KIRTLAND AIR FORCE BASE, N.M -- Retired Lt. Gen. Gene Tattini, former commander of the Space and Missile Systems Center and currently the Deputy Director at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, paid a visit to the Space Development and Test Directorate recently to offer his personal congratulations to the CloudSat Operations team for a ground-breaking recovery from a six-month long anomalous condition.

CloudSat is a one-of-a-kind weather radar satellite that was launched in 2006 and is one of a five-satellite earth-observing weather science constellation called the A-Train. Selected as part of NASA's Pathfinder program, CloudSat flies a radar over 1000 times more sensitive than existing weather radars, providing detection of smaller ice and water particles within clouds than ever before, enhancing our understanding of weather patterns around the world. In April 2011, the satellite experienced a crippling battery anomaly that shut down its payload and forced the satellite to drop out of the A-Train for safety reasons.

Since launch the satellite has been operated out of the Research, Development, Test and Evaluation Support Complex at Kirtland Air Force Base, the Air Force's only R&;D satellite operations center. The operations team consisting of Air Force Space Command officers and LinQuest contractors kept the satellite in seamless operations for two years past its expected lifespan. Therefore when the undervoltage condition onboard persisted, many believed that CloudSat had seen its last days.

However, due to the irreplaceable nature and uniqueness of the payload radar, the relevance of the satellite's data to cutting-edge weather modeling around the world, including to the Air Force Weather Service, as well as its complementary nature to the data from the other A-Train satellites run by allied mission partners such as Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales (France) and the Canadian Space Agency, members scrambled to beat the odds. A joint team was formed between the Air Force, LinQuest, the satellite manufacturer; Ball Aerospace and NASA JPL to investigate and attempt to restore CloudSat.

Four hundred plus operation memograms, 150 anomaly resolution meetings, 30 training sessions and six months later, the team had designed, tested and responsively adapted a ground-breaking new concept of operations they called DO-OP: Daylight Only Operations. Re-working risk management strategies and exploiting the momentum caused by Earth's magnetic field, the team cycled the payload and satellite sub-systems between being in the sunlight and being in the shadow of the Earth.

Through critical commanding over several nights and weeks, the team engineered positive thermal and power profiles in tune with the satellite's entry and exit from sunshine above the Earth. By October 2011, CloudSat's unique cloud-imaging radar was functioning during 96 percent of the sunlit orbit. The team had brought the 'left-for-dead' satellite back to life.

Gen. Tattini presented the operations team with a NASA Certificate of Appreciation, as well as individual congratulatory certificates, and expressed his gratitude to SD for their dedication and pursuit of excellence in refusing to give up on CloudSat. "Cowboy operators are frowned upon," the certificate reads, "but operators that cowboy up are greatly appreciated."Reprinted from: http://www.losangeles.af.mil/news/story.asp?id=123291427

LinQuest Corporation announced today the acquisition of Schafer Corporation’s Colorado Springs operations. The acquisition includes Schafer’s Systems Engineering and Technical Assistance (SETA)contracts related to Space Control and Air Force Space Command Headquarters. The acquisition became effective on February 13, 2012.

Dr. Leon Biederman, LinQuest’s President and CEO, stated, “I am very excited about the strategic potential of this acquisition, particularly with the support to the Space Control customer. This acquisition strengthens our presence in the Colorado Springs market and when synergized with our current offerings will allow us to better serve our existing and new customers not only in that region but in other areas as well. We are ready to integrate and welcome the former Schafer employees into our company and look forward to their continued success now as part of LinQuest.”

“This acquisition adds key Space Control and cyberspace qualifications to our current LinQuest portfolio. The integration of these new qualifications together with those of our recent Mosaic, Inc. acquisition and LinQuest’s core capabilities accelerates our ability to expand into new markets,” said Ron Gorda, LinQuest’s Chief Operating Officer.

LinQuest Corporation was advised by McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP and RA Capital Advisors LLC.

LinQuest is pleased to announce our 2011 LinQuest Excellence Awards winners:

Londa Phillips has been awarded the Corporate Excellence award in recognition of her extraordinary efforts in contract management.

