Lawelawe Defense Inc

Lawelawe Defense Inc is a federal services contractor founded in 2020 and headquartered in Kailua, Hawaii. The company is a Native Hawaiian Owned Small Disadvantaged Business and a certified participant in the SBA 8(a) Business Development Program, which it uses to deliver services to clients across the United States federal government market.

Its work is organised into four service lines: program management and business transformation; human capital and training; digital solutions, covering secure application development and defense intelligence support; and healthcare and health IT. These span the verticals of federal government, defense and intelligence, healthcare IT, and government contracting.

The firm describes its approach to federal contracting as agile, positioning itself as adaptable to shifting client requirements. Its technical domains include digital solutions, health IT, secure application development, defense intelligence support, program management, business transformation, and human capital and training.

The company name, Lawelawe, means "to care for others" in Hawaiian. The firm states a commitment to supporting economically disadvantaged Native Hawaiian families and preserving cultural heritage through initiatives run by a parent charity, and frames its work as combining technical expertise with cultural values.