FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Date:
April 7, 2005
Contact: Jerome N. “Jerry” Harris
Director of
Strategic Marketing
Applied Technology Associates
1300 Britt St SE
Albuquerque, NM 87123 USA
Phone: (505) 767-1235
E-mail:
jharris@aptec.com
APPLIED TECHNOLOGY
ASSOCIATES FINALIZES LICENSE AGREEMENTS
FOR FAST STEERING MIRRORS
ALBUQUERQUE, NM --
Applied Technology Associates, Inc. (ATA) finalized a license agreement with
MIT Lincoln Lab (MIT/LL) for use of its Fast Steering Mirrors (FSMs)
technology.
The MIT/LL FSMs are
designed for stabilized communications lasers.
The several FSM designs being licensed range from 0.75 inches to 1.8 inches
in diameter. ATA will be using these mirrors to supplement their core FSM
product line. ATA’s primary focus is developing FSMs for airborne and space
directed energy and laser communication applications.
Jeff Grusy, Director of ATA’s Sensors and Systems Division
said, “The MIT/LL designs give us proven design technology for the small end
of our FSM product line, enabling ATA to provide a full range of FSM’s from
sub-1 inch to the large 12-inch designs using a variety of mirror materials
such as glass, SLMS or beryllium. ATA will now be positioned to become the
leader in truly high performance FSM products, which will include other ATA
core technologies in sensors, actuators and real-time controls for
terrestrial, airborne and space applications”.
ATA’s current FSM programs involves building high
performance 5-inch and 12-inch FSMs for the High Energy Laser Joint
Technology Office (HEL JTO) and Missile Defense Agency under contract from
Air Force Research Labs, both Department of Defense agencies. These high
speed mirrors will be used for acquisition, tracking, pointing, and beam
stabilization of a directed high energy laser system at 1 KHz and higher
rates.
Anthony Tenorio, President of ATA, stated, “The license of
MIT/LL technology rounds out ATA’s product and enable us to deliver major
subsystems for precision pointing, tracking and control using all ATA
component designs. We design and build the world’s best sensors, actuators,
FSMs and real time controls, which ideally positions ATA to become a world
class supplier to the aerospace and defense industries as well as to major
laser communications hardware suppliers”.
ABOUT ATA
Applied Technology Associates, Inc. (ATA) was organized in
1975 in Albuquerque, N.M., and ATA has acquired an international reputation
for excellence in products and professional engineering services for
precision measurement, sensing, and control. ATA sensors, actuators,
inertial reference units and controls products are used in defense systems,
earth imaging satellites, automotive crash testing, and in platform
stabilization for telescopes and laser communications systems. Named the
Small Business Administration Prime Contractor of the Year in 2004, ATA has
also been on New Mexico’s Flying 40 list of high-tech firms for the past
four years.
Located in the Sandia Science and Technology Park, ATA
employs about 70 people. ATA also operates facilities on Kirtland AFB and at
North Oscura Peak on the White Sands Missile Range, and as a subcontractor
to SAIC providing testing support to the Air Force Test and Evaluation
Command in several locations around the country. |
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