SOURCE: Lone Star Aerospace

 

DALLAS, TX -- (MARKET WIRE) -- May 11, 2007 -- The United States Marine Corps awarded a contract to Lone Star Aerospace. The firm will study commercial markets to assist the Corps in choosing technology for its Expeditionary Fighting Vehicle. Lone Star teamed with Embedded Market Forecasters (EMF) for its successful bid.

"EFV is an important program for the Marines; we are proud to be part of an effort that matters so much," said Steve Roemerman, Lone Star's president. The EFV program is an ACAT 1 (major acquisition) program, using Commercial off the Shelf (COTS) technology. The command vehicle hosts a sophisticated information processing environment, including high performance servers, in an armored vehicle moving at high speeds, over all terrain, and wide expanses of water. This combination of COTS usage and severe environments is one reason the program has been identified by the Department of Defense as a leading COTS user.

Lone Star and EMF have worked together before, using EFM's market research to advise a number of clients. "Dr. Jerry Krasner has a national reputation for unequaled research products and data," Roemerman said. "We like to work with EMF because EMF has a database spanning several years, and includes nearly every commercial market vertical using electronic components. The rigor of EMF's research and the historical nature of the data are without peer, and they complement our own data bases and market research."

About Lone Star Aerospace: Lone Star delivers defense solutions. LSA clients include organizations of all sizes. LSA delivers strategy consulting, simulation and modeling, leading edge product development, and critical subcontracting. LSA executives, analysts and technologists have contributed to the most challenging and critical efforts in aerospace and defense.

LSA is based in Plano, Texas, and is an Incucomm company.

www.lonestar-aerospace.com

About EMF: EMF is the premier market intelligence and advisory firm in the embedded technology industry. Embedded technology refers to the ubiquitous class of products which use some type of processor as a controller. These products include guided missiles, radars, and avionics as well as robots, automobiles, telecom gear, and medical electronics.

Embedded Market Forecasters (EMF) is the market research division of American Technology International, Inc. EMF clients range from startups to Global 100 companies worldwide. Founded by Dr. Jerry Krasner, a recognized authority on electronics markets, product development and channel distribution, EMF is headquartered in Framingham, Mass.

www.embeddedforecast.com