A National Interest Security Company, LLC Affiliate, Information Manufacturing, LLC Receives Contract Award from United States Special Operations Command

FAIRFAX, VA, February 18, 2009 – National Interest Security Company, LLC (NISC) announced today that one of its portfolio companies, Information Manufacturing, LLC (IMC) received a $2.8 million contract to enhance work and mission support for the United States Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) at its St. Petersburg, FL facilities.

NISC is building and maintaining an Unclassified Test Bed (UTB), a type of Research and Development (R&D) lab where new Information Technology (IT) products can be rapidly evaluated, matured, and integrated into existing systems for use by operational forces. The UTB provides an environment for the testing of hardware and software in a laboratory setting.

"NISC has been supporting USSOCOM since 2006 in rapid testing of new IT products for operations against terrorist networks," said Andrew Maner, Chief Executive Officer, NISC. "Our employees are personally and professionally committed to USSOCOM’s mission to provide fully capable Special Operations Forces to defend the U.S. and its interests."

David Grogan, President of IMC, NISC Information Solutions, said, "We are very pleased to receive this contract award from USSOCOM. This award is a statement of confidence in the very fine and trustworthy work of IMC’s employees and our mission capabilities."

About Information Manufacturing, LLC:

IMC provides comprehensive information management, technology, and document and media exploitation services to federal agencies throughout the Defense, Intelligence, Federal Medical, and Federal Civilian markets who require affordable, efficient, and ongoing conversion, storage, management, and analysis of large data sets. IMC began operations in 1998 at the U.S. Navy’s Allegany Ballistics Laboratory complex in Rocket Center, West Virginia. IMC is a member of NISC Information Solutions and employs nearly 500 people in high technology positions in the mid-Atlantic region and Florida. Additional information on IMC can be found at www.infoman.com.

About National Interest Security Company, LLC:

Headquartered in Fairfax, Virginia, NISC is a leading provider of innovative information technology, information management, and management and technology consulting solutions in support of national interest and security initiatives for the Intelligence Community and the Departments of Defense, Homeland Security, Energy, as well as other key Federal Civilian and Federal Health agencies. NISC's expertise includes software and systems engineering, cyber security, biometrics, document and media exploitation, decision support and portfolio analysis, enterprise architecture, strategic management systems, intelligence operations and analysis support, and network and critical infrastructure protection. Representative missions currently include, but are not limited to, providing analytically-based portfolio and capability prototyping to the Office of the Secretary of Defense, the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence; conversion, hosting, petascale data management, and multi-lingual data exploitation for the Intelligence Community; application development and systems support to the U.S. Cyber Security effort; critical program management support to the National Cyber Security Division of the Department of Homeland Security; and strategy, assessment, policy, planning, and execution for the Department of Energy. NISC has nearly 1,000 employees and represents the successful integration of mission-oriented companies into an industry-leading enterprise that offers a full continuum of capabilities.