Black Trident

What Black Trident does

Black Trident LLC is a boutique defense and security consulting group founded in 2019 by Dr. Lada L. Roslycky and registered as a Limited Liability Corporation in Ukraine in 2020. The firm is purpose-built around a single thesis: helping international clients — vendors, companies, industries, governments, donors, and individuals — understand and engage with Ukraine's defense and security sector. It does not sell software, platforms, or APIs; its deliverables are human-expert advisory services delivered through a global consulting engagement model.

The service portfolio is structured around three core consulting lines — Market Development, Strategic Communications, and Research — supported by six fields of expertise: Information Security, Military & Defense, Societal Security, Political Security, Economic Security, and Digital Transformation and Cyber Security. The team is reported as 15+ Ukraine-specialists drawn from 7 countries, with working proficiency in 19 languages and claimed reach across 150+ countries; more than half of the team holds a post-graduate degree and roughly half have armed-forces experience. The firm has signed memoranda of cooperation with Ukraine's state defense enterprise Ukroboronprom, the Government of Canada, and a network of Ukrainian defense industry associations and think-tanks including CACDS.

The business model is professional services: boutique advisory engagements, likely structured as project-based or retainer fees, with no publicly disclosed pricing. The go-to-market motion is enterprise field sales delivered through direct client relationships and a 'Book an Appointment' lead capture on the corporate website, supplemented by team-led thought leadership at forums such as the UN General Assembly and NATO Summit and media appearances across WION, Al Jazeera, BBC Arabic, Sky News, Asharq, Alhurra, The Globalist, and Kyiv Post. No external institutional funding, acquisitions, or revenue figures have been disclosed.

Name

Black Trident

Legal name

Black Trident LLC

Website

https://theblacktrident.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2019

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Black Trident is a Kyiv-based boutique defense and security consulting firm founded in 2019 that advises international clients on engaging Ukraine's defense sector across market development, strategic communications, and research.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Defense & Security Consulting

NAICS

Management Consulting Services (54161), Other Management Consulting Services (541618), Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services (54)

SIC

Services-Management Consulting Services (8742), Services-Engineering, Accounting, Research, Management (8700), International Affairs (9721)

akta.pro primary industry

Defense Acquisition, Procurement & Contracting (BPAIAHAB)

Keywords

• Defense consulting services
• Security advisory services
• Market development consulting
• Strategic communications advisory
• Defense market intelligence

Headquarters

HQ city

Kyiv

HQ country

Ukraine

HQ region

Europe

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Defense and Security Consulting: Boutique consulting firm providing market development, strategic communications, and research services. Revenue likely derived from professional services fees for consulting engagements with vendors, companies, industries, governments, and donors working with Ukraine.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Black Trident LLC is a boutique defense and security consulting group that delivers strategic market development, strategic communications, and tailor-made research/advisory services for international clients seeking to engage with Ukraine's defense and security sector. Its consultants provide expertise across six specialized fields — Information Security, Military & Defense, Societal Security, Political Security, Economic Security, and Digital Transformation & Cyber Security — serving vendors, companies, industries, governments, and donors through bespoke consulting engagements rather than software or product sales.

Product overview

Black Trident is a boutique defense and security consulting group that offers a unified portfolio of advisory services organized around Market Development, Strategic Communications, and Research. These core consulting services are complemented by specialized fields of expertise covering Information Security, Military & Defense, Societal Security, Political Security, Economic Security, and Digital Transformation and Cyber Security. The company connects international clients with Ukraine's defense and security sector through human expertise-based advisory rather than software products.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Market Development Provides strategic and operational market intelligence for clients interested in doing business with Ukraine, including market assessments, requirement outlines, strategies, and key performance measurements. Targeted at vendors, companies, and industries pursuing defense and security cooperation with Ukraine.
• Strategic Communications Develops investor relations, government relations, community relations, industry events, conferences, media production, and crisis communication services for clients operating in or with Ukraine's defense and security sector.
• Research Delivers tailor-made intelligence and research services including organizational support, backgrounders, risk assessments, propaganda analysis, and project plans for clients engaging with Ukraine's defense and security domain.
• Information Security
• Military & Defense Provides expertise on the defense industry, military capabilities, defense budgets, procurement processes, and international cooperation with Ukraine's defense sector for governments, vendors, and partner organizations.
• Societal Security Focuses on national will, identity construction, cultural factors, and hybrid warfare defense for state-society mutual benefit within Ukraine.
• Political Security Analyzes organizational stability of states, systems of government, ideological legitimacy, and political sector threats targeting state sovereignty for clients engaging with Ukraine.
• Economic Security Provides analysis of economic factors affecting national security and business opportunities within Ukraine's economic landscape.
• Digital Transformation and Cyber Security Covers cyber security of critical infrastructure, digitalization, E-governance, and post-4th Industrial Revolution security issues in Ukraine, leveraging the country's rapidly digitalizing IT sector and cyber-attack/cyber-defense expertise.

