Aptima is a software company headquartered in Woburn, MA, with branches in Washington DC, Orlando FL, and Dayton OH. Since its founding in 1995, Aptima has held hundreds of US Department of Defense contracts, through which the company has received $344.5 million to date. Recent notable Aptima defense contracts include:
In 2017, Aptima merged with the Waltham, MA based cyberdefense company Milcord, acquiring all Milcord's contracts. In 2021, the company launched the "Aptima Scientific Advisory Board," through which the company states it aims to obtain "guidance concerning its strategic R&D goals and to recommend partnerships." Among the five members of the Aptima Scientific Advisory Board are MIT Computer Science & Artificial Intelligence Lab Professor Julie Shah and UMass Amherst Professor David Jensen.
Aptima CEO Daniel Serfaty lives in Cambridge MA and is the co-chair of the Israeli-American Council of Boston. Serfaty is also a member of the Massachusetts High Technology Council. In May 2021, Serfaty testified before the Cambridge City Council in opposition to Policy Order #109, a BDS-like resolution which sought for the City of Cambridge to terminate contracts with Hewlett Packard and other companies complicit with Israeli settler-colonialism (a policy order vehemently opposed by Zionist groups).
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Aptima, Inc. CEO Daniel Sarfaty is the Co-Chair of the Israeli-American Council Boston.
MIT Computer Science & Artificial Intelligence Lab Professor Julie Shah is one of the five current member's of Aptima's recently launched "Aptima Scientific Advisory Board," through which Aptima aims to obtain "guidance concerning its strategic R&D goals and to recommend partnerships."
UMass Amherst Professor David Jensen is one of the five current member's of Aptima's recently launched "Aptima Scientific Advisory Board," through which Aptima aims to obtain "guidance concerning its strategic R&D goals and to recommend partnerships."
Aptima is currently contracted to work in partnership with Raytheon to develop a program called HERMIONE, which will enhance "[d]ata collection capabilities for intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance operations."
Aptima currently holds a federal contract to work in partnership with weapons company Lockheed Martin to develop a "Confined Space Monitoring System," which will allow the US military to monitor its workers' locations and vital signs in real-time.
Aptima has received $79.67 million to date from US DoD contracts for the provision of products and services to the US Army. In 2019, Atpima was awarded a $19 million DoD contract to carry out research and develop tools to support the US Army in personnel development.
Aptima has received $97.05 million to date from US DoD contracts for the provision of products and services to the US Navy. In 2019, Aptima received a US DoD contract to support the US Navy's development of "learning technologies and methods of instruction" to "improve naval force readiness."
Aptima has received $124.45 million to date from US DoD contracts for the provision of products and services to the US Air Force. In 2021, Aptima won a $5.2+ million contract from the US Air Force Research Laboratory to develop automated "air combat simulation" programs to train military pilots.