Homegrown Symetrics, a total-solution provider, to grow the brand locally
Homegrown Symetrics, a total-solution provider, to grow the brand locally
Melbourne, Florida - 27 Nov 2006Symetrics Industries, one of Brevard County's oldest defense contractors, has agents around the world that market the company's products and expertise. Overseas, the Melbourne-based private business has been gaining visibility in the defense community for providing nose-to-tail electronic-warfare solutions.
The growing firm, which continues to expand its engineering-software capabilities, is also well represented at international trade shows. The Symetrics name is marketed in far-off places like Singapore, Jordan, Greece and the United Kingdom.
But when it comes to brand awareness in the local market there's a gap, says Chris Watt, the new vice president of business development for Symetrics Industries LLC.
p>"A lot of people in the area do not realize what we do and the capabilities we have as a company. My goal is to change that thinking and to really push Symetrics within the local technical community and the community in general," says Watt, a University of Florida ROTC graduate and former U.S. Navy pilot with 20 years of service.He adds, "We want companies like Boeing, Hams, Northrop Grumman and DRS, among others, to know that we are a total-solution provider. As a small business we can adapt to a customer's needs and be flexible. But we can also deliver like a big business, having that credibility, reliability and responsibility."
The 44-year-old company, with more than 140 employees, specializes in the design, manufacture and testing of electronic systems for the Department of Defense, NASA and prime contractors. "We are not set up to be a big commercial board house. That's not our mission. As a business we want to provide solutions to the customer."
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Symetrics Employees go for a Spin!
Symetrics Employees go for a Spin!
Melbourne, Florida - 25 Nov 2006Symetrics Industries, 1615 W.NASA Blvd. Melbourne, recently participated and sponsored the 5th Annual Ruth Cote-Clemente Spin-A-Thon hosted by Club Performax, Melbourne. This Spin-A-Thon consisted of a 6-hour spinning marathon with 150 volunteers of all fitness levels and experience spinning to raise money for the Cancer Care Centers Foundation and local cancer patients. It was a day of fun that included food, drink, music, prizes, silent auction and dunking booth all for a great cause. Symetrics representatives included Mitch & Tonya Garner, S.J. Spradley, Karin & Kenneth Delaney. This one-day event held on October 28th raised over $63,000.00!
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Low-Key Management Style Proves to be Successful Strategy for CEO
Low-Key Management Style Proves to be Successful Strategy for CEO
Melbourne, Florida - 25 Nov 2006Mitch Garner, the president and CEO of Symetrics Industries doesn't feel as if he has spent half his life at the company, but he has.
Garner worked his way up to the big corner office at the top of the building from an entry-level manager's position he secured in 1986 at the tender age of 22. Fresh out of UCF and armed with a bachelor's degree in Chemistry, Garner first thought of his employment with the Melbourne-based company as a mere stepping stone on his way to a career in Chemistry.
Symetrics, established in 1962, manufactures aircrew protection systems for the Department of Defense, NASA, and other contractors.
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Florida Today: Symetrics gets $67M
Florida Today: Symetrics gets $67M
Melbourne, Florida - 07 Nov 2006Symetrics Industries LLC, a Melbourne-based defense contractor, has won a $67 million contract with the Air Force to manufacture countermeasures dispenser systems.
Symetrics, a 44-year-old company that employs about 140 people also was awaarded a navy contract for $1.5 million for another of its products - memory loader verifier set.
Chris Watt, vice president for business development at Symetrics, said the contracts probably won't lead to any immediate new hires, but there's a possibility of an expanded work force in the future, if the contracts end up requiring a boost in manufacturing shifts.
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Symetrics Wins $67M Contract For AN/ALE-47 Countermeasures Dispenser System
Symetrics Wins $67M Contract For AN/ALE-47 Countermeasures Dispenser System
Melbourne, Florida - 03 Nov 2006Symetrics Industries LLC was awarded a $67M contract for production of the AN/ALE-47 Countermeasures Dispenser System (CMDS) for the U.S. Department of Defense. The contracting agency for the program is Warner Robins Air Logistics Center (WR-ALC) at Robins Air Force Base, Georgia. The award covers a five-year ordering period, including options. If all options are exercised, the total award value will rise to approximately $130M.
