Site assessment and design
Assessing a facility's exposure from the air and designing detection coverage against it, including where sensors should sit and what they will and will not see.
An assessment answers a narrower question than most vendors ask: what is this specific site exposed to from the air, and what would actually have to be in place to see it coming.
Done properly it is the document a procurement and a funding request both rest on. Done as a preamble to a product recommendation it is marketing, and procurement officers can tell the difference.
Why this is live now
- Detection by camera, radar, acoustic sensor, Remote ID and non-intercept RF is lawful for private operators, so a facility can act on an assessment without waiting on federal authority.
- Assessment and planning are named allowable costs under the FEMA C-UAS Grant Program, so for public agencies the work can be funded.
- Site assessment carries the highest cost-per-click of any services term we measured in this segment, at $12.68, against negligible search volume, which suggests a small number of buyers who value it highly.
Who this is for
- Critical infrastructure and utility operators
- Correctional facilities
- Industrial sites, refineries and data centres
- Corporate security functions with a fixed high-value site
What we would do
Analysis and advisory work. We have no deployed installations in this segment and do not imply otherwise.
- Airspace exposure review covering approach routes, standoff distances and points of interest from above
- Sensor siting and expected detection coverage, including the gaps a given mix will leave
- Assessment of what existing security infrastructure already contributes
- A written basis a procurement or a grant request can be built on
FAQ
▸Does an assessment commit us to a particular product?
It should not, and that is much of the point of having it done separately from a vendor. An assessment describes the site, the exposure and the coverage required. Which system meets it is the next question, and keeping the two apart is what makes a procurement defensible.
▸Is this a physical survey or a desk exercise?
Meaningful sensor siting eventually needs someone at the site, particularly for any radio-frequency survey. Much of the analysis, including approach modelling and coverage design, is desk work. We are explicit about which part is which in any proposal rather than implying an attendance that is not happening.
▸How is sensitive information handled?
Vulnerability assessments of critical infrastructure commonly fall under protected information regimes such as Sensitive Security Information or the Protected Critical Infrastructure Information programme. These turn on covered-person status and need-to-know rather than nationality, but they impose real handling obligations that have to be agreed before work starts, not during it.