UAS ASET

The Unmanned Aircraft Systems (UAS) Aerial Security Evaluation Tool (ASET) program helps raise awareness of the cyber and physical risks posed by drones—particularly around large corporate facilities, high-profile events, and critical points of interest. It also evaluates potential threat types associated with UAS activity.

 The UAS ASET project team approached our team for help translating their manual, spreadsheet-based process into a streamlined, web-based risk management tool. Their existing workflow involved entering and calculating multiple risk factors in a spreadsheet, manually generating reports, and assessing risk level, judgment, and consequences based on form inputs.

Their primary request was to design and build a web-based system that would simplify these processes, improve efficiency, and enhance usability—ultimately making it easier for users to perform their assessments and generate insights.

 For this project, I worked closely with the federal team to gather detailed business and user requirements, define user workflows, and conduct in-depth UX research. I translated these insights into wireframes and interactive prototypes, led user testing sessions, facilitated UAT demos, and collaborated with developers to deliver a secure, web-based platform.

The project went through several phases of redesign, rebranding, and redevelopment. When the original hosting environment became unavailable, our team quickly pivoted—selecting a new host, restarting development, and rebranding the application, including a new name and updated visual identity. I led the UI/UX redesign, producing new wireframes and high-fidelity prototypes to support extended user testing.

The redesigned system replaced a manual, spreadsheet-based process with an integrated assessment and risk management solution—significantly improving usability, data accuracy, and operational efficiency for both internal and external users.

During testing, we received valuable feedback noting that while the interface was intuitive and user-friendly, the assessment included an overwhelming number of questions. Stakeholders revised the questionnaire, and I iteratively updated the prototype to reflect these changes. Although the UAS ASET project was ultimately defunded prior to final UAT and deployment, both the client and end users expressed high satisfaction with the product’s design, functionality, and overall direction.