This marks the fifth straight award to Symetrics from WR-ALC for the AN/ALE-47 since the company won the production contract in 2001. “We are very pleased to continue our service to the men and women in the Armed Forces that benefit from this critical life saving self-protection system,” stated Chris Watt, Symetrics’ Vice President of Business Development. “We are also proud and grateful to be recognized by the U.S. Government as a trusted and responsive supplier --- one they can continually rely on for our high quality products,” Watt went on to say.
The AN/ALE-47 CMDS is an Electronic Warfare self-protection system that provides combat aircrews with enhanced survivability against surface-to-air and air-to-air missile threats in all environments. It can easily be integrated with numerous complementary systems, including Missile Warning Systems (MWS), onboard RF Jamming systems, and Radar Warning Receivers (RWR). Symetrics has delivered thousands of components to the Department of Defense, the US State Department, and numerous domestic and international commercial customers as the U.S. Government’s prime supplier of the system for the last 5 years.
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Symetrics Awarded NAVAIR AN/USQ-131/B Memory Loader Verifier Set Contract
Symetrics Awarded NAVAIR AN/USQ-131/B Memory Loader Verifier Set Contract
Melbourne, Florida - 01 Nov 2006Symetrics Industries, LLC was recently awarded a contract from the US Navy’s Naval Inventory Control Point (NAVICP) for over 100 AN/USQ-131/B Memory Loader Verifier Sets (MLVS). The contract value was approximately $1.5M and was significant for Symetrics, as this marked the 8th straight year of continuous production on this unit.
Symetrics received an additional order for a number of MLVS units from another local Melbourne business, that totaled over half a million dollars. Given the success of these two awards, and Symetrics’ recognition as the proven source for the USQ-131/B, they expect an additional order for an unspecified number of MLVS units from NAVICP, and at least one other DoD contractor prior to the end of the year. Mitch Garner, President and CEO of Symetrics put it this way: "It is an honor to be awarded these multiple contracts, as it is a testimony to the Symetrics employees who work extremely hard to ensure that only the highest quality products are consistently delivered to our customers."
The AN/USQ-131/B Memory Loader-Verifier Set (MLVS) is a small portable unit that is capable of loading and verifying Operational Flight Programs (OFPs), Mission Data Files (MDFs) and User Data Files (UDFs) into aircraft's EW systems and self-protection suites. It is used to load the AN/ALE-47 Countermeasures Dispenser System --- a Symetrics-built system that protects aircraft from surface-to-air and air-to-air missiles. Both the MLVS and ALE-47 are utilized on aircraft throughout the world.
Symetrics Industries, LLC, which is ISO-9001-2000 registered, designs, manufactures, tests and delivers electronic assemblies and sophisticated systems of the highest quality for the U.S. Department of Defense and International commercial and military customers. For 44 years, the term “Symetrics-built” ensures the customer high quality, low cost and responsiveness - worldwide.
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Florida Today: Sky's the Limit for Contractor
Florida Today: Sky's the Limit for Contractor
Melbourne, Florida - 10 Sep 2006Portable, shoulder-fired rocket launchers are, unfortunately, weapons that are in numerous supply in today's world.
In the hands of terrorists, drug runners and other criminal types, the relatively inexpensive, lightweight rocket launchers greatly increase the vulnerability of all types of aircraft - from helicopters to large commercial jets.
Enter melbourne-based Symetrics Industries LLC, a 44-year-old company that quietly has been winning accolades - and contracts - for developing countermeasure systems that recognize incoming rocket threats, like shoulder-fired Stinger missiles, and then directs them safetly away from aircraft using hot flare decoys.
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Symetrics supports US Department of State with Self-Protection Suite for the Huey II.
Melbourne, Florida - 07 Mar 2006Symetrics Industries announced today an award from US Helicopter, in Ozark, AL, for the self-protection suites on ten Huey II helicopters. Symetrics will be providing the AN/ALE-47(V) Countermeasures Dispensing Systems and the ATK AN/AAR-47(V)2 Missile Warning Systems for installation onto the aircraft, which will be supporting the US Department of State in various missions.
Symetrics will also be providing software, including the Mission Data File, support equipment, including the AN/ALM-295 Countermeasures Dispenser Test Set, and logistics training. The subcontract from US Helicopter is worth nearly $2.5 million, and is expected to be completed by April of this year.
“This order is significant in that it demonstrates our capability of providing a complete nose-to-tail Electronic Warfare solution,” said Mitch Garner, Symetrics’ President and CEO. “Through our company’s superior arrangements within the EW community, we can provide the customer with all the necessary elements of the self-protection suite, which includes hardware, but also software, support equipment, training, and integration support.”