
Jane Edwards
is a staff writer at Executive Mosaic, where she writes for ExecutiveBiz about IT modernization, cybersecurity, space procurement and industry leaders’ perspectives on government technology trends.
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Lockheed’s Skunk Works Arm, Air Force Demo AI-Based Autonomous ISR Tech in Contested Environment
Lockheed Martin and the U.S. Air Force have demonstrated the capability of an artificial intelligence-based intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance platform to support the operations of warfighters in contested environments.
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DHS Advances Migration of Biometric Database to AWS GovCloud
The Department of Homeland Security’s office of biometric identity management has started moving its biometric database to Amazon Web Services’ GovCloud environment with the release of a privacy impact assessment for the first of four phases of the migration process, Nextgov reported Wednesday.
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LexisNexis’ Kim Sutherland: Identity Proofing Measures Could Help Agencies Protect Relief Funds From Fraudsters
Kim Sutherland, vice president of fraud and identity strategy at LexisNexis Risk Solutions, wrote in a GCN article published Monday that the federal government must implement an identity theft prevention strategy to combat scammers as they distribute stimulus funds to U.S. businesses and families as part of the $2T Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act.
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Fincantieri CEO Giuseppe Bono on Navy FFG(X) Frigate Contract
Fincantieri CEO Giuseppe Bono told Defense News in an interview published Monday that offering an operational ship with anti-submarine capability is one of the reasons why the company’s Wisconsin-based subsidiary won the U.S. Navy’s FFG(X) frigate design and construction contract.
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AE Industrial Partners Invests in Maritime Tech Firm ThayerMahan
Groton, Conn.-based maritime technology firm ThayerMahan has raised $10M in financing from an affiliate of private equity firm AE Industrial Partners. ThayerMahan said Monday it will use the funding from AEI Structured Solutions to expand research-and-development efforts and operations and advance growth initiatives through acquisitions.
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Wesley Hallman: NDIA Wants to See ‘Plus-Up’ in FY 2020 Appropriations in Next Stimulus Package
Wesley Hallman, senior vice president of policy at the National Defense Industrial Association, told Defense News in an interview published Saturday that NDIA believes there should be an increase in appropriations for fiscal year 2020 as Congress considers another economic stimulus bill in response to the coronavirus pandemic.
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Cloudera’s Shaun Bierweiler: Agencies Should Have Data Strategy for AI Adoption
Shaun Bierweiler, president of Cloudera’s government solutions business, said agencies seeking to adopt artificial intelligence should come up with a data strategy that considers four key elements: data security, openness, interoperability and scalability, GovInsider reported Wednesday.
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Northrop’s Kathy Warden on Satellite Servicing Market Opportunity
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency tapped Northrop Grumman in March as its commercial partner for the Robotic Servicing of Geosynchronous Satellites program and Northrop CEO and 2020 Wash100 awardee Kathy Warden said the program could help broaden on-orbit servicing capabilities, SpaceNews reported Wednesday.
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Fortinet’s Jim Richberg: AI, Automation, Machine Learning Could Aid Agencies’ Cybersecurity Efforts
Jim Richberg, field chief information security officer at Fortinet, wrote in a guest piece published Wednesday on GCN that government CISOs with limited budget resources and staff should leverage artificial intelligence, machine learning and automation to accelerate detection and response to cyber attacks.
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Microsoft Unveils CMMC Acceleration Program
Microsoft has launched an end-to-end program designed to help clients and partners serving as defense suppliers prepare for and facilitate their compliance with the Department of Defense’s Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification program. The Microsoft CMMC acceleration program seeks to help DoD suppliers “improve their cybersecurity maturity, develop the cyber critical thinking skills essential to CMMC, and benefit from the compliance capabilities native to Azure and Azure Government,†Lily Kim, general manager of Azure Global at Microsoft, wrote in a blog entry posted Tuesday.
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IBM’s Jeff Talley: Common Data-Driven Tech Could Help Response Efforts During Hurricane Season, Pandemic
Jeff Talley, vice president of global public sector at IBM, said there is a need for a more streamlined data-driven platform that could help government agencies and private sector entities respond to hurricane-related disasters during the coronavirus pandemic by allowing them to “visualize a common operating picture,†Nextgov reported Tuesday.