Odyssey is excited to welcome Paul Marston to our leadership team as the Executive Director of our C5ISR Group! With his strong background serving defense customers in the US and allied nations, Paul will lead Odyssey to the next level of strategic growth in this critical domain. He brings deep knowledge, experience, and expertise, gained through a 30 year career in government and industry, in many of the nation’s most important command and control, communication, and aircraft systems.

April 14, 2023

Wakefield, MA—Odyssey Systems Consulting Group, Ltd. (Odyssey) has been awarded a contract to continue supporting the Space Systems Command Strategic Warning and Space Surveillance Directorate (SSC/SZQ). Under this contract, Odyssey will provide a broad range of Advisory and Assistance Services (A&AS) and other related support to enable the Directorate’s mission to develop and sustain Missile Warning, Missile Defense, Space Domain Awareness (SDA), and Command & Control (C2) capabilities as promised to the Warfighter.

This award secures an additional five years of partnership in this critical mission area, extending Odyssey’s proud and successful tenure serving as the Prime contract support provider to what will exceed 20 consecutive years of service. Odyssey professionals represent over half of the SZQ Directorate’s staff, spanning all 13 Product and Functional Divisions, actively engaging to modernize and sustain Missile Warning, Missile Defense, SDA, and C2 systems for the protection of our Homeland and Foreign Partners.

Odyssey’s seamless, integrated support staff helps ensure 24/7 mission operations worldwide with a functionally diverse team of experts in support of 26 US Space Force SSC systems, to include ten multi-mission sensors and four C2 capabilities, each of which are critical to enhancing system and data relevance for combatant commanders as they keep pace to address ever evolving and emerging threats.

Matt Kasberg, Odyssey’s Chief Operating Officer (COO), stated “Odyssey is fortunate to have an outstanding workforce that is committed to delivering exceptional engineering, logistics, cyber, and management services to the USSF SSC/SZQ Directorate. Their commitment to Odyssey, expertise, and passion for the mission enables our success. We are honored to continue to support the Missile Warning, Missile Defense, SDA, and C2 mission for another five years!”

Read more about how Odyssey enhances operational readiness through comprehensive program support to the federal government.

About Odyssey
For more than 25 years, Odyssey has been helping Government leaders think ahead and accelerate capability. We are an innovative small business providing high-quality technical, analytical, management, administrative, and training support services for government and private sector customers. Odyssey builds, secures, and integrates capabilities and technologies to meet tomorrow’s mission requirements.
Odyssey is an ISO 9001:2015-certified, Department of Defense (DoD)-focused business with employees within the Continental U.S. (CONUS) and Outside the Continental U.S. (OCONUS) locations.

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Odyssey is excited to welcome Stefania Dobre to our leadership team as the Executive Director of our Medical Research Group! Stefania holds a Master of Science in Healthcare Administration degree and is a Certified Clinical Research Coordinator. She brings years of military-relevant medical research experience for our continued operational execution and growth in preclinical and clinical research.

May 27, 2022 (Wakefield, MA) – Odyssey was awarded a 5-year (11-month base period, four 1-year option periods, and the 6-month extension) contract starting on 1 July 2022 through 31 May 2027, providing to provide Department of the Air Force(AF)-wide Cybersecurity/Information Assurance (IA) program technical support expertise; field-level support services; policy support activities to meet COMPUSEC, Ports, Protocols, and Application Services (PPS), and TEMPEST mission requirements; and COMPUSEC and TEMPEST Functional Area Manager (FAM) validation support services and is required to provide guidance to reduce the Cybersecurity/IA risks Information Technology (IT) assets pose to the DoD Information Network (DoDIN), Air Force Information Network (AFIN), interfaces, and interconnecting systems. This effort supports the proper operation of AF Cybersecurity/IA systems through reduction of vulnerabilities and Cybersecurity/IA implementations.

