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 …
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 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 …
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). …
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 …
Atec and Vital Link adopted the Maestas and Limon families this year through Project Joy and Hope. They serve seriously ill children and their families, and have a palliative care facility onsite. This amazing organization, led by Dr. Jan Wheeler and Director Shelley Fuller, allows companies to adopt the families staying at the Tulip Project in Pasadena around Christmas time. …
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 …
Over our 67-year history, Atec Companies have dealt with about every item in allied military engine support. Because aeroengines are physically substantial, test and support systems have precision steel framing. Important subcomponents often have salvageable housings, interior parts, connectors, etc. Such key components may also be out of manufacture, and “reman” repair may be the only affordable solution. In other …
“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 …
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 …
