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Stinger Ghaffarian Technologies Inc. Case Study

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Stinger Ghaffarian Technologies, Inc. (SGT) is an aerospace and defense company headquartered in Greenbelt, Maryland providing services, primarily to government entities, in engineering, IT, Mission Ops, and Scientific Research.
Founded in 1994, SGT has grown to a company employing over 2500 people in a matter of a mere 21 years [1]. Involved in contracts for NASA, the Navy, Air Force, and
U.S. Strategic Command, SGT offers entry-level positions in the space industry, aeronautics, defense, and information technology [1]. For example, SGT is currently looking to hire UT students for an entry-level flight controller position at Johnson Space
Center in Houston, Texas. In addition to JSC, new hires could expect to work at a variety of NASA locations, including Kennedy Space …show more content…

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Founder Harold Stinger specializes in systems engineering, specifically satellite telemetry reduction systems [1]. As a government contractor, the concept of a product or service begins with winning a contract. Then, depending on the contract, SGT will utilize its resources and systems engineering best practices to accomplish goals until the end of a product’s life.
SGT is in the business of providing engineering and technology services rather than tangible products that could be considered intellectual property. SGT provides engineering services in spacecraft systems, software engineering, design, analysis, and integration, launch and ground support systems, geographic information systems, modeling and simulation, automation and robotics, automated software verification, and air traffic management and safety [1]. In the realm of IT, SGT provides enterprise computer services, application services, cyber security solutions, and health IT solutions.
SGT’s mission operations services include mission preparation, mission training, mission execution, operational support for vehicle design, extravehicular activity

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