Tucson Embedded Systems

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	August 24, 2010	Tucson Embedded Systems, Inc. Ranks #28 on List of Top Engineering Companies on the 2010 Inc. 5000
		NEW YORK, August 24, 2010 -- Inc. magazine today ranked TUCSON EMBEDDED SYSTEMS, INC. NO. 2033 on its fourth annual Inc. 5000, an exclusive ranking of the nation's fastest-growing private companies. The list represents the most comprehensive look at the most important segment of the economy—America’s independent-minded entrepreneurs. Music website Pandora, convenience store chain 7-Eleven, Brooklyn Brewery, and Radio Flyer, maker of the iconic children’s red wagon, are among the prominent brands featured on this year’s list. Tucson Embedded Systems, Inc. Ranks No. 2033 on the 2010 Inc. 5000 with Three-Year Sales Growth of 131% The 2010 Inc. 5000 makes it the fourth year that Tucson Embedded Systems has made the list. This year’s ranking of 2033 is a 2,939 position movement up from our 2007 ranking. In 2007, 2008 and 2009, Inc. magazine also recognized Tucson Embedded Systems’s success, listing Tucson Embedded Systems in the Inc. 5000 Fastest Growing Private Companies in America. Complete results of the Inc. 5000, including company profile, can be found at http://www.inc.com/inc5000/profile/tucson-embedded-systems
	July 15, 2010	Tucson Embedded Systems (TES) awarded Navy SeaPort-E Indefinite-Delivery/Indefinite-Quantity (IDIQ) Contract
		Today TES was informed that we were awarded a Navy Indefinite-Delivery/Indefinite-Quantity (IDIQ) contract called SeaPort-e. TES actually won two contracts, one contract as a prime, and one contract as subcontractor to a firm in Washington D.C. This IDIQ has a four-year base period. The Government estimates a maximum of $5,300,000,000 of services will be procured per year via orders issued under the SeaPort-e multiple award contracts. We were two of 556 awards. While the contract is called SeaPort-e, it covers all of Navy, including: Naval Sea Systems Command Naval Air Systems Command Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command Naval Supply Systems Command Military Sealift Command Naval Facilities Command Strategic Systems Programs Office of Naval Research the Marine Corps The functional areas include: R&D Support Engineering Support Modeling and Simulation Prototyping System Des Doc/Tech Data Software RM&A HF Engineering Support System Safety Interoperability /T&E/ Trials Measure Facilities/Ranges Logistics Support Training In-Service Eng Program Support For more information, please see http://www.defense.gov/contracts/contract.aspx?contractid=4323
	May 11, 2010	Tucson Embedded Systems presents technical paper to the American Helicopter Society, "Reusable Automated Platform SIL Testing ― A Cost-Effective Risk-Reduced Process for Airworthy Reusable Software”
		On 11 May 2010, Tucson Embedded Systems, Inc. (TES) presented “Reusable Automated Platform SIL Testing -A Cost-Effective Risk-Reduced Process for Airworthy Reusable Software” to the American Helicopter Society at its 66th Annual AHS International Conference held in Phoenix, Arizona. This technical paper was co-authored with the U.S. Army Aviation & Missle Research, Development & Engineering Center (AMRDEC) Software Engineering Directorate (SED)-Airworthiness. This is a second in a series of papers that describes reusable airworthy software approaches. This paper describes TES’ development and application of automated testing capabilities designed to perform independent verification of U.S. Army Aviation’s Product Manager of Aviation Mission Equipment (PM-AME) Alt-Comms reusable software product prior to it being released to the rotorcraft platforms. The paper also quantifies the projected cost savings using automation and reuse to support platform System Integration Laboratories (SILs) testing. This approach supports the development phases of the lifecycle as well as the platform’s Formal Qualification Test (FQT). TES developed and currently maintains a cost-effective risk-reduced automated test lab environment for PM-AME. This Alt-Comms lab supports the development and integration of reusable aviation software for the US Army Aviation Systems and promotes the evaluation of embedded control software across a fleet of multiple dissimilar platforms prior to formal release. The goal is 100% reuse of automated test procedures and test artifacts such that one test suite can be developed once and reused for multiple platform airworthiness releases as described in the FAA circular AC 20-148 and Airworthiness Qualification of U.S. Army Aircraft Systems, AR 70-62. TES and PM-AME estimate a reduction of more than 70% time and more than 50% cost of integration. This reduction is achieve when comparing reuse and automation to current business practices. This cost avoidance could allow the Department of Defense (DoD) to field two to six additional capability sets, using this automated test approach for the same budget as one using current business practices. For additional information on reusable automated platform SIL testing or Tucson Embedded Systems, Inc., please contact Mr. Stephen Simi at 520.575-7283x154 or send an email to StephenS@TucsonEmbedded.com, or visit us at www.TucsonEmbedded.com. We can provide you with a copy of the paper and presentation upon request, and can arrange a demonstration of this capability.
