MZA
MZA Associates Corporation
Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States
About
Founded in 1991, MZA is a defense software developer based in Albuquerque, United States working in weapons, optronics, simulation & training +1 more.
MZA Associates Corporation is a provider of research, development and analysis services for U.S. government directed energy weapons programs. Headquartered in Albuquerque, New Mexico, with an office in the Dayton, Ohio area and a machine shop in Houston, Texas, the company was incorporated in October 1991 to provide advanced simulation and analysis of adaptive optics systems for what is now the Air Force Research Laboratory. Its work covers wave-optics modeling, adaptive optics systems, beam control, atmospheric characterization, high energy laser engagement analysis and scientific data acquisition and management. MZA develops the WaveTrain wave-optics analysis tool and the tempus simulation executive, and has designed and prototyped the Othela line of lightweight tactical beam directors. The company has supported the Airborne Laser and Airborne Laser Test Bed programmes, the ABLEX and ABLE ACE atmospheric characterization experiments, and the HELLADS and HELMAS programmes. MZA also supports the Airborne Aero-Optics Laboratory project with Notre Dame and AFIT. Its affiliate, Active Optical Systems, manufactures low-cost adaptive optics hardware.
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WaveTrain
Wave-optics modeling and simulation software
Object-oriented wave-optics modeling and simulation environment for designing and analysing adaptive optics and beam control systems.
tempus
Simulation executive software
Generalized object-oriented simulation and modeling environment for interdisciplinary simulation of subsystem interactions, used for timeline models of high-power microwave and high energy laser systems.
Othela
Tactical beam director
Lightweight, compact telescope transceiver with on-gimbal beam control and adaptive optic wavefront compensation for mobile high energy laser systems.
Adaptive Dynamic Range Wavefront Sensor
Wavefront sensor
Adaptation of a Hartmann wavefront sensor that increases dynamic range by more than a factor of five without reducing accuracy; patented by MZA (US 6,707,020).
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New Mexico Technology Flying 40
Annual Air Force Modeling and Simulation Award
