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Israeli software firm cuts deal with NASA
Program developed by ALD locating, preventing hitches to be installed in NASA's space shuttles; USD 5 million deal for 3 year contract
The Israeli software and consulting firm Advanced Logistics Developments (ALD) has won a tender held by the American National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to install software it had developed which can locate and prevent hitches in NASA's space shuttles.
The contract is for three years and estimated at some USD five million dollars.
The Israeli company is traded at the Tel Aviv stock market, and specializes in locating and analyzing problems in complicated and critical systems.
The contract states that ALD will install the software, perform analysis and report malfunctions regularly and will allocate professionals from the company's daughter company in the United States to work on the project for NASA.
Program to be installed in future fighter jet
The program is supposed to be capable of locating and collecting malfunctions and contributes to the industries in which security and maintenance in the stages of development, production, operation and maintenance are critical.
ALD's research and development center is located in Tel Aviv, with sales and support centers in the United States, France, England and Italy.
The company has been working on large military and defense projects for over 20 years, both in Israel, and abroad. The company's founder and President is Dr. Zigmund Bluvband.
Recently, the company had won American company Lockheed Martin's most prestigious project of future fighter jet F-35 in a tender and will be installing a program which locates and prevents malfunctions.
Some of the company's clients include: Boeing, Lockheed Martin, the Israel Aerospace Industries, ELTA Systems, Dimona's Nuclear Research Center, the Italian company Marconi-Selenia, the Israeli Defense Force's Technology and Logistics Branch and more.
