Expertise
Strategy
Aerospace & Defense
Aerospace & Defense
Darcy Strategic was formed with one simple goal: helping organizations achieve victory, however they define it.
My proprietary methodologies for building winning strategies center around mapping the moments in time when key stakeholders must make decisions essential for your success, then influencing the outcomes of those moments in your favor.
Aerospace & Defense
Aerospace & Defense
Aerospace & Defense
My 25 years of experience spans commercial aviation, defense, rotorcraft and space sectors. I have served in senior leadership roles with one of the world's largest aerospace OEMs as well as in the DoD's largest aviation acquisition command. I am expert in the unique challenges and opportunities of these fast-paced industries.
Communications
Aerospace & Defense
Communications
All winning strategies depend on influencing actions, which in turn relies on the art of communication. With a quarter century of professional communications expertise, I give honest counsel to help organizations see themselves objectively through the eyes of external audiences, rather than succumbing to the self-affirming groupthink that causes ineffectual messaging and wasted resources.
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About James Darcy
James Darcy is a strategic advisor with more than 25 years of communications and executive leadership experience in aerospace and defense. He founded Darcy Strategic in 2023 around the belief that there is a communications-based answer to every strategic problem or opportunity.
Darcy is a board director for the National Aeronautic Association and The Perlan Project, as well as a board advisor for electric aviation initiatives Axis Aviation and Helios Horizon. He is also a guest lecturer for the Executive MBA programs of Georgetown University and the University of Oregon.
Prior to launching Darcy Strategic in 2023, he was Airbus’ Vice President of Communications for the U.S. and Latin America. He led a team responsible for all internal and external communications strategy and tactics across all Airbus lines of business – commercial, rotorcraft, defense and space.
Before joining Airbus in 2009, Darcy was Director of Communications for the Naval Air Systems Command, leading a three-department organization responsible for all Navy and Marine Corps aviation programs. During his ten-year career with the U.S. Navy, he also led communications for the V-22 Osprey, Tactical Aviation Programs, and the X-31 VECTOR program.
Darcy is also a veteran aerial photographer. His photos have appeared in scores of ad campaigns, in hundreds of media outlets on six continents, and on more than a dozen magazine covers. In 2023, he launched 27 Right Photography to provide corporate clients with dynamic air-to-air imagery within a framework of rigorous safety planning and risk analysis.
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One conversation could change the course of your business.
I'd love to hear about your unique strategic objectives and talk about how I can help you build a winning plan. Please reach out to me at:
james.darcy@darcystrategic.com
