National Interest Security Company Enhances Space Systems Acquisition Expertise

Fairfax, VA, (July 27, 2009). National Interest Security Company, LLC, (NISC), a leading provider of innovative information technology, information management and management technology consulting, announced today that Thomas Behling, former Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Intelligence,  and Francis C. "Luke" Lukenbill, a former National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) Major Program Manager, have joined NISC.  Messrs. Behling and Lukenbill's collective expertise will significantly enhance NISC support of its clients in the intelligence, defense, and homeland security areas.  They join other distinguished leaders at NISC, including Jose Rodriguez, former Director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) National Clandestine Service; Dr. Les Dreiling, former CIA senior scientist; and Juliane Gallina, former Deputy Program Manager in the NRO.

As a Senior Vice President of NISC Mission Services, Mr. Behling will lead engagements in the Intelligence/Defense team that help NISC clients assess, plan, and acquire strategic capabilities, with an emphasis on Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance (ISR) for Irregular Warfare and ensuring freedom-of-space operations. 

As a Vice President of NISC Mission Services, Mr. Lukenbill will apply his expert knowledge of global communications, IT, and intelligence programs to help clients improve their mission performance. 

Andrew Maner, Chief Executive Officer of NISC, said, "I am honored to welcome both of these distinguished and renowned individuals to NISC.  Mr. Behling and Mr. Lukenbill each have a unique understanding of the customer’s mission. Their extensive expertise in strategy development, portfolio investment, and major system program management will enhance NISC’s ability to provide the highest quality people, methods, and differentiated solutions to our clients and enhance their ability to perform their missions effectively and efficiently."

"Tom and Luke are both accomplished leaders with proven records of delivering results in the intelligence/defense communities," said Frank Strickland, President of NISC Mission Services.  "Their proven track record of successfully leading programmatic change and managing multi-billion dollar acquisition programs, combined with their competency in Edge Methods of consulting, equips them to help senior leaders design and execute large scale change programs for measurable results."

Mr. Behling is former Deputy Under Secretary for Intelligence, Office of the Secretary of Defense, where he evaluated and oversaw intelligence capabilities, persistent surveillance systems, warning systems, and ISR capabilities. He is a nationally recognized expert in the assessment of space programs.  In the early 1990’s he was a contributing author of the "Woolsey Panel" report on future overhead systems.  More recently, Mr. Behling was the Staff Director of the "Kerr Panel" report on overhead systems.  Mr. Behling is a recipient of the CIA Distinguished Career Intelligence Medal and the NRO Medal of Distinguished Performance.

Mr. Lukenbill is the former Director, Space Systems Group, and the former Deputy Commander, Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command, Space Field Activity.  Prior to this assignment, he served as the Deputy Director for Systems Engineering for Space Systems Program Office at the NRO, where he was responsible for systems engineering activities for multi-billion dollar space-based reconnaissance systems.  Other assignments and honors have included command of the U.S. Naval Air Mediterranean Repair Activity (NAMRA) and being selected as the recipient of the Naval Sea Systems Command Award for Excellence in Weapons Systems Engineering at the Naval Postgraduate School.

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.

About DC Capital Partners, LLC:

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