About Us

Qualis LLC is a small business headquartered in Huntsville, Alabama near Redstone Arsenal and the Marshall Space Flight Center. We provide technical services in the areas of engineering analysis, testing, and support services to both commercial and Government customers.

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Qualis LLC is deeply committed to our Mission, Vision, Values, and Quality Statements.

OUR VISION

To be the partner of choice for superior services and innovative solutions.

OUR MISSION

We apply our highly skilled personnel to advance customer mission success through superior solutions for Defense and Civil programs.

OUR VALUES

We value
• integrity
• excellence
• our unique character and abilities
• safe practices
• customer and community service.

COMMITMENT TO QUALITY

Qualis provides services and products that exceed customer expectations through our commitment to continuous improvement in total life cycle management.

CORPORATE GOALS

PEOPLE – Promote leadership, provide opportunity, and continue to earn loyalty for our employees.
CUSTOMER – Earn the highest performance ratings from our customers.
GROWTH – Sustain and grow our business base.
COMMUNITY – Grow our reputation for active community involvement in the places we call home.

Qualis LLC is a small business headquartered in Huntsville, Alabama near Redstone Arsenal and the Marshall Space Flight Center. Qualis was established in 1993 by  Former Chief Executive Officer, Elizabeth N. Morard and former Executive Vice President, Mary A. Engel.  Qualis was founded on the principles of the highest standards of technical services. Qualis currently supports NASA, the US Army, and the US Air Force, and the US Navy. Qualis is the recipient of many local and national awards.

Safety is a high priority for Qualis management and employees. Qualis management encourages employees to actively participate in safety training and events, and presents “Safety Awards” to employees who make special contributions to workplace safety. Many of our customers have also recognized Qualis for our high safety standards.

NASA LEVEL 1 SAFETY AWARD

NASA awarded Qualis’ Materials Testing for Aerospace Environments (MTAE) contract a NASA Level 1 Safety Award for achieving consistently excellent evaluations in four safety elements:

  • Management commitment and employee involvement
  • System and worksite hazard analysis
  • Hazard prevention and control
  • Safety and health training

In addition to achieving and maintaining an average score of 90% (≥ 36 out of 40 cumulatively) for at least one year, the Level I award requires NO lost-time injuries for the MTAE contract during that year. The MTAE contract, with the ICRC / Qualis team, has achieved more than 500,000 work hours without a lost-time injury.

Qualis’ is a lead integrator of mission critical services of DoD and Civil Space Systems.  Qualis management and employees support a wide range of projects.

SYSTEMS ACQUISITION AND ENGINEERING

Qualis provides a full spectrum of acquisition and engineering services to DoD and Civil Space Systems including systems, subsystems, and component engineering.  Qualis provides systems engineering support for developing, acquiring, and fielding both technologically superior and affordable weapon and space systems.  Qualis focuses on defining customer/mission needs and required functionality early in the acquisition cycle, documents requirements, then proceeds with system and program validation while considering the complete system lifecycle.

TEST AND EVALUATION

Qualis provides Cyber Systems Test and Evaluation, Developmental Test and Evaluation (DT&E), Operational Test and Evaluation (OT&E), integrated DT/OT&E, and combined test facilities (CTF) services to virtually all USAF air-delivered weapon systems, Army and Navy weapon systems and specifically Joint DoD Unattended Aerial Systems (UAS) and Unattended Ground Systems (UGS), and Civil space systems.

PROGRAM MANAGEMENT

Qualis supports research and development, procurement, logistics support, maintenance, fielding, financial management (including ULO/NULO analysis, cost estimating, cost modeling, cost analysis, earned value management – EVM analysis), scheduling and IMS to assist/support our customers and their missions in acquiring technologically superior and affordable systems.

EXECUTIVE STRATEGIC ADVISORY SERVICES

Qualis provides executive level strategic advisory service to defense agency customers and select clients.  Personnel serve as subject matter experts in strategic planning, program and project planning, engineering and management.

CYBER SECURITY SERVICES 

Qualis provides robust Cyber Security Services to the DoD encompassing an array of disciplines to DoD, with focus on assessment of current and persistent Cyber Security posture of military capabilities. Our proven performance includes Cyber Security assessment support for NORAD & USNORTHCOM, USPACOM, and a broad span of Military Service organizations and Weapons System platforms. We offer services across the Cyber Security assessment lifecycle, from initial research and planning to final reporting and recommendations, delivering vulnerability remediation and mitigation, Risk Management Framework compliance and security control assessments, and Mission Assurance analysis. Internally, Qualis makes Cyber Security a high priority and have taken the necessary steps to become and stay DFARS Compliant well ahead of the government mandated timeline.

