Established in 1988 as a small business, SES’s fundamental strength is taking basic scientific concepts through engineering prototypes to full rate production through a lean enterprise approach. SES possesses a full range of science and engineering talent, hardware and software technologies and the requisite flexible production capabilities enabling rapid development of sensor products for global customers, both commercial and government. SES R&D Laboratory are located in Columbia, MD in a state of the art 32,000 sq. ft. facility. Manufacturing Operations are located in Huntsville, AL, occupying 800,000 sq. ft. for manufacturing and integration, and an additional 68,000 sq. ft. of hanger space at Huntsville International Airport. SES also has facilities in Pax River, MD. and Warner Robins, GA. SES is fully ISO 9001:2008/AS9100 Rev C and AS9110 Rev B registered. ISO 9001:2008 represents a model for Quality Assurance in Design, Development, Production, Installation and Servicing. AS9110 represents a well-defined Quality System for the design, fabrication and assembly of devices for aircraft, weapon systems and commercial applications. Furthermore, SES is FAA Part 145 Certified (Bell 206 & 407) and has on-site DCMA Oversight. SES earned the following recognitions from DCMA for our systems: DCMA Approved Purchasing System, DCMA Approved Property Management System and SES was recognized as a DCMA Green Low Risk Company. Preferred Supplier Status SES has also been awarded the preferred supplier certification from Boeing Corporation, Northrup Grumman, and L3 Communications. The preferred supplier certification is an achievement based on SES meeting an overall Bronze level certification for Business Processes, Silver Level for Delivery performance and bronze level for SPC.