National Technical Systems, Inc. provides testing, inspection, and certification services to the defense, aerospace, telecommunications, automotive, energy, and high technology markets. The company also offers trained technical personnel for engineering services, product certification, product safety testing, and product evaluation. In addition, it performs management registration and certification services to ISO related standards. Markets Aerospace The company offers integrated life cycle product services to the aerospace market, including civil aviation. These services include engineering, testing, certification, and supply chain management. From concept development and design, through, certification, production, and in-service life, it provides support throughout the full life cycle of the aerospace product. The company designs, builds, and integrates custom test, measurement, automation and data acquisition and control systems for the aerospace industry. These systems integrate various hardware platforms, operating systems, and instrumentation standards. Testing services include providing a range of test capabilities for space and aircraft vehicles. The company has expertise in static and fatigue testing, sonic fatigue, vibration, modal, ground vibration, high pressure/high flow air and fluid compatibility. Airborne equipment testing spans the full range of RTCA DO-160 requirements, including static and dynamic, electromagnetic effects (EME, EMI, and EMC), electrostatic discharge, environmental, material and system compatibility, high intensity radiated field (HIRF), direct and indirect lightning effects, and highly accelerated life testing/stress screening (HALT/HASS). The company's engineering services consist of design and analysis of aerospace structures, systems, components, and detailed parts as part of clients’ design teams or as a fixed-price work package. Specific capabilities include engineering program management, managed engineering services (on-site management of client engineering teams), design engineering, analysis, test engineering, test system engineering, failure forensics, and expert witnessing. The company provides engineering services that design, develop, test, and integrate pods and payloads for unmanned systems. This group has expanded from airborne platforms into ground, sea (surface and subsurface), and robotic platforms. The company has conducted test programs for unmanned aerial systems (UAS) components, systems, payloads and completely integrated air vehicles. It is actively engaged in various unmanned system test programs, and has performed environmental, vibration, and EMI testing on various UAS systems. Supply chain and certification services span a range of development, oversight, and registration activities, including product inspection, production monitoring and expediting, test witnessing and support, corrective action follow-up, supplier surveillance, sub-tier supplier management, new supplier surveys, systems evaluations and audits (including special processes), development of quality assurance protocols, supplier development and improvement, quality management system audit, certification, and registration. Defense The company plays an active role in various U.S. defense-related programs, performing various defense technology research, development, test, and evaluation services for the Department of Defense, military, and governmental agencies. These services evaluate the weapons, ordnance, munitions, avionics, electronics, hydraulic and pneumatic controls, engines, and communication systems that make up the elements of modern warfare. The company’s testing platforms for the defense industry include fixed wing aircraft, helicopters, submarines, aircraft carriers and other naval ships, tanks and other tracked vehicles, trucks and road vehicles, command, control and communication systems, and missiles and weapons systems. Testing includes associated system and component level tests of structures, hardware, electronics, personal protective equipment, armor, weapons, and ammunition. The company has facilities that are specially constructed to store