# National security talent collective > At the Abelian Security Council, our mission is to build the world's foremost national security talent collective: direct, compliant access to the people who designed, built, evaluated, bought, deployed, and competed with the systems you are underwriting. **Abelian Security Council** National Security · Defense · Critical Technologies # Conviction from the members who built the technology At the Abelian Security Council, our mission is to build the world's foremost national security talent collective, bringing together the most knowledgeable voices in the field to advance the interests and security of the United States and its allies. Direct, compliant access to the people who designed, built, evaluated, bought, deployed, and competed with the systems you are underwriting. [For clients →](https://asc.agsv.com/for-clients)[For members](https://asc.agsv.com/for-members) **Veteran owned & operated** Who we are **Publicly available · unclassified** ITAR / EAR compliant **By referral & approval** Access control 01 The premise ## Generalist firms were not built for this. **National security and defense is among the fastest-moving allocations in private markets, and the hardest to underwrite from the outside.** The signal lives with a small population: people who set the requirements, ran the programs, built the systems, and operated them in the field. Reaching them, compliantly and at the speed of a deal, is the entire problem. We were built by that community to solve exactly that, and nothing else. The result our clients name, again and again, is **conviction** : the confidence to make a high-stakes decision and stand behind it. 02 Coverage ## Where the collective goes deep. Ten mission domains, 46 sub-markets, structured the way clients frame a diligence ask, not the way an org chart reads. 01 ### Missiles, Munitions & Missile Defense Hypersonics & long-range strike · Tactical missiles & precision-guided munitions · Air & missile defense (interceptors, IAMD, C-UAS, directed energy) · Energetics, propulsion & guidance subsystems · Munitions stockpile & replenishment 02 ### Autonomous Systems & Robotics Aerial autonomy (UAS, CCA, loitering munitions) · Maritime autonomy (USV/UUV) · Ground robotics · Autonomy software, C2 & teaming 03 ### Space & Launch Launch · Satellites & space-based ISR · SATCOM & PNT · Space domain awareness & space control · In-space servicing & logistics 04 ### C4ISR, EW & Sensing Radar, EO/IR & sensing systems · Electronic warfare & spectrum operations · Military comms & tactical networking · JADC2 & battle management · SIGINT & ISR processing/exploitation 05 ### Cyber & Intelligence Offensive cyber & vulnerability research · Defensive cyber & cross-domain solutions · Cyber intelligence & OSINT · IC enterprise & tradecraft 06 ### AI, Compute & Defense Software Defense AI/ML & decision support · Modeling, simulation & digital engineering · Defense enterprise software & data infrastructure · Advanced compute (HPC, edge, quantum) 07 ### Platforms: Air, Land & Maritime Air platforms (fixed & rotary wing) · Maritime platforms (surface & undersea) · Ground combat & tactical vehicles · Mission systems, avionics & modernization · Nuclear deterrence enterprise 08 ### Defense Manufacturing & Industrial Base Precision & additive manufacturing · Propulsion & energetics industrial base · Materials, castings & microelectronics · Supply chain risk & capacity · Shipbuilding industrial base 09 ### Logistics, Sustainment & Training Contested logistics & distribution · MRO, depot & readiness · Energy, fuel & installations · Training, simulation & T&E infrastructure 10 ### Acquisition, Budget & National Security Policy PPBE & congressional process · Program offices & acquisition pathways · Contracting & pricing · Export controls & FMS · Industrial policy & allied procurement 03 The team ## A team of national security and defense operators who know how to navigate the ecosystem. At the large firms, you never learn who is behind the desk. At ASC, you do, and that is the point. A bench of operators and officers with real national security and defense experience is why the right members pick up the phone, and why we can read a diligence question the way you mean it. ![Fred