Built for Government & Defense

Maintain ITAR compliance, trace requirements to design, and accelerate change orders on a unified thread for government, defense, and aerospace.

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Mission-Critical Products Require Airtight Data Governance

What is PLM + QMS for government and defense?
Product operations across government, defense, and aerospace demand traceable requirements, rigorous change control, and audit-ready documentation across regulated supply chains. Contractors must maintain ITAR compliance while managing multi-tier suppliers under strict oversight. Propel unifies requirements, design, and quality on one platform built for mission-critical standards.
Change Management
Automate ECO and ECR workflows with configurable approval rules and real-time dashboards, so programs stay on schedule regardless of team location.
Supply Chain Traceability
Permissioned supplier collaboration, AVL/AML management, and component risk data give product teams full visibility into sourcing decisions before they become program risks.
Compliance-Ready Quality
NCMR, CAPA, audit management, and automated training workflows keep quality systems aligned with DCMA requirements, so every audit finds documentation ready.
How a Unified Platform Powers Government, Defense, & Aerospace Innovation
Propel's unified platform meets the compliance, traceability, and change demands of government, defense, and aerospace programs.
ITAR Compliance
Deploy Propel on Salesforce GovCloud or GovCloud Plus–Defense, depending on your requirements, certified for FedRAMP High and DoD IL2/IL4/IL5, keeping controlled technical data fully protected.
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Requirements Management
Capture and trace requirements to BOM items with a built-in traceability matrix supporting contract documentation.
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Change Control
Redlined BOMs and automated approvals maintain audit-ready change histories across every engineering and manufacturing release.
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Supplier Security
A permissioned supplier portal manages AVL/AML and qualifications to reduce supply chain risk on defense programs.
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Audit Readiness
Automated audit templates and e-signed documents keep quality systems inspection-ready for DCMA reviews.
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Secure AI Workflows
Zero data retention and PII masking in Propel One protect ITAR-sensitive engineering data while AI agents automate quality and change workflows.
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Concept To Customer Solutions for Fast-Moving Product Companies
Propel PLM
Cloud-native, role-based, and easy-to-use product lifecycle management enables enterprise-wide collaboration so teams work smarter, faster, and better together.
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Propel QMS
Complete quality management system that unifies part, process, and supplier quality to deliver safer products, higher customer satisfaction, and increased profits.
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Propel One
Natively integrated agentic AI automates workflows, surfaces insights, and accelerates every team across PLM, QMS, and PIM from concept to customer.
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FAQ
What PLM and QMS capabilities does Propel offer for defense contractors?
Does Propel support ITAR compliance and government cloud requirements?
How does Propel handle requirements traceability for defense programs?
Does Propel include AI capabilities, and how does data privacy work for sensitive programs?
How does Propel integrate with CAD tools and ERP systems common in defense manufacturing environments?
What PLM and QMS capabilities does Propel offer for defense contractors?
Propel PLM covers BOM management, project deliverables management, ECO/ECR, requirements traceability, document management, visual collaboration, and CAD-PLM integration via Design Hub. Propel QMS adds supplier qualification, SCAR management, change control, document control, training management, and automated audit workflows.

Because PLM and QMS share the same unified data model, traceability runs end-to-end — from a user need through design, manufacturing, and quality events without manual reconciliation across disconnected systems.
Does Propel support ITAR compliance and government cloud requirements?
Yes. Propel is certified to run on Salesforce Government Cloud, which is built on AWS GovCloud. That certification covers FedRAMP High and DoD Impact Levels 2, 4, and 5. For defense contractors and government agencies managing ITAR-regulated programs, this means the platform's underlying infrastructure already meets the security and data residency requirements those programs demand. Details are available at Propel's Trust Center.
How does Propel handle requirements traceability for defense programs?
Propel's dedicated requirements management capability includes a built-in trace matrix. User needs and system requirements link directly to BOM items, design outputs, and related documentation. Requirements can be reused across product lines, and the trace matrix provides full visibility into which requirements are fulfilled, by what design elements, and at what revision. This supports the kind of system-level traceability that defense programs routinely require during design reviews and audits.
Does Propel include AI capabilities, and how does data privacy work for sensitive programs?
Propel includes AI through Propel One, an agentic AI suite built natively on Salesforce Agentforce. Propel One agents automate change impact analysis, surface compliance gaps, and accelerate decisions across PLM and QMS workflows. On data privacy: customer data is never used to train external LLMs, and organizations retain full control over data usage and governance. All agent actions run within the user permissions and security configurations already established in the platform, enforced through the Agentforce Trust Layer. For programs with strict data governance requirements, that combination of on-platform AI and zero external data leakage matters. Explore Propel One here.
How does Propel integrate with CAD tools and ERP systems common in defense manufacturing environments?
Propel connects to MCAD and ECAD environments through Design Hub, which supports SolidWorks, Onshape, Creo, Altium, Windchill, Teamcenter, and others. Design Hub automates part numbering, BOM and AML synchronization, and governed release workflows across mixed CAD environments, a common reality in defense contractor organizations. On the ERP side, Manufacturing Hub aligns engineering BOMs with manufacturing and financial data, ensuring clean handoffs from engineering to production and procurement without manual data entry or reconciliation.

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