Vital Link and Celtech Receive 2022 ESGR Above and Beyond Award

Zariah McInnisNews

Vital Link and Celtech are recognized as 2022 recipients of the Employer Support of the Guard and Reserve Awards, “Above and Beyond.” These awards are presented by the ESGR State Committees and are given to employers who have assisted and gone “above and beyond” the requirements of USERRA for their military Guard and Reserve employees. “Vital Link and Celtech and …

Atec Receives 2021 Hire Vets Medallion Award from the U.S. Department of Labor

Caroline BennittNews, Uncategorized

November 12, 2021- U.S. Secretary of Labor Martin J. Walsh recognized Atec as one of the 849 recipients of the 2021 HIRE Vets Medallion Award during an award ceremony presented by U.S. Department of Labor. Atec earned the Gold Award and is honored to accept this for 2021. The HIRE Vets Medallion Program is the only federal award program that …

Atec Companies Provide Complimentary Civilian Careers for Active Duty Reservists and Veterans

Caroline BennittNews

Atec CEO and Chairman Howard Lederer has spent the last three decades building his company into a premier aerospace services and equipment supplier. One of his paramount goals, in addition to the work the Atec companies perform in the commercial sector, has been to support America’s military in its mission to protect and defend the country. In order to meet …

CMMC Cybersecurity Standards and Best Practices on Good Pace at Atec

Caroline BennittNews

Atec has a long history of supplying critical components to the US Department of Defense (DoD). As a trusted supplier, we proactively work to make sure all parts of our business are meeting or surpassing DoD standards. In the realm of cybersecurity, until recently DFARS/NIST 800-171 recommended requirements guided our actions to protect the confidentiality of controlled unclassified information (CUI). …

Jim Sitko retires; Johnny Gunnels takes lead at Vital Link

Caroline BennittNews

After over thirty years at the helm, Jim Sitko has retired as President of Vital Link, Inc.  Sitko founded Vital Link alongside Johnny Gunnels and others in 1990 with the intention of providing critical aerospace services to the United States Department of Defense and other allied governmental entities. Together, Sitko and Gunnels grew Vital Link from a small fabrication shop …

Leadership in Military Engine Support

Caroline BennittNews

Atec has been a key provider of military aircraft engine support since the 1960s. Today, our companies provide services, products and facilities for testing and maintaining most of our militaries’ major engines. Legacy jet engines—we have the history to sustain the older turbines. State of the art fighter engines—our technical team supports the programs for the F22 & F35, as …

FSRs on the Go!

Caroline BennittNews

“Who do you want in your foxhole?”It’s a question born out of military combat action, but for the rest of us, it can be a question we ask to determine who we want at hand in challenging times or when difficult decisions need to be made. When it comes to the complex, highly specialized engine support work Atec’s customers need …

Carefully Working Through CoronaVirus

Caroline BennittNews

Valued Employees, Customers and Suppliers, this is an unprecedented time around the world with the uncertainty of COVID-19. Houston has issued a “Stay Home, Work Safe” order which will be in effect until Friday, April 30. This order applies to most businesses except for federal critical infrastructure sectors and essential business services, allowing critical infrastructure operations to remain open.  As …

Atec awarded EPaS Contract Supporting the U.S. Navy

Caroline BennittNews

Atec received a Multi-Award Contract for the FRCs, Fleet Readiness Centers, on May 28, 2019. The Equipment Procurement & Sustainment contract was Congressionally approved and is a Multi-Award Contract for Indefinite Delivery/Indefinite Quantity. This new EPaS award is our second USN IDIQ effort coming on the heels of our assumption of the NAVSUP Weapons Systems Support—JETI, SETI, TPTI IDIQ 2 …

Welcoming our new Consultants, Jim Fleming and Pat Julik

Caroline BennittNews

Atec is please to announce that Jim Fleming and Patrick Julik have joined the Atec team as exclusive consultants. Both Fleming and Julik bring respected knowledge and large test cell experience to Atec. Fleming is attending MRO Americas this week in Atlanta and Julik is visiting Atec, assisting in the company’s project activities. Atec is in an extreme period of …