Mission assurance & operations

Take manual BOM review off the critical path

A manual export control review of a hardware build typically takes 30 to 40 hours. Astrolytics scores BOM risk in seconds, flags the ITAR/EAR items that will hold you up, and logs every decision, so compliance stops being the reason hardware waits.

The compliance bottleneck that delays launches

Every hardware build carries a hidden tax: hours of cross-referencing components against ITAR and EAR, chasing incomplete supplier data and recording decisions in spreadsheets.

Three operational risks we remove

1. Schedule slippage from compliance backlogs. The hardware is ready to ship, but the BOM review is weeks behind. Launch windows do not wait.

2. Inconsistent risk assessments. Different engineers classify the same component differently, with no audit trail. When a regulator asks how you know you are compliant, there is no single answer.

3. Reactive risk management. Export control issues surface during final integration, when they are most expensive to fix and too late to swap parts without delaying the mission.

Mission readiness, not firefighting

Astrolytics gives mission assurance teams one view of compliance risk across every mission:

• Instant risk scoring. Upload a BOM and get a risk score in about 30 seconds, instead of waiting for a manual review.
• Bottleneck detection. See which components will cause delays before integration, while there is still time to act.
• Defensible audit trail. Every classification decision is logged with timestamp, user and reasoning.
• Compliance packets in minutes. Attested, multi-page packets ready for DDTC, BIS or NOAA submission.

Astrolytics compared with spreadsheets

	Astrolytics	Spreadsheets and manual review
BOM risk scoring	Automated, about 30 seconds	Typically 30 to 40 hours per build
Multi-mission view	One dashboard across active missions	A file per mission
Bottleneck detection	Before integration	Usually during integration
Audit trail	Timestamped and user-attributed	Version history, if any

Frequently asked questions

How does Astrolytics reduce schedule risk?

It replaces the manual BOM triage step that typically sits in front of hardware integration, and it flags the components likely to cause delays early enough to act on them.

What is a defensible audit trail?

A timestamped record of every compliance decision: who made it, when, why, and which data was reviewed. Astrolytics creates it automatically as your team works.

Can Astrolytics track risk across multiple missions?

Yes. The mission-level dashboard shows compliance risk, open actions and bottleneck status across all active missions, so you can see which ones are at risk of delay.

How is this different from a general export compliance tool?

Astrolytics is built for space hardware. It works at the BOM and mission level, with dual ITAR/EAR classification, mission dashboards and regulator-ready packets, rather than screening individual transactions.