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.

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!

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.

LinQuest is pleased to announce that we have surpassed the 400 employee mark. We are proud of our growth track record and the value it has brought to our stockholders since our inception in 2004. We are even more proud that we have sustained our reputation of performance excellence through this phenominal growth as evidenced by customer ratings of our performance. Thus far in 2009, LinQuest has enjoyed strategic growth in new customers and mission areas including on orbit satellite operations, launch site support, modeling and simulation for aircraft, and systems engineering for ISR systems.

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.”