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TRDA Business Innovation Center Tenant Receives $1,082,000 In New Contract Awards

Tuesday, 16 December 2008 20:33
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MELBOURNE, Fla. – Officials with Florida’s Technological Research and Development Authority (TRDA) announced that Global Engineering Management and Support, Inc. (GEMS), one of their on-site companies at the Business Innovation Center, secured more than $1 million dollars in contracts during the 3rd Quarter 2008.  The contracts are with the Department of Defense and a public mass transit customer.

GEMS is a leader in providing world class automatic test solutions and products to the military and space sectors.  They provide test equipment hardware and software for the space, DOD and commercial industries, including TPS design, test system fabrication, integration, and maintenance. As a leading supplier of automated test equipment and test program sets, GEMS products were used in more than 70 successful satellite launches and 20 military programs.

GEMS is a registered and certified minority, woman-owned small business. Eva Kohfeldt is the president and her husband, Chuck Kohfeldt, is the vice present of engineering.  The company entered the TRDA Business Innovation Center program in April of this year. For more information, visit www.global-ems-inc.com .

About TRDA
The TRDA Business Innovation Center helps start-up technology firms in Central Florida grow into financially viable, freestanding, high-growth companies. It offers clients access to intensive mentoring, modern office space, shared office resources, business services, professional development and training, investor networking and more for one monthly fee.
Launched in 1987, the TRDA is an agency of the state of Florida that leverages federal, state and private resources to develop and implement technology-based programs in four target areas:  education, business incubation, energy and technology transfer. Since its inception, the TRDA has leveraged tens of millions of dollars in funding to support its education and economic development programs. By infusing new technology into businesses and schools, the TRDA helps to strengthen the economy and education throughout the state and nation. For more information, visit www.trda.org.