Obsidian is organised around three interconnected capability areas: National Security, Defence Technology & Capability Acceleration, and Strategic Intelligence & Complex Operations.

Together they provide a coherent offer for partners facing institutional, technological and operational complexity.

How we support partners

Strategic and institutional design

Governments and institutions operate most effectively when strategy, governance and institutional design are coherent. Obsidian helps partners build that coherence - clarifying what sovereign capability requires and designing the architecture to deliver it.

Capability development and operational readiness

Capability and readiness depend on people, doctrine and systems working together. Obsidian builds the specialist capacity and operational foundations required to move from institutional intent to practical effect.

Technology acceleration

Most emerging systems stall somewhere between concept and field. Obsidian shortens that path - connecting operational requirements, technology partners and procurement pathways so that promising capability reaches deployment.

Intelligence and discreet support

Some challenges cannot be addressed through conventional advisory channels. Where environments are opaque, facts are contested or the stakes are high, Obsidian provides structured insight and execution support with the discretion the situation demands.

A consistent lesson from my career is that: when the stakes are high, success depends upon the people around you - their judgement, their credibility, and their ability to act.
Obsidian is built on that lesson, where success is anchored in those who combine talent, judgement and a disciplined focus on outcomes.
Lloyd Pritchard DSO MBE
Chief Executive, Obsidian
Former Military Commander & Military Assistant to the Secretary of State for Defence