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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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  • IBM, Hortonworks, Red Hat Unveil Hybrid Cloud Deployment Initiative; Rob Bearden Quoted
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    IBM, Hortonworks, Red Hat Unveil Hybrid Cloud Deployment Initiative; Rob Bearden Quoted

    IBM, Hortonworks and Red Hat have launched a new initiative designed to help users field and run big data workloads in hybrid cloud environments. The companies will leverage IBM Cloud Private for Data, Hortwonworks DataPlane, HortonWorks Data Flow and Hortonworks Data Platform with the Red Hat OpenShift enterprise Kubernetes-based container offering to allow users to deploy containerized workloads […] More

  • NIST, Consortium Launch Project to Secure Cloud Workloads; Dell EMC’s Cameron Chehreh Quoted
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    NIST, Consortium Launch Project to Secure Cloud Workloads; Dell EMC’s Cameron Chehreh Quoted

    The National Institute of Standards and Technology and a consortium of technology companies have teamed up to build a “trusted cloud” platform that seeks to demonstrate how credible compute pools that leverage commercial systems can offer security capabilities, MeriTalk reported Monday. “These capabilities will not only provide assurance that cloud workloads are running on trusted […] More

  • Maj. Jacob Davis: Air Force Eyes RFP for B-52H Bomber Engine Replacement Program in FY 2019
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    Maj. Jacob Davis: Air Force Eyes RFP for B-52H Bomber Engine Replacement Program in FY 2019

    Maj. Jacob Davis, chief B-52 requirements officer at Global Strike Command, has said the U.S. Air Force intends to issue in fiscal 2019 a solicitation to replace the engines of its Boeing-built B-52H Stratofortress aircraft in order to keep the fleet operational through 2050, National Defense reported Monday. He told the publication the service expects the […] More

  • Karl Tappert: General Dynamics Seeks to Help Army Manage, Sustain Force Protection Systems
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    Karl Tappert: General Dynamics Seeks to Help Army Manage, Sustain Force Protection Systems

    Karl Tappert, vice president of Army C4ISR systems at General Dynamics’ information technology business, has said the company aims to help the service maintain sensors, radars and night vision devices through the Integrated Base Defense – Sustainment Support program. He wrote in a blog entry posted Friday the IBD-SS program is meant to centralize management and sustainment of […] More

  • Cybercom, Nonprofit Form Cyber Tech Prototyping Partnership
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    Cybercom, Nonprofit Form Cyber Tech Prototyping Partnership

    U.S. Cyber Command and the nonprofit organization Maryland Innovation and Security Institute have established a new partnership that seeks to facilitate collaboration among government, industry and academic institutions to build new cyber platforms, Fifth Domain reported Friday. DreamPort “provides a venue for robust collaboration, problem solving and innovation; includes prototyping; and provides many contracting options,” […] More

  • NASA Seeks Power & Propulsion Tech Proposals for Deep Space ‘Gateway’
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    NASA Seeks Power & Propulsion Tech Proposals for Deep Space ‘Gateway’

    NASA has issued the final solicitation for proposals to develop a power and propulsion element of the Gateway program. The agency’s proposed Gateway will serve as the orbital outpost for manned and robotic exploration missions to the moon, Mars and other deep space destinations, NASA said Thursday. “We believe partnering with U.S. industry for the […] More

  • Lockheed Aims to Facilitate GPS III Satellite Testing Through Ground Control System Updates
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    Lockheed Aims to Facilitate GPS III Satellite Testing Through Ground Control System Updates

    Lockheed Martin has been working on two updates to the U.S. Air Force’s existing GPS ground control system designed to facilitate command and control of GPS III satellites for testing and operations. The company said Thursday those upgrades to the Architecture Evolution Plan Operational Control System are being carried out through the M-Code Early Use […] More

  • DHS Issues RFI for Training Management System Procurement Effort
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    DHS Issues RFI for Training Management System Procurement Effort

    The Department of Homeland Security has sought information on potential contractors that can provide the Immigration and Customs Enforcement with an enterprise training management platform. A FedBizOpps notice posted Tuesday says ICE wants a training management system designed to handle various training formats, course curriculums, accreditation requirements, evaluation, analytical and reporting tools in support of […] More

  • StackRox Secures In-Q-Tel Investment for Container Security Tech Dev’t
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    StackRox Secures In-Q-Tel Investment for Container Security Tech Dev’t

    In-Q-Tel has made a strategic investment in StackRox to help the Mountain View, Calif.-based technology firm further develop a software platform designed to protect containerized applications from cyber threat actors. StackRox said Wednesday its Container Security Platform works to thwart malicious activities and ensure compliance of the container environment with security policies through the integration of […] More

  • Boeing Gets FAA Supplemental Type Certificate for KC-46 Tanker
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    Boeing Gets FAA Supplemental Type Certificate for KC-46 Tanker

    Boeing has completed the Federal Aviation Administration’s airworthiness accreditation for the KC-46 tanker program after the company received a supplemental type certificate for the aircraft. The company said Tuesday its team kicked off in 2015 a series of ground, lab and flight tests to evaluate the performance of the aircraft’s boom and drogue systems for aerial refueling […] More

  • Report: DoD Moves Deadline for JEDI Cloud Bids to October
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    Report: DoD Moves Deadline for JEDI Cloud Bids to October

    The Defense Department has extended the deadline of proposals for the Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure cloud procurement program to Oct. 9 after it made some changes to the solicitation, Nextgov reported Tuesday. A FedBizOpps notice posted Friday says the revised request for proposals includes the updated contract security classification; performance work statement/statement of objectives crosswalk matrix; and price […] More

  • Matt Desch: Iridium’s Satellite Network Supported Hurricane Recovery Efforts in Puerto Rico
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    Matt Desch: Iridium’s Satellite Network Supported Hurricane Recovery Efforts in Puerto Rico

    Iridium Communications CEO Matt Desch told NASASpaceflight.com in an interview published Tuesday how the company’s satellite network and devices worked to help first responders communicate and perform recovery operations in the aftermath of Hurricanes Irma and Maria in Puerto Rico last year. “We could see this tremendous spike [in Puerto Rico and some of the surrounding islands] as […] More