DESE Research, Inc., is a veteran-owned, small-business firm conducting Theoretical and Analytical Research Services in the fields of Defense, Energy, Space, and Environment. DESE was formed in 1982 by former U.S. Army Civil-Service Executive Dr. Wallace E. Kirkpatrick.[1] In Addition to Research Accomplishments, DESE is recognized for high Ethical Standards[2] and Leadership in Community Services.[3]
| DESE Research, Inc. | |
| Type: | Veteran-Owned, Small Business |
| Foundation: | Huntsville, Alabama (1982) |
| Location: | Huntsville, Alabama |
| Key People: | Wallace Kirkpatrick, CEO Michael Kirkpatrick, President |
| Industry: | Defense |
| Homepage: | www.dese.com |
Corporate headquarters and primary operations are in the Cummings Research Park, Huntsville, Alabama. The firm also has offices serving Washington, D.C. and Leavenworth, Kansas.
Chief executive officer – Michael A. Kirkpatrick
President – Michael A. Kirkpatrick
Senior Vice-President of Business Development – David F. Hemingway
Senior Vice-President of Enterprise Architecture – Shawn Wilson
Administration – Patricia Guinn
Advanced Technology – H. Ray Sells
Cyber Security Programs – Bernie Froehlich
Leavenworth Operations – William E. Gevedon
Missile Systems Development – William T. Naff, Ph.D.
Simulation Applications – Dewayne Hall
Supply Chain Research – Bill Killingsworth, Ph.D
Systems Engineering and Test – Victor Dlugoszewski
At the present and in recent years, the client base of DESE has included the following Government Agencies and Business Industries.
Army Aviation and Missile Command; Army Combined Arms Center; Army Installation Management Command; Army Space and Missile Defense Command; Army Test and Evaluation Command; Army Training and Doctrine Command; Defense Intelligence Agency (Missile and Space Intelligence Center); Defense Threat Reduction Agency; Joint Systems Integration Center; Missile Defense Agency: NASA Marshall Space Flight Center; and Oak Ridge National Laboratory. DESE Research is certified by the General Services Administration under Professional Engineering Services and Information Technology Services.[4]
Boeing Company;[5] Oshkosh Defense, LLC., CAS Group/Wyle; COLSA Corporation; Computer Sciences Corporation; Dynetics; General Dynamics; L3 Communications; Lockheed Martin Missiles and Space; Raytheon Company; Science Applications International Corporation; Teledyne Brown Engineering; plus others, mainly Small Businesses.
DESE offers the following primary areas of expertise and recently developed tools and processes.
Advanced software development; cyber security; database engineering; enterprise architecture; independent validation and verification; information assurance; intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance; interoperability certification; missile research and development; modeling and simulation; requirements analysis; test and evaluation; threat assessment; training; weapon system design.
DESE has received contracts, subcontracts, or Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) awards in these areas. A number of the activities resulted in published papers and patents.[6]
DESE is recognized for developing simulation and modeling software tools.[7] NASA's heavy-lift vehicle projects use a DESE-developed code for their primary flight simulation[8] In an unusual practice, DESE has made some of its simulations available to the public as open-source code, permitting users to study, change, improve, and, at times, distribute the software.[9]
DESE literature cites the following recently developed and used major tools and processes.