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Ahura Scientific of Wilmington, Massachusetts, is a rapidly growing manufacturer of handheld optical systems for chemical identification.

Established in 1916, the American National Standards Institute (ANSI) oversees the creation, promulgation and use of norms and guidelines, affecting businesses in nearly every sector. As a 501(c)3 private, not-for-profit organization, ANSI strengthens the U.S. position in the global economy, maintains consumer safety and protects the environment.

Founded in 1880 as the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, ASME is a not-for-profit professional organization promoting the art, science and practice of mechanical and multidisciplinary engineering and allied sciences.

AMWA is an organization of the largest publicly owned drinking water systems in the United States with a membership that serves more than 130 million Americans with drinking water from Alaska to Puerto Rico.

Avir Sensors is a leading manufacturer of hazardous gas detection equipment for homeland security, industry, and the military headquartered in Charlottesville, Virginia.

Basic Technology provides software solutions for extracting meaningful intelligence from unstructured text in Asian, European and Middle Eastern languages.

Boeing is the world’s leading aerospace company and the largest manufacturer of commercial jetliners and military aircraft combined. Boeing has customers in more than 90 countries around the world and is one of the largest U.S. exporters in terms of sales.

As one of the world’s leading suppliers of systems, instruments and services for radiation detection, identification and protection for more than 40 years, Canberra continues to offer its insights, research and development resources to the advancement of detection and identification technologies to provide revolutionary capabilities in these areas for the future.

Deaf Link of San Antonio, TX has been providing communications services and technologies to public and private sector customers for over twenty years. Deaf Link offers a number of services specifically designed to help support members of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing communities who are customers, clients, employees, patients, family members and more.

The Densus Group LLC is a professional services firm that supports its client’s achievement of these goals by working with government departments and services, corporations, financial institutions and not-for-profit organizations.

Throughout its more than 30-year history, Dynetics has been a leader in ballistic missile defense and earned a reputation as a source of expert radar system analysis and engineering support for the U.S. Army and Aviation Missile Command (AMCOM) and the Missile and Space Intelligence Center (MSIC).

Headquartered in El Segundo, California, with locations across the country NC4 (The National Center for Crisis and Continuity Coordination) provides Situational Awareness and Situational Readiness to both business and government.

Good Harbor Consulting, LLC provides strategic advice and counsel for a broad range of clients – including Fortune 500 companies, industry associations, systems integrators and innovative technology start-ups – in the fast-developing areas of homeland security, cyber security, critical infrastructure protection and counterterrorism.

A minority owned business with collectively over fifty years of experience in the wireless tower industry, GCGI’s core business plan is to acquire, build, own and operate tower sites specifically developed for federal and state government wireless systems. GCGI was organized and capitalized for the sole purpose of accomplishing this goal.

Harris Corporation is an international communications and information technology company serving government and commercial markets in more than 150 countries. Headquartered in Melbourne, Florida, the company has annual revenue of more than $5.3 billion and 16,000 employees — including nearly 7,000 engineers and scientists. Harris is dedicated to developing best-in-class assured communications® products, systems, and services.

Since 1947, ILC has been active in the design and development of products for both government and industry. Most ILC products are comprised of softgoods materials – products that are flexible by nature and result in innovative solutions to customer problems.

Founded in 1957, the International Council of Shopping Centers (ICSC) is the global trade association of the shopping center industry. Its 75,000 members in the U.S., Canada and more than 80 other countries include shopping center owners, developers, managers, marketing specialists, investors, lenders, retailers and other professionals as well as academics and public officials.

Lockheed Martin is a global security and information technology company with about 146,000 worldwide employees. Lockheed Martin’s four operating units are aeronautics, electronic systems, information systems and global services, and space systems.

Maritime Security Solutions provides complete maritime security and law enforcement support in order to assist clients in the development of integrated border, port, and maritime security and law enforcement solutions.

Mississippi State University created the institutional-level GeoResources Institute to combine and integrate academic and operational units active in conducting and coordinating research and educational activities in geospatial technologies and resource management – particularly agriculture, forestry, water resources, computational modeling, and visualization.

Established in 1896, the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA) is an international nonprofit committed to reducing the worldwide burden of fire and other hazards on the quality of life by providing and advocating consensus codes and standards, research, training, and education.