Addy](https://cdn.gxbsites.com/blobs/d8dcf448a165248099310466b17dd3fb107b2d53e6857c0bdce2d585000d5f1e/asset.jpg) Chairman Fred Addy **U.S. Army Special Forces** , 3rd Special Forces Group (Airborne). Former Booz & Company consultant. Stanford MBA; Princeton (Astrophysics). ![U.S. Army Special Forces](https://cdn.gxbsites.com/blobs/48483af3bd8191136559f6150ea09d3b0cc84e04f4d5efa943716c623b30c3bb/asset.png) ![Stanford GSB](https://cdn.gxbsites.com/blobs/10e18bee1f05b8c41a61a7c8d66e809d0d64fceebd21d253f71e37599ebe6234/asset.png) ![Princeton University](https://cdn.gxbsites.com/blobs/d49929ccc2ab7b2d7b02d67d8105513f913e15b9e1f61d6bc4949842fafcd043/asset.png) Special ForcesStrategy [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/fredaddy) ![Owen Davies](https://cdn.gxbsites.com/blobs/829cae6f0231fea1132c01e95d603eee712bf4bc9d29de6e7d4dba9d35f9375b/asset.jpg) Chief Executive Officer Owen Davies MBE **UK & U.S. special operations aviator** , MBE recipient. Former Royal Air Force. Stanford MBA; Swansea (Aerospace Engineering). ![Royal Air Force](https://cdn.gxbsites.com/blobs/731104f0c5b4ae4851bb7aff5f0ee04dfd141016f0f65f55321ab25cdee58737/asset.png) ![160th SOAR (Night Stalkers)](https://cdn.gxbsites.com/blobs/ed5228556356757b79be91dcc6c9927cd3673eeab21a3bbb1ac50a18dedcb5a6/asset.png) ![Special Operators Transition Foundation](https://cdn.gxbsites.com/blobs/d4fd711d0f0b3b12fe57678636e3bbde511201cf71aebbec8b27d4bd310b482e/asset.png) ![Stanford GSB](https://cdn.gxbsites.com/blobs/10e18bee1f05b8c41a61a7c8d66e809d0d64fceebd21d253f71e37599ebe6234/asset.png) ![Swansea University](https://cdn.gxbsites.com/blobs/f007b9f964b4b4208e5b770d5ae0b06639b78f8fdd4367ae959894692ac45d6c/asset.png) Special Ops AviationRAF [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/owenscrdavies) ![Ella Carver](https://cdn.gxbsites.com/blobs/1772bb9e2cb1280ca28d5dc5060c088deffe07eac40cde91a987546f2e16a1f4/asset.jpg) Client Solutions Manager Ella Carver **National security & diplomacy specialist.** Seton Hall National Security Fellowship; former Congressional Fellow, U.S. House of Representatives. MA, Diplomacy & International Relations. ![U.S. House of Representatives](https://cdn.gxbsites.com/blobs/d31945c4f53f9799c5195cbb680662850eec4b39af4e695491a576a8365a06c7/asset.png) ![Seton Hall University](https://cdn.gxbsites.com/blobs/b301f0ac24a7467d11afe93c56489304bf75e805e99934064f19588920a238cd/asset.png) ![Fairleigh Dickinson University](https://cdn.gxbsites.com/blobs/145117af5bb77f32ded02dab5fafc6bc2e7a6cf0979052ff4fa6737cefe2b9b2/asset.png) National SecurityPolicy [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/ella-carver-b71288285) ![Cameron Bird](https://cdn.gxbsites.com/blobs/ce94a43276bd56ccc730395e3ba87fe9d68d8dd5e0d808a555489b21a480516f/asset.jpg) Fellow Cameron Bird **Fellow at ASC** working on member background. Pursuing International Relations and Economics at Seton Hall University. Research interests include national security, wargames, and geopolitical economics. ![Seton Hall University](https://cdn.gxbsites.com/blobs/b301f0ac24a7467d11afe93c56489304bf75e805e99934064f19588920a238cd/asset.png) ResearchNational Security 04 Compliance & vetting ## Compliant by design. Vetted before you meet. Everything we do relies on publicly available, unclassified information and ITAR/EAR-compliant conversations. The vetting runs both ways: inbound members are screened before they join and referred members come through a trusted chain, while every client is a vetted, U.S.-based, SEC-registered institution. The signal in a call is only as good as the person on the other end, and the controls around it. - **01** Publicly available, unclassified engagements only. - **02** ITAR / EAR-compliant conversations, with conflict and deconfliction checks. - **03** Engagement controls and compliance framework owned end to end by ASC. **Clients** U.S.-based · SEC-registered **Information basis** Public · Unclassified · No MNPI **Export controls** ITAR / EAR compliant **Member vetting** Inbound screened **Referrals** Trusted chain 05 Why ASC ## One collective. Two sides of the same conversation. For clients ### Diligence at deal speed. Because ASC is veteran owned and operated, we read your question in context and find the precise profile: fast, conflict-sensitive, and on the record. - **01**** Precision.