	May 11, 2010	Unmanned Ground Vehicle Wins Best Overall Design Award at Engineering Design Day 2010 Source: Arizona Engineer Online by Pete Brown
		"The award for best overall design went to UGV 2010 at this year's Engineering Design Day. The design team consisted of mechanical engineer Elliot Hart, computer engineers David Irving and Ivan Lizarraga, and electrical engineers Touseef Ahmad, Khalid Al Hmili, Ben Baskett and Jose Rodriguez. The unmanned ground vehicle designed by the UGV 2010 team can navigate autonomously while avoiding obstacles. The team and its sponsor hope to turn it into a search and rescue vehicle for use in hazardous environments. The project sponsor, Tucson Embedded Systems, tasked the team with creating an autonomous robot capable of point-to-point navigation using GPS while avoiding simple obstacles. The team was also asked to develop a command and control graphical user interface for the unmanned ground vehicle. Tucson Embedded Systems wants to develop an unmanned ground vehicle for search and rescue. Unmanned vehicles are increasingly being used for dangerous tasks, and some emergency service providers currently use UGVs for life-saving missions in dangerous environments. The mission of this project was to build a UGV that could be further developed into a life-saving UGV. UGV 2010 was just one project among 60 designed by UA engineering students and shown at Engineering Design Day, the UA College of Engineering's premier showcase of student design."
	September 2, 2009	Grand Opening Event of Safety Critical PC Board Assembly - Tucson Assembly Solutions Tucson Arizona - September 16, 2009 Source: Arizona Technology Council
		"Safety and mission critical electronics can now be produced cost effectively in Southern Arizona with our new PC Board assembly facility", says Mike Sherwood - Operations Officer of Tucson Assembly Solutions. "Together with our engineering services division of Tucson Embedded Systems we offer a complete design and production environment." The new 17,000 square foot facility is operational and can: Build board sizes up to 20” x 20”, up to 36 layers, rigid, flex and rigid/flex Place fine pitch, QFNs, BGAs and odd forms Has 20 year qualified staff to support prototypes through high volume production Tucson Embedded Systems and Tucson Assembly Solutions are pleased to invite the Arizona Business Community to our Grand Opening Event on September 16, 2009. Sponsored by the Arizona Technology Council, please join us for a tour and refreshments from 5:30 to 7:00 PM 3391 E Hemisphere loop Tucson, AZ. 85706 520-889-3344
	August 20, 2009	Distributed Common Ground System-Army (DCGS-A) Team Received Army Contract Source: Forbes.com
		Northrop Grumman Corp. said Wednesday it received an Army contract valued at $296 million to continue development of a system that provides ground intelligence to soldiers. The contract to finalize development of the Distributed Common Ground System-Army, or DCGS-A, Mobile Basic system for the Army's emerging Brigade Combat Teams covers a period of 30 months. Los Angeles-based Northrop said the upgrade to the system significantly empowers individual soldiers at all levels by providing them with modern, common tools and services for accurate, time-sensitive war-fighting support. Northrop Grumman leads a DCGS-A team that includes General Dynamics, Lockheed Martin, SAIC, Overwatch Systems and Tucson Embedded Systems.
