For evaluating organizations

We do not describe the method publicly. This page sets out what is available under a non-disclosure agreement, what an evaluation involves, and what it will cost you in time.

What we share

Under a signed non-disclosure agreement:

  • The physical principle the detection rests on.
  • The detection logic, and why it is deterministic rather than learned.
  • Measured results from controlled experiments, including the conditions under which they were obtained.
  • Known limits and failure modes. Where the system does not work, and why.
  • Integration interfaces, output formats, and what it takes to report into an existing command system.
  • The detection event: what each notification carries, and what a command system needs to retain to reconstruct an incident from it afterwards.
  • Indicative cost per covered meter of perimeter.

What we withhold

Not until a trial agreement is signed, and in some cases not then:

  • The patent claims as filed, before publication.
  • Source code and hardware designs.
  • The identity of other evaluating organizations.

We would rather state this than have you discover it in the third meeting.

How it runs

  1. Technical briefing

    90 minutes. Remote or on site. Under NDA.

    The principle, the results, the limits. You leave able to judge whether this applies to the perimeters you are responsible for. If it does not, we would both rather know now.

  2. Site characterization

    Half a day. On site.

    We walk a perimeter you actually care about. You get a written assessment of where the system would help, where it would not, and what coverage would cost. This is useful to you whether or not you proceed.

  3. Controlled demonstration

    One day. Our equipment, your site.

    A threat profile you specify, at a location you choose. Success criteria agreed in writing beforehand, so the result is not a matter of interpretation afterwards.

  4. Field trial

    Scope defined jointly.

    Duration, success criteria, data handling and reporting agreed before anything is installed. We do not install equipment against an open-ended evaluation.

What we need

  • A perimeter that matters to you, not a convenient one.
  • A technical point of contact who can answer questions about the site.
  • A threat profile, even a rough one. What you expect to face, and from where.
  • Someone with the authority to say no early.

The last one matters most. An evaluation that cannot be stopped at stage one costs you more than it costs us.

Start

This goes to info@hiltradefense.com. We reply to every inquiry from an identifiable organization, usually within two working days.