Bravo 9

Partners

Partners

A strategic research partnership, and in-country firms across West and East Africa.

01 — Strategic research partnership

Bravo 9 × Válka-Mír

Válka-Mír

Conflict psychosocial research · Kyiv field presence

Válka-Mír is a conflict research organization with 16+ years of work in the field and a bench of 20+ PhD-level conflict psychosocial scientists. Their proprietary field data collection tool, the Human Domain Matrix, underpins primary field research across genocide, wartime sexual violence, violent extremist organization networks, insurgency and terrorism, conducted in 25+ languages.

Their regional coverage runs from Sahel Africa and the Horn of Africa — the same ground as Bravo 9’s own area of responsibility — through the Arabian Peninsula and Levant, Southwest Asia, the Andean and Amazon regions, Mesoamerica, the Balkans, Caucasus and Baltic states, and Ukraine, Belarus and Russia. They maintain a field presence in Kyiv.

  • 16+ years conducting conflict research
  • 20+ scientists PhD-level conflict psychosocial researchers
  • Human Domain Matrix their proprietary field data collection tool
  • 25+ languages primary field research capability
  • Field research genocide, wartime sexual violence, VEO networks, insurgency and terrorism
  • Kyiv established field presence, anchoring Eastern Europe
  • Regions Sahel Africa · Horn of Africa · Arabian Peninsula and Levant · Southwest Asia · Andean and Amazon regions · Mesoamerica · Balkans, Caucasus and Baltic states · Ukraine, Belarus and Russia

Válka-Mír brings

  • Research rigor
  • Field access
  • Primary data

Bravo 9 brings

  • Operational execution
  • Cleared practitioners
  • USG contracting

  • Full-spectrum human domain

    Primary data collection through to commander-level courses of action, carried end to end rather than handed between vendors.

  • Research-to-operations pipeline

    PhD-credentialed field research paired with cleared operational execution, so findings arrive in a form that planners can act on.

  • Clearance plus field access

    Cleared U.S. practitioners working alongside researchers with established access to the populations and environments in question.

  • One path to both halves

    Doctoral-level primary research and cleared operational delivery available together, through a single SDVOSB contract path.

02 — West Africa

West Africa

Polyral Compagnie

Senegal

High technology and systems integration. Polyral specializes in broadcast and low-latency streaming, defense and public security technology, and unified command centers for governments, institutions and enterprises across Africa.

Nosocare

Senegal

Public health and infection control consultancy, and Bravo 9’s partner for global health security work in Senegal.

03 — East Africa

East Africa

QSolutions Services SARL

Djibouti

Engineering, construction and facility development supporting U.S. military operations in the Africa region. Their work includes biomedical storage facilities, emergency operations facilities, disaster response infrastructure and perimeter security at installations including Chabelley Air Base.