• Space Ground System Solutions, Inc., a wholly owned Parsons’ subsidiary, secured a five-year, $245 million contract with the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory to advance mission-critical satellite ground systems software and operations.
  • This award continues a 30-year legacy supporting the Blossom Point Tracking Facility.
  • Parsons is a trusted provider of end-to-end space and ground system solutions, including mission engineering, DevSecOps, and secure software-defined architectures.
     

CHANTILLY, Va., July 14, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Space Ground System Solutions, Inc (SGSS), a wholly owned Parsons Corporation (NYSE:PSN) subsidiary, announced today that it has been awarded a $245 million indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract from the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) to provide software development, sustainment, and operations support for critical satellite mission systems over a five-year period of performance.

Under the Blossom Point Tracking Facility Software and Operations Support contract, Parsons builds on its 30 years of continuous advancement of NRL’s government-owned applications: Neptune® Software for automated satellite command and control and ground equipment control and status, and the Virtual Mission Operations Center (VMOC®) for satellite mission management. The work includes designing, testing, maintaining, and enhancing mission-critical software modules, as well as providing configuration control and cybersecurity for space and ground systems supporting national security missions.