Where We Specialize
STS Research Group conducts custom market research assignments for clients who commonly target multiple segments within Airports, Aviation, Defense, Homeland Security, Space, and Transportation markets.
This also includes the broader federal civilian government market space, especially for IT and communications-related products and services.
Clients will frequently adapt product and service solutions
from one market to another, such as defense to homeland security, as part
of a logical market-migration strategy.
Market Definitions-Segments, Impacting Trends, Solutions
Each market is partitioned into distinct segments, impacted by varying trends and regulations, resulting in a steadily changing need for advanced product and service solutions.
Airports
Segments:
Large hubs CAT X, CAT1, medium, small, regional airfields, international airports;
passenger, cargo, executive and general aviation; landside, air traffic control,
airline operations, baggage handling, maintenance, security centers; DOT,
TSA, DHS, FAA, NTSB, state and local government, airport and regional authorities,
AOPA, ICAO; architectural and engineering community.
Impacting Trends: Changing airport business model (self-sufficient from airlines, bottom-line focus, increased service quality); global competition; common use systems, analog to digital connectivity, airport-wide operation consolidation; surface management, runway incursion, traffic flow management; VLJ emergence; worker credentialing, Registered Traveler, perimeter intrusion protection, TSA directive compliance, integration with regional transit, highway, ports, centralized command and control centers; financing: FAA funding reauthorization, federal and state grants, revenue enhancement initiatives (airport retailing, concessions, property management, parking facilities).
STS Client Solutions: Larger-scale systems integration; CUTE, CUSS; ADS-B offerings, situational awareness. IT networking, wireless communication, decision support tools, digital fiber backbones. MANPADS, sensors, access control, fencing, intelligent CCTV, biometrics, smart cards, checkpoint security screening and detection.
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Aviation
Segments:: Air Transport, regional, corporate, fractionals, owner-flown; fixed wing, rotary aircraft; avionics, communications, navigation, displays and instruments, radars, sensors, lighting; aerostructures, engines, in- flight passenger systems, advanced materials; DOT, TSA, DHS, FAA, NASA, NTSB, IATA, EASA.
Impacting
Trends: Airline consolidation; emergence of low-cost carriers vs.
traditional hub and spoke airlines; air traffic control modernization; federal
security mandates; air traffic congestion; MRO outsourcing; emergence of VLJ's;
uncertain fuel prices; Airport and Airway Trust Fund reauthorization; liberalization
of treaties (emerging foreign markets); RVSM, NGATS, NAS modernization.
STS Client Solutions: Advanced onboard avionics, satellite-centric systems (communications, navigation, surveillance, weather), live TV and broadband connectivity, real-time information sharing (digital communications); terrain awareness and warning; automated flight control; synthetic vision; advanced-lightweight engines; ADS-B offerings; advanced, lighter weight materials (composites).
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Defense
Segments:
Aircraft (fighter/attack, bombers, transports, trainers), unmanned vehicles,
surface ships/undersea, ground vehicles, man portable, missiles, military
satellites, tactical and strategic weapons. US DOD Air Force, Army, Navy-Marines,
SOCOM, National Guard Reserves, Joint, Missile Defense, Defense-Wide agencies);
NATO, international MODs. Procurement (P-1), RDT&E (R-1), O&M (O-1) accounts;
FMS, DISA-ITAR.
Impacting Trends: Readiness and sustainment (O&M); counterinsurgency, irregular warfare, stability operations; foreign (countries) military buildup; interoperability, information dominance, jointness, network centric operations, high data-rate (wireless) mobile communications (networked) system capacity (voice, video, data, sensors): precision targeting: information assurance; health care costs; energy prices; outsourcing (commercial COTS) options vs. insourcing policies; legacy systems; chem-bio (WMD) warfare threats.
STS Client Solutions: Integrated logistics, supply chain management; performance-based services; IT-enabled architectures (VOIP, IpV6, optical networks, WiFi, wireless networks, VPNs, biometrics, RFID); space-based (enabling) platforms; COTM (comms on the move); software-enabled, reprogrammable designs; scalable and expandable joint-forces platforms; privatized facility security.
