My Flight Commander regularly ' interfaces ' with us.
At least he didn’t “integrate” with you, or did that come later in a private meeting?
we are probably the SMEs in the matter
MoD commercial practice is to stiff Small/Medium Enterprises and drive them out of business; folks like us wonder why they treat Subject Matter Experts like that. This one causes lots of consternation, especially when the SME is the SME. It explains a lot.