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Thursday, February 18, 2010
MEI Technologies Receives Silver Boeing Performance Excellence Award
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Officials with MEI Technologies, Inc. (MEI Technologies), a nationwide technology company, today announced that the company received a 2009 Boeing Performance Excellence Award from The Boeing Company. The annual program recognizes Boeing suppliers who have demonstrated superior performance throughout the year.
“MEI Technologies is proud to receive this award for the second year in a row,” said MEI Technologies CEO Ed Muñiz. “This award reinforces our commitment to continually work according to our quality policy and focus on exceeding our customer’s expectations.”
This year, Boeing recognized 486 suppliers with gold- and silver-level Boeing Performance Excellence Awards. MEI Technologies is among 35 suppliers to receive the silver level of recognition for work performed from Oct. 1, 2008, to Sept. 30, 2009.
MEI Technologies supplies engineering and technical support services to Boeing for the International Space Station, Space Shuttle orbiter and Space Shuttle payloads.
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Friday, January 15, 2010
Ad Astra Rocket Company and MEI Technologies, Inc. form Strategic Alliance
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Ad Astra Rocket Company, a world leader in plasma rockets and MEI Technologies, Inc., a nationwide aerospace, defense and technology company, have joined forces creating a strategic alliance in support of Ad Astra’s Variable Specific Impulse Magnetoplasma Rocket (VASIMR®) rocket development. The alliance combines Ad Astra’s expertise in plasma physics and advanced rocket propulsion with MEI Technologies’ well- established knowledge in safety, payload integration, engineering and advanced technology. The two companies have had a fruitful relationship for more than five years and share common values of excellence, integrity and ethics.
As a first step in this alliance, MEI Technologies will provide support in the development and integration of the VF-200 payload, a project to demonstrate Ad Astra’s proprietary technology, the VASIMR®, on the U.S. National Laboratory portion of the International Space Station. VASIMR® is a high power electric thruster for in-space propulsion that uses radio waves and strong magnetic fields to ionize and accelerate propellant and direct the resulting intense plasma jet to generate thrust. Selected by the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics as one of the top 10 emerging aerospace technologies of 2009, the VASIMR® engine is fueled by abundant, inexpensive propellants and has demonstrated exhaust velocities from five to nearly 40 times higher than the best chemical rockets. The company’s current prototype engine, the VX-200, demonstrated its full 200 kW power rating in tests conducted last September 30 at Ad Astra’s Houston facility. In the near- term, when combined with high power photovoltaic solar arrays currently under development for space applications, the VASIMR® engine is expected to provide a transformational approach to in-space transportation, significantly reducing costs and enhancing efficiency over conventional chemical rockets. Farther in the future, and combined with high nuclear electric power, VASIMR® can drastically reduce the travel time for human and robotic missions to Mars and beyond.
“We have had a long and rewarding association with MEI Technologies, and it is a company that we trust to perform. Through this alliance, our team of scientists can focus on enhancing VASIMR®’s capability while leveraging MEI Technologies’ experience and expertise in payload integration and project development. In this relationship, we share a common vision: to revolutionize space transportation and exploration,” said Ad Astra CEO Dr. Franklin Chang Díaz.
“Ad Astra’s impressive technology coupled with our payload integration capabilities will ultimately result in innovative cargo and supply mechanisms, greater access to resources and broader support for robotic and human missions in space,” said MEI Technologies CEO Ed Muñiz.
This news can also be read on
FOXBusiness and SpaceRef.com.
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Tuesday, December 22, 2009
MEI Technologies celebrates with President of Mexico
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Ed & Alicia Muñiz attend reception honoring Mexican-American astronaut
MEI Technologies, Inc.’s CEO Ed Muñiz and wife/advisory board member Alicia Muñiz recently joined the President of Mexico Felipe de Jesús Calderón Hinojosa in honoring Mexican-American astronaut José Hernández. Held at Los Pinos, President Calderón’s official residence, the reception celebrated Hernandez’ first trip into space as part of STS-128 on the Space Shuttle Discovery.
Pictured from left to right: President of Mexico Felipe de Jesús Calderón Hinojosa; Mexican-American NASA astronaut José Hernández; MEI Technologies CEO Ed Muñiz and wife/advisory board member Alicia Muñiz.
