Experts at Getting Things Done (Better)
Strategic Mission Elements, Inc. (SME) is a defense and intelligence engineering practice providing mission analytics design, software engineering, SATCOM engineering, and data science solutions to Intelligence Community and DoD customers. It develops analytic products and services spanning data science, intelligence analysis, geospatial analysis, and systems engineering for classified and unclassified networks. The practice operates from headquarters in Chantilly, Virginia, with an additional office in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
Delivering advanced data analytics and extraction processes to help organizations interpret complex datasets.
Designing complete analytical products from ingestion to user interface.
Creating specialized analytical workflows and algorithms.
Building custom extract, transform, and load pipelines for diverse information sources.
Designing intuitive visual representations of complex datasets to aid analytical decision-making.
Providing specialized intelligence capabilities across multi-INT and all-source domains.
Synthesizing intelligence from multiple disparate collection disciplines.
Applying GEOINT, IMINT, and SIGINT expertise to evaluate critical threats.
Deploying deep operational tradecraft to support active tactical missions.
Engaging directly with mission users to ensure the adoption and refinement of capabilities.
Collaborating directly with analysts in operational environments.
Developing modern operational strategies to streamline mission workflows.
Designing and delivering specialized educational materials to improve analytic and geospatial capabilities.
Developing and teaching custom curricula for advanced analytical modeling.
Creating training materials focused on geographic information systems and spatial intelligence.
Developing mission-focused applications and robust systems across diverse platforms.
Creating intuitive user interfaces and user experiences optimized for complex analysis.
Architecting modular, highly scalable software backend systems.
Deploying secure, resilient application infrastructure within cloud environments.
Programming custom tools designed to solve specific operational intelligence problems.
Providing end-to-end technical support for satellite communications systems and programs.
Assisting with the deployment and transition of complex communications hardware and software.
Delivering continuous engineering support to maintain high-availability satellite networks.
Developing and integrating in-band and out-of-band ground system control systems.
Developing next-generation exercise and training software to replicate complex operating environments.
Simulating realistic representation of satellite capabilities, limitations, and operational processes.
Generating synthetic intelligence reports modeling entity movement, emissions, and collection.
Defense · Intelligence & National Security
Defense · Client: United States Department of Defense
Participating in a multiple-award program to mature, demonstrate, and proliferate cross-platform capabilities. The work leverages open systems design, modern software, and algorithm development to enable JADC2 operational readiness.