Quantifiable outcome

• Over 15 Ukraine-specialists from 7 countries with expertise spanning 150+ countries
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers11 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Ten partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• UkroboronpromcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerUkraine's state-owned defense enterprise undergoing corporatization. Black Trident has signed memorandums of cooperation with Ukroboronprom to promote defense partnerships with Ukraine.
• CACDS (Center for Army, Conversion and Disarmament Studies)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerOne of Ukraine's most prestigious non-governmental think-tanks and voluntary association of experts from armed forces, security and defense industry. Partner in promoting Ukraine's defense industry.
• Third Order EffectsminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerDefense industry partner organization.
• AUDMminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerUkrainian defense media and analysis organization.
• IDC LeagueminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerUkrainian defense industry league organization.
• TDSminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerDefense and security partner organization.
• NAUDIminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerUkrainian defense and security academic organization.
• URCminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerUkrainian defense research organization.
• Government of CanadacoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerOfficial government partner for defense cooperation with Ukraine.
• Ukraine's Lead Private Defense Manufacturing AssociationscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMemorandums of cooperation signed with leading private defense manufacturing associations in Ukraine.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Atlantic Council: Atlantic Council is a major international affairs think-tank with substantial Ukraine-focused programming (Eurasia Center, DFRLab). It offers defense and security advisory comparable in scope to Black Trident but at significantly larger scale and broader geographic remit.
• CSIS (Center for Strategic and International Studies): CSIS is a top-tier bipartisan US policy organization covering defense, security, and international affairs including Ukraine. It produces strategic research and convenes stakeholders similarly to Black Trident, but at a much larger institutional scale.
• RAND Corporation: RAND is a leading global policy research organization that advises governments on defense, security, and geopolitical strategy. Its Ukraine/security work and federal/government advisory posture directly overlaps with Black Trident's defense-security consulting offering.
• Foreign Policy Research Institute (FPRI): FPRI is a Philadelphia-based foreign policy and defense research institute publishing on European and Eurasian security. Its mix of policy research, events, and advisory to government clients overlaps with Black Trident's defense-and-security consulting model.
• IISS (International Institute for Strategic Studies): IISS is an internationally recognized defense and security think-tank producing strategic analysis and convening senior government/military leaders. Black Trident's military/security and procurement advisory compete for a similar audience of defense buyers and policymakers.

Direct peers

• The Cohen Group: The Cohen Group is a boutique strategic advisory firm led by former Secretary of Defense William Cohen, focused on helping clients navigate defense, international, and government markets. Like Black Trident, it is boutique, expert-led, and operates in defense and foreign-policy advisory.
• CACDS (Center for Army, Conversion and Disarmament Studies): CACDS is a Ukrainian defense/security think-tank and a listed core strategic partner of Black Trident. Both serve Western companies seeking to enter Ukraine's defense market and operate adjacent to Ukroboronprom, with overlapping expertise in defense procurement and security advisory.
• BGR Group: BGR Group is a leading bipartisan government affairs and strategic consulting firm with deep defense, aerospace, and international practice areas. It serves governments, NGOs, and commercial clients similarly to Black Trident but in a broader Western policy context.
• Jamestown Foundation: Jamestown Foundation is a US policy institute focused on Eurasian security issues including Ukraine, Russia, and the post-Soviet space. Its specialist research and briefings on Ukraine's defense sector closely parallel Black Trident's intelligence and advisory mandate.

Emerging players

• RANE (formerly Stratfor): RANE is a global intelligence and risk advisory firm providing geopolitical, security, and cyber analysis to enterprises. Its intelligence-product model complements Black Trident's bespoke defense advisory, with overlapping clientele and Ukraine/Eurasia coverage.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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