Science and Technology Associates, Inc. (STA) is a specialized technical services company established in 1982 to provide strong scientific, engineering, and program management support to a variety of government organizations, particularly within the Department of Defense (DoD). The collective expertise of the professional staff covers a wide range of advanced technologies having applications in tactical and strategic military systems. The principal thrust of STA program efforts is to conduct technically sound, independent, and objective analyses of advanced military systems concepts, developmental systems, and advanced technology research programs to support government program managers and decision-makers. STA's program support capabilities include requirements definitions, modeling and simulations, concept evaluations, technology assessments, risk assessments, test planning and evaluations, and programmatic support activities.

STA is a small business with a staff of approximately 70 technical and financial/contract management professionals, consultants, and support personnel. Members of the technical staff average over 15 years of experience in analyzing, developing, and implementing defense programs. Selected members of the technical staff have extensive military operations backgrounds or significant government program development and management experience.

FACILITIES

Science and Technology Associates’ offices are located at 4100 Fairfax Drive, Suite 910, Arlington, Virginia, three blocks from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) and one block from the Ballston station of Washington's Metro rail system (Orange Line). STA occupies 13,200 square feet of office space on the ninth floor of this building, with ample storage facilities at garage level. This location affords convenient travel to and from the Pentagon and DoD offices in the Washington, D.C. area. STA's location also provides convenient access to Reagan National and Dulles International airports.

Conference Facilities: STA has five conference rooms, the largest of which will accommodate 50 attendees. Two of the other conference rooms will each seat up to 20. The remaining two will hold 12. Support equipment for conducting meetings is available including two video teleconferencing (VTC) systems (mobile within the suite), LCD and overhead projectors, television/VCR/DVD, and an electronic print board. The VTC units can be used to link the largest conference room with one of the 20 seat conference rooms to host meetings of up to 70 attendees. Other conference room/VTC configurations are also possible.

Computer/Network Facilities: STA's LAN is a 10/100 Base-T, Cisco-based environment. Internet connectivity is provided via a T1 connection, and Virtual Private Networking is routinely used both by STA employees and clients. Each room in the suite is equipped with at least one hard-wired LAN port, and conference rooms have networking options available. STA also has wireless connectivity options external to the STA firewall.

Laboratory Facility: STA's laboratory is located at garage level in the Quincy Street Station building at 4001 Fairfax Drive. This laboratory is used to assemble and test experimental hardware to support STA client programs. Examples of tests conducted include propellant flow tests for the Shredder rocket motor program and fin-deployment bench tests for the tank-launched TERM-KE projectile.

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TECHNICAL PROGRAM EFFORTS

Most of the technical work conducted by STA since its establishment has been in support of large systems and technology development programs funded by DARPA, the Missile Defense Agency (MDA), the Defense Information Security Agency (DISA), the Office of Naval Research (ONR), and the U.S. Army.

TECHNICAL EXPERTISE

STA's specialized areas of expertise include advanced EO and RF sensors, navigation sensors, sensor fusion, missile seeker design, guidance and control technologies, missile propulsion, autonomous acquisition and targeting algorithms, fire-control systems, high-performance data and signal processors, network/architecture optimization, design and evaluation of specialized microelectronics devices, electronics packaging, systems integration, component and system simulation, composite armor systems, warhead technology, structural analysis, and advanced materials.

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