Cummings Research Park

Cummings Research Park, located primarily in the city of Huntsville, Alabama is the second largest research park in the United States,^[1] and the fourth largest in the world. ^[1] The Research Triangle Park in North Carolina is the only research park in the United States that is larger. Cummings Research Park is a member of the Association of University Research Parks (AURP [1]). The University of Alabama in Huntsville serves as anchor tenant for the park. UAHuntsville is a comprehensive research university with more than 7,400 students. Half of the university's graduates earn a degree in science or engineering.

Cummings Research Park was voted as the Most Outstanding Science Park in the World in 1997 by the AURP.^[2]

History

In 1961, Milton K. Cummings, then president of Brown Engineering Company, and Joseph C. Moquin, his later successor, selected a tract of undeveloped land on the western edge of Huntsville for building a new headquarters. Located adjacent to land that had recently been acquired by the University of Alabama for developing a Huntsville Branch and within a few miles of major Army and NASA development centers on Redstone Arsenal, this area was ideal for establishing a high-technology research park.

Cummings and Moquin, with the support of rocket pioneer Wernher von Braun, proposed that the City of Huntsville zone the area as a research park district. In 1962, the City established this zoning, with 3,000 acres of land officially designated Huntsville Research Park.

Brown Engineering (later Teledyne Brown Engineering) was the first to build in the park, opening its campus the inaugural year. As America rushed into the space race, other companies quickly followed; these included giant national firms such as Lockheed, Northrop, and IBM, smaller outside firms wanting to open Huntsville operations, and a number of newly organized local enterprises.

In parallel with the growth of industry occupants, the adjacent academic campus also matured; in 1970, this became the University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH, later UAHuntsville). The UAH Foundation owned a large portion of land in the research park district, and served as a major promoter of development. When Milton Cummings died in 1973, the district was renamed the Cummings Research Park (CRP). By the end of the 1970s, the development of what is now known as CRP East was nearing completion.

In 1982, the second major phase of CRP was launched with the planned development of CRP West. A substantial new parcel of land, exceeding 800 acres, was purchased and a master plan was established by the City of Huntsville. This new phase strengthened the development restrictions on the park, rivaling, and in many instances exceeding, the quality of planned research and development parks anywhere in the world. The City of Huntsville has continued to acquire land for future growth of CRP, and it is now approaching 4,000 acres.

Location and Size

The location of CRP in the Huntsville-Decatur Combined Statistical Area and close proximity to the Redstone Arsenal and Marshall Space Flight Center has built the park into one of the world's leading science and technology business parks.

The park can be viewed while traveling on Interstate 565, and Research Park Boulevard (AL 255).

• Cummings Research Park covers an area of 3,843 acres (15.55 km²), and employs roughly 25,000 employees.

• There are currently 175 buildings that house more than 285 different companies.

• The park has a current capacity of 9,000,000 square feet (840,000 m²).

• Major industries are aerospace, defense, engineering, biotechnology, advanced manufacturing, software development and information technology.

Major Employers

• The Boeing Company
• ADTRAN
• SAIC
• University of Alabama in Huntsville
• Teledyne Brown Engineering
• Benchmark Electronics, Inc.
• Northrop Grumman
• Direct TV
• West Corporation
• COLSA Corporation
• CSC
• Redstone Federal Credit Union
• ITT
• Lockheed Martin
• Dynetics
• Raytheon Company
• Yulista

Companies Within Cummings Research Park

A-B

• AAI Corporation
• AAR Summa
• ACS Government Services
• ADESTA
• ADS Corporation
• ADTRAN
• Advanced Optical Systems, Inc.
• Advanced Systems Development, Inc.
• Advanced Systems Technology
• Advancia
• AEgis Technologies Group, Inc.
• Aero Thermo Technology, Inc (AT)
• Aerojet
• Aerotek
• Aerospace Products S.E.
• Aetos Systems
• Agility Defense & Government Services
• a.i. solutions
• AJT & Associates, Inc.
• Alabama Supercomputer Authority (ASA)
• Alabama Technology Network
• ALACAD
• Alion Science & Technology
• Allied Electronics, Inc.
• All American Semiconductor
• All Points Logistics
• Alutiiq
• Amedisys Home Health of Huntsville
• American Telemessaging Corp. (AmeriTel)
• Amtec Corporation
• Analytical Services, Inc. (ASI)
• Apexio Solutions, Inc.
• Applied Data Trends, Inc.
• Applied Genomics
• Applied Geo Technologies
• A-P-T Research, Inc.
• Aranea Solutions
• Arcata Associates, Inc.
• ARES Corporation
• Aries Technologies
• ARINC Engineering Services, LLC
• Arrow Electronics, Inc.
• ASRC Aerospace Corporation
• Assurance Technology Corporation (ATC)
• ATK
• AT&T Government Solutions
• Automated Managed Business Solutions (AMBS)
• Aviagen North America
• Aviation & Missile Solutions, LLC (AMS)
• Avion, Inc.
• Avnet Electronics
• Avocent Corporation
• Avocent Digital Desktops
• Axometirics
• AZ Technology, Inc.
• BAE Systems
• Baron Services, Inc.
• Battelle, Huntsville Operations
• BellSouth Corporation
• Belzon, Inc.
• Benchmark Electronics
• Bentley Systems. Inc. (June 2011)
• Bevill Conference Center and Hotel
• Bevilacqua Research Corp.
• BizTech, Business Technology Center, Inc.
• Boeing
• Bonham Technologies, Inc.
• Booz Allen Hamilton
• BRANAE
• Brockwell Technologies
• Building Plastics
• Byte Size, Inc.

