2005 Fast 50

31: Artel Inc.
Location: Reston, Va.
Annual growth rate: 78.40%
2004 Revenue: 110,400,000
2003 Revenue: 101,502,939
2002 Revenue: 41,677,803
2001 Revenue: 22,661,313
2000 Revenue: 13,589,938
Leadership: Abbas Yazdani, president and CEO
Number of employees: 182.00
Website: www.artelinc.com
Lines of business: Managed network services, solutions integration and information security services
Major customers: Homeland Security Department, Treasury Department, Interior Department, Federal Emergency Management Agency and General Services Administration
Major contracts/projects: ARTEL is providing information assurance, technical and management expertise, enabling products, technical solutions, managerial and professional services to the Defense Information Systems Agency under a $1.5 billion contract awarded in 2000. The company is also the satellite communications provider on the $2.2 billion DISA DSTS-G contract, which was awarded in 2001.