MZA Historical Information

MZA Associates Corporation
Albuquerque, NM / Dayton, OH / Jupiter, FL

History

MZA was formed in 1991 to meet a need for advanced simulation and analysis of adaptive optics systems at what is now the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL). MZA was founded by four researchers having historical links to common projects: Bob Praus, president and software engineer, Steve Coy, a physicist and software designer, and two others who have since left. In December of 1992 MZA was awarded the Phillips Laboratory, four-year, three-million dollar ATP Modeling and Simulation Support (AMASS) contract. The company has been growing and thriving since. The original AMASS contract was followed by the larger and broader-scope AMASS II contract which continued through September 2001, and the follow-on to that, HELMAS, was started in October 2001. At the same time, we are very actively engaged in a variety of other projects, most notably the development and commercialization of our two simulation tools, WaveTrain, for modeling advanced optical systems, and tempus, for general-purpose simulation.

For 6 years consecutively, since 2001, MZA has been named to the New Mexico Technology Flying 40, a group of New Mexico technology businesses recognized for their rapid growth.

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