Mike Morgan has been awarded the Management Excellence Award in recognition of his contributions and acheivements as the Program Manager on our CSMC contract.

Dr. Hoai Vu has been awarded the Technical Excellence Award for his significant technical acheivement in developing a method to more accurately determine remaining fuel on on-orbit satellites.

LinQuest Corporation is proud to announce that the Headquarters Aeronautical Systems Center (HQ ASC) at Wright Patterson Air Base awarded an ACCESS contract to the LinQuest team on November 29th, 2011. The ACCESS multiple award, indefinite delivery / indefinite quantity contract has a $500M ceiling for each awardee and a $950M total program ceiling. The LinQuest Team includes Alpha-Omega Change Engineering; Clear Creek Applied Technologies, Inc.; Intuitive Research and Technology; Stinger Ghaffarian Technologies, System High Corporation; and Whitney, Bradley, and Brown Consulting.

“LinQuest is honored to have been selected as an ACCESS contract awardee. We are excited about this strategic opportunity to expand our support to the Wright Patterson customer community as a prime contractor,” said Dr. Leon Biederman, President and CEO of LinQuest Corporation.

LinQuest Corporation announced today that Joe Dodd has joined the company as Vice President, Enterprise Initiatives. Joe will report to Dr. Leon Biederman, Chairman and CEO. He previously worked at TASC Inc. in Chantilly where he served in a number of corporate leadership roles including business development, operations, and mergers & acquisitions. Prior to TASC, Joe worked as an executive in the commercial remote sensing Industry, at Hughes Space & Communications, and at the Aerospace Corporation. He has a proven track record in translating strategy to revenue growth and is well known in Industry and Government circles in the Capitol Region.

In this new role, Joe will lead efforts to formulate and execute a Washington DC and East Coast customer growth strategy. This strategy will encompass the expansion of LinQuest’s business base with Intelligence Community (IC) customers, OSD, Service agencies, and other federal acquisition organizations. Other responsibilities include enhancing the reputation, engagement, and name recognition of LinQuest in the Washington DC environment – both with customers and stakeholders in Industry and on Capitol Hill. Joe will work with other executives in the Capitol Region to fully leverage LinQuest’s existing east coast business base, the full range of corporate capabilities, and the strategic opening to the IC brought by the recent acquisition of MOSAIC, Inc..

“LinQuest is very pleased to have Joe join our executive team. Growth in the Capitol Region is a corporate strategic objective and I know that Joe will help ensure we are successful”, said Dr. Leon Biederman, LinQuest Corporation, Chairman and CEO.

LinQuest is pleased to announce the opening of our two newest offices in the Maryland area.

The first is located on the Aberdeen Proving Ground (APG) base at 6210 Guardian Way, Suite 185, APG, Aberdeen, MD 21005, This facility provides LinQuest a local presence at APG.

The second new office is located 10 minutes from Ft. Meade at 7550 Teague Road, Suite 407, Hanover, MD 21076. This facility provides LinQuest a presence close to DISA, which recently completed the move to Ft. Meade. In addition, this facility will facilitate our interactions with other nearby customers.

LinQuest Corporation, a leading provider of engineering, acquisition and operations services for US government communications, command and control, and information systems, today announced it has acquired Virginia-based Mosaic, Inc. Mosaic is a provider of strategic consulting and technical services and solutions to the Intelligence Community (IC). Mosaic specializes in solving very large data problems, performing data analytics, and crafting enterprise solutions that enable the IC to leverage capability and technology transfer across organizations.The acquisition, which became effective August 31, 2011 expands LinQuest’s core capabilities and customer markets.Ms. Gwyn Whittaker, CEO of Mosaic, Inc stated, “Our cultures, capabilities, and commitment to customer satisfaction are very complimentary. This is a win-win for the employees and customers of both companies. We are delighted to join the LinQuest team.”"We are very excited about the prospects presented by the integration of capabilities, people and cultures of Mosaic and LinQuest. The combination of Mosaic’s IC enterprise information skill sets with LinQuest’s DoD enterprise engineering and integration capabilities will create powerful synergies that will benefit both LinQuest’ s and Mosaic’s customers, open new markets, and provide exciting opportunities for the employees of both companies," said Dr. Leon Biederman, CEO and President of LinQuest. LinQuest Corporation was advised by Mintz Levin Cohn Ferris Glovsky and Popeo PC and RA Capital Advisors LLC.

