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ASCEND - Who we are

WHO WE ARE

One team safeguarding crews today while building the next era of human spaceflight.

ASCEND Aerospace & Technology, LLC (ASCEND) is an All-Small Mentor-Protégé Program (ASMPP) Joint Venture (JV) between Aerodyne Industries, LLC and Jacobs Technology Inc. (pending name change to Amentum Technology, Inc.), that leverages our 12+ year collaboration as award-winning NASA contractors. Through our ASCEND partner companies, we have 62+ years of experience working for NASA and currently manage 5,500 employees across nine NASA Centers. With this foundation of expertise, we are dedicated to helping every mission succeed—today and into the future.

Board of Directors

Andrew Allen, ASCEND Chair
David Langhauser, Principal Manager
Carl McManus, Financial Representative 
Lorna Kenna, Industry Executive - Operations
Bret Laws, Industry Executive - Business Development

About Aerodyne

Aerodyne Industries is a rapidly growing engineering and Information Technology (IT) services firm headquartered in Cape Canaveral, Florida. Our clients count on our agility and advanced capabilities to solve their most complex aerospace engineering and IT challenges. NASA, the Missile Defense Agency (MDA), and U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) appreciate the personalized service of our Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business (SDVOSB) with the performance capabilities of a large corporation.

About Amentum

Amentum is a global leader in advanced engineering and innovative technology solutions, trusted by the United States and its allies to address their most significant and complex challenges in science, security and sustainability. Our people apply undaunted curiosity, relentless ambition and boundless imagination to challenge convention and drive progress. Our commitments are underpinned by the belief that safety, collaboration and well-being are integral to success. Headquartered in Chantilly, Virginia, we have more than 53,000 employees in approximately 80 countries across all 7 continents.

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