Qualis Cyber Security Services include:

•Red Teaming
•Cybersecurity Vulnerability and Mission Assurance Assessments
•Cyber Exercise and Event Planning and Execution
•Risk Management Framework
•Authorization and Accreditation
•Risk Mitigation and Remediation
•Security Engineering and Management

Qualis has proven performance on contracts supporting the following customers.

GOVERNMENT CUSTOMERS

  • US Air Force, Space Force, Army, Navy
  • The Missile Defense Agency and the Space Development Agency
  • NASA

QUALIS NAMED FINALIST FOR BBB TORCH AWARD FOR ETHICS 2016!

Better Business Bureau of North Alabama’s Torch Award for Ethics” So nice to work in a company where Ethics and Integrity comes first !!

QUALIS AWARDED SBA ADMINISTRATOR’S AWARD OF EXCELLENCE

Qualis received the 2010 SBA Administrator’s Award of Excellence.  Qualis proudly accepted the award at the Jacobs ESTS Group’s HBCU/MI (Historically Black Colleges/Minority Institutions) Summit.

QUALIS AWARDED NASA MSFC CONTRACTOR EXCELLENCE AWARD

Huntsville, Ala., May 12, 2010 – Qualis announced today that the NASA Marshall Space Flight Center has named Qualis as the recipient of their Contractor Excellence Award for Small Business Services for 2009. This award represents significant contributions to the Marshall Space Flight Center’s mission.
Qualis CEO, Elizabeth Morard commented: “It is truly an honor to receive the Contractor Excellence Award. This recognition is directly attributable to Qualis employees who focus on our customer’s mission – and do it well. I sincerely thank them for not only their excellent work, but their initiatives to help our company continuously improve. We are proud to be part of the vital work of NASA Marshall and its significance to this country.”
Robert Lightfood, acting director of the Marshall Center, presented the award May 11 at Marshall’s annual Center Director’s Breakfast. The event was attended by some 300 community leaders, elected officials and industry partners.

Qualis LLC, founded in 1993, is a small business that employs more than 350 people and has 31 years of proven performance on more than 60 contracts supporting the U.S. Air Force, U.S. Army, U.S. Marine Corps, U.S. Navy, NASA, major primes, and commercial customers. Qualis’ skilled, diverse workforce in 16 states, Afghanistan, and Iraq has expertise spanning multiple disciplines including systems engineering, test and evaluation, logistics, and acquisition and program management. Qualis ranked number 1967 on the 2007 Inc. Magazine’s 5,000 list of fastest-growing private companies in the country, ranked 1294 on the 2008 list, and ranked 1280 on the 2009 list.

For more information, contact Roger Rhodes at (256) 971-1707 or rrhodes@qualis-corp.com or visit www.qualis-corp.com.

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QUALIS RANKS FOR A THIRD YEAR IN A ROW ON THE INC 5000

Inc. magazine ranked Qualis number 1280 on its Inc. 5000 list of the fastest growing privately held companies in the country in 2009. This was the third year in a row Qualis has ranked on the Inc. 5000.

DIVERSITY STATEMENT

Qualis is committed to fostering an inclusive environment without regard to race, color, religion, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, age, phsyical challenge, marital status, or status as a covered veteran as relates to employment. Each unique individual is treated fairly, respectfully, and has equal ability to contribute to the success of the organization.

SOME OF OUR COLLEGIATE PARTNERS

Qualis Student Summer Internships – giving opportunities to students for hands-on experiences to supplement their college experience and submerge them in real-life business experiences to shape their career path.

  • Tuskegee University
  • Florida A&M University
  • Alabama A&M
  • University of Alabama at Huntsville
  • Georgia Tech
  • Auburn

As a leading integrator providing technical and engineering services, Qualis LLC ensures that critical programs, products, and systems are acquired, tested, and fully operational in order to support the urgent operational needs of our customers to ultimately support and protect the Warfighter, Homeland Defense and Human Spaceflight. We understand the importance that our services have on the environment and the Earth and are committed to protecting it.
The scope of our Environmental Management System involves improving Qualis LLC ‘s environmental performance through more efficient use of resources and reduction of waste, gaining a competitive advantage, and the securing the trust of our stakeholders.
To minimize environmental impacts concerning our activities, products and services, we shall:
• Comply with applicable legal requirements and other requirements to which Qualis LLC subscribes which relate to its environmental aspects.
• Prevent pollution, reduce waste and minimise the consumption of resources.
• Educate, train and motivate employees to carry out tasks in an environmentally responsible manner.
• Encourage environmental protection among suppliers and subcontractors.
Qualis LLC is committed to continual improvement of environmental performance. This policy will be communicated to all staff, our customers, and be available for the public.