Though having outgrown SBIR size requirement (500 employees of less) in its early yearsZIN Technologies, Inc. had beenquite active in SBIR providing full lifecycle development of aerospace systems including: design, development, engineering, integration, test, evaluation, orbital operations, systems modeling, simulation, verification, and validation. The flight hardware life-cycle spans concept definition, design, development, fabrication, verification, integration, launch, operations, and data processing. The firm has on-staff expertise in multi-discipline engineering, system and product development, production, and research and technology development. ZIN'S engineering capabilities include: systems, mechanical, electrical, fluids, propulsion, structural, thermal, integration and test. ZIN has a strong heritage in the areas of Space Operations including: payload operations, space communications, navigation and network reconfigurable testbed. ZIN supports exploration systems (ORION, SLS, ISS, commercial vehicles) and space technologies (advanced communications, power, propulsion, cryogenics). ZIN employs an integrated performance-based management approach, providing experienced people, proven processes and tools and exceptional cost, schedule, and technical performance while identifying and managing program and project risks and was one of the several SBIR Awardees included in a massive NASA contact arrangement by which the selected firms receieved up to $500M effectively sole source contract opportunity over a minimum FIVE year period. In March 2023 it was announced that the fim had been acquired by ZIN Technologies.
