Air Force — Project YETI
Reducing threat alert time from 20 minutes to under 60 seconds for the OPIR satellite intelligence program.
- UI
- UX
- Govtech
- Research & Testing
Due to the sensitive nature of this project, I can only speak to it online in fairly high-level terms and with limited visuals.
Background
Pivotal Labs assisted the Air Force in developing internal training initiatives to transition toward complete soldier-led development & design to reduce contractor dependency. The Air Force was concerned about discovery taking 4 months - My team got user research, concept design, validation testing, AND the MVP deployed to production within 4 weeks.
The Problem
The OPIR (Overhead Persistent Infrared) satellite program struggled as a warning system despite its intelligence value. Threat identification and field notification required 5–20 minutes — critically too slow for protective action.
