Posted on May 19, 2014
This week I’m with colleagues at Space Symposium 2014 in Colorado Springs. Held annually at the Broadmoor Hotel, the Space Symposium brings together space leaders from around the world to discuss, dream and innovate—exactly what Booz Allen does on a daily basis. This symposium gives our firm a chance to highlight our latest work in areas like engineering services, cyber security and rapid prototyping.
Booz Allen leaders including Bill Thoet, Christopher Ling, Tom Pfeifer, Bill Wansley, Jack Welsh, Lee Ramseur and Steve Delbusso will join me and many others onsite. We’ll be leading and moderating panels, and hosting the Cyber 1.4 luncheon.
A “must see” for every attendee: demonstrations of new products and tools at the Booz Allen booth (#507). At Booz Allen, ideas come from every direction: the “Combustion Chamber,” where employees present potential products and services to a panel of leaders and compete for funding; the Aspen Ideas Festival, where employees vote on a concept that can support clients’ missions; and from solutions that work across our client sector.
Our Space Symposium booth will provide just a sampling of our newest products and big ideas – putting them in tangible form for attendees to experience, simulate and see firsthand:
- Booz Allen’s Cube Satellite, created with the Air Force Research Lab. Smaller than a breadbox, this satellite allows for a clearer image of stars, can monitor for satellite damage and can detect laser energy from the ground. This satellite will be launched in late 2014.
- Polaris. This simulation tool calculates integrated cost and schedule risk analysis for decision makers allowing them to better predict cost and schedule growth, and to analyze root causes.
- Electronic Rapid Prototyping Products. Designed to find solutions to support intelligence collection and reaction capabilities, these tools support SIGINT, COMINT and MASINT missions. Today, the signal-jamming technology of products like these is helping to protect soldiers.
- Prototypes of unattended ground sensors (UGS), man pack systems and vehicle mounted ground and air systems that utilize COTS and GOTS integrated systems.
- Sensor Net. This low power and long range wireless sensing network allows for the monitoring of remote locations where there is no existing communications infrastructure. Imagine how powerful this could be on the scene of an emergency in
- NASA Space Station 3-D CAD modeling and analysis techniques. Used to support the design, mission analysis, and operation of the International Space Station, the demonstration will showcase solutions to complex model integration and reach, and clearance analyses for strategic planning and mission validation.
These and other exciting projects and programs are what drive us to help our clients tackle their toughest challenges. We’re looking forward to seeing our colleagues from the space industry next week.
