MPS

Name

MPS

Legal name

MPS, LLC

Website

https://mps-jv.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2018

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Defense Systems Engineering and Integration Services

NAICS

Guided Missile and Space Vehicle Manufacturing (336414), Computer Systems Design and Related Services (54151)

SIC

Guided Missiles & Space Vehicles & Parts (3760), Services-Engineering Services (8711), Services-Computer Integrated Systems Design (7373)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYIMABAOAD

Integrated Air & Missile Defense (IAMD) Systems

Industrials, Manufacturing & Construction/Aerospace & Defense Manufacturing/Defense Systems and Technologies

SECONDARYIMABACAK

Spacecraft Integration, Assembly & Test (IAT)

Industrials, Manufacturing & Construction/Aerospace & Defense Manufacturing/Spacecraft & Launch Vehicle Manufacturing

Keywords

• Missile defense engineering
• Defense systems engineering
• Cybersecurity defense services
• Mission support services
• Modeling and simulation defense

Headquarters

HQ city

Alexandria

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Government Defense Contracts: MPS generates revenue as a prime contractor awarded large-scale defense contracts from federal agencies, primarily the Missile Defense Agency. Revenue comes from technical, engineering, advisory, and management support services across test planning, execution, and analysis.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

MPS is a defense technology services contractor that delivers systems engineering, cybersecurity and intelligence solutions, operations and mission support, modeling and simulation, and test and evaluation services to U.S. federal defense and intelligence customers—primarily the Missile Defense Agency. Its core work spans missile defense systems integration, cyber network operations and vulnerability research, warfighter logistics and training, and custom-built modeling and simulation tools that support MDA decision makers and the warfighter.

Product overview

MPS (Mobius Parsons Solutions) is a defense technology services company structured as a joint venture between Mobius Consulting and Parsons Corporation. Rather than a traditional product company, MPS operates as a services contractor providing advanced technology solutions to the Department of Defense and federal agencies. The company offers six interconnected service lines: Systems Engineering (covering missile defense, cybersecurity, sensors, and weapons integration), Cybersecurity & Intelligence Solutions (cyber operations, R&D, ISR), Operations & Mission Support (logistics, training, facility O&M), Modeling & Simulation (threat scenarios, wargaming, visualization tools), and Test & Evaluation (testing planning, execution, and analysis for missile defense systems). These services are delivered primarily through contracts with the Missile Defense Agency including the TEAMS BMD Systems Engineering contract and the TEAMS Next Systems Test Support contract.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Systems Engineering Performs all phases of systems engineering across complex weapon systems, missile system design, development support, hardware and software integration. Specializes in space and missile defense systems, cybersecurity, sensors, radars, directed energy, weapons system integration, and acquisition management for DoD and federal customers.
• Cybersecurity & Intelligence Solutions Delivers cybersecurity services for defense and critical infrastructure markets, including cyber network operations, cyber R&D, intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance, reverse engineering vulnerability research, systems administration, and network and systems security for U.S. government clients via vehicles such as USCYBERCOM C4CD IDIQ and SAF/DCM multiple-award contract.
• Operations & Mission Support Provides warfighter support, product logistics and fielding, operations support center manning, strategic policy development, and warfighter training support; plus turnkey services including facility O&M, warehousing, transportation, and telecommunications operations across highly secure physical, electronic, and threat-resistant facilities.
• Modeling & Simulation Provides missile defense threat scenario support, wargaming exercises, and visualization of real-time system behaviors using a custom-created suite of modeling and simulation tools that directly support MDA decision makers and the warfighter, including assessments of BMDS active and passive sensor subcomponents such as LIDAR and telescope optical chains.
• Test & Evaluation Provides expertise across all aspects of testing, from pre-test planning and analysis through test resource planning, test planning and execution, and post-test analysis; supports MDA test directorates including the Test, Exercise, and Wargames contract and the THAAD Test Directorate.
• TEAMS (Technical, Engineering, Advisory, and Management Support) Ballistic Missile Defense Systems Engineering Expert systems engineering and integration services supporting development of a highly integrated and effective Ballistic Missile Defense System (BMDS) capability to defend the United States, regional interests, allies, and deployed forces against ballistic missile threats.
• Flight Component and General Test Support (FCGTS) Test and evaluation engineering and analysis support for the THAAD Test Directorate, providing pre-mission planning support, pre-test data analysis, and flight test execution support.

Quantifiable outcome

• 2018 Nunn-Perry Award recognition for outstanding Mentor-Protégé team accomplishments including creation of modeling and simulation tool supporting MDA decision makers

Named customers4 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core.

• Mobius Consulting, LLCcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMobius Consulting serves as the majority partner and lead venture partner in the MPS joint venture. The company provides leadership and strategic oversight of the JV and leads the Management Committee. As CEO, Melaine Privitera provides leadership driving market presence and innovative solutions. Frank Privitera as President directs the Management Committee and customer facing activities. MPS was formed through the DoD Small Business and SBA Small Business Mentor Protégé programs.
• Parsons Corporation (NYSE: PSN)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerParsons Corporation is the minority partner in the MPS joint venture. Mike Dewitz serves as Executive Vice President and Manager of Parsons Engineering & Technical Services and sits on the MPS Management Committee, responsible for ensuring Parsons provides MPS with all resources needed to be successful. Parsons contributes large business reach and performance assurance to the JV.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Amentum: Government services and engineering firm formed from AECOM's federal services spin, providing engineering, operations & mission support across DoD and intelligence agencies. Comparable scope of test, operations, and engineering support to MPS.
• Leidos: Top-five federal IT and engineering services prime with deep MDA, space, and cyber portfolios. Competes on similar TEAMS-class and test-support recompetes; provides the broader-incumbent benchmark for MDA work.
• Vectrus: Mid-cap defense services firm delivering operations, logistics, and mission support to DoD customers worldwide. Comparable as a similarly-sized contractor competing for many of the same O&M and mission-support task orders.
• Parsons Corporation: Publicly traded defense and infrastructure integrator (NYSE: PSN) that is the minority partner in MPS and the primary large-business resource backstop for MPS's MDA bids. Directly competes for many of the same missile defense and systems engineering primes via its Engineering & Technical Services group.
• SAIC: Major federal services integrator with sizeable missile defense, space, and cyber mission areas (post-Scitor and Engility integrations). Directly bids on TEAMS-class MDA engineering and test support recompetes against MPS.
• Booz Allen Hamilton: Premier federal cyber and engineering consultancy with DoD/IC bench depth. Competes for the same USCYBERCOM and intelligence-community cyber task orders that MPS supports via the C4CD IDIQ.
• CACI International: Federal engineering and intelligence services firm with substantial cyber and electronic warfare exposure. Overlaps with MPS on USCYBERCOM and Air Force cyber work; competes as a larger bidder for similar IDIQ work.
• KBR (Government Solutions): Federal services segment of KBR delivering engineering, test, and operations support across DoD and NASA. Competes on test & evaluation and mission support contracts comparable to MPS's TEAMS work.

Emerging players

• BlueHalo: Growth-stage defense and space technology integrator with particular strength in directed energy, space, and missile defense adjacencies. Emerging alternative bidder/partner for MDA and space-related M&S work that overlaps MPS's portfolio.

Direct peers

• DCS Corp: Mid-tier DoD engineering services firm of similar scale providing systems engineering, modeling & simulation, and acquisition support to Army and MDA customers. Closest comparable in revenue band and mission-set among small/mid-defense services peers.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/MobiusParsonsSolutions
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/mps-jv

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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