Posts from GovCon Daily for 10/27/2015

Greg Rusetek on ASRC Federal’s Space Market Aims, His ‘Situational Leadership’ Approach

Greg Rusetek joined Bethesda, Md.-based engineering services contractor ASRC Federal in June 2014 as chief operating officer alongside his former URS Corp. colleague Mark Gray, who was named CEO. Resutek also held the role of acting chief financial officer at ASRC Federal until the company appointed former Northrop Grumman executive Gordon Foster to the CFO post…

NIST Releases IT Security Mgmt Guidance for Financial Services Industry

The National Institute of Standards and Technology is seeking comments on the agency’s draft guidance for financial services companies to track, manage and secure their information technology software and hardware systems…

Boeing Subcontracts Avcorp for KC-46A Tanker Panoramic Camera Fairings; Peter George Comments

Boeing has awarded Avcorp Industries a subcontract to produce panoramic camera fairings for the KC-46A Pegasus tanker aircraft of the U.S. Air Force. Avcorp will assemble metallic components of panoramic camera structures into a fully integrated system for installation on the 767-2C fuselage at Boeing’s facility in Everett, Washington, Avcorp said Monday…

Robert Otto: Air Force Eyes Expanded Competition Through Open Mission Systems

Lt. Gen. Robert Otto has touted the U.S. Air Force’s Open Mission Systems standard as performing well and so he said the service plans to expand the program, Breaking Defense reported Monday. Richard Whittle writes the Open Mission Systems standard is intended to adapt a cell phone application-based model to subcontracts as the service branch seeks to increase competition…

18F Kicks Off Micro-Purchasing Experiment

The General Services Administration’s 18F has released a new contract to solicit bids from industry as part of its open-source micro-purchasing experiment. David Zvenyach, 18F’s acquisition management director, wrote in a blog post published Monday that 18F has tagged a micro-purchase product from its product backlog for the contract award labor category…

MarketsandMarkets: Strict Gov’t Regulations, Tech Advancements to Drive APT Defense Market Through 2020

A new MarketsandMarkets report predicts that the global market for advanced persistent threat protection systems will climb in value from $3.9 billion this year to $8.7 billion in 2020. The company said Oct…