costs you a contract.

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Regulatory Landscape

CMMC 2.0 — any organization handling Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI) or Federal Contract Information (FCI) in DoD programs must achieve CMMC certification. For most defense contractors, Level 2 (aligned with NIST 800-171's 110 controls) is required and must be validated by a C3PAO.

FedRAMP — aerospace companies providing cloud services to DoD or civilian agencies must achieve FedRAMP authorization based on NIST 800-53 controls — one of the most demanding certifications in existence.

ISO 27001 — international aerospace partnerships, NATO supply chain requirements, and global aviation customers expect ISO 27001 certification as the baseline for information security management.

SOC 2 — commercial aerospace technology companies selling SaaS platforms, analytics tools, or engineering software to enterprise buyers need SOC 2 Type II as table stakes for procurement.

ISO 42001 — aerospace companies deploying AI for autonomous systems, predictive maintenance, or defense applications face increasing requirements around AI governance and responsible AI certification.

How Agency Operates Aerospace & Aviation Compliance

Agency deploys U.S.-based forward-deployed compliance engineers, supercharged by proprietary AI, directly into your security and compliance infrastructure, operating your entire compliance program across every applicable framework — automation handles the repeatable, our cleared engineers handle the judgment — so your engineers build for the warfighter while Agency handles the compliance mission.

Multi-Framework Orchestration — Armada PSCO maps controls across CMMC 2.0, FedRAMP, ISO 27001, and SOC 2 in a unified ontology. Implement a control once and satisfy every overlapping requirement automatically. Verse C2 orchestrates enforcement across your entire technology stack from a single command-and-control layer.

CUI Boundary Management — Agency identifies and documents CUI data flows, scopes your CMMC boundary, and ensures every system, application, and endpoint within that boundary meets the required control baseline. Caruso maintains continuous, current network and architecture diagrams for every assessment.

Continuous Evidence Collection — with hundreds of controls across multiple frameworks, manual evidence management is impossible at scale. Agency collects, organizes, and maintains evidence automatically — mapped to the correct framework, control domain, and assessment criteria through Umberto.

Supply Chain Compliance Monitoring — Agency monitors subcontractor compliance posture and documents flow-down requirements, helping primes ensure their supply chain meets CMMC obligations across every tier.

Assessment Readiness — whether facing a C3PAO for CMMC, a 3PAO for FedRAMP, or a certification body for ISO 27001, Agency prepares your organization with validated controls, complete evidence packages, and real-time assessment monitoring through Ringwraith. Storm Shadow validates every artifact before assessor review.

Detection and Response — Agency MDR provides fully managed detection, response, and incident documentation across Mac, Windows, iOS, Android, containers, and Linux — with compliance-grade evidence sent directly to GRC platforms and auditors.

Critical Challenges

Cross-Framework Complexity — pursuing CMMC 2.0, FedRAMP, ISO 27001, and SOC 2 simultaneously means managing hundreds of overlapping controls across multiple assessment methodologies.

Audited Compliance — CMMC Level 2 requires 110 NIST 800-171 controls with documented evidence of maturity. FedRAMP Moderate requires approximately 325 NIST 800-53 controls. Combined with ISO 27001 Annex A and SOC 2 Trust Services Criteria, the documentation burden is staggering.

Vendor Risk — CMMC requirements flow down to every subcontractor. Primes must verify that their entire supply chain meets the same certification level, creating cascading compliance obligations across hundreds of vendors.

Insider Risks — defense contractors handling CUI and classified-adjacent data face heightened insider threat requirements, including personnel screening, privileged access monitoring, and need-to-know access controls.

Risk Visibility — continuous monitoring across CUI boundaries, cloud environments, engineering systems, and manufacturing networks requires real-time visibility that most aerospace organizations lack.

Fragmented Governance — compliance spans engineering, IT, manufacturing, HR, legal, and executive leadership. CUI can flow through email, engineering tools, cloud storage, and production systems — requiring centralized governance across all of them.

Related Frameworks

CMMC 2.0 FedRAMP ISO 27001 SOC 2 ISO 42001

Related Challenges

Cross-Framework Complexity Audited Compliance Vendor Risk Insider Risks Fragmented Governance BYOD Security

Custom Security To Protect Your Most Critical Threat Surface

Your security and compliance team, without the headcount. U.S.-based forward-deployed engineers, supercharged by proprietary AI, operate your program end-to-end — on top of the tools you already trust. Automation ends where judgment begins.

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