	August 15, 2009	Tucson Embedded Systems named to 2009 Inc. 5000 list of the nation's fastest-growing companies Source: Arizona Daily Star
		Eight companies in Tucson and one in Sierra Vista made the 2009 Inc. 5000 list of the nation's fastest-growing companies, ranked by revenue growth from 2005 through 2008. The Tucson companies and the financial data — revenue and percentage of revenue growth, respectively — cited by Inc. are: Paragon Space Development, $7.8 million, 320 percent. Simpleview, 6.2 million, 218 percent. HydroGeophysics, $3.1 million, 112 percent. SynCardia Systems, $6.7 million, 112 percent. Tucson Embedded Systems, $12.4 million, 90 percent. CyraCom International, $20.1 million, 60 percent. AGM Container Controls, $14.8 million, 39 percent. Tony's Construction, $4.5 million, 33 percent. The Sierra Vista company is Integrated Systems Improvement Services, $13.3 million, 112 percent.
	October 1, 2008	Tucson Embedded Systems Awarded Support Contract for Army ISR Toolkit at Fort Huachuca
		Tucson Embedded Systems, (TES) an Inc. 5000 fastest growing company award winner, today announces the Army contract award for the ISR Synchronization Tool (IST). IST is used to: • To conduct ISR Planning • Determine Sensor Availability • Synchronize ISR Missions • Generate Requests for Collection with PRISM • Manage RFII
	August 20, 2008	Inc. magazine today ranked Tucson Embedded Systems No. 3,877 (a 1,095 position improvement from 2007) on its 27th annual Inc. 500 list of the fastest-growing private companies in the U.S.
		NEW YORK, August 20, 2008 — Inc. magazine today ranked Tucson Embedded Systems No. 3,877 (a 1,095 position improvement from 2007) on its 27th annual Inc. 500 list of the fastest-growing private companies in the U.S. The list is the most comprehensive look at the most important segment of the economy – America’s independent-minded entrepreneurs. Companies such as Zappos, Intuit, GoDaddy, Under Armour, Jamba Juice, American Apparel, Oracle and hundreds of other powerhouses gained early exposure as members of the Inc. 500.
	August 23, 2007	Tucson Embedded Systems, Inc Ranks among the top 5000 Fastest Growing Companies on the 2007 Inc. 5,000 List
		NEW YORK, August 23, 2007 – Inc. today ranked Tucson Embedded Systems, Inc Number 4972 on its first-ever Inc. 5,000 list of the fastest-growing private companies in the country. The Inc. 5,000, an extension of Inc. magazine’s annual Inc. 500 list, catches many businesses that are too big to grow at the pace required to make the Inc. 500, as well as a host of smaller firms. Taken as a whole, these companies represent the backbone of the U.S. economy.
	July 8, 2007	4 companies in Tucson race to build a self-driving vehicle Source: BizAZ by A.S. Berman
		According to Larry Head, interim department head of the systems and industrial engineering department at the University of Arizona in Tucson, autonomous vehicles would give American forces the means to penetrate deep behind enemy lines to gather intelligence, deliver supplies and rescue soldiers like those who went missing in May. "And if an unmanned vehicle hits an IED, nobody dies," Head said. For about a year now, he has been working closely with a handful of tech companies - Tuscon-based Raytheon, Preferred Chassis Fabrications, Tucson Embedded Systems, UA and the Burlington, Mass., technology firm iRobot Corp., the company that brought us the Roomba robot vacuum cleaner - to develop Congress' dream vehicle. Calling themselves Team Scorpion, they all are part of the Urban Challenge, a biennial competition administered by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, the central research arm of the Defense Department, since 2003.
	May, 2007	Tucson Embedded Systems,Inc(TES)presents a briefing to the American Helicopter Society
		On 3 May 2007, Tucson Embedded Systems, Inc. (TES) presented the “Capability Driven Architecture: An Approach to Airworthy Reusable Software” to the American Helicopter Society in Virginia Beach, Virginia at its 63rd Annual AHS International Conference. TES developed this “Capability Driven Architecture" in response to a request by the US Army Program Manager for Aviation Mission Equipment to find a way to reduce cost, schedule and risk in the integration of common components onto various platforms through software reuse in support of their Common Software Initiative (CSI). TES demonstrated the architecture by integrating the capabilities of two Army tactical radios onto four different Aviation platforms employing different operating systems and verifying each integration by using one automated test suite. A great amount of cost savings is made in documentation reuse too. Other presenters included NASA Ames Research Center, SAIC, Rockwell Collins-Ft. Collins, the Boeing Company-Mesa, US Army AMRDEC, and Lockheed Martin-Owego. Attendees included representatives from the U.S. Army’s Product Manager for Aviation Mission Equipment (PM-AME), the Aviation Applied Technology Directorate (AATD), and a host of industry partners.
