Case Study: Cygnus Aerospace achieves 78 hours/month time savings and 2× ROI with Unanet ERP GovCon

For Cygnus Aerospace, an ERP Upgrade Brings Astronomical Time-Savings, Sky-High ROI

Cygnus Aerospace, a service‑disabled veteran‑owned small business founded in 2003 that provides aircraft modification services to the U.S. Department of Defense, was hamstrung by QuickBooks and paper‑based processes. Compliance‑related accounting and manual timesheet/expense workflows consumed about 105 hours per month, provided no real‑time project visibility, and threatened the company’s ability to scale profitably.

In early 2015 Cygnus implemented Unanet ERP GovCon (about a six‑month rollout) to automate timesheets, expense reporting, billing, subcontractor tracking, mobile field entry and real‑time dashboards. Accounting effort fell from ~105 to ~27 hours/month (saving ~78 hours), ROI exceeded twice the software cost each month, DCAA compliance and subcontractor visibility improved, hiring was avoided on large projects, and leadership gained timely, accurate program profitability and decision‑making.

Cygnus Aerospace

Tracey Jackson

Partner