** We understand the mission, so we match the right operator to the right question, not the closest keyword. - **02**** Reach.** Members answer the phone for us and engage readily, because of who we are and the trust we carry in this community. - **03**** Coverage.** Ten mission domains across national security, defense, and critical technologies, filterable by perspective, branch, and clearance. - **04**** Compliance carried by us.** Publicly available, unclassified, ITAR/EAR-compliant engagements, with compliance-team chaperoning available. [Schedule an intro call →](https://app.asc.agsv.com/book/why_investors) For members ### Designed with members in mind. We treat the member as the core asset, not a line item. Mission-aligned, fast to work with, and protective of your time and your name. - **01**** Paid fast.** No 30 to 45 day waits like the legacy firms. We pay quickly, every time. - **02**** Less friction.** A short prompt and a few sentences. No lengthy surveys before you're ever selected for a call. - **03**** Trusted & discreet.** A mission-aligned community of U.S.-based, vetted clients. We protect your information and your identity. - **04**** A real person.** You talk to people who understand your background, and you engage on your terms. [For members →](https://asc.agsv.com/for-members) 06 Method ## From question to briefing in days. Step 01 ### Frame the question Bring the thesis, the company, or the capability gap. We scope the brief and surface conflicts before anyone is matched. Intake & deconfliction Step 02 ### Match the bench We match vetted profiles by domain, perspective, program, and era, not by keyword search. Match & screen Step 03 ### Take the briefing The right member, on the record, with compliance and engagement controls handled end to end. Days, not weeks Step 04 ### Build conviction Walk into the decision with the context to underwrite it, and the basis to defend it. Decision-ready 07 Member FAQs ## Questions members ask before they sign. Straight answers on employer permission, what you can discuss, pay, and how to join. If something else is blocking you, write us — we will work through it with you. **01** Do I need my current employer’s permission before I join? Many full-time employers (consulting firms, primes, and others) require an outside-employment or outside-activity request before you sign a member agreement. We expect that. If your firm needs a request on file first, put it in and tell us — we will hold the formal agreement until your employer process is underway or approved. **02** What am I allowed to discuss on a call? Everything we do relies on publicly available, unclassified information and ITAR/EAR-compliant conversations. You should never share classified information, material non-public information, or anything your current or former employer treats as confidential. If a question sits outside those bounds, decline it — we will back you. **03** When and how do I get paid? We pay quickly after a completed call — not the 30–45 day waits common at legacy firms. Rate and logistics are confirmed before you accept an engagement. **04** How do I join ASC? Apply on this site, or come in by referral. Every inbound application is reviewed personally; referred members are fast-tracked. If there is a fit, we send the member agreement and compliance training, then a short onboarding form so we can match you to the right projects. 08 Get started ## Two doors into the collective. Clients & diligence teams ### Get onboarded Tell us who you are and the themes you're underwriting. New to ASC? Book an onboarding call with a member of the ASC team and we'll open a secure channel. Most requests are reviewed within one business day. [Learn more →](https://app.asc.agsv.com/book/cta_investors)[How we stay compliant](https://asc.agsv.com#compliance) Reviewed under NDA · No member contact without screening Members ### Join or sign in Already an ASC member? Log in to your referral dashboard. New to us, by referral or inbound? Apply and we'll set up a short intro call. [Member log in →](https://app.asc.agsv.com/members/sign_in)[Apply to join ASC](https://asc.agsv.com/experts/application/new) Inbound vetted · Referrals fast-tracked ## Contact - Email: owen@agsv.com - Address: Austin, TX - Web: https://asc.agsv.com