Los Alamos Technical Associates (LATA) is a diversified engineering

Engineering

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, scientific and technical services company

Company

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 serving a worldwide client base. Founded in 1976 in Los Alamos, New Mexico

New Mexico

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 LATA has offices nationwide with corporate offices in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Today, over 200 staff members deliver solution

Solution

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s to the Department of Defense

United States Department of Defense

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, Department of State, and Department of Energy

United States Department of Energy

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. LATA is a Service Disabled Veteran

Disabled American Veterans

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 Owned Small business

Small business

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. Their work is in four primary service areas:

• Nuclear
• Environmental
• Defense and Security
• Engineering

Contracts

• In February 2003, Los Alamos National Laboratory signed a contract with KSL Services Joint Venture where LATA was one of the three companies.
• In January 2005, the Department of Energy announced a signing between LATA and Parallax Inc for a $141 million contract.

Locations

They currently have offices located in:

• Los Alamos, NM (HQ)
• Albuquerque, NM
• Denver, CO
• San Antonio, TX
• Ogden, UT
• Richland, WA
• Chicago, IL
• Columbus, OH
• Buffalo, NY
• Philadelphia, PA
• Washington, DC

See also

• DESP II - In 1997 the Air Force Materiel Command
  Air Force Materiel Command
  Air Force Materiel Command is a major command of the United States Air Force. AFMC was created July 1, 1992 through the reorganization of Air Force Logistics Command and Air Force Systems Command....
  
  (AFMC) expanded the Design Engineering Program (DEP) into DESP.