Applied Technology Associates (ATA), headquartered in New Mexico, provides advanced technology and products for directed energy weapons, laser communications, and space systems, specializing in inertial navigation, precision pointing and stabilization, and controls systems. ATA personnel have designed, developed, integrated, delivered, and field-tested beam control systems for space, flight, maritime, and ground high energy laser (HEL) and laser communication applications. ATA is a market leader in integrated pointing control, tracking and image processing systems crucial to acquiring and tracking targets. ATA also manufactures fast steering mirrors and optical inertial reference unit components and beam control subsystems.