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supporting human space flight
development, launch, and operations -
NASA prime contractor for safety,
quality, and mission assurance -
software safety and airworthiness for UAVs
system/software safety for UGVs -
providing safety and assurance
functions for VAB and ML
design and operations. -
minimize launch range risks and
provide protection from potential hazards -
integrally involved in the
international explosives
safety testing community -
quality engineering.
safety and mission assurance. -
ensuring optimal testing
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extensive experience developing
web-based and desktop software -
software tools
to evaluate hazards
and risks -
DOT transportation classification for explosives and other hazardous materials
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analysis. planning. test.
A-P-T Research, Inc. is
Providing Safe Solutions.
A-P-T Research, Inc. (Analysis, Planning, Test, Research, or “APT”) is an employee-owned, small business based in Huntsville, AL, established in 1990.
Our personnel are owners and each share in the commitment to APT’s corporate mission of continually providing state-of-the-art expertise and ensuring the highest level of customer satisfaction. APT provides professional engineering and programmatic services to Government and industry in a variety of disciplines.
Products
System Safety Scrapbook
Failure Probability Information Handbook
Hazard Tracking System
Upcoming Training
System Safety Engineering | 16-20 Oct 2023
16 October 2023 - 20 October 2023

The System Safety Engineering course builds upon your knowledge as a safety professional or a supervisor/manager, to develop competence and sharpen skills in the techniques that support hazard discovery, the assessment and control of risk, and in reviewing work of this kind performed by others. You will receive guidance in the management of limited resources for the optimum control of risk. Online and in-person attendance options are available. See Event Details tab below for more info. Indicate online or in-person attendance during registration.
IMESAFR Training with AN Module | 24-27 October
24 October 2023 - 27 October 2023

Please register no later than 6 October 2023. Institute of Makers of Explosives Safety Analysis for Risk (IMESAFR) is a probabilistic risk assessment tool used to calculate risk to personnel from explosives facilities. Click here to purchase IMESAFR v2.2 License. Users will be required to complete the IMESAFR training class to obtain the software license. Click here if you cannot purchase using credit card or PayPal.
Available Modules
- IMESAFR v2.2 Training: 24-26 October
- AN Training Module: 27 October
SAFER Training | 7-8 November 2023
7 November 2023 - 8 November 2023

SAFER performs quantitative risk analysis to determine risk to people from a potential explosion site (PES) by conducting a sequential calculation of probability of event, explosives effects, and personnel exposure. SAFER can be used to assess the risks to people in inhabited building distance (IBD), public traffic route (PTR), and intraline distance scenarios.
IMESAFR Training with AN Module | 14-17 November | Ottawa, Canada
14 November 2023 - 17 November 2023

Institute of Makers of Explosives Safety Analysis for Risk (IMESAFR) is a probabilistic risk assessment tool used to calculate risk to personnel from explosives facilities. Click here to purchase IMESAFR v2.2 License. Users will be required to complete the IMESAFR training class to obtain the software license. Click here if you cannot purchase using credit card or PayPal.
Available Modules
- IMESAFR v2.2 Training: 14-16 November
- AN Training Module: 17 November
Explosives Safety | 28-30 Nov 2023
28 November 2023 - 30 November 2023

This course is designed primarily for individuals who develop, assemble, test, inspect, approve, transport, store or in some other way handle explosive items or material, the Explosive Safety Course is an overview of hazards inherent to explosive operations; associated safety precautions; and methods to analyze, test and obtain approval for explosive activities. Online and in-person attendance options are available. See Event Details tab below for more info. Indicate online or in-person attendance during registration.
Risk Management for Safety Engineers | 4-8 December 2023
4 December 2023 - 8 December 2023

This course provides an overview of the underlying processes used to manage risks and demonstrates the common elements that can be applied to any sector of our economy. The most common of these processes is IARA, an acronym for Identify, Assess, Reduce, Accept. Online and in-person attendance options are available. See Event Details tab below for more info. Indicate online or in-person attendance during registration.
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Employment
We are always looking for enthusiastic, hard-working people to join our team, especially in the fields of system safety, range safety, flight safety, software safety, risk analysis, and software development. To see the latest employment opportunities, visit our employment opportunities page here.