Your technology is the breakthrough. Create the operations that make it deliverable.
We design and build the manufacturing systems, supply chain operations, and compliance infrastructure that take you from prototype to production, and from first contract to scale.
Founded by Myra Nawabi, who spent 20 years running operations and supply chain programs at Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, and L3Harris, and currently mentors defense startups through Bow Capital. Co-founded with Scott Tann, who turns operational design into working systems. Backed by a team of industry practitioners and engineers.
Defense budgets are reaching historic highs. Commercial applications are multiplying. Supply chains are expanding. The door is wide open.
But the companies that walk through it are not just the ones with the strongest tech. They are the ones who can produce, deliver, comply, and scale. The gap between "It works in the lab" and "It ships on contract" is where most companies stall.
- Prototype works in the lab. No path to production volume.
- Supply chain lives in spreadsheets and founder knowledge.
- Won a contract. Now scrambling on ITAR and CMMC.
- Bid deadline in 8 weeks. No quality management system.
- Running commercial and classified programs off the same ad-hoc processes.
- Production workflows designed before the first unit ships.
- Qualified suppliers. Documented procurement. Traceable inventory.
- Compliance built into how you operate, not bolted on before audit day.
- Bid packages a program office takes seriously on page one.
- Separate, systemized tracks for commercial and defense work.
We work with companies at the moments that matter most.
Whether you are entering a prime's supply chain, contracting directly, or running dual-use commercial and defense tracks. These are the inflection points where we come in.
Assess. Design. Build.
We do not hand over a strategy deck and disappear. A team of industry practitioners and systems engineers takes you from assessment through working systems. No handoff. No translation gap between what should happen and what actually ships.
See where you stand
A structured read on your operational gaps. Compliance posture. Manufacturing readiness. Supply chain maturity. What is blocking you and what to fix first.
Design the path
We look at what you have actually built and write the plan. Production workflows. Supply chain architecture. Compliance systems. Design baseline. Something your customer, your prime, or your board will take seriously.
Build it with you
We work the plan week to week. Standing up systems, building tooling, bringing you to audit-ready and production-grade. You renew or stop on your call.
The operational infrastructure behind contract delivery.
Manufacturing operations
Production workflow design. Line standup. Prototype-to-volume transition. Quality management systems that hold up when your customer walks the floor.
Supply chain design
Supplier qualification and onboarding. Procurement systems. Inventory management. Subcontractor oversight. Built for traceability and approved-source requirements.
Compliance infrastructure
CMMC. ITAR/EAR. NIST 800-171. Berry Amendment. AS9100. We build compliance into how you operate, not something you cram for the night before an audit.
Operational systems and tooling
ERP/MRP selection and implementation. Custom internal tools. Data infrastructure. The integrations that connect manufacturing, supply chain, and compliance into one operating system.
People who have been inside the programs, the primes, and the supply chains.
Forgepoint exists because two things that should be in the same room never are. People who know what production-grade operations look like in this industry, and people who can build the systems to run them. Myra and Scott started Forgepoint to put them together.
Myra Nawabi
Twenty years inside Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, and L3Harris running operations and supply chain programs. Qualifying vendors. Reviewing production readiness. Auditing quality systems. Deciding who won the work and who did not. She currently mentors defense startups through the Bow Capital incubator at UCSD, bringing both sides of the table into one perspective. Recognized by the Silicon Valley YWCA Tribute to Women awards.
Scott Tann
Decades turning complex operational problems into working systems. Designing architecture, building tooling, wiring together processes so companies can run at the standard their contracts demand. When Myra identifies what needs to exist, Scott's team builds it.
Every engagement is staffed by practitioners who have held the roles our clients are building toward. Direct experience inside primes, government programs, and the defense supply chain.
Operations & supply chain
Practitioners who have qualified vendors, reviewed production readiness, and managed procurement networks inside prime contractors and Tier 1 suppliers. They have been on the side of the table you are about to sit across from.
Systems & engineering
Architects, developers, and engineers who build operational infrastructure. Production tooling. Compliance systems. ERP/MRP implementations. The integrations that connect everything into one operating system.
Find out where you stand.
A readiness assessment gives you a clear picture of your operational gaps. Compliance, manufacturing, supply chain. What it takes to close them. No pitch. No commitment.
Start a readiness assessment Or email directly: hello@forgepoint.llc