ATA R & D Services


	Government Services The ATA Government Services Division provides support to government agencies in areas of scientific research and technology development, experimentation, training, and test and evaluation. This group operates from ATA facilities on Kirtland AFB, New Mexico and operates a facility at North Oscura Peak, White Sands Missile Range, NM. In addition, ATA staff supports technology development, experimentation and support services at other sites around the world as required.
	Motion Control Systems ATA develops custom precision motion control systems with specialization in pointing and tracking. The company has developed systems to demonstrate laser tracking of moving targets such as that for the High Altitude Balloon Program (HABE) which combined our technical expertise in lasers and optics, real time controls, gimbal systems, and sensors. We also create tracking systems for large telescopes such as the facility at NOP, and provide training and operations support to our customers.
	Optical Measurements & Imaging Systems ATA scientist and engineers support a variety of programs conducting research into optical sensors, adaptive optics for laser systems, adaptive optics and MEMS adaptive optics, and multi-spectral metrology systems.
	Space and Airborne Surveillance ATA works in areas of multi-spectral and polarimetric technologies for long stand-off target discrimination & classification, the use of laser illumination for chemical detection, and the development of optical tags for marking objects of interest. Ata works with both active and passive illumination systems.
	Test, Evaluation and Training ATA support AFOTEC and government prime contractors in areas of test and evaluation of military equipment, and in training Air Force personnel in test and evaluation and explosive ordinance disposal.