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Homeland Security
Segments:
Federal, state, local governments, first responders; DHS, TSA, Customs and
Border Patrol, Immigration, US Secret Service, FEMA, U.S. Coast Guard, Intel
agencies; local law enforcement, emergency management, fire protection; municipal
and regional port, border, airport, transit, rail, and highway security.
Impacting Trends: Border surveillance expansion; network centric communications, mobile emergency response, secure communications interoperability; high-risk chemical facility regulations, disaster response; CIP (Critical Infrastructure Protection), HSPD-12 compliance, consolidation of legacy systems; IT-enabled architectures (VOIP, IpV6, optical networks, WiFi, wireless networks, VPNs, biometrics, RFID)
STS Client Solutions: Situational awareness, decision support tools, feasibility studies; cross-over C4ISR offerings, mobile command ground vehicles, mobile air transportable telecommunications; commercial satellite offerings; unmanned surveillance aircraft, intrusion detection, guidance and navigation, sensors; chemical, biological, nuclear, radiological detection and countermeasures; systems integration; airport passenger and cargo checkpoint screening, access control, biometrics, intelligent video imaging, Man-Portable Air Defense Systems (MANPADS).
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Space
Segments:
Aircraft (satellites, space), launch vehicles, UAVs, communication networks- infosphere (terrestrial, air, space grid), electronics systems, teleports, space station, exploration systems. DOD, US Northern Command, Intel Agencies, DISA; NASA, DHS, FEMA, DOS, DOJ, NGA; NATO, NATO MODs, European Space Agency.
Impacting Trends: Military Space: transformational initiatives; irregular warfare-counterinsurgency; interoperability needs across GIG; security and encryption requirements, government budget constraints, foreign (countries) military buildup; C4ISR expansion(network centric communications, information dominance, jointness, global reachback); battlespace reliance on commercial bandwidth (imagery, sensor data), coalition forces coordination (NATO, NATO MOD countries). Missile Defense: emerging threats from larger nations. Civil Space: science need for advanced space observatories and ground systems, space shuttle program, space and planetary exploration, communication network demand (natural disasters and terrorist attacks), border security incursion, critical infrastructure protection; change to open standards; increasing complexity (size, cost, capabilities) of satellite operations.
STS Client Solutions: Remote sensing, navigation, meteorological and communications satellites and instruments; space observatories and interplanetary spacecraft; launch vehicles; fleet ballistic missiles; missile defense systems; human spaceflight systems. VSAT Satellite based distribution networks; transponders, amplifiers; systems integration; mobile broadband communications (comms on the move), compression algorithms, advanced signal processing; "last mile" connectivity; additional bandwidth from civil bands (L, C, Ku, Ka) for government.
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Transportation
Segments:
Airports, public transit, commuter rail, highways, maritime (ports and harbors);
traffic management; parking facilities; trucking, freight; intermodal. Federal
Agencies DOT (FAA, FHWA, FMCSA, FRA, FTA, MARAD, NHTSA); state agencies, regional
and local agencies and authorities, local government; private sector operators;
public safety, law enforcement and emergency management; utilities, leasing
companies; U.S. and international transportation agencies.
Impacting Trends: Critical infrastructure protection, centralized security surveillance, situational awareness; network centric; congestion relief, increased mobility; privatization; aging infrastructure and improvement; climate change; safety evaluation and planning; asset management; operations and intelligent transportation systems planning.
STS Client Solutions: Mobile, wireless and fixed communications; intermodal solutions; smart cards; IT security (EOIP, IpV6, optical networks, WiFi, wireless networks, VPNs, biometrics, RFID, surveillance, navigation; vehicle location and asset tracking; instrumentation and controls; security systems; fleet management, logistics, maintenance support; geospatial (GIS, GPS) systems; advanced materials.