Turn months of ILS analysis into hours, without losing the engineer’s judgement.
Validata builds AI tooling for Integrated Logistics Support. From a single document check through to a full supportability pipeline, our products help defence suppliers, primes and ILS consultancies deliver faster, cleaner outputs that meet the standards, with the engineer always in the loop.
Built by ILS engineers, for ILS engineers
We are a small UK software team with deep roots in defence ILS. We built Validata because we saw the same problem on every programme: skilled engineers spending more time wrangling documents than working on engineering.
Time saved
Significant reduction in ILS analysis time per equipment item compared with manual delivery.
Standards grounded
Defence and ILS standards indexed and searchable. Every AI output cites its source.
UK hosted
All data stays in UK jurisdiction. On premise and air gapped deployments available.
Bring Your Own Model
Connect your own Self Hosted AI model, or use one of ours.
One engine. Nine stages.
Validata’s pipeline turns raw equipment documentation into complete ILS outputs that meet the required industry standards. Every AI stage is drafted and reviewed by a human engineer before it moves on.
Document Ingestion
Upload PDFs, manuals, drawings and spreadsheets. Parsed, classified and indexed, ready to query.
Data Validation
AIDefence rules plus your own requirements. Findings ranked by severity with suggested fixes.
EBS Builder
AIHierarchical equipment breakdown generated automatically from OEM data. Matches curated reference templates.
Design FMECA
AIFailure modes, effects and criticality analysis, drawn from curated reference data and OEM evidence.
RCM Analysis
AIReliability centred decisions through a structured workflow. Produces the maintenance task set.
Spares Planning
AIProvisioning recommendations aligned to maintenance tasks and repair levels. Ready to export.
Maint Task Analysis
AIClear procedures for every task, with tools, spares and skill requirements attached.
LORA
AILevel of repair recommendations with cost analysis. Reliability reference data built in.
S1000D Tech Pubs
AIData modules ready for publication, aligned to the S1000D standard. Human review workflow built in.
Run it our way, your way, or off the grid
The same Validata platform ships in four deployment shapes. Choose the one that matches your data handling rules, not the other way around.
| Option | What it means | Best for |
|---|---|---|
| Validata SaaS | Fully managed by us on Azure UK. You log in, upload and work. We handle updates, scaling and AI model management. | Fast start, minimal IT overhead, OFFICIAL tier data |
| Customer cloud | Deployed into your Azure or AWS tenancy. You control network, access and data residency. We ship the containers and the updates. | Organisations with strict cloud or data location policies |
| On premise | Installed on your own infrastructure. Optional self hosted AI models for zero external traffic. | Restricted networks, full data sovereignty requirements |
| Air gapped | Fully offline installation with bundled reference libraries and on premise large language models. Updates shipped on approved media. | Classified environments and cross domain workflows |
A small UK team with deep ILS roots
Validata Solutions Ltd is a UK software company focused on Integrated Logistics Support for the defence sector. We combine decades of ILS engineering experience with modern AI tooling to solve problems that generic data platforms cannot.
Our team has over 50 years of combined experience delivering ILS analysis across defence programmes. We build the tools we would have wanted on every programme we have worked on.
We are based in the UK, registered in England and Wales (Company No. 16903759), Cyber Essentials certified, and actively progressing ISO 27001.
See Validata working with your data
Bring us a real document, we will run it through the pipeline live and show you exactly what comes out, and show you what it would take to deploy in your environment.