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Aerospace & Defense IT · Since 1999

IT Built for CMMC, ITAR,
and the Stakes of Defense Work.

Defense contractors can't afford IT partners who learn compliance on the job. Pro Link Systems brings proven Fortune 1000 defense manufacturing IT experience — including 13+ years with a company acquired by a DoD nuclear contractor — to aerospace and defense firms across Southern California.

CMMC 2.0 Compliance Preparation

Full gap assessment, NIST 800-171 implementation, SSP and POA&M development, and C3PAO assessment readiness — so your DoD contracts stay fundable.

ITAR & CUI-Aware Infrastructure

IT environments designed with export control obligations from the ground up — access controls, audit trails, and network segmentation that reflect your Technology Control Plan.

CAD Workstation & PLM Support

CATIA, SOLIDWORKS, Siemens NX, Creo, Windchill, Teamcenter — high-performance engineering workstations managed by engineers who understand the workloads.

Proven Defense IT Experience
Serving defense contractors since 1999
13+ Years with a DoD
defense manufacturer
F1000 BWX Technologies —
nuclear defense contractor
CMMC Assessment readiness
Level 1, 2 & 3
24/7 Live support for
production environments
CMMC & NIST 800-171 Compliance
SSP, POA&M, gap assessment, C3PAO readiness
ITAR & CUI Handling
Export-control-aware access controls & audit trails
CAD / PLM Workstation Management
CATIA, NX, SOLIDWORKS, Windchill, Teamcenter
Isolated & Air-Gapped Networks
Physically separated environments for CUI workloads
Aerospace & Defense IT · Since 1999

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The Regulatory Frameworks
We Know Cold

Defense contractors face overlapping compliance requirements that demand IT partners who understand the specifics — not partners who Google acronyms after the contract is signed.

CMMC 2.0

Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification

Required for all DoD contractors handling Federal Contract Information (FCI) or Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI). We implement the full NIST SP 800-171 control set and prepare your documentation for C3PAO assessment.

  • Full gap assessment against 110 NIST 800-171 practices
  • System Security Plan (SSP) development
  • Plan of Action & Milestones (POA&M)
  • C3PAO assessment preparation & evidence collection
  • Continuous monitoring post-certification
ITAR / EAR

Export Control-Aware IT Infrastructure

ITAR and the Export Administration Regulations extend directly to how you store, transmit, and control access to technical data. We build IT environments that reflect your export control obligations — not ones that create violations.

  • Access controls preventing unauthorized foreign national access
  • Network segmentation between ITAR & non-ITAR environments
  • Encrypted storage & transmission of controlled technical data
  • Audit logging aligned to Technology Control Plan requirements
  • Cloud service evaluation for ITAR cloud data
DFARS / FAR

Contract Clause IT Requirements

DFARS 252.204-7012 (Safeguarding Covered Defense Information) and FAR 52.204-21 (Basic Safeguarding of Covered Contractor Information Systems) impose specific technical and reporting requirements on defense contractor IT systems.

  • Cloud service provider review (FedRAMP compliance)
  • Cyber incident reporting capability (72-hour requirement)
  • Media preservation & protection protocols
  • Subcontractor IT security flow-down management
  • Annual self-assessment scoring documentation

Complete IT for Defense Contractors
& Aerospace Firms

Every service your company needs to win contracts, stay compliant, and keep engineering teams running at full capacity.

CMMC Compliance & NIST 800-171

Full CMMC 2.0 preparation — gap assessment, control implementation, SSP and POA&M, and C3PAO readiness — so you can bid on DoD contracts with confidence.

  • 110-practice gap assessment
  • System Security Plan (SSP)
  • POA&M development & tracking
  • C3PAO evidence preparation

ITAR & CUI Infrastructure

IT environments built to reflect your export control obligations — preventing accidental ITAR violations through access controls, network segmentation, and audit logging aligned to your Technology Control Plan.

  • Foreign national access prevention
  • ITAR / non-ITAR network segmentation
  • CUI encrypted storage & transmission
  • Audit trails for controlled data access

CAD Workstation & PLM Support

High-performance engineering workstation environments for aerospace design teams — configured, optimized, and maintained by engineers who understand simulation and modeling workloads.