	April, 2007	Tucson Embedded Systems, Inc was awarded $5,000 from the AZFAST Grant
		Between 1999 and 2004, 613 Arizona technology companies received Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Grants, ranking Arizona 13th nationwide. In an effort to assist Arizona technology companies to obtain federal research moneys; the Arizona Department of Commerce funds and administers the AZFAST Grant Program. AZFAST Grants are specifically designed for entrepreneurs to develop and commercialize technology by accessing Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) federal funding. The AZFAST Grants are competitively awarded to Arizona technology companies to cover expenses (up to $5,000) related to customized, one-on-one technology commercialization services, such as SBIR/STTR grant writing services, grant coaching sessions and other relevant assistance in submitting a competitive SBIR/STTR proposal. The grants are targeted to Arizona small technology companies with less than 100 employees and less than $4 million in revenue. The company’s primary business has to be in one of the following technology areas: Advanced Manufacturing - Advanced Materials - Aerospace - Biotech - Electronics - Environmental Sciences - Information Technology - Life Sciences - Nanotechnology - Optics - Telecommunications - Sustainable Systems.
	November , 2006	Press release for AS9100 Certification
		TES is proud to announce our approval for ISO 9001: 2000 and AS9100 Revision B certification by National Quality Assurance on November 7, 2006. This certification will allow TES to provide quality services and products applicable to the development, maintenance, implementation, testing, validation and verification of embedded systems and communication applications.
	October , 2006	UA Engineers Building Smart Vehicle with Urban Challenge Team
		University of Arizona engineers are part of a team selected by a Department of Defense agency to build a smart vehicle that can drive itself through 60 miles of city traffic. The team, named Team Scorpion, is led by Raytheon Co. and includes Preferred Chassis Fabrication, of Tucson; Tucson Embedded Systems; and iRobot, of Burlington, Mass. The UA engineers are being led by Professor Larry Head, of Systems and Industrial Engineering (SIE), and Professor Jerzy Rozenblit, of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE).
	October , 2006	Robot car will drive itself through 60 miles of traffic
		The U.S. military wants to build vehicles that can drive themselves through traffic, so it has issued 10 grants, each for $1 million, to design vehicles for the Urban Challenge in November 2007. Raytheon Missile Systems and the University of Arizona are part of Team Scorpion, one of 10 teams selected from a field of 60. Also on the team are Tucson's Preferred Chassis Fabrication, Tucson Embedded Systems and iRobot of Burlington, Mass.
	September, 2006	Minority Technology Firm of the Year
		Click here to watch video. Three small businesses were singled out today as the most outstanding local minority-owned firms of the year. - Minority Technology Firm of the Year - Tucson Embedded Systems, 5620 N. Kolb Road, co-owners David Crowe, Antonio Procopio, Dennis Kenman and Sean Mulholland
	September, 2006	Tucson Embedded Systems was recognized as one of the top 50 Arizona Companies to Watch

	December, 2005	Two AZ Companies Awarded Federal Grants
		The U.S. Navy awards Tucson Embedded Systems Inc., located in Tucson a $100,000 Phase I SBIR grant to develop reusable "plug and play" software systems. TES will create a modular Mission Package Infrastructure (MPI) to support the seamless integration of common capabilities across the U.S. Naval fleet. TES specializes in the development and certification of safety / mission critical embedded software systems for the aerospace, transportation, military, scientific, and medical marketplaces. Tucson Embedded Systems Inc (TES) is certified ISO 9001:2000.
	September, 2005	Medipacs, L.L.C. teams up with Tucson Embedded Systems
		Medipacs announced today it has formed a development and equity partnership with Tucson Embedded Systems for undisclosed terms. Medipacs a Tucson biotech company is developing advanced infusion technology based on it's new digital pump system. Tucson Embedded System is a Tucson based engineering firm that develops safety critical software.