Tyto’s third acquisition of 2024 accelerates GovCon growth and enhances Proposal Center of Excellence

HERNDON, Va. – Nov. 13, 2024 – Tyto Athene, LLC (“Tyto”), a federal systems integrator of mission-focused digital transformation solutions, and portfolio company of Arlington Capital Partners (“Arlington”), has completed its acquisition of Key Solutions, Inc. (“KSI” or the “Company”), a premier Washington, D.C. area firm providing expert bid and proposal development consulting and support.

“This acquisition represents a strategic step forward in our mission to be the premier provider of secure technical solutions, ensuring information dominance for our public sector customers,” said Dennis Kelly, CEO of Tyto Athene. “By integrating KSI’s industry-leading expertise into our bid and proposal center, we are poised to accelerate growth and strengthen our position as a leader in the market.”

Tyto connects government and defense leaders with technologies to seamlessly integrate and modernize enterprise-level operations, increasing mission resiliency, capability, and flexibility for U.S. agencies worldwide. With 40 years of experience and over a 70% proposal win rate in cyber, telecom, IT, defense, and health-related programs, KSI will provide Tyto with a world-class government contracting capture and proposal capability, further strengthening Tyto’s footprint in the federal and global public sector markets.

“With our core expertise in bid and proposal development combined with Tyto’s extensive experience and talent in providing modernization and IT solutions for the federal government, we couldn’t ask for a better team to join,” said Greg McCarthy, CEO of KSI. “We’re honored to be a key part of Tyto’s growth plans and future objectives.”

Once KSI is fully integrated, McCarthy will hold the position of VP of Capture at Tyto.

KSI brings its trademarked process, the KSI Advantage™ approach, a set of comprehensive capture and proposal practices, tools, and agile methods that have helped companies across federal, state, and education sectors win over $200 billion in government contracts. KSI will further enhance Tyto’s “Proposal Center of Excellence,” ensuring that exceptional proposal support is provided across all phases of the opportunity lifecycle, including the enhancement of Tyto’s proposal library and AI capability.

The acquisition is the latest in a series of initiatives highlighting Tyto’s continued growth to support global public sector objectives.

HERNDON, Va., July 9, 2024 – Tyto Athene, LLC (“Tyto”), a federal systems integrator of mission-focused digital transformation solutions and Arlington Capital Partners (“Arlington”) portfolio company, completed the previously announced acquisition of MindPoint Group (“MindPoint” or the “Company”) on June 30.

MindPoint is a premier provider of end-to-end managed cybersecurity services to leading U.S. federal agencies and organizations. As part of the acquisition, Patti Chanthaphone, President of MindPoint, has been appointed as Federal Civilian Group President of Tyto. In this position, she will lead Tyto’s federal solutions business and play an integral part in the company’s future growth and cyber initiatives.

“In a world where cyber threats are constantly developing, it is essential to continue the development of cutting-edge solutions to strengthen our nation’s security and resilience. The MindPoint acquisition will build upon our existing cyber-focused work and expand our capabilities, allowing us to better serve our nationally important clients and their missions,” said Dennis Kelly, CEO of Tyto. “As a combined team under Patti’s leadership of our Federal Civilian Group, we will be able to provide a fully integrated cyber solution approach that will deepen our support of our federal customers and help us further expand the business. We look forward to partnering with Patti and her incredible team at MindPoint and welcoming them to the Tyto family.”

“This is a significant milestone for MindPoint and our whole team,” said Chanthaphone. “I’m looking forward to tackling my new role at Tyto and the opportunity to combine and expand our core cybersecurity offerings to our government sector clients while continuing to deliver stellar services and success to our federal civilian customers. I want to thank Dennis Kelly and Arlington for the opportunity, and the trust and confidence they’ve placed in me to lead this innovative group.”

“As a company fully committed to its customers’ missions, MindPoint will build upon Tyto’s cyber capabilities, support further expansion into the federal law enforcement segments, and add scale for success,” said Michael Lustbader, a Managing Partner at Arlington. “With this acquisition, and on the heels of the acquisition of Microtel in April, I’m confident that Dennis, Patti, and their team will accelerate Tyto’s growth and bolster its core services to current and future government customers.”

HERNDON, Va. – Tyto Athene, LLC (“Tyto”), a federal systems integrator of mission-focused digital transformation solutions, has completed its acquisition of Microtel LLC (“Microtel” or the “Company”), a software development and systems engineering firm deeply embedded in long-term, space missions for NASA and international space programs. Tyto is a portfolio company of Arlington Capital Partners (“Arlington”), a Washington, D.C.-area private investment firm specializing in government-regulated industries.

