Founded in 1988 as a single-employee research and development company, Spectrum Astro today is a formidable prime contractor providing a variety of space-technology products and services ranging from space electronics manufacturing to the leadership of best-in-class, multi-company teams in the design, integration, test, and on-orbit support of large, complex space systems. Our innovative and superior systems engineering and management processes ensure high level performance at affordable costs, as does our legacy in the design and manufacture of high performance, lower-cost spacecraft. In addition, our new Tucson office, in cooperation with the University of Arizona Optical Sciences Center, provides expertise in complex electro-optical space-based intercept vehicles, payloads and associated technologies.
Spectrum Astro is a fast-growing company in sales, technology, and resources thanks to our full-time workforce of over 450 highly qualified people. Our average employee has 16.3 years of career experience. Two-thirds of our employees hold a bachelors degree or higher while one-third hold a masters degree or higher. Our sales exceeded $160 million in FY01: an increase of more than $40 million over FY00. In regards to facilities resources, Spectrum Astro currently occupies 141,596 square feet of a 350,000 square foot industrial complex located in Gilbert, Arizona (Phoenix area) while we also maintain additional offices in Los Angeles; Pasadena; Washington D.C.; Herndon, VA; Colorado Springs; and Tucson.
