A team comprised of Modern Technology Solutions Inc. and nonprofit SOAR Oregon has received a contract from Airbus Group‘s A3 Silicon Valley outpost to provide flight test and range services for A3’s self-piloted flying vehicle platform. MTSI said Thursday it will lead the flight test of A3’s Vahana platform while SOAR Oregon will provide test range support and […] More

Modern Technology Solutions Inc. has won a potential three-year, $9 million contract to design, prototype and test an integrated threat characterization system for the Missile Defense Agency. The cost-reimbursement contract covers data verification, environmental and contextual classification, data exploitation and association, and cognitive fusion framework in support of the development of the Robust Adaptive Threat […] More

Modern Technology Solutions Inc. and BCF Solutions will collaborate to provide technical, engineering, advisory and management support advisory and assistance services to the Missile Defense Agency under a potential $110 million contract. MTSI said Friday it will serve as a primary subcontractor to BCF Solutions and support the agency’s efforts to develop and implement the Ballistic Missile Defense System. “MTSI is thrilled to continue our long-term support […] More

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. Robinson recently […] More

John Mikal, an Air Force Reserve lieutenant colonel and test pilot for the KC-46A tanker aircraft, has been appointed by Modern Technology Solutions Inc. as site lead for the company’s operations at Edwards Air Force Base in California. MTSI said Tuesday Mikal succeeds Don Blanton, who was recently promoted to director of the flight test business unit within […] More

Modern Technology Solutions has collaborated with PrecisionHawk and Texas A&M University at Corpus Christi to test PrecisionHawk’s Low Altitude Traffic and Airspace Safety platform on air traffic management with four unmanned aircraft and two manned aircraft. MTSI said Monday the demonstration was funded by the Department of Homeland Security Science and Technology Directorate’s Borders and Maritime Security Division and took place at […] More

Modern Technology Solutions Inc. has been awarded a $63.8 million contract to support the U.S. Army‘s distributed digital simulation and system-of-systems development efforts. Tim King, vice president of MTSI’s army and missile defense division, said Tuesday the company seeks to help the Army “explore future capabilities, develop complex interfaces and maintain digital simulation, hardware-in-the-loop and prototyping facilities.” The Army […] More

Modern Technology Solutions Inc. landed a $22.6 million contract from the Washington Headquarters Services to provide technical engineering services to the Defense Department‘s Strategic Capabilities Office. The department said Friday work will occur in Arlington, Virginia, through Feb. 24, 2021. Defense Secretary Ashton Carter formed SCO in 2012 to help maintain DoD’s munitions, stealth, cyber and space capabilities. […] More

Michelle Caylor, a Calibre Systems veteran, has joined MTSI as the director of human resources. Caylor brings more than 15 years of background in human resource management to MTSI, the company said Friday. She was previously Calibre’s vice president of workforce development and VP of human resources. More

Modern Technology Solutions Inc. has received recognition from Victory Media Inc. for the company’s program meant to provide employment opportunities for military spouses and veterans. Victory Media will feature the 2016 Military Friendly Employer awardee in its “G.I. Jobs Guide to Military Friendly Employers” December issue, MTSI said Thursday. “As a company, we feel extremely […] More

Modern Technology Solutions Inc. has obtained the Federal Aviation Administration’s approval to operate commercial unmanned aerial systems in U.S. civilian airspace. The authorization permits MTSI’s C-ASTRAL Bramor rTK drone to fly up to 200 feet over land and throughout the U.S., MTSI said Monday. Bramor is designed to perform mapping and surveying operations for a maximum […] More

The U.S. Air Force has awarded MTSI a potential four-year, $25 million contract to help integrate space, air and ground sensor platforms for the military service to access intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance data. MTSI will use a company-developed sensor resource management system to provide rapid ISR technology integration services to USAF under the cost-plus-fixed-fee contract, […] More