Corporate Report: Dunedin holding company buys Tulsa-based Cyber Aerospace

Dunedin holding company buys Tulsa-based Cyber Aerospace
Dunedin-based holding company Vought Defense Systems Corp. agreed to acquire 100% of the issued and outstanding stock of Tulsa-based Cyber Aerospace LLC, a designer and manufacturer of unmanned aerial systems for law enforcement, military and commercial uses.

Vought Defense Systems was especially interested in the company because of its CyberScout, a small, configurable and easily modifiable unmanned areal vehicle the combines the vertical take-off and landing plus hovering capabilities of a helicopter with the high-speed forward thrust of a fixed-wing aircraft. The vehicle is also designed with self-contained, interchangeable pieces so that it is relatively easy to transport and reassemble.

Charter One picks Busby as new president, COO
Sarasota-based hotel management, sales and marketing company Charter One Hotels & Resorts Inc. has appointed Scott Busby as president and chief operating officer.
Prior to joining Charter One, Busby was executive vice president and chief administrative officer for the St. Petersburg-based health club company Lifestyle Family Fitness. Before that, he was the chief operating officer of Advantec HR in Tampa.

Gold Standard/Elsevier creates mobile Web pharmacy info tool
The extensive drug and other medical reference information provided by Clinical Pharmacology are now available on a mobile device optimized Web site launched by Tampa-based Gold Standard/Elsevier.

Clinical Pharmacology Mobile allows users to search by drug name, indication, contraindication/precaution or adverse reaction, and classification. Clinicians can also access drug monographs and interaction reports, MedCounselor consumer medication information, drug product information and images, and clinical calculators.

“With nothing to download, no synching required and continuous updating, Clinical Pharmacology Mobile provides users with the most timely, accurate and reliable drug information available,” said Kathy Vieson, PharmD, vice president and director of Clinical Drug References for Gold Standard/Elsevier.

The Web site is supported and runs on most standard browser devices and mobile operating systems, respectively.

Gold Standard/Elsevier uses technologies to provide drug information and products. Elsevier is a publisher of scientific, technical and medical information products and services.

Teltronics amends bylaws to ease stock trades
The board of directors for communications products company Teltronics Inc., based in Palmetto, has changed the company's rules so that stockholders have the option to participate in direct registration systems administered by the Depository Trust Co.

Stockholders will be allowed to have registered shares of Teltronics stock without physical certificates. Shareholders can quickly and easily transfer shares electronically to brokers without the movement of stock certificates. Shareholders can still request a physical certificate if preferred.

Hudson Health Plan picks Health Integrated's Synergy Solution
Hudson Health Plan, a nonprofit, managed care organization in Tarrytown, N.Y., has selected Tampa-based Health Integrated Inc.'s Synergy Solution to provide enhanced services for its Medicaid members with behavioral health conditions, such as depression or anxiety, and/or chronic illnesses.

The health management program includes specially trained care coordinators who help individuals understand and follow treatment plans.

Individuals receive guidance, support and a health plan tailored to their specific needs.

Founded in the mid-1980s by a coalition of community health centers, Hudson Health Plan provides comprehensive medical and dental coverage to more than 95,000 members in the state's Hudson Valley.

Spire Capital invests $15 million in Tarpon Towers LLC
Tarpon Towers LLC, a Bradenton-based owner and developer of wireless communications towers, has received a $15-million equity commitment from Spire Capital Partners, a private investment fund. As part of the deal, Andrew J. Armstrong, Jr., managing member of Spire Capital, will join Tarpon's board of directors.

“Significant wireless infrastructure investment will be made by the wireless carriers over the foreseeable future to address increased wireless subscriber usage,” Armstrong said in a press release.

“Spire believes Tarpon is perfectly positioned to take advantage of this increased investment,” Armstrong said in the release.

Together with ABS Capital, Tarpon has secured more than $50 million in equity and also has a $30-million bank credit line.

Tarpon owns 85 towers in 14 states including Florida, North Carolina, Georgia, Mississippi, Texas, Michigan, Connecticut, New York and California. The company also has more than 200 new sites in development and 25 tower sites under letter or purchase agreement around the country.