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 …

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 …

Brendan Callahan serves as vice president and leader of MTSI’s national security division, where he oversees the development of the company’s national defense business. Callahan joined the company in 1996 as the co-lead of the applied visualization technologies group and led the development of analysis and research tools. He handles …

Sherry Dold serves as the chief human resources officer at Modern Technology Solutions Inc., an employee-owned technology company based in Alexandria, Virginia. She is in charge of strategic planning, compensation and benefits, training and development, recruitment and retention, organizational performance and other related programs and functions. She also oversees policy and …

The U.S. Strategic Command has awarded a McCallie Associates–Modern Technology Solutions Inc. team the first task order under a potential five-year, $800 million advisory and assistance services contract. MTSI will provide modeling and simulation expertise through the USStratcom Systems and Mission Support III program, the company said Tuesday. McCallie is one …

Modern Technology Solutions Inc. has received a Heart of the Community Award from Virginia-based nonprofit Hopkins House for the company’s local- and national-level corporate citizenship programs. “Embracing our ‘Social Responsibility’ core value is a part of who we are and we pledge to continue our commitment begun 20 plus years ago to give back …

Kevin Robinson serves as the president and chief executive officer of Modern Technology Solutions Inc., where he is also a member of MTSI’s board of directors. He joined MTSI in 1997 and previously served as vice president for strategic development before he was promoted to the president and CEO roles …

Modern Technology Solutions Inc. has opened a new office in Los Angeles to expand its engineering and technology service operations for military and private sector customers in the Southern California region.   Robert Brady, formerly of LinQuest, TASC and Northrop Grumman, heads the LA site as director for Air Force …

A test site for unmanned aircraft systems using a safety management system developed by Modern Technology Solutions, Inc. is one of six partners chosen by the Federal Aviation Administration to support UAS integration research. MTSI said Friday the Lone Star UAS Center of Excellence & Innovation, operated by Texas A&M University–Corpus Christi, will …

Tom Dimtsios, former director of commercial consulting at Telos Corp., will now lead the Ashburn, Va. company’s information security and assurance practice, Telos said Thursday. Dimtsios has been at Telos since 1990 and has served as technical project manager for information protection services, senior enterprise security consultant and as a systems engineer …

Modern Technology Solutions Inc. has been selected for three categories in the General Services Administration’s One Acquisition Solution for Integrated Services governmentwide contract vehicle for small businesses. MTSI secured spots in OASIS SB’ vendor pools for research and development work on aircraft, aircraft parts, space vehicles and guided missiles, the …

MTSI and Guardtime have jointly released a keyless signature infrastructure offering intended to help customers detect and mitigate insider threats in real time. The KSI services build on Guardtime’s GuardView SOC and GuardView Videri systems for the Defense Department and intelligence community clients to respond to insider threat activities, MTSI …

Modern Technology Solutions Inc. and GuardTime have unveiled a new keyless signature infrastructure appliance that is intended to gather threat intelligence and help users respond to incidents. GuardView Videri is built to comply with security standards set by the Defense Department and the National Institute of Standards and Technology, the companies said Monday. Jim Blom, president of …

Modern Technology Solutions Inc. has been chosen by the Better Business Bureau to receive an award that recognizes organizations for building ethical relations with employees, vendors and customers. MTSI accepted the nonprofit organization’s Torch Award for Ethics in the government contractor category at an awards ceremony held Dec. 13 at …

Modern Technology Solutions Inc. plans to offer unmanned aircraft system services in the commercial aviation market as agencies work to integrate UAS into the civilian National Airspace System. The commercial UAS sector could be worth up to $10 billion within three years, MTSI said Tuesday. Kevin Robinson, MTSI president, said …