  • CATIA V5/V6, SOLIDWORKS, Siemens NX
  • Windchill, Teamcenter, Enovia PLM
  • GPU workstation specification & management
  • License server management

Isolated & Air-Gapped Networks

Physically separated network environments for workloads that must never touch the public internet — designed, implemented, and managed with the media controls and monitoring these environments require.

  • Physical network isolation architecture
  • Strict media control procedures
  • One-way data diodes where required
  • Access control & monitoring for isolated systems

Defense Cybersecurity

Threat protection built for the advanced persistent threats targeting defense contractors — endpoint detection, email security, vulnerability management, and the incident response capability DFARS requires.

  • Endpoint detection & response (EDR/XDR)
  • Email threat protection
  • Vulnerability assessments & pen test coordination
  • 72-hour cyber incident reporting capability

24/7 Help Desk & Managed IT

Production environments and engineering deadlines don't wait for business hours. Real engineers — not a script-reading call center — supporting the full stack of tools your aerospace and defense teams run on.

  • Unlimited help desk tickets
  • Under-15-minute response time
  • Multi-site support across the LA aerospace corridor
  • Proactive monitoring & patch management
13+
Years with a Fortune 1000
defense manufacturer
CMMC
Level 1, 2 & 3
assessment readiness
24/7
Live help desk for
production environments
<15m
Response time for
critical IT issues

When we went through the acquisition by BWX Technologies, the due diligence team reviewed our entire IT environment. They expected to find the patchwork systems you see at most small defense manufacturers. Instead they found a clean, documented, enterprise-grade infrastructure that met defense standards. Pro Link built it that way from the beginning — and it made our acquisition smoother than anyone anticipated.

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Cunico Corp / BWX Technologies
Defense Manufacturing · Fortune 1000 Acquisition · 13+ Year Engagement

Aerospace & Defense IT — Answered

Yes. CMMC 2.0 compliance is now required to bid on most DoD contracts, and the requirements are detailed and technically demanding. We perform a full CMMC gap assessment against the applicable level (Level 1, 2, or 3), identify deficiencies in your current environment, implement the required technical controls aligned to NIST SP 800-171, develop the System Security Plan (SSP) and Plan of Action & Milestones (POA&M), and prepare your organization for a C3PAO assessment. We have direct experience supporting defense contractors through this process.
ITAR and EAR compliance extends to your IT infrastructure. We build IT environments that reflect your export control obligations: access controls that prevent unauthorized foreign nationals from accessing ITAR-controlled technical data, audit logging of who accesses what, network segmentation between ITAR and non-ITAR environments, encrypted storage and transmission of controlled technical data, and IT policies that align with your Technology Control Plan (TCP). We never deploy or recommend tools that would inadvertently route ITAR-controlled data through non-compliant systems.
Yes. We manage the high-performance workstation environments that engineering teams in aerospace depend on — including CATIA V5/V6, SOLIDWORKS, Siemens NX, Creo, and ANSYS. We handle workstation specification and procurement, GPU and CPU configuration for simulation workloads, license server management, network storage for large assembly files, and the specialized workstation OS configurations these applications require. We also support PLM platforms including Windchill, Enovia, Teamcenter, and Agile.
Yes. We have direct experience designing, implementing, and managing physically isolated network environments for defense contractors handling CUI and other sensitive technical data. We implement network segmentation, one-way data diodes where required, strict media control policies, and the monitoring and access control frameworks that isolated environments require. We understand that some environments must never touch the public internet and design accordingly.
Our most substantial reference is a 13+ year engagement with Cunico Corp, a defense manufacturer that was acquired by BWX Technologies — a Fortune 1000 nuclear technology and defense company serving the U.S. Navy and Department of Energy. Over that engagement, we architected cloud-native environments, hardened cybersecurity across multiple sites, and built enterprise-grade disaster recovery infrastructure. When Cunico was acquired by BWX, their IT infrastructure integrated seamlessly into a global defense operation — a direct result of the enterprise-grade standards we applied from day one.