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Tuesday, December 22, 2009
MEI Technologies, Inc. named subcontractor on $335 million IT contract for NASA
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Dynetics, a 35-year local leader in engineering, scientific and information technology (IT) solutions, recently named MEI Technologies, Inc. (MEI Technologies) as a subcontractor on the $335 million, five-year NASA Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) Information Technology Services (MITS) contract. A nationwide technology company, MEI Technologies is one of four IT experts that will provide subcontracting services to Dynetics to support three NASA sites.
Under MITS, MEI Technologies will provide IT security services and end-to-end IT computing services, from development and installation to operations, maintenance, storage and more. In addition, the company will provide application and Web services for various science and engineering tools that support NASA’s space exploration, scientific discovery and aeronautics research activities. All MITS contract work will support NASA MSFC, the National Space Science and Technology Center in Huntsville, Alabama and the Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans.
“This is a key win for us because a company goal is to grow our IT services division, especially in the areas of cyber security and application services,” said Mike Van Chau, business development manager, with MEI Technologies. “MEI Technologies and Dynetics have complementary service offerings. The partnership is going to produce innovative solutions for our NASA customer.”
MEI Technologies will manage the subcontract from its offices in Huntsville, Alabama. The company will add approximately 60 IT staff to support the MITS contract.
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Wednesday, December 16, 2009
MEI Technologies, Inc. appoints new COO and General Counsel
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Officials with MEI Technologies, Inc. (MEI Technologies) announced today the appointment of Vic Walczak as chief operating officer (COO), federal sector, and Barbara Pearson as general counsel/chief compliance officer/acting director of contracts.
Walczak - former general manager, military programs - will transfer from the Huntsville, Ala. office and join the Houston corporate office. His proven successes, including winning the 2008 MEI Technologies’ Entrepreneur of the Year Award and growing the Huntsville workforce, made him an ideal candidate for this role.
Read about MEI Technologies' COO position in Space News.
Pearson's promotion to general counsel directly utilizes her law degree and allows for the formation of an internal legal department. Pearson - former general manager, civl programs - will conjointly serve as chief compliance officer, overseeing and managing compliance issues within the organization, and as acting director of contracts, overseeing the contracts department.
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Wednesday, November 18, 2009
Out-of-this-world service wins award MEI Technologies, Inc. recognized by NASA center
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HOUSTON – MEI Technologies, Inc. (MEI Technologies) was awarded the 2009 Goddard Contractor Excellence Award from the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) in the small business service category. The accolade demonstrates MEI Technologies’ commitment to excellence.
“To be considered for the award, applicants are asked to provide evidence of contract performance and customer satisfaction, meeting schedules, controlling costs, quality and productivity improvements, management commitment to continuous improvement, human resource utilization and strategic planning and long term research and development,” said Rob Strain, GSFC director. “The winners of this year's award were chosen because of their outstanding continuous improvement efforts and contributions to Goddard's mission.”
MEI Technologies demonstrated these results through its work on the Electrical Systems Engineering Services (ESES) contract and through the launch of several continuous improvement, technology, and health and safety initiatives.
“We took steps to empower our employees to think as an engineering company; one that is always solving problems for our customer,” said Dwight Yoder, ESES deputy program manager. “We focused more clearly on solving the problem, how to solve it better, measuring the improvement and continuously repeating the cycle, which was ultimately recognized by our customer with this honor.”
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Monday, October 26, 2009
MEI Technologies opens new Huntsville facility
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The continued growth of our Huntsville workforce led to MEI Technologies relocating to a larger facility to accommodate our staffing needs. MEI Technologies/Huntsville has officially moved to 215 Wynn Drive, Suite 401 and is located in the second largest research park in the United States.
An open house/ ribbon-cutting ceremony was held Oct. 26 to celebrate this growth achievement. The ceremony was led by the Chamber of Commerce of Huntsville/Madison County -- Board Chair Irma Tuder served as master of ceremonies. Over 100 were in attendance, including the Huntsville mayor, two delegates from congressional offices, two senate representatives and numerous heads of Huntsville corporations.
(L to R) Whitney Heaps, Congressman Parker Griffith's office; Daniel Tidwell, Congressman Robert Aderholt's office; John Williams, operations manager of MEI-Huntsville; Vic Walczak, MEI general manager for military programs; Irma Tuder, Chair of the Board of Directors for the Chamber of Commerce of Huntsville/Madison County; Huntsville Mayor Tommy Battle; LaFreeda Jordan, Sen. Richard Shelby's office; Lisa Washington, Sen. Jeff Sessions office.
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