May 17, 2022 (Wakefield, MA) – Odyssey was awarded a contract to support the OMNIBUS IV Military Medical Research and Development IDIQ. A total of 56 awards were made on the vehicle comprising four Market Segments: (1) Research and Development; (2) Research and Development Support Services; (3) Regulatory Processes; and (4) Translational Science Support and Services.

Odyssey is one of 42 awardees within Market Segment 2 Research and Development Support Services to provide the full range of research and development support requirements including scientific, technical, administrative, and medical staffing and professional services, as well as facilities, Information Technology (IT), supplies and equipment, and logistical support.

Odyssey is one of 19 awardees within Market Segment 3 Regulatory Processes to provide support for comprehensive regulations protecting the welfare and rights of human and animals in medical research spanning short and long-term strategic planning, operational direction and guidance, and policy compliance for ongoing medical research from development through transition.

May 4, 2022 (Wakefield, Mass.)—Through our ESTA^ODY Joint Venture with Engineering Solutions & Technology Applications Corporation (ESTA), Odyssey was awarded an 8-year (5-year base with three 1-year options) contract for sustainment-focused management services, which will support customers across NAVAIR. Under this IDIQ contract, Odyssey will compete for Task Orders to provide Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) Sustainment Group (NSG) with program management and logistics support services in acquisition and sustainment for the life cycle of specified weapons systems, system of systems (SoS), sub-systems, and Support Equipment (SE).

April 29, 2022 (Wakefield, Mass.)—Odyssey was awarded a 5-year contract to facilitate internal and external technical and strategic engagement activities that will enable the proper integration of SDA functions across the whole of the Space Enterprise. Through the SDA contract, Odyssey will provide technical and strategic engagement services to achieve the full scope of the SDA Support in the following areas:

• Strategic Planning
• Enterprise Integration
• Technical Acquisition
• Engineering Management
• Sustainment Engineering
• System Development

The Special Programs Directorate (SSC/ECZ) equips US forces with critical national space capabilities, ranging from communications to space domain awareness (SDA) to space control. All activities are oriented around supporting the US Space Force’s broader ability to maintain space superiority. SSC/ECZG directs the planning, development, Research Testing Development and Evaluation (RTD&E), testing, deployment, and sustainment of a complex and dynamic portfolio of capabilities of the highest national priority.

September 14, 2021 (Wakefield, Mass.)—Odyssey was awarded a 5-year contract to provide research support services to the Clinical Investigation Department (CID) at the Navy Medical Center, Portsmouth (NMCP) Virginia, and Naval Hospital Jacksonville (NHJAX), Florida. Our qualified research staff support Principal Investigators with human- and animal-use research protocol development and data collection. This award expands Odyssey’s clinical trials research capabilities in new therapeutic indications, customer base, and strengthens our pursuit of other clinical investigation requirements within the Army, Navy, and Air Force.

September 3, 2021 (Wakefield, Mass.)—Odyssey was notified that we were selected for award of the Eglin Wide Agile Acquisition Contract (EWAAC) Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) Contract. This contract, with a ceiling value of $46B, supports the Armament Directorate (AFLCMC/EB) at Eglin AFB providing rapid response applicable to all areas and lifecycle phases of weapons development to include weapons concepts, concept development, concept demonstrations, weapons system procurement, production, fielding, operations, and sustainment to quickly meet current and future weapons system requirements. Customers include AFLCMC/EB divisions, SOCOM Det-1, Air Force Research Lab (AFRL), and the Air Force Nuclear Warfare Center (AFNWC).

August 6, 2021 (Wakefield, Mass.)—Odyssey Systems Consulting Group, Ltd. (Odyssey), the incumbent contractor, was awarded a five-year contract to provide acquisition support services to the Naval Health Research Center (NHRC) in San Diego, California.

Designated as the Department of Defense (DoD) Deployment Health Research Center, NHRC optimizes the operational health and readiness of our armed forces by conducting R&D spanning the spectrum from physical readiness to joint medical planning, wounded warrior recovery, and behavioral health needs.

Continuing our efforts which were first awarded in 2016, Odyssey will provide acquisition and compliance services with expertise in military medical research regulations, statutes, and protocols.