David W. Jourdan

Nauticos LLC provides ocean technology services to government, science and industry. It specializes in underwater navigation, search analysis, and at-sea operations. The company was founded by David W. Jourdan in September 1986 and is headquartered in Cape Porpoise, ME.

Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory LLC is a not-for-profit center for engineering, research, and development. It offers services in air and missile defense, civilian space, cyber operations, homeland protection and national security analysis. The organization was founded in 1942 and is headquartered in Laurel, MD.

Paragon Space Development Corp. manufactures life support and environmental control systems. The firm designs, builds, tests, and operates life support systems and thermal control products for astronauts, contaminated water divers, and other extreme environment adventurers, as well as for unmanned space and terrestrial applications. The company was founded by Grant Anderson, Taber K. MacCallum, Jane Poynter, Dave Bearden, and Alicia Pederson in 1993 and is headquartered in Tucson, AZ.