owned small business firm conducting theoretical and analytical research services in the fields of defense energy space and environment . dese was formed in 1982 by former u.s. army civil service executive dr. wallace wally kirkpatrick . 1 in addition to research accomplishments dese is recognized for high ethical standards 2 and leadership in community services . 3 dese research inc. type veteran owned small business industry defense founded huntsville alabama 1982 headquarters huntsville alabama key people wallace kirkpatrick ceo michael kirkpatrick president website www.dese.com contents 1 locations 2 organization and management 2.1 corporate managers 2.2 directorates 3 primary customers 3.1 government agencies 3.2 business industries 4 areas of specialization 4.1 areas of expertise 4.2 simulation tools and processes 5 references 6 external links locations edit corporate headquarters and primary operations are in the cummings research park huntsville alabama . the firm also has offices serving washington d.c. and leavenworth kansas . organization and management edit corporate managers edit chief executive officer wallace e. kirkpatrick president michael a. kirkpatrick senior vice president of business development david f. hemingway senior vice president of enterprise architecture shawn wilson administration patricia guinn directorates edit advanced technology h. ray sells cyber security programs bernie froehlich leavenworth operations william e. gevedon missile systems development william t. naff ph.d. simulation applications dewayne hall supply chain research bill killingsworth ph.d systems engineering and test victor dlugoszewski primary customers edit at the present and in recent years the client base of dese has included the following government agencies and business industries . government agencies edit army aviation and missile command ; army combined arms center ; army installation management command ; army space and missile defense command ; army test and evaluation command ; army training and doctrine command ; defense intelligence agency missile and space intelligence center ; defense threat reduction agency ; joint systems integration center ; missile defense agency nasa marshall space flight center ; and oak ridge national laboratory . dese research is certified by the general services administration under professional engineering services and information technology services . 4 business industries edit boeing company ; 5 cas group wyle ; colsa corporation ; computer sciences corporation ; dynetics ; general dynamics ; l3 communications ; lockheed martin missiles and space ; raytheon company ; science applications international corporation ; teledyne brown engineering ; plus others mainly small businesses . areas of specialization edit dese offers the following primary areas of expertise and recently developed tools and processes . areas of expertise edit advanced software development ; cyber security ; database engineering ; enterprise architecture ; independent validation and verification ; information assurance ; intelligence surveillance and reconnaissance ; interoperability certification ; missile research and development ; modeling and simulation ; requirements analysis ; test and evaluation ; threat assessment ; training ; weapon system design . dese has received contracts subcontracts or small business innovative research sbir awards in these areas . a number of the activities resulted in published papers and patents . 6 simulation tools and processes edit dese is recognized for developing simulation and modeling software tools . 7 nasa s heavy lift vehicle projects use a dese developed code for their primary flight simulation 8 in an unusual practice dese has made some of its simulations available to the public as open source code permitting users to study change improve and at times distribute the software . 9 dese literature cites the following recently developed and used major tools and processe . c model developer simulation kernel for quickly building dynamic simulations 10 digital glue scripting languages to make software interoperable t frames universal architecture for high fidelity missile engagement simulations maveric high fidelity simulation used in developing heavy lift vehicles genetic algorithms optimization technique using survival of the fittest principles mini rocket easy to configure multiple degree of freedom flyout trajectory model 11 collection asset visualization optimizing location of intelligence sensors flight path threat assessment identifying and avoiding manpads threat areas battle command common operational architecture jtf through company hqs system of systems mission threads basis for army interoperability certification references edit smith wayne ; dese research 25 years at forefront the huntsville times april 24 2007 p. 1c beckett jeniffer ; dese crystalizes high ethical standards huntsville r & d magazine fall 2010 pp. 38 41 received the 2006 silver volumteer service award from president george bush gsa authorization ; https www.gsaadvantage.gov ref text gs23f0177l 0gf40h .1 vu0v2 gs 23f 0177l fssoptionpricelist.doc dese has received a 2010 silver level performance excellence award from boeing the huntsville times jan. 23 2011 p. 1c an example patent is no. 7786417 ram neutralization system and method granted aug. 31 2010 ; http www.google.com patents about id kttuaaaaebaj & dq 7786417 supporting the military through m & s technology alabama summer 2007 pp. 14 15 dese technology undergrids nasa ares simulation technology alabama spring 2010 p. 21 ; http www.technologyalabama.com content dese technology undergirds nasa ares simulation open source dese research has released their new object oriented simulation kernel as open code technology alabama winter 2005 p. 11 . c model developer user guide u.s. army technical report amr sg 05 12 ; http www.dtic.mil cgi bin gettrdoc location u2 & doc gettrdoc.pdf & ad ada433836 mini rocket user guide u.s. army technical report amr ss 07 27 ; http www.dtic.mil cgi bin gettrdoc ad ada472173 & location u2 & doc gettrdoc.pdf external links edit dese research official web site ; http www.dese.com retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title dese research & oldid 704302483 categories defense companies of the united statescompanies based in huntsville alabamacompanies established in 19821982 establishments in alabama navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 10 february 2016 at 20 06 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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