StateVisit Prep Kit
A planning app for protocol officers, security consultants, and event coordinators that bundles checklists, vehicle/landing-zone templates, vendor directories, and timeline templates for hosting visiting heads of state.
Protocol officers, security consultants, and event planners supporting diplomatic visits
- Searchable library of past state-visit logistics (helipad specs, motorcade route engineering, media staging areas)
- Vendor directory of vetted construction, security, AV, and transport firms by city
- Auto-generated run-of-show timeline scaled to the size and risk profile of the visit
- Cost estimator that pulls from comparable past engagements to flag unusual line items
Every major state visit triggers a compressed construction, security, and protocol scramble; the trend shows how last-minute, high-stakes coordination breaks down and where better tooling could help.
The cited 'why now' signal (Lockheed Martin trending) is unrelated to state visits — it tracks defense/F-35 news, not diplomatic logistics; real underlying demand is a thin niche (small government protocol offices + occasional corporate/HNW visits).Media - Lockheed Martin - Releases ↗Lockheed Martin Clears F-35 Backlog Deliveries - The Aviationist ↗
No dedicated state-visit planning app surfaced; closest tools (FieldPro, visitor-management suites, generic event software like Cvent/Bizzabo) are not protocol-specific, leaving a real but very small white-space.Visit planning & field route optimization tool | FieldPro ↗Essential Protocols for State Visits in International Diplomacy ↗
Buyers are mostly government protocol offices (tight budgets, build internal tools) plus a tiny pool of private protocol/security consultants; events are infrequent and ad-hoc, making willingness-to-pay weak and ACVs small.Ceremonial and protocol services - canada.ca ↗Protocol Officer in Canada | Job description - Job Bank ↗
State visits are a steady but bounded practice; demand is non-cyclical but rarely growing, and AI/automation pressure on this niche is minimal — neutral durability.
Templates, checklists, and vendor directories are straightforward to build, but the product would need deep, vetted protocol/security content to be credible and security-sensitive enough that errors carry real-world risk.