The Open Source Software Institute (OSSI) is a non-profit 501 (c) (6) organization comprised of corporate, government, academic and Open Source Community representatives whose mission is to promote the development and implementation of open-source software solutions within U.S. federal, state and municipal government agencies and academic entities.

An emerging leader in the field of geospatial technologies and applications, Pelican Mapping is a professional services company specializing in GIS, 3D visualization, mapping, and location-based services.

Founded to commercialize an innovative MEMS technology developed under a DARPA project, Polychromix, based in Wilmington, MA, is a leader in miniature and portable analysis tools. The company’s innovative products enable the migration of traditional laboratory-based instrumentation from the lab to the point of need for fast, accurate, non-destructive material analysis.

The largest privately held software company in the world, SAS is the leader in business analytics software and services, and the largest independent vendor in the business intelligence market. With innovative business applications supported by an enterprise intelligence platform, SAS helps customers at 44,000 sites in 108 countries improve performance and deliver value by making better decisions faster.

As the world leader in providing travel products, distribution and technology solutions for the travel industry, Sabre Holdings supports travelers, travel agents, corporations and travel suppliers around the world through its three companies- Travelocity (the most popular online travel service); Sabre Travel Network (which includes the world’s largest global distribution system (GDS) connecting travel agents and travel suppliers with travelers); and, Sabre Airline Solutions (the leading provider of decision-support tools, reservations systems and consulting services for airlines).

The Satellite Industry Association was formed in 1995 by several major US satellite companies as a forum to discuss issues and develop industry-wide positions on shared business, regulatory and policy interests.

SSG is a Woman-owned 8(a) small business that provides its government and private sector clients with vital IV&V (Independent Verification and Validation) and Cybersecurity expertise.

Headquartered in Alexandria, VA, SkyBuilt Power provides simpler, smarter, and more reliable energy solutions for military, homeland security, and commercial power needs worldwide.

SkyTerra is North America’s leading developer and supplier ofmobile satellite communications services (MSS). Since 1996 SkyTerra hasbeen providing reliable wireless voice, two-way radio (PTT) and dataservices for a wide range of customers across North America, northernSouth America, Central America, the Caribbean and Hawaii via its twoexisting MSAT satellites.

One of the world’s most renowned and recognized philanthropic nonprofit institutions, the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation was established in 1934 by Alfred Pritchard Sloan, Jr., then President and Chief Executive Officer of the General Motors Corporation.

Transparent Language is a leading provider of best-practice language learning software for consumers, government agencies, educational institutions, and businesses.

TRX Systems is a leader in breakthrough technologies in first responder and rescuer indoor tracking. TRX’s Sentinel System includes a highly-advanced personal tracking device which provides responders accurate and real-time locations of individuals deployed inside a building or structure.

Universal Detection Technology has licensed a spore detection technology from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) and has developed a first of its kind real-time continuous detection device capable of identifying abnormal levels of bacterial spores in the air, an indication of a possible anthrax attack.

Consistently ranked as the #1 design firm in the nation by Engineering News Record, URS offers a broad range of professional engineering, design and construction services to federal, state and local, and private industry clients including FORTUNE 500 companies worldwide. With over 50,000 personnel in over 300 offices nationwide and an extensive presence around the world, URS has been a leader in the design and construction industry for over 60 years. As a major U.S. federal contractor, URS provides critical support to the Departments of Defense (DoD), Homeland Security (DHS) and Energy (DOE), as well as to National Aeronautics Space Administration (NASA), Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and other federal agencies. URS brings unparalleled expertise in planning; engineering; architectural design; environmental; construction; program management; construction management; systems integration; specialized technical services; and operations and maintenance management.

A private, not-for-profit organization authorized by Congress, the WaterISAC was established by utilities with the fundamental purpose of providing information necessary to secure water systems and ensure continuous utility operations in the face of all hazards.

World Space Seek is the largest annual Public Space Event on Earth, and is celebrated in over 50 nations every October 4-10. Established by the United Nations, World Space Week works to inspire education and associated investments in the next generation of scientists, technologists, engineers, mathematicians and explorers. World Space Week events and public and private sector partners are facilitated by its not-for-profit arm, the World Space Week Association.