Teaming with us

Your program. Our workshare.

For prime contractors and program offices that need a small, senior, security-minded engineering team that already speaks defense delivery.

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Capability statement

What we bring to the team.

Sudden North is a veteran-led engineering firm delivering secure software, cybersecurity, systems integration, and hardware prototyping. We give prime contractors and program offices a small, accountable team that understands defense delivery from requirements and estimates through test and sustainment.

01

Software engineering

  • Full-stack web, mobile, and cloud applications
  • Mission and business system modernization
  • Data pipelines and AI-enabled workflows
  • DevSecOps and CI/CD
02

Cybersecurity

  • NIST SP 800-171 / CMMC readiness support
  • Secure architecture and threat modeling
  • Identity, access, and zero-trust patterns
  • AI integration risk assessment
03

Systems engineering & integration

  • Requirements, interfaces, and architecture
  • API design and systems integration
  • Workflow automation
  • Legacy system modernization
04

Hardware & prototyping

  • Rapid concept prototyping
  • Edge computing and sensor integration
  • Technical validation and test
  • Hardware–software integration

How we team.

We fit where your program needs depth. Every role comes with founders who stay close to the work and a clear line of accountability.

01 / ROLE

Specialty subcontractor

Defined software, cyber, or systems workshare inside your program, staffed by senior engineers who need little ramp-up.

02 / ROLE

Proposal & pursuit partner

Technical volume support, solution architecture, and bottom-up estimates from people who have written them.

03 / ROLE

Surge & specialty capacity

Focused help when a program needs depth fast: modernization, integration, test, or security hardening.

04 / ROLE

Prototype & R&D partner

Rapid prototypes and technical validation that retire risk before a program commits to a full build.

Why primes call us

Less ramp-up. Fewer surprises.

We have sat on your side of the table: building schedules, writing estimates, and owning delivery on large defense programs.

01

Defense program experience

Founders have led, estimated, and proposed multimillion-dollar defense software efforts on strategic and airborne electronic warfare programs.

02

Engineering and business fluency

Senior software and electrical engineering leadership paired with MBA-level cost, schedule, and proposal discipline.

03

Security in the foundation

Cyber is designed into the architecture and delivery pipeline, not inspected in at the end.

04

Small and accountable

Direct access to the founders, clear ownership, and visible progress from the first week.

Who you work with

Founder-led, every engagement.

No hand-off to a bench you never met. The people who scope the work are the people who deliver it.

CO-FOUNDER

Shawn-Patrick Bland

Retired U.S. Navy veteran and senior software engineer with an MBA. Has developed, managed, estimated, and proposed multimillion-dollar defense software efforts.

CO-FOUNDER

Ben Martin

Chief engineer with an electrical engineering background and deep experience in complex airborne defense systems.

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