LinQuest Corporation is proud to announce that the Air Force Space Command (AFSPC) Headquarters has awarded the “Analytical Support of Cyber” Task Order to the LinQuest team on the Contract for Space and Missile Capabilities (CSMC). LinQuest will provide analytical expertise in support of AFSPC Cyber Analyses of Alternatives (AoA’s) and/or “AoA-like” analyses dealing with Air Force networking, enterprise network services, situational awareness, and command and control. The task order was awarded at just over $2.4 million over a period of performance from September 26, 2011 through September 25, 2012. LinQuest assembled a team that includes Schafer Corporation and TASC to meet the unique challenges of this effort.

“LinQuest is honored to be selected for this Task Order which is critical to the Air Force’s cyber mission ,” said Greg Young, LinQuest Corporation, Vice President.

LinQuest is pleased to welcome Mark Sturza as our VP/GM Enterprise Soultions Group. Mark will be focused on capturing commercial contracts in the communications and cyber markets. Mark brings over 30 years of engineering and senior management experience in the commercial communications market.

LinQuest announces the recipients of our annual exceptional performance awards. The awards are divided into three categories: Corporate, Management, and Technical. The awardees are:

- Steve Friedman, Corporate Award

- Ron Lapinsky, Management Award

- Dave Blehm, Technical Award

Congratulations to our 2011 winners!

LinQuest teamed with Scitor Corp to win the recent STS contract award for technical engineering support to the Space Based Infrared System (SBIRS) Directorate at the Space and Missile Systems Center, Los Angeles AFB, CA. As a subcontractor to Scitor, LinQuest will provide technical support for space vehicle development and manufacturing, launch integration, ground systems development and production, and orbital sustainment support. The contract is for one year with an option for a second year. LinQuest continues its successful relationship with Scitor and the SBIRS Directorate in providing supoerior technical support to ensure SBIRS mission accomplishment.

Los Angeles, California (September 17th, 2010) – LinQuest Corporation is proud to announce that Air Force Space Command (AFSPC) has awarded the “Contract for Space and Missile Capabilities” (CSMC) Military Satellite Communications (MILSATCOM) Task Order (TO) to LinQuest Corporation. The CSMC MILSATCOM TO calls for a broad range of MILSATCOM advisory, assistance and system engineering services to the Headquarters AFSPC MILSATCOM Capability Team. The MILSATCOM TO is a $31.1M million effort with a period of performance through 2015 including all option periods. LinQuest brought together Analytic Services, Inc (ANSER); Boecore, Inc; ExoAnalytic Solutions; MCR Federal, LLC (MCR); SRA International; and WPL, Inc to perform on the MILSATCOM TO.“We are excited to bring our 34 year heritage of MILSATCOM engineering excellence and experience, our engineers and operations specialists, and our modeling and simulation tools to support the AFSPC’s MILSATCOM Capability Team,” said Dr. Leon Biederman, LinQuest Corporation’s President and Chief Executive Officer. “Our team is anxious to apply our capabilities to ensure current and future systems are optimized to support the warfighters and other MILSATCOM end users.”

LinQuest Corporation is proud to announce that Air Force Space Command (AFSPC) has awarded a “Contract for Space and Missile Capabilities” (CSMC) contract to LinQuest Corporation. The CSMC Contract provides a broad range of advisory and assistance and system engineering services to Headquarters AFSPC organizations and their missions in support of the warfighter, primarily at Peterson AFB, CO. The CSMC contract is a multiple award Indefinite Quantity, Indefinite Delivery (IDIQ) contract with a ceiling of $450 million and a period of performance through 2015 including all option periods. LinQuest brought together a team of first rated companies to perform on this contract. The LinQuest Team consists of Analytic Services, Inc (ANSER); Battelle Memorial Institute; Boecore, Inc; Dynamics Research Corporation; DSoft Technology, Inc; ExoAnalytic Solutions; Infoscitex Corporation (IST); MacAulay Brown, Inc (MacB); MCR Federal, LLC (MCR); RadiantBlue Technologies; RNB Technologies; SRA International; TASC, Inc; and WPL, Inc.

