Founded in 1975, AMERICAN SYSTEMS is one of the largest employee-owned companies in the United States, generating 2005 revenues of $275 million. Based in the Washington, D.C. area, the company provides systems engineering, technical, and outsourcing services to government and private sector customers.

With approximately 1,500 employees in 21 office locations and more than 125 field sites, AMERICAN SYSTEMS is known for anticipating and responding rapidly to its customers' present and future needs.

Within the government sector, the company's focus is on Command, Control, Communications, Computer, Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (C4ISR); Acquisition and Logistics; Readiness; National Security; and Citizen Safety.