C-E

• Calhoun Community College
• Camber Corporation
• Carina Technology, Inc.
• CAS, Inc. (now ITT CAS)
• Casa Designs
• Catholic High School (CHS)
• CATI Training Systems
• CFD Research Corporation (CFDRC)
• Chugach Alaska Corporation
• Cimmaron
• Cobham Analytical Solutions (SPARTA, Inc.)
• Cobro, a Westar Company
• Collazo Enterprises, Inc.
• COLSA Corporation
• Conversant Healthcare Systems
• Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC)
• Computing Technologies, Inc. (CoTs)
• Corporate Resource Solutions
• Crystal Mountain Natural Spring Water
• Cummings Aerospace
• Davidson Technologies, Inc.
• DCAA (The Defense Contract Audit Agency)
• DCS Corporation
• dealnews.com, Inc.
• deciBel Research, Inc.
• Decisions & Advanced Technology Associates (DATA), Inc.
• Decisive Analytics Corporation
• Defense Acquisition University
• Delta Research, Inc.
• DESE Research, Inc.
• Diatherix Laboratories, Inc.
• Digital Fusion, Inc.
• Digital Operations Corporation
• Digium
• DirecTV Customer Services, Inc.
• DRS Test & Energy Management, Inc.
• DMD, LLC
• Dynamic Concepts, Inc.
• Dynetics, Inc.
• EADS North America
• Echotek Corporation (now owned by Mercury Computers)
• EDAW, Inc.
• EDS PLM Solutions
• Edward Jones Investments
• EER Systems, Inc.
• EGEN
• EG&G Technical Services (URS)
• Elbit Systems of America
• ELCOM, Inc.
• ELMCO Inc.
• enGenius Consulting Group
• EPS - Engineering & Profession
• ERC, Inc.
• E-Ring, Inc.

F-I

• Faulkner University
• FPMI
• Foster Wheeler
• Future Electronics
• Future Research Corporation
• Frontier Technology
• Garver
• General Dynamics Decision Systems
• Genesis Engineering Solutions, Inc.
• Getronics Government Solutions, L.L.C.
• Gleason Research Associates, Inc. (GRA)
• Global Majic Software, Inc.
• Goodrich Corporation
• Gray Research, Inc.
• Gryphon Technologies
• GRC International (GRCI)
• Halo Monitoring
• Hamilton Sundstrand
• The Harding Group
• Harlan Lee & Associates
• Hawk Enterprises
• Hewlett-Packard
• HudsonAlpha Institute for Biotechnology
• IBM
• ICRC Aerospace Services
• iCubate, Inc.
• IKON Office Solutions
• Infinity Technology, Inc. (ITI)
• Information Engineering, Inc.
• InfoSurv, Inc.
• Inter-Coastal Electronics, Inc. (ICE)
• International Space Systems, Inc. (ISSI)
• Intuitive Research and Technology Corporation (IRTC)
• IOCAD Engineering Services, Inc.
• iRepertoire, Inc.

J-M

• JAYCOR
• JB Management Inc.
• Johann A. Krause, Inc.
• Johnson Controls
• Kancharla Corporation
• KAYA Associates
• KBM Federal Systems Division
• Keystone Foods
• KMC Telecom, Inc.
• Koniag Services Inc. (KSI)
• Kottmann, Inc.
• Kratos Defense & Security Solutions
• Kwajalein Range Services, LLC
• L-3 Communications
• Layer 8 Technology
• Lanier Worldwide, Inc.
• Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company
• Lockheed Martin Information & Technology Services
• Logistics Management Engineering, Inc.
• MagnaCom, Inc.
• Management Technology Associates, Inc. (MTA)
• Martin Technologies, Inc.
• M.B. Kahn
• McLaughlin Research Corporation (MRC)
• Measurement Specialists
• MEI Technologies, Inc.
• Mentor Graphics
• Metters, Inc.
• Microarrays Inc.
• Millennium Engineering and Integration Company
• Miltec Corporation
• Mission Research Corporation
• MIT Lincoln Laboratory
• Moog, Inc.
• M-Squared, Inc. (M2I)

