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DoD/Commercial    DOD/COMMERCIAL DIVISION OVERVIEW PRODUCTS & SERVICES             PRESS RELEASES DOCUMENT LIBRARY SITE MAP CONTACT US     Systems Engineering & Integration ZIN Technologies has experience developing complex aerospace systems for a wide range of carrier vehicles and has proven that development cost can only be effectively controlled by rigorous systems engineering and integration expertise. All requirements (external and internal) are carefully analyzed to determine the impact on system complexity (performance, cost, and schedule) to ensure that they provide beneficial constraints on the system design. Once accepted, these requirements are carefully tracked throughout the design process and verified. Integration activities include requirement negotiation with carriers and safety. In addition, crew training, carrier data products, and launch-site support agreements are created. Ground System Design & Operations ZIN Technologies has extensive experience in the development, operation and maintenance of telescience support centers for operation of instruments on the Space Shuttle and the International Space Station with over ten years experience with the Huntsville Operations Support Center (HOSC) at the NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, and the Telescience Support Center (TSC) at the NASA Glenn Research Center. During that period, the TSC has developed from a limited control center for display of data, to a fully functional command and control center supporting complete control of flight instruments. The TSC includes an array of ground support equipment, including commanding; telemetry receipt, distribution and archiving; multiple audio channels; multiple video channels; and secure and public web and file servers. In development support of the TSC, ZIN Technologies has contributed to the development of requirements, system architecture, specifications and procurement of hardware and software, implementation of the systems and formal verification of operability. ZIN Technologies has specific strengths in data acquisition, distribution and storage. ZIN Technologies has worked closely with various NASA (MSFC, GFSC and GRC) organizations in developing and testing the technologies, interfaces and protocols required to support the needs of payload developers that use these facilities. In particular, the recent development of the capabilities to support operations on the ISS have required the development and testing of many new interfaces, with iterative development by all participating organizations. The data systems have been developed to address the competing constraints of minimizing development and operating costs, maximizing availability, operability and restorability and addressing the concerns of security and the proprietary nature of some data. Materials Flammability & Toxicity Analysis Materials for man-rated and critical applications must meet stringent requirements on materials flammability and toxicity. ZIN Technologies offers extensive experience in the analysis of complex systems and subsystems. In-house analysis coupled with selected testing of products provides for the efficient analysis of complex aerospace systems ensuring safety and reliability. ZIN Technologies' methodology is compliant with NASA.