Every environment is different
No two sites, climates, threats or operating cultures are the same. On the ground we design for the environment in front of us, not an idealised one on a drawing.
Low-resource, high-risk environments
The hardest places to work are where we do our best work.
YAVA flies its engineers to the sites most technology firms will not go: remote, off-grid, high-risk and far from support. We work on the ground, at the asset, alongside the people who run it. It is what sets us apart, and it is where we are at our best.
Why we go
We work on the ground, not remotely.
Every environment is different, and the things that make a system fail rarely show up on a drawing or a remote session. You cannot assess a perimeter, a control room, a network cabinet or a team's procedures from a desk on another continent. So we go. Our engineers stand in front of the asset, see what is really there, and build and fix it in the conditions it actually has to run in.
You can only fix what you can see
Remote reviews miss what matters: what is actually installed, what has been bypassed, and how people really work. We verify it in person, at the asset.
Connectivity cannot be assumed
In the places we work, links are intermittent or absent. Systems have to keep working when the connection does not, so we build and test them where they will run.
The people are part of the system
Technology holds up under pressure only if the people around it do. We work alongside operators and local teams, not around them.
The conditions we work in
Difficult is the default, not the exception.
We plan for the environment we will actually meet, and deploy a team that is used to it.
- Remote and off-grid sites
- Limited or intermittent connectivity
- Elevated security risk
- Extreme climate and terrain
- Weak or ageing infrastructure
- Limited local support and supply
How we deploy
Mobilise, assess on site, build at the asset, support in operation.
We move quickly, work in person, and stay responsible for the system once it is live, wherever it is.
Who we do it for
Systems people depend on, in the places that need them most.
We work for governments, operators, insurers, and humanitarian and international organisations, and for the communities that depend on what we build: airports, ports, energy and industrial sites, hospitals, embassies and public services in some of the most demanding places on earth. When these systems work, people are safer, services keep running, and operations keep moving.
A team built for it
Our field team includes experienced former military personnel, including veterans of the British and Indian Armed Forces, used to operating in difficult and high-risk conditions with limited support. They deploy from our five regional bases, backed by the engineering team at our Technology and Innovation Centre.
5
Regional bases
50+
Countries of experience
24 hour
Operational support
On site
At the asset, not remote
On the ground
Where we have been working.
Photography from YAVA engagements and engineering. Captions describe the activity shown.
Contact
Tell us what needs to work.
Whether you need advice on what to build, a system delivered and deployed, or an asset assessed and put right, a short conversation will tell you whether we fit the problem.