“We are proud of our proven performance in providing superb engineering and operations services to a variety of space systems and customers,” said Dr. Leon Biederman, LinQuest Corporation’s President and Chief Executive Officer. “We are both honored and excited for the opportunity to bring that experience and commitment to Air Force Space Command Headquarters.”

LinQuest is proud to announce the addition of Rich Williams to the LinQuest family. Rich Williams, who retired from Senior Executive Service and Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) in April 2010, has joined LinQuest as an Assistant Vice President in the Advanced Architectures and Engineering Solutions (AAES) business group. Rich was most recently the principal director for the Global Information Grid Enterprise Services Engineering Directorate where his responsibilities included the planning, engineering, acquisition, and integration of joint, interoperable, secure global net-centric solutions satisfying the needs of the warfighter. Previously at DISA, he was chief of the Transport Engineering Division and responsible for system engineering activities related to the Department of Defense teleport program, satellite communications (SATCOM), including military and commercial satellite and ground systems, wireless network systems, terrestrial networking including local, metropolitan, and wide area transport systems, network security, the transition to Internet Protocol version Six (IPv6) and for strategic communications.

LinQuest is pleased to announce the opening of our newest office in Lexington, Massachusetts. We have opened this new office to accommodate our growth in the area and to be closer to our customers. The new office is on One Cranberry Hill.

LinQuest conducted a donation drive to aid Haitian earthquake relief efforts. Employee donations and company matching raised over $22,000 which went to five charities: American Red Cross, Save the Children, World Vision Relief, CARE, and Mission of Hope - Grand Goave. In addition to the donation drive, Rudolph Charles, a LinQuest employee, flew to Haiti with medications needed to treat earthquake victims. Rudolph was motivated to make this contribution because he has family in Haiti. Fortunately, Rudolph's family members all survived.

In an effort to help bring the holiday spirit to families of deployed members of the 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team of Fort Carson, LinQuest's Colorado Springs Office delivered gifts to their children. This is a small token of our gratitude to those who sacrifice for our country.

Winston Lee has been awarded LinQuest's highest award, the LinQuest Exceptional Performance Award, for his work on our MILSATCOM Systems Wing contracts. Winston's leadership has resulted in exceptional customer reviews. Winston was selected from candidates across the company submitted by peers and managers alike. Congratulations to Winston for this accomplishment!

LinQuest Corporation is proud to announce that the Space and Missile Systems Center’s (SMC) Space Development and Test Wing (SDTW) has awarded the Space Test and Engineering Contract 2009 (STEC09) to the LinQuest Team. STEC09 provides technical services preparing for and operating research and development spacecraft for a variety of SDTW customers. STEC09 is a single award task order contract award with a ceiling of $81M and a period of performance through 2014, including all option periods. LinQuest brought together a team of companies with substantial experience and qualifications in mission readiness and on-orbit operations, including Boecore, CapRock Communications, Honeywell Technology Solutions Inc., Orbital Sciences Corporation, and Serco North America.

“LinQuest is honored to have been selected to perform this very important and dynamic mission in support of SDTW,” said Dr. Leon Biederman, LinQuest Corporation’s President and CEO. “The one-of-a-kind nature and wide range of capabilities of these R&D satellites create unique mission risks. We take these challenges seriously and have assembled a team and execution approach specifically aimed at increasing efficiency while mitigating mission risks. We are excited about the opportunity to partner with SDTW and their customers in the test and operation of a wide variety of unique spacecraft.”

LinQuest employees from Los Angeles to Colorado Springs raised money for Autism, a complex neurobiological disorder that affects 1 in 150 individuals, and lasts a person’s lifetime.

