Neany Inc. Ranked Third US Prime Contractor

North Eastern Aeronautical Company Inc. (NEANY), headquartered in Hollywood, MD, was recently ranked third in the nation for 8(a) Prime Contractors by Washington Technology. NEANY is a minority-owned 8(a) certified research, development, test and evaluation firm currently producing innovative unmanned air and ground solutions providing battlespace awareness, force protection, and force application capabilities for the warfighter.

“NEANY’s success is founded on cultivating strong partnerships, hiring and maintaining highly skilled team members, and ensuring that our efforts are focused on customer requirements,” said NEANY Inc. President Steven Steptoe. “NEANY is honored to share this news with our partners and customers whose contributions have been integral to our success.”

NEANY, Inc. has quickly grown from a small start-up company to a significant force in the 8(a) federal contract category. Certified as an 8(a) company in 2005, NEANY has been supporting the government and private industries in areas including unmanned aerial systems (UAS), unattended ground stations (UGS), ground-based sensor integration, prototype fabrication, and training, field deployment and logistics. NEANY scientists and engineers partner with universities and national laboratories to build and deploy enhanced sensor and system capabilities to satisfy ISR missions supporting the global war on terror. NEANY supports numerous UAS efforts including Persistent Ground Surveillance System (PGSS), High-Performance Engagement Lightweight Integrated Optical Systems (HELIOS), Persistent Surveillance Unmanned Aerial Surveillance (PSUAS), TigerShark, Copperhead, and their own UAS, the Arrow.

In addition to corporate offices in Maryland, NEANY is located in Arlington, VA, Niceville, FL, and Scottsdale, AZ. They also own and operate a state-of-the-art UAS training facility in Yuma, AZ. NEANY employs 225 people and of those, 120 are deployed in Afghanistan and Iraq theaters of operation and provide UAS support to the US warfighter.

Source: Aerospace Manufacturing & Design

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  1. I have a family member is works with the company ive heard nothing but the best from the company i wanted to know were to apply Im a soldier coming up on my ETS date from the army. THANK YOU

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