Swales & Associates Inc history

After occupying space at the Maryland Federal Savings and Loan Building and the Nationwide Insurance Building in Greenbelt, Maryland, in 1985 Swales moved into a half-floor suite in the Paulen Industrial Center.

Swales set out on an acquisition drive in 1995.

Revenues exceeded $75 million in 1997.

Munson, Christian T., "Swales Acquires, Bolsters Small Satellite Busi ness," Washington Business Journal, December 28, 1998.

"Civil Expanding Commercial Profits: Working with NASA Can Pave the Way," Space Business News, May 26, 1999.

——, "NASA Research Center Taps Firms for High-Tech Program," Knight Ridder Tribune Business News, September 7, 2000.

Swales was prime contractor on the Earth Observer One (EO1), a small satellite launched in November 2001.

Dujardin, Peter, "Beltsville, Md.-Based Aerospace Firm Helps Out at Hampton, Va., NASA Facility," Daily Press (Newport News, Va.), August 23, 2002.

"Swales Aerospace's Launch Carrier Completes Successful Trip in January," Daily Record (Baltimore), May 29, 2003.

Swales was named the primary mission assurance director for the United States Department of Defense's Missile Defense Agency in September 2004.

2005: Swales is reorganized into four business units.

The company participated in programs such as the Hubble Space Telescope and the International Space Station and had begun producing its own small satellites before being acquired by Alliant Techsystems in 2007.