ALMA Sistemi S.r.l di Di Iorio Alessio & C (www.alma-sistemi.com) is an Italian SME established in 2005 providing high-level consultancy in the space and defence markets. ALMA provides services in Business Development, Project and Proposal Management, System and Software Engineering with specific regard to check-out systems for space equipment’s and image processing for Earth Observation applications.

The activities of ALMA spans from international RTD projects managed by research organizations to industrial projects covering: added value services in the space market, Check–out equipment for satellite and payloads, Earth Observation and Navigation Applications.

ALMA proven expertise has been gained from performing a broad range of projects in the: Aerospace, Engineering, Research and IT sectors. These include helping research organisations and industries to identify potential opportunities, make project proposal, development plan and implement new products and services.

ALMA has contributed in behalf of its international clients to a number of key space projects funded by the EU, ESA, NASA and ASI.

For the specific project ALMA brings its wide knowledge and experience in the field of Project Management, Exploitation and software engineering focussed on Plasma technologies.