Hotspots

A live globe of where armed conflict is being reported.

IAMD Planner

Air and missile defense planning on real terrain.

Approach

Why domain literacy changes what a defense tool can do.

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Planner plans for individuals and teams.

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Questions, feedback, or a team that needs the planner.
A delta-wing loitering munition over a coastline, with a strike impacting a hillside beyond

Making complex operations legible.

Frame and Fire builds Hotspots, a live globe of where armed conflict is being reported, and the IAMD Planner, air and missile defense planning on real terrain.

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The Hotspots globe: clusters of reported armed violence across Europe, the Middle East and Africa, coloured by whether reporting is rising or falling
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Hotspots

Where armed violence is being reported around the world, drawn from news coverage and updated every 15 minutes.

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IAMD Planner

Air and missile defense planning on real terrain.

Place sensors and effectors on real terrain, evaluate coverage and line of sight, and take the result straight into a briefing without rebuilding it as slides.

  • DEM-based line-of-sight and terrain masking
  • Sensor and effector coverage modeling
  • MIL-STD-2525 symbology throughout
  • Presentation mode with high-resolution export
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The IAMD Planner interface above a ground-level view of Patriot, LTAMDS and IFPC vehicles sited on real terrain
Siting a laydown
Sensors and effectors sited on real terrain, three hostile axes plotted, then coverage cut back to what the terrain actually sees. Ranges are notional.
Approach

Built by someone who has sat in the briefing.

Two decades of defense visualization work — program graphics, capture support, and technical illustration for prime contractors — shape every decision in the studio's tools and output.

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