N-O

• National Space Science and Technology Center (NSSTC)
• National Weather Service Weather Forecast Office
• NATO MEADS Management Agency
• Nektar Therapeutics
• NeXolve Corporation
• Nexus Energy Center
• New Century Technology High School
• New World Solutions
• nLogic, Inc.
• Nortel Networks
• Northrop Grumman, Electronic Systems (ES)
• Northrop Grumman, Huntsville Engineering Center
• Northrop Grumman, Mission Systems
• Oak Ridge-Huntsville Partnership Office
• Oceaneering Space Systems
• OCERIS Corporation
• OMI, Inc.
• On-Line Applications Research Corporation (OAR)
• Open Biosystems
• Optical Sciences Corporation
• Optimization Technology, Inc.
• Option One
• Orbital Sciences Corporation

P-R

• Paradigm Technologies
• PASS Network, Inc.
• People Tec
• Perkins Technical Services, Inc.
• Pesa Switching Systems, Inc.
• Powell Electronics
• PowerComm Systems, Inc.
• Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne, Inc.
• Premier Preschool
• Premier Professional Systems, Inc.
• PrSM Corporation
• QinetiQ North America, Systems Engineering Group
• Qualis Corporation
• Quality Research, Inc.
• QuantiTech
• Quantum Research International, Inc.
• Quantum Technologies, Inc.
• Radiance Technologies, Inc.
• Raytheon Systems Company
• Raytheon Systems Company - Business Development
• Red Hat, Inc.
• Redstone Federal Credit Union
• Reptron
• Research Analysis and Maintenance, Inc. (RAM)
• ResearchSouth, Inc.
• Rockwell Collins
• RS Electronics
• RVSI Acuity CiMatrix
• Ryco Engineering, Inc.

S

• SAIC
• Schafer Corporation
• Scientific-Atlanta, Inc.
• Scientech, A business unit of Curtiss Wright Flow Control
• Sci-Quest, the North Alabama Science Center, Inc.
• SDC, Inc.
• SELEX GALILEO
• Sentar
• Shaffer Solutions Corporation
• Shearer & Associates
• Siemens
• Sierra Nevada Corp.
• Sigma Services of America
• Sigmatech, Inc.
• SimSTAFF
• Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation
• Southeastern Institute of Technology
• SourceCF, Inc.
• Southern Digital Products
• Spacehab, Inc.
• SPARTA Inc.
• Sparta, Inc. - Defense and Space Systems Sector
• SpecPro, Inc. (See also: Badger Army Ammunition Plant)
• SSS Optical Technologies
• Stanley, Inc.
• State of Alabama, Department of Revenue
• Strata-G Solutions
• Strata Form
• SunGard Asset Management Systems
• Sverdrup Technology, Inc.
• SYColeman
• Syntegra
• System Dynamics International, Inc. (SDI)
• System Studies and Simulation, Inc. (S3)

T-U

• Technical Micronics Controls, Inc. (TMC)
• Tec-Masters, Inc.
• Tecolote Research, Inc.
• Teksystems
• Teksouth
• Teledyne Brown Engineering, Inc.
• Teledyne Solutions, Inc.
• Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA)
• TetraTech
• TFE Technology, Redstone Division
• Three D Research Corporation
• Time Domain Corporation
• Titertek Instruments, Inc.
• Trideum
• Troy7
• Toroid Corporation
• United Controls Corporation
• United International Engineering
• United Space Alliance, LLC
• United States Army Space and Missile Defense Command (USASMDC)
• Universal Solutions
• Universities Space Research Association (USRA)
• University of Alabama in Huntsville
• US Social Security Administration Office
• Utility Automation Integrators (UAI)

V-X

• Veridian Engineering, Inc.
• Verizon Wireless
• Werd Interactive Inc.
• West Corporation
• World Response
• Xerox
• Yulista

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Bruns, Adam (July 2009). "The Nationals". Site Selection Magazine (Interactive Publishing). http://www.siteselection.com/issues/2009/jul/cover/. Retrieved 26 December 2009. 
2. ^ Huntsville Chamber of Commerce Facts Page

External links

• Cummings Research Park page at Chamber of Commerce of Huntsville/Madison County

Coordinates: 34°43′25″N 86°38′52″W / 34.723702°N 86.6477726°W / 34.723702; -86.6477726