Lokahi

What Lokahi does

Lokahi LLC is a privately held, Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) professional services firm founded in June 2010 and headquartered in El Segundo, California. The company provides space systems integration and program management consulting to U.S. military space customers, primarily the U.S. Air Force, U.S. Space Force, the Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC), and the GPS Directorate. Its stated mission is to address the ongoing challenge of managing and integrating complex military space programs by supplying experienced space-systems professionals across the acquisition lifecycle. The firm operates with a headcount of 1-10 employees and is co-led by Paul Yamaguchi (Managing Partner) and Mike Passafiume (Partner), each with 30+ years of experience in acquisition, systems engineering, integration, test, and operations support for Air Force, Navy, and Army space programs.

Lokahi's service portfolio is structured around five practice areas: New Program Start and Acquisition Strategy (program management, RFP development, technical evaluations, Integrated Baseline Reviews); Product Design, Technical Reviews, and Product Acceptance (chief engineer / IPT lead support, design reviews, deficiency resolution, qualification and acceptance testing); Software Management and Oversight; Systems Engineering, Integration, and Test (including Launch and Transition to Operations and On-Orbit Test and Readiness Certification); and Capability Integration and Delivery (enterprise risk management, cross-segment integration, training, mission operations). Domain coverage explicitly spans MILSATCOM (Milstar, AEHF, TSAT, MUOS), Navigation (GPS III, OCX, MGUE), Weather (DWSS), and Space Superiority (GSSAP). The firm codifies its delivery model in a proprietary methodology called "The Lokahi Way," a five-step process (Understand the Mission, Assemble the Team, Establish Communication Framework, Lead and Manage Stakeholder Expectations, Develop/Adapt/Execute Plan) built from decades of MILSPACE best practices.

Lokahi's business model is straightforward federal professional services: time-and-materials and task-order work delivered directly to U.S. government customers through field-sales-style engagement, supported by organic marketing (a company blog, LinkedIn, and the corporate website). The go-to-market is entirely direct-to-government; no commercial channels, no software product, and no pricing transparency are disclosed. Revenue, contract values, and external funding are not reported. Government customer credentials include named support for Vespucci on-orbit test campaign execution (per a U.S. Air Force Lt Col testimonial) and longstanding technical director support for the GPS III program.

Name

Lokahi

Legal name

Lokahi LLC

Website

https://lokahi-llc.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2010

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Lokahi LLC is a Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business founded in 2010 that provides space systems integration, acquisition, engineering, and test support to U.S. military space programs, including the U.S. Air Force, U.S. Space Force, and the GPS Directorate.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Defense Space Systems Integration Services

NAICS

National Security and International Affairs (928), Space Research and Technology (92711), Guided Missile and Space Vehicle Manufacturing (336414)

SIC

Services-Engineering, Accounting, Research, Management (8700), Search, Detection, Navagation, Guidance, Aeronautical Sys (3812)

akta.pro primary industry

Space-Based Defense Systems (SSA, Missile Warning, Protected SATCOM) (IMABAOAH)

akta.pro secondary industries

Spacecraft Avionics, Flight Computers & Software (IMABACAI), Military Avionics, Mission Computers & Flight Controls (IMABAMAE)

Keywords

• Defense space integration
• Military space consulting
• Systems engineering services
• Space program management
• MILSATCOM integration

Headquarters

HQ city

El Segundo

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Professional Services - Defense Space Integration: Provides experienced space systems professionals for acquisition lifecycle support, systems engineering, integration, test, and operations support for military space programs. Revenue is generated through professional services contracts with U.S. government defense and space customers.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Lokahi provides professional services to U.S. military space programs across the acquisition lifecycle, including acquisition planning, program execution and integration, systems engineering, integration and test, transition to operations, software engineering, communications planning, SATCOM terminal operations, user equipment support, satellite command and control, and space situational awareness. Its work is concentrated in the MILSPACE domain covering MILSATCOM (Milstar, AEHF, TSAT, MUOS), Navigation (GPS III, OCX, MGUE), Weather (DWSS), and Space Superiority (GSSAP) programs for Air Force, Navy, Army, and U.S. Space Force customers.

Product overview

Lokahi is a professional services company rather than a software product company. It offers a unified suite of consulting and integration services for military space programs, including: New Program Start and Acquisition Strategy/RFP services (PM, acquisition strategy, budget & funding, executive/independent technical/program reviews, RFP/proposal, technical evaluations, contract management, IBR, acquisition reporting); Product Design-Technical Reviews-Product Acceptance services (chief engineer/IPT lead, chief system engineer, design reviews, configuration/baseline management, deficiency resolution, requirements verification, qualification/acceptance testing, product acceptance); Software Management and Oversight services; Systems Engineering, Integration & Test services including LDTO and OTRC; and Capability Integration and Delivery services (ERM enterprise integration, cross-segment integration, integrated system test, training, ERTL mission operations, SV LEO, on-orbit checkout & test, OTRC, operational acceptance). The company does not offer discrete software products or modules—its offerings are entirely service-based professional consulting.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Acquisition Planning & Program Execution Services

Quantifiable outcome

• First-pass success on program milestones and test campaigns

Named customers3 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature3 records

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Broad incumbents

• SAIC: SAIC is a large DoD services integrator providing systems engineering, integration, and space systems support to GPS, MILSATCOM, and Space Force programs, addressing the same customer missions as Lokahi but as a multi-billion-dollar prime.
• KBR: KBR's Government Solutions arm (including LinQuest) delivers space systems engineering and integration across DoD, providing both a competitor and a potential prime-contractor relationship for Lokahi in MILSPACE programs.
• Parsons Corporation: Parsons provides space and missile defense engineering, integration, and mission solutions across DoD and intelligence customers, including space situational awareness and protected communications work that overlaps Lokahi's portfolio.
• Booz Allen Hamilton: Booz Allen provides broad defense and space engineering, integration, and consulting services across DoD including USSF, competing for many of the same SE&I task orders that Lokahi supports but at much larger scale and scope.

Emerging players

• Riverside Research: Riverside Research is a nonprofit that delivers space, intelligence, and defense engineering research and integration services, offering comparable SE&I capabilities across DoD space missions.
• ISPA Technology: ISPA Technology is a small SDVOSB defense services contractor providing engineering, IT, and program support to Air Force and Space Force customers, similar in size and customer profile to Lokahi.

Direct peers

• LinQuest (KBR): LinQuest provides space systems engineering and integration services to DoD and Intelligence Community across MILSATCOM, GPS, and space superiority, directly overlapping Lokahi's MILSPACE integration focus before its acquisition by KBR.
• Integrity ISR: Integrity ISR is a small SDVOSB providing systems engineering, integration, and test support to Air Force and Space Force programs, closely matching Lokahi's service-disabled, veteran-owned profile and MILSPACE focus.
• Astrion (formerly Axiom Solutions): Astrion provides engineering, integration, and test services for DoD space and missile defense programs, including GPS and other SMC missions, making it a closely comparable SDVOSB-eligible defense space integrator.
• Odyssey Systems Consulting Group: Odyssey is a mid-sized defense services firm providing systems engineering, integration, and program management support to Air Force Space Command, Space Force, and SMC, mirroring Lokahi's space acquisition and SE&I offerings.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/lokahi

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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