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All Points Celebrates New Dynamic Collaboration With Florida Institute of Technology

By  //  December 17, 2024

Florida Tech and All Points will engage in collaborative research, offer internships

All Points, a leading space and tech firm based on the Space Coast of Florida, has announced a dynamic new collaboration with the nationally-ranked Florida Institute of Technology in Melbourne. For 27 years, All Points has been a leading solutions provider to a diverse array of government and commercial customers, now with operations in 26 states across the USA. Florida Tech is a Tier 1 ranked university with science, engineering, aeronautics, business, humanities, psychology, and communication programs.
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BREVARD COUNTY • MERRITT ISLAND, FLORIDA – All Points, a leading space and tech firm based on the Space Coast of Florida, has announced a dynamic new collaboration with the nationally-ranked Florida Institute of Technology in Melbourne.

For 27 years, All Points has been a major solutions provider to a diverse array of government and commercial customers, now with operations in 26 states across the USA. All Points offers development and systems integration in mission-critical domains, such as space, defense, and cyber.

In 2021, All Points developed Space Prep to focus exclusively on space launch infrastructure-as-a-service. The dedicated and diverse team has award-winning expertise in payload processing, integrated logistics, modeling and simulation, and other technical specialties.

Space Prep’s new commercial infrastructure-as-a-service operations are being developed near NASA’s iconic Vehicle Assembly Building on a 170-acre site with 60 acres of site improvements. The Space Prep complex will boast approximately 500,000 square feet of state-of-the-art infrastructure, providing seamless support for spacecraft operations from the factory to the launch pad.

All Points, a leading space and tech firm based on the Space Coast of Florida, has announced a dynamic new collaboration with the nationally-ranked Florida Institute of Technology in Melbourne. “We are excited about all the great opportunities that this new collaboration with Florida Tech will offer, both for our team and their students and faculty,” said Phil Monkress, All Points CEO. “We look forward to this new partnership!”

“We are excited about all the great opportunities that this new collaboration with Florida Tech will offer, both for our team and their students and faculty,” said Phil Monkress, All Points CEO. “We look forward to this new partnership!”  

As part of this new partnership with Florida Tech, All Points will engage in collaborative research with faculty, offer internships to their students, and work together to continue the growth and development of the future STEM workforce on Florida’s Space Coast.

Florida Tech is a Tier 1 ranked university with science, engineering, aeronautics, business, humanities, psychology, and communication programs.

Founded in 1958 as Brevard Engineering College, the Melbourne-based school offered advanced education to the earliest cohorts of space scientists, engineers, and technicians working at Cape Canaveral and what would become Kennedy Space Center.

The university became Florida Institute of Technology in 1966 and has developed into a leading technological and research institution with more than 200 associate, bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral degree programs. 

All Points, a leading space and tech firm based on the Space Coast of Florida, has announced a dynamic new collaboration with the nationally-ranked Florida Institute of Technology in Melbourne. “As a company focused on cutting-edge engineering, information technology, and logistics, All Points Logistics will be a deeply impactful partner,” Florida Tech President John Nicklow said.

“As a company focused on cutting-edge engineering, information technology, and logistics, All Points Logistics will be a deeply impactful partner,” Florida Tech President John Nicklow said.

“The things they do, the problems they solve, are valuable learning opportunities for our students and rich with potential for our faculty. I am excited to see what is to come.”

The All Points leadership team recognized the importance of developing technical talent and new technologies that will be critical to America’s leadership in space development, operations, and security and worked to create a new academic/business partnership designed to bring All Points’ corporate resources together with Florida Tech’s innovative education and hands-on learning to advance capabilities for both.

The agreement enables collaboration on applied research projects involving faculty, students, and equipment. It supports company-funded internships for students and participation in career fairs, “career-ready” programs, and student projects. It also offers the company’s employees access to Florida Tech programs for professional growth and career advancement.

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