What Makes SSI Different

In a crowded community of suppliers, SSI stands out for a simple reason.

We Know How to Build It!

Like many of our teammates, SSI’s team of seasoned professionals provide solutions to the government and commercial customers. However, SSI employees have extensive development experience. We’ve worked in the trenches turning wrenches, crunching code, meeting deadlines. While our teammates have experience buying solutions, our experience is in providing solutions. This distinction allows us to speak directly to your vendors – developer to developer.

At SSI, we seek out people who have built things. We know this makes them better consultants. Our customers value our development experience in that we help their vendors deliver on-time and under budget.

Extensive product cycle experience
  • Mission development and
    proposal efforts
  • Product definition/development
  • Integration and test
  • Launch and mission operations
SSI has multiple core competencies among many disciplines.

MANAGEMENT:
    • Project Management
    • Vendor Management
    • ITAR Compliance
SYSTEM:
    • Mission engineering
    • Enterprise architecture
    • Space segment
    • Ground segment
    • Requirements/interface management
    • System integration and verification
SUBSYSTEM:
    • Structures and mechanisms
    • Command and data handling
    • Guidance and control
    • Electrical power
    • Thermal control
    • Flight, ground, and test software
    • Analytical tool development
Systems Engineering and Technical Assistance

  • Well informed decisions
  • Life cycle and cost/benefit analysis
  • Review of CDRLs, SDRLs, and  milestone events
  • System integration and verification
  • Product validation
  • Assess impacts of key decisions to the program
Independent Review Team Participation
  • Provide the subject matter experts to provide non-advocate review of designs
  • Perform independent and non-biased analysis of critical designs and solutions
  • Provide independent assessments of designs, procedures, policies, and solutions



Acquisition Strategy
  • Assist the government in effectively delivering goods and services to meet the needs of the warfighter
  • Improve acquisition performance
  • Develop ways to speed technology transitions focused on the needs of the warfighter
  • Support and improve the export of control process



Export Compliance
  • TAA Interpretation and administrative assistance
  • Technical review of defense services provided
  • Export compliance training
  • Export compliance gap analysis and audits
  • On-site support for technical meetings
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Mission Design and Engineering
  • Develop the complete system design with
    – Mission ConOps development
    – Enterprise architecture development
    – Mission requirements management
  • Rigorous, product-oriented SE process 
  • Manage requirements, cost, schedule
  • Measurable progress with risk reduction
Subsystem Design and Engineering
  • Requirements analysis and derivation
  • Subsystem definition and design
  • Performance/worst case analysis
  • Subsystem/component specifications and ICDs
  • Subsystem/component verification
  • Subsystem areas of expertise:
    – C&DH, EPS, ADCS/GNC, TCS,
    SMS, Software
Acquisition Strategy
  • Requirements analysis, capture, and management
  • Architecture trade studies, definition, and synthesis
  • System integration and interact management
  • Ground and space segment design
  • Risk management
  • System verification
Detailed Analysis and Trade Studies
  • Trade studies
    – Mission scenarios
    – System optimization
    – Performance trades
  • Detailed analysis
    – Performance and worst case analysis
    – Interface compatibility
    – Reliability
    – Risk
Project Management Services
  • Program office support
  • Subcontract management
  • Vendor management
  • Remote vendor/event monitoring
  • U.S. Department of State ITAR and U.S. Department of Commerce EAR export compliance