Tyto is an innovator in Space Domain Awareness and Combat Power with expertise in Space Threat Intelligence Analysis, Modeling, and Simulation. The acquisition of Microtel further strengthens Tyto’s longstanding customer relationships and capabilities across the space domain, as the Company’s key software development specialties include mission-critical flight software to control robotic spacecraft, rovers, and other onboard flight applications for command, telemetry, and science data processing.

Michael Lustbader, a Managing Partner at Arlington, said, “For nearly three decades, Microtel has been a proven leader in software development for space programs and this expertise complements our existing space command work. This acquisition underscores Tyto’s commitment to delivering exceptional solutions and expanding its presence in critical markets, including its relationship with NASA. We look forward to supporting Dennis as he drives the integration and advances Tyto’s growth.”

“I am very pleased to welcome Microtel to the Tyto family,” said Dennis Kelly, CEO of Tyto Athene. “Microtel’s impressive team of professionals are hands-on technologists with deep expertise in software development and AI/ML technologies. We look forward to leveraging our combined capabilities to further our growth and bring new innovations to our customer’s mission.”

“Our shared vision of innovation will allow us to explore other mission areas we can support,” said Jerry Hengemihle, CEO of Microtel. “We are excited for our future with Tyto, and we look forward to delivering next-generation solutions that expand our support to NASA and other federal agencies.”

About Tyto Athene

Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, Tyto Athene harnesses the power of technology to provide solutions that shape the future. With over 60 years of experience providing mission-focused digital transformation and nine offices across the U.S., our team of experts connects people with technologies to seamlessly integrate and modernize enterprise-level operations that increase mission resiliency, capability, and flexibility for U.S. defense, national security, intelligence, space, and public safety agencies around the globe. Tyto’s deep understanding of the customer’s mission brings proven results.

About Arlington Capital Partners

Arlington Capital Partners is a Washington, D.C.-area private investment firm specializing in government-regulated industries. The firm partners with founders and management teams to build strategically important businesses in the government services and technology, aerospace and defense, and healthcare sectors. Since its inception in 1999, Arlington has invested in over 150 companies and is currently investing out of its $3.8 billion Fund VI. For more information, visit Arlington’s website at arlingtoncap.com.

WASHINGTON, D.C., January 5, 2022 – Tyto Athene (“Tyto”), a leading provider of mission-focused digital transformation services to the Federal Government, today announced that it has completed its acquisition of Qbase LLC, a pure-play provider of network modernization solutions and IT digital transformation services to high profile customers in the Department of Defense (DoD) and the National Security sector, including the FBI, where it supports both mission-focused work and enterprise modernization initiatives.

The acquisition of Qbase further expands Tyto’s valuable customer relationships and deep expertise across the DoD and National Security sector.  Qbase complements Tyto’s core capabilities with extensive expertise in cybersecurity, mobility, and modern network architecture. Tyto is well-positioned to capitalize on its expanding capability and past performance to pursue digital enterprise transformation opportunities and meet the growing demand for network modernization requirements across its existing customer base and across the broader U.S. Government enterprise. The acquisition also provides Tyto incremental contract vehicles, such as DISA Encore III.

“Qbase has 20+ years of experience and past performance with its core DoD customers that it has leveraged to build a portfolio of long-term, prime, unrestricted franchise programs”, said Chris Meilhammer, CEO of Tyto Athene. “These programs provide a secure foundation to our core business and further strengthen our role as a critical partner to these agencies on priority initiatives such as DISA’s Fourth Estate (4E) Enterprise Network Optimization effort and DHA’s enterprise digital transformation program.”

Louis Grever, Senior Vice President of National Security and Civilian at Tyto Athene and Qbase, said, “We are excited to have found a strategic partner in Tyto Athene who will be able to leverage and expand on Qbase’s exceptional capabilities to allow the combined business to deliver even greater value to all its customers.”

Michael Lustbader, a Managing Partner at Arlington, said, “Qbase’s strong customer relationships with demanding customers, such as the FBI, and exceptional past performance make the Company an excellent addition to the Tyto Athene platform. The acquisition will build upon Tyto’s industry-leading network modernization capabilities by adding high-value application development and advanced analytics capabilities.”

Qbase is Tyto Athene’s second major acquisition in the past twelve months. In April 2021, Tyto Athene acquired AT&T Government Solutions, Inc. (“GSI”), which comprised AT&T’s Department of Defense IT professional services business and select other contracts.

About Tyto Athene

At Tyto Athene, we harness the power of technology to provide solutions that shape the future.

With over 60 years of experience providing mission-focused digital transformation, our team of experts connect people with technologies to seamlessly integrate and modernize enterprise-level operations that increase mission resiliency, capability, and flexibility for U.S. Defense, National Security, Intelligence, Space, and Public Safety agencies around the globe. Tyto’s deep understanding of the customer’s mission brings proven results.