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Dynetics is an employee-owned engineering, applied science, and information technology company headquartered in Huntsville, Alabama. Its primary customers are the United States Department of Defense, the United States Intelligence Community, and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.

History
Dynetics was founded in 1974 by Herschel Metheny and Dr. Steve Gilbert. Its early work was primarily radar system analysis and engineering support for the United States Army Aviation and Missile Command and the Missile and Space Intelligence Center. During the 1980s, Dynetics expanded its business into modeling and simulation and foreign material exploitation (FME) of radars, missiles, and missile seekers.

In the 1990s, Dynetics continued to grow its core business, and expanded into the automotive supply industry as a provider of electrical test systems. Since 2000, Dynetics began selling information technology (IT) and cybersecurity services, including a contract to provide IT services to NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center. Dynetics also entered the space business with the development of the FASTSAT-HSV micro-satelite, and as a partner with Stratolaunch Systems developing the Stratolaunch Air Launch System.

Employee Ownership
In 1989, Dynetics purchased shares from its founders to create the Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP), although some shares were still held by individuals separate from the ESOP. In 2011, the ESOP purchased all remaining shares, resulting in 100% ESOP ownership of the company.

Operations
Dynetics divides its services and products into categories of Intelligence, Missiles, Aviation, Cyber, and Space.