CMMC Certification for Aerospace & Defense Suppliers

CMMC Is Suspended, Not Canceled. Is Your Supply Chain Ready?

Abstract

A 17-minute conversation between Steve Neemeh of LHP Engineering Solutions and May Guevara, CEO & Founder of Guevara Group LLC, on what defense suppliers still owe today and how to prepare for what comes next.

CMMC has been in the headlines, and much of what suppliers hear is confusing. In this fireside chat, Steve sits down with CMMC specialist May Guevara to separate what changed from what did not. They cover who is actually affected, how contract flow-down decides your obligations, and why buying a compliance tool does not make you compliant.

What's Covered 

• What was suspended and what still applies. Why Phase 1 self-assessment requirements under Level 1 and Level 2 remain in effect, and why your FAR, DFARS, and NIST SP 800-171 obligations did not go away.
• Whether CMMC applies to you. How to read your contract flow-down, and the difference between Level 1 (Federal Contract Information) and Level 2 (Controlled Unclassified Information).
• The questions to ask your prime. What to do when you receive a blanket contract requirement, and why FCI and CUI must be identified and labeled before you can protect them.
• How to flow requirements down correctly. When the obligation stops with you, when it passes to your suppliers, and how acting early keeps one correction from turning into ten.
• Why CMMC is not an IT project. How engineering, procurement, quality, configuration management, HR, and leadership each touch controlled data, and who ultimately owns the risk.
• Requirements first, technology second. Why enclaves and compliance tools help only when they fit your contract, your data, and your environment.
• What primes can do to protect their supply chain. Why building internal CMMC expertise, including Registered Practitioners, helps keep capable suppliers in the defense industrial base.

Speakers

Steve Neemeh, LHP Engineering Solutions. Host of LHP's fireside chat series, where he sits down with experts to unpack complex technical topics and how AI affects them.

May Guevara, CEO & Founder, Guevara Group LLC. Guevara Group helps aerospace, space, and defense organizations prepare for AS9100 certification, CMMC Level 1 and Level 2 compliance, and NADCAP audits.