Technical due diligence
For investors
Funds, family offices and corporate investors
Independent assessment of the technology behind an investment.
What we assessServices
Training
For companies and institutions
Executives and engineering teams in industry, space agencies and the public sector
Courses and workshops on space systems and the space economy.
ProgramsTechnical due diligence for investors
We measure the gap between what the evidence shows and what the business plan assumes.
Technology maturity
TRL of the critical subsystems and the evidence behind it
Engineering execution
Methodology, team, manufacturing and supply chain
Development risk
Effort, time and cost to close the gap
System architecture
Design tested against first principles and competing solutions
How an assessment works
- 1Data room and technical literature
- 2Comparison with similar programs
- 3Sessions with founders and engineers
- 4Written report and debrief
Retainer
Rapid technical reviews of incoming companies and full assessments of those you select
Single assessment
One company, scoped individually
Briefings
For investment teams and committees, on a technology or a segment of the space sector
Training for companies and institutions
In-house or with partner institutions, in person or live online.
The space economy
For executives and boards
Markets, business models and the technologies behind them
Systems engineering and architecture
For engineering teams
From stakeholder needs to system architecture and verification
Concurrent engineering
For engineering and management teams
Integrated design studies, and how to set up a facility
How a program works
- 1Scoping call on audience and goals
- 2Program tailored to your sector
- 3Delivery in person or live online
- 4Materials and follow-up session
Formats
Keynote
1 hour
Executive briefing
Half day
Workshop
1 to 2 days
Course
Several weeks
Taught by Alessandro Golkar, who co-teaches the New Space Economy program at MIT Professional Education and wrote The New Space Economy (Springer Nature).
Systems engineering advisory
Architecture and design reviews, concurrent engineering and technology roadmapping, for space companies and agencies.
Sectors
Launch vehicles and propulsion
Satellites and constellations
In-orbit servicing
Space situational awareness
Orbital data centers
Ground systems
About
Longalba Consulting was founded in Munich in 2023 by Alessandro Golkar, an MIT-trained spacecraft engineer and systems architect with 20 years of experience across academia and industry.
- Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyPh.D.
- AirbusVice President, Concurrent Engineering
- Technical University of MunichChair of Spacecraft Systems
- Longalba ConsultingFounder