Over 30 people turned out to walk with the LinQuest team and many others supported the fundraising effort as well, making LinQuest the top ranked corporate fundraising team for this worthy cause. Our own employee, Dave Blehm, has a nine year old son with Autism, Carson, who served as honorary co-chair of the walk.

LinQuest strives to make a difference in the communities in which we work. We are proud to support a cause that impacts one of our LinQuest family.

LinQuest Corporation is proud to announce receipt of a U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) Administrator’s Award for Excellence. This award is presented by the SBA to select small businesses “in recognition of outstanding contribution and service to the nation”.

“LinQuest is honored to receive this nationally prestigious award for excellence from the Small Business Administration,” said Dr. Leon Biederman, LinQuest Corporation’s President and CEO. “We pride ourselves on making every possible effort to deliver the highest quality products and services to our customers and we are very pleased to know that our efforts are being recognized. It is most gratifying when our customers take the time and effort to affirm our commitment to excellence by nominating us for this award.”

LinQuest Corporation is proud to announce the award of the Wideband Global SATCOM (WGS) Systems Engineering and Integration (SE&I) Task Order on the C4ISR Operational Management, Engineering, and Technical Services (COMETS II) contract to the LinQuest team. Together with our teammate, Scitor Corporation, LinQuest will provide systems engineering, acquisition support and launch and on-orbit technical support services to the WGS Group in the MILSATCOM Systems Wing (MCSW) at LA AFB.

The WGS Group is responsible for the acquisition, launch, on orbit testing and sustaining engineering of the Wideband Global SATCOM system. The WGS system provides critical communications and broadcast data, video and voice services to US and US allied war fighters around the world.

LinQuest currently provides systems engineering services for MUOS, MILSTAR, AEHF and TSAT programs. “LinQuest is honored to be selected for the WGS task order. We now provide SATCOM technical services that span Wideband, Protected, Narrowband, Net centric, and Commercial SATCOM systems for a variety of customers ,” said Scott Stowe, Vice President and General Manager of LinQuest Corporation’s Military Space Systems Group. “Although we have grown our domain expertise to include launch, navigation and ISR systems, it’s a great privilege to extend our 30 year legacy of MILSATCOM engineering and operations services.”

LinQuest Corporation is proud to announce the award of the Aerospace Technology Evaluation & Assessment (ATEA) to the InfoSciTex team which includes LinQuest. As part of the InfoSciTex team, LinQuest will employ and generate state-of-the-art modeling, simulation, and analysis tools and techniques in the evaluation of current and future warfighter aerospace vehicle capabilities for the Air Force Research Lab’s Air Vehicles Directorate (AFRL/RB) and Aeronautical Systems Center (ASC) at Wright-Patterson AFB.

The Air Vehicles Directorate is the preeminent aeronautical vehicle research and development organization in the world. Their core disciplines are focused on the areas of aeronautical science, vehicle control technologies and structures for all atmospheric and trans-atmospheric vehicles. The Air Vehicles Directorate develops technologies in these core disciplines from inception through transition to both current and future military aerospace vehicles.

LinQuest currently provides modeling, simulation, and analysis as well as systems engineering services for GPS, MUOS, MILSTAR, AEHF and TSAT systems and enterprises. “LinQuest is honored to be a part of the InfoSciTex Team selected to provide research and engineering support on the ATEA contract for AFRL’s Air Vehicles Directorate. This expands LinQuest’s presence at Wright Patterson and in AFRL,” said Jim Light, Vice President and General Manager of LinQuest Corporation’s New & Emerging Programs Group. “LinQuest and our engineering staff are excited about our opportunity to support AFRL’s evaluation of current and future generations of aerospace vehicle capabilities.”

LinQuest is pleased to announce our membership in the Network Centric Operations Industry Consortium (NCOIC). This membership is another demonstration of our committment to acheiving netcentric capabilities for our customers. Dr. Martin Kampe is LinQuest's technical coordinator with the NCOIC. LinQuest has leadership roles in other netcentric activities. For example Dr. Arthur Wang is a member of the IEEE standards board for WIMAX, and Dow Street is the Executive Director of the Internet Architecture Board of the Internet Engineering Task Force. As evidenced by these positions and our performance on key netcentric programs, LinQuest is truly a leader in engineering network centric solutions for the war fighter.

