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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CEO Chris Lynch: Rebellion Defense Seeks to Support DoD Missions With Software, Tech
Chris Lynch, CEO and co-founder of Washington, D.C.-based software startup Rebellion Defense, told Defense One in an interview published Friday that the company sees itself as a strategic partner developing software and other technology platforms in the national defense market.
Industry Execs Say Flexibility Now a Must-Have Capability in Satellites
Executives from Lockheed Martin, Boeing, Northrop Grumman, Thales Alenia Space and other satellite manufacturers said software-defined or “flexible†satellites that can redesign capacity and beams have now become a requirement for operators, SpaceNews reported Wednesday.
Rob Johnson: Scientific Research Projects to Leverage Exascale Computing System ‘Aurora’
Rob Johnson, owner of Portland, Ore.-based marketing and communications consulting firm Fine Tuning, wrote in a Federal News Network commentary piece published Wednesday about the Aurora exascale computing system of the Department of Energy's Argonne National Laboratory and how it could help advance research across medicine, engineering, chemistry and other scientific disciplines.
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OMB, GSA Announce Three Winning Teams of GEAR Center Challenge; Emily Murphy Quoted
The General Services Administration and the Office of Management and Budget have awarded $300K each to three teams that won the Government Effectiveness Advanced Research Center challenge.
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Industry Execs Talk Launch Companies’ Interest in Government Market at Conference
Executives from United Launch Alliance, SpaceX, Blue Origin and other launch services firms discussed their companies’ interest in the government market during a panel discussion at the World Satellite Business Week conference in Paris Tuesday, SpaceNews reported.
Red Hat’s Adam Clater: Trust Key to Achieving DevSecOps Alignment
Adam Clater, chief architect for North American public sector business at Red Hat, wrote in a Nextgov article published Monday that government agencies should address the cultural divide between development, security and operations teams by creating an environment that is built on trust in order to meet their mission objectives.
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Aevum Awarded Air Force ASLON-45 Launch Contract
Alabama-based space startup Aevum has secured a $4.9M contract from the U.S. Air Force to send experimental satellites to low-Earth orbit, SpaceNews reported Monday.
David Gerber: Mitre Study Says Air Force Should Delay Bomber Retirements
David Gerber, senior principal systems engineer at Mitre, said the company’s recent study suggests that the Air Force should postpone the retirement of legacy bombers until the B-21 aircraft is available in substantial numbers, the Air Force Magazine reported Friday.
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Dan Jablonsky: Maxar Sees Growth in Government Work
Dan Jablonsky, president and CEO of Maxar Technologies, said he is optimistic that the company will return to growth and “excited about the trend lines†he is seeing in its satellite business driven by an increase in government work in the U.S. and overseas, SpaceNews reported Sunday.