Students provide fresh perspectives, uninhibited potential, and have a pulse on the latest trends. On the other end, employers provide connections, real-world work experience, and insight into where someone might want to take their career. 

According to the National Association of Colleges and Employers, on average 70% of employers make a full-time job offer to their interns. In an industry that is constantly challenging innovators and encouraging growth, an internship program that fosters creativity and real-world experience is a worthwhile investment that fuels the future workforce.

“As a current intern with NSTXL, I can say that I felt welcomed and like I was a part of the team almost immediately. With a fast-paced company like NSTXL, you have no choice but to run along with it,” said Abby Kudym, Marketing Intern. “My experience so far has made me feel valued and I have been given work that actually means something. I feel that by the time I am done here, I will be able to take on any job that may be asked of me.” 

One of our core values at NSTXL is collaboration. By creating an environment that encourages growth, education, and direct interaction with other teammates we can help champion tomorrow’s changemakers and give them a wider scope of experience.

“When we decided to officially roll out our internship program, it was really important to us that they were working on real, tangible projects from the start,” said Meghan Fisher, Content Strategist at NSTXL.

NSTXL’s internship program incorporates a customized learning plan to guide them through their first 30 days. The plan also includes long-term project goals based on their interests and skills. In doing so, we can make sure every team member, including interns, is contributing to each project while ensuring they find value in the experience as well.

“We make time to work with our interns even before they come on board to figure out what their career goals are, what projects will help them reach those goals, and how we can design a very robust learning plan that they could use throughout the program,” Fisher said.

It’s no secret that the defense industry is rapidly expanding and becoming more competitive by the day. If we are going to continue meeting each new challenge and staying ahead of the curve, it’s crucial that our team is driven by our mission and empowered to come to work.

We strive to be one of the best places to work and offer competitive benefits, flexible time off, and a team of passionate coworkers behind each project. Working at NSTXL means that you are surrounded by the best and brightest from different industries, backgrounds, and experiences. Every team member is diverse, talented, innovative, and ready to meet whatever challenges come their way.

Interested in joining our growing team? Learn more about our company culture and explore our open positions.  

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NSTXL and S2MARTS will be at this year’s Interservice/ Industry Training, Simulation and Education Conference (I/ITSEC). I/ITSEC is the world’s largest modeling, simulation, and training conference. Held near the beginning of December in Orlando, Florida, USA, I/ITSEC consists of peer-reviewed paper presentations, tutorials, special events, professional workshops, a commercial exhibit hall, a serious games competition, and STEM events for teachers and secondary students. I/ITSEC is organized by the National Training and Simulation Association (NTSA), which promotes international and interdisciplinary cooperation within the fields of modeling and simulation (M&S), training, education, analysis, and related disciplines at this annual meeting.

Come visit our S2MARTS at Booth #256

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MIM provides a unique forum for government, industry, and academia to discuss key challenges associated with trusted microelectronics to share ideas and lessons learned; and to ensure that the DoD has viable solutions to current and future supply chain threats. Read more.

When: Monday, August 5, 2019

From: 7 pm to 8 pm

Where: Weber Grill, 10 N Illinois St, Indianapolis, IN 46204

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RALEIGH, NC – March 12, 2019 – The National Security Technology Accelerator (NSTXL) announced that it has been selected by the U.S. Naval Surface Warfare Center (NSWC)– Crane Division, to manage prototyping efforts focused on a multitude of critical Department of Defense priorities. The scope of the effort is distributed across more than 20 domains, including a range of focus areas, from machine learning and hypersonics, to radiation-hardened microelectronics and various spectrum warfare technologies.

The effort will be active for up to 10 years and does not have a finite ceiling.

Under the Strategic & Spectrum Missions Advanced Resilient Trusted Systems (S²MARTS – pronounced ‘SMARTS’) Other Transaction Agreement (OTA), NSXTL will be responsible for shepherding innovative technologies from concept through delivery, using rapid acquisition techniques. NSTXL will seek out both traditional and nontraditional companies to develop prototype technologies and platforms to meet the needs identified by NSWC-Crane and other customers. After the prototype is completed, the Navy will test the new capabilities amongst end users, and may elect to invest in the solution’s deployment on a much broader scale.

The OTA process provides a flexible contracting mechanism that often attracts firms with great technological concepts, but little to no defense contracting experience.

The S²MARTS OTA is aimed at developing innovative technological solutions to address current and future security threats in the areas of electromagnetic spectrum dangers, trusted microelectronics, and strategic mission hardware. United States leadership in these areas is vital to military dominance and economic sovereignty. Loss of this superior position threatens the United States Military’s ability to deter adversaries and prevail in conflict.

“The United States is facing increased challenges from potential military adversaries – especially Russia and China – in these fields,” said Tim Greeff, CEO of the Raleigh, NC-based NSTXL. “We look forward to working with the NSWC and private-sector companies on a wide range of technologies to help the Navy meet these challenges and secure advantages in these fields. We are confident we can achieve the same level of success with this OTA as we have had with our other two OTAs.”

This is NSTXL’s third OTA contract award. The company also runs the Army’s Training and Readiness Accelerator (TReX) and the Defense Technical Information Center (DTIC) Energy OTA.

NSTXL offers a unique and simplified approach for companies with technologies they would like the Navy to consider. The organization helps rapidly transition innovator’s technologies to the U.S. Military, ranging from individual warfighter gear to large-scale defense systems.

“This is a very important program for the Navy and the Department of Defense,” said Brett Seidle, Technical Director, NSWC, Crane Division, based in Crane, Ind. “It will enable broader access to commercial state-of-the-art technologies, and we look forward to working with NSTXL in making certain our warfighters are the world’s best.”

About NSTXL – The National Security Technology Accelerator is a non-profit based in Raleigh, NC. It is an important Pentagon partner for rapidly delivering mission-driven systems and emerging technologies to the U.S. military.www.nstxl.org

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