Posts from GovConDaily for 06/02/2016

CEO Kevin Robinson on MTSI’s Unmanned Technology Partnerships & Full Employee Stock Ownership Goal

Kevin Robinson succeeded Modern Technology Solutions Inc. co-founder Phil Soucy as president and CEO of Alexandria, Virginia-based government services contractor in early 2014. Started in 1993, the employee-owned MTSI with 700 workers on its current roster focuses on technical and engineering services in areas such as unmanned aircraft, missile defense, intelligence research-and-development and cybersecurity…

SAP NS2’s Mark Testoni: Tech Becoming Essential to Cybersecurity, Intell Fusion Efforts

Mark Testoni, president and CEO of SAP National Security Services, has said that SAP NS2 is exploring new cybersecurity and intelligence collection methods in an interview with IT Business Edge published Wednesday…

Rebecca Cowen-Hirsch: Inmarsat Looks to Support Military Ka-Band Connectivity Through Global Xpress

Inmarsat‘s $1.6 billion investment into its Global Xpress commercial broadband network aims to offer an integrated satellite communications architecture with global Ka-band connectivity for military users, a company executive has said…

Dell’s Steve Harris: FITARA Implementation Depends on Agency CIOs, IT Revolving Fund Approval

Dell’s Steve Harris has said government agencies’ progress in the implementation of the Federal Information Technology Acquisition Reform Act depends on the approval of a White House bill that would establish a $3…

General Atomics, CBP Test Anti-Collision Radar Aboard Unmanned Aircraft

General Atomics‘ aeronautical systems unit and the Customs and Border Protection agency have tested a detect-and-avoid system that includes the company’s Due Regard Radar anti-collision system onboard CBP’s Guardian unmanned aircraft system…

Harris Receives Army Dental Directorate Follow-On Contract for IT Support Services

Harris Corp. has secured a potential four year, $30 million contract from the U.S. Army‘s dental directorate to provide a range of information technology services for dental clinics that have Army, Navy and Air Force staff and dependents as patients…

GAO Recommends TSA Update Airport Security Risk Assessment Method

The Government Accountability Office has called on the Transportation Security Administration to update its assessment methods for airport security in order to help schedule resources for what TSA identifies as high-priority risks…

Reuters: Lockheed-MBDA Team Hopes to Close Germany MEADS Deal By 2016’s End

Lockheed Martin and MBDA aim to finalize an estimated $4.5 billion deal with Germany for the Medium Extended Air Defense System by the end of this year, Reuters reported Thursday. Andrea Shalal writes Thomas Homberg, a managing director at MBDA, told Reuters the German government has expressed “strong support” for the procurement effort and he expects the deal to receive parliamentary approval before the country’s general election next year…

HHS’ ONC to Require Health IT Cost & Limitation Disclosures From Developers

The Department of Health and Human Services‘ Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology has released updated transparency requirements that obligate health IT providers to file full disclosures on product costs and limitations…

SolarWinds: Public Sector Organizations Shift to Hybrid IT

A report by SolarWinds indicates that a majority of government agencies have transitioned to hybrid information technology platforms from on-premise environments. Its annual IT Trends Report is based on a December 2015 survey of 116 IT practitioners and leaders from small, midsize and large public sector organizations in the U…