Today LinQuest opened its doors for business at a new office located in Chantilly, VA. Our Manassas office personnel have been relocated to this new facility. LinQuest continues our operations at the nearby Falls Church office as well. The Chantilly office is located at 14151 Newbrook Dr. The new office number is (703) 581-6290.

LinQuest LA staff participated in the Susan Komen Breast Cancer Walk in Pasadena, raising $2000 for the charity. Our participants included Vernita Antoine, Ming Canning, Tim Chang, Charlene Galanty, Bridgette Harris (and her son), Erika Campos (and her two sons), Olivia Orrostieta(her husband and two sons), and Kathy Zurla. Funds were raised from donations, an employee ping pong tournament, and a book sale. LinQuest believes it is our duty to give back to the communities in which we work.

Today LinQuest kicked off our "LinQuest Cares and Acts" program, formalizing our commitment to community goodwill. Under this program, LinQuest personnel can allocate a portion of their paycheck to any of nine charitable organizations selected by a cross company vote. This program adds to individual office charitable activities led by local staff. LinQuest is fortunate and proud to be able to give back to the communities we work in.

LinQuest offices across the country are celebrating LinQuest's fifth anniversary and five years of growth. In an all hands meeting, LinQuest CEO, Dr. Leon Biederman, stated how proud he is that LinQuest's staff of professionals has been able to maintain a culture of excellence while experiencing phenomenal growth. Since opening its doors five years ago, LinQuest has grown to over 360 employees.

Scott George has been awarded LinQuest's highest award, the LinQuest Exceptional Performance Award, for his work on the Enhanced Polar Satellite (EPS) program. Scott leads a team of engineers responsible for the procurement of the EPS payload and its integration onto a host satellite. Scott was selected from candidates across the company submitted by peers and managers alike. Congratulations to Scott for this accomplishment!

Tim Ayers from our Los Angeles Office won LinQuest's annual recruiting prize worth $10,000. As an engineering services company, LinQuest relies on our people to help recruit the best of the best. We offer recruiting bonuses and the chance at an annual recruiting prize. This year the winner could select a vacation, a home improvement budget or a trip to the Super Bowl or World Series. For each recruit referred an employee gets one chance in the random drawing for the annual prize. Congratulations to Tim!

Through LinQuest's technical support to deployed warfighters, we are keenly aware of the sacrifice they and their families make on our behalf. As a small token of our appreciation, our Colorado Springs office assembled and delivered holiday food baskets to families of deployed soldiers at Fort Carson. Our effort was lead by Chris Russi with a lot of help from Lori Sue Trivelli and Angie Craig. In addition to donations of food from LinQuest employees, several local supermarkets donated food as well. All of us at LinQuest salute our patriots and their families.

LinQuest Corporation is proud to announce an award of a C4ISR Operational Management, Engineering, and Technical Services (also known as COMETS II) contract by U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command/U.S. Army Strategic Forces Command (SMDC/ARSTRAT) to the LinQuest team.

LinQuest brought together a team of industry leaders to provide advisory & assistance services, systems engineering and technical assistance, and operational support services under this multiple award, indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (IDIQ), task order contract. The LinQuest Team includes Colorado Professional Resources, Epsilon, Imprimis, Lockheed Martin, Marzen, McCallie Associates, Rome Research Corporation, SAIC, Scitor, SI International, SPARTA, and Wyle. The contract value if all options are executed is $224,874,823 with a period of performance through August 2013. SMDC/ARSTRAT conducts space and missile defense operations and provides planning, integration, control, and coordination of Army forces and capabilities in support of U.S. Strategic Command missions. The LinQuest Team will bring extensive domain and functional expertise to support SMDC/ARSTRAT’s mission. “We are proud of the Team of highly capable industry leaders we brought together to support the SMDC/ARSTRAT critical missions,” said James Durocher, LinQuest Corporation, Vice President. “As an incumbent Prime, we are particularly proud and honored that SMDC/ARSTRAT continues to entrust us to deliver the highest quality technical support.”