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AEROSPACE & THE DEFENSE INDUSTRIAL BASE

ITAR got you in the door. CMMC keeps you in the program.

Your engineering teams already work under ITAR, AS9100D, and a stack of prime-specific flow-down clauses. CMMC adds one more system to secure, and it's the one most aerospace suppliers underestimate, because the controlled unclassified information moving through your SharePoint, your ERP, and your subcontractors is exactly what the framework was built to protect. Sentinel Blue is a CyberAB-authorized C3PAO built to close that gap without slowing down your engineers.

Talk to a C3PAO assessor See what's at stake
What Level 2 actually requires
110 controls
NIST SP 800-171 sets the bar. Access control, configuration management, and incident response all have to be documented and working, not just written into a policy binder.
A live score
Your SPRS score has to reflect where you actually stand. Primes pull that score before they hand you the next program, and a stale one is its own liability.
A signed name
Someone in leadership affirms your compliance every year, backed by a current System Security Plan and a real plan of action for anything still open.
WHAT'S ACTUALLY AT RISK IN YOUR PROGRAM

Export control was never the only rule you had to follow.

Aerospace suppliers already live under more regulatory weight than almost any other part of the defense industrial base. ITAR, AS9100D, DFARS 7012, and now CMMC all point at the same data, and a gap in one framework rarely stays contained to just that framework.

ITAR and CMMC overlap

A security lapse involving controlled technical data can trigger an export control violation and a CMMC finding at the same time. The two frameworks don't forgive each other's gaps.

CUI hides past engineering

Most aerospace suppliers scope CMMC to their design systems and stop there. Controlled information just as often sits in email, SharePoint, ERP attachments, and backup systems nobody thought to check.

One blast radius, many partners

Design partners, specialized fabricators, and geographically split engineering teams all touch the same drawings and specs. Every one of those connections is a way in if it isn't controlled.

Lose the program

Primes pull Level 2 status before awarding the next phase of a program. A gap on your record can end a relationship that took years to build.

Lose the flow-down

CMMC requirements arrive at your door through prime flow-down clauses. A sub that can't meet them gets quietly routed around on the next award.

Lose the bid entirely

Higher-sensitivity programs pair CMMC with export control diligence. Fall short on either one and you're not just delayed, you're out of the running.

HOW SENTINEL BLUE FITS INTO YOUR PROGRAM

One partner for the certification and the security behind it

A lot of firms can hand you a checklist built for a generic manufacturer. Fewer understand what changes when export control sits on top of it. Sentinel Blue does both, through the Shield program built for suppliers who answer to primes and to the State Department at the same time.

Authorized C3PAO assessment

Sentinel Blue is authorized by the Cyber-AB to conduct official CMMC Level 2 assessments. Certification comes from the same team that scoped your environment, not a separate vendor you have to loop in after the fact.

Managed GRC with Pathfinder

Pathfinder keeps your System Security Plan, SPRS score, and NIST SP 800-171 controls current across every business unit and design partner touching CUI, so scope creep doesn't quietly bloat your budget or your risk.

Managed security with Overwatch

Overwatch puts a real security operations center on watch over your network around the clock, built to catch the kind of intrusion that moves quietly across distributed engineering teams before anyone notices.

CyberAB
Authorized C3PAO for CMMC Level 2 assessments
In-house
Security operations center, not an outsourced answering service
Shared
Responsibility model, so you always know what Sentinel Blue owns and what you own
WE KNOW WHAT YOUR SUPPLY CHAIN LOOKS LIKE

Built around the tier structure aerospace actually runs on

Sentinel Blue already works at the exact intersection where aerospace suppliers live, where CUI, export control obligations, and prime contractor deadlines all land on the same desk. We've mapped what that looks like for tier 1, tier 2, and tier 3 suppliers feeding programs where ITAR and CMMC both apply.

1

Scope the assessment

We map where CUI actually lives across engineering, ERP, and design partner systems, so you're not paying to certify more than you need to.

2

Close the gaps

We build the SSP, remediate the controls, and get your SPRS score where it needs to be before the next program review.

3

Certify

Our authorized C3PAO team runs the formal Level 2 assessment, so certification comes from people who already know your environment and your export control obligations.

4

Stay covered

Overwatch and Pathfinder carry the work forward so you're ready for the next annual affirmation and the next prime audit, not starting over each time.

Certification is a moment. Staying audit ready is the job.

Talk to a Sentinel Blue assessor about where your program actually stands against NIST SP 800-171, and what it takes to keep that standing current for every prime relying on you.