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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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  • Pivotal, Raytheon Form Partnership to Support DoD’s Software Devt, Cloud Adoption Efforts
    in Government Cloud, News

    Pivotal, Raytheon Form Partnership to Support DoD’s Software Devt, Cloud Adoption Efforts

    Raytheon has teamed up with Pivotal Software to help the Defense Department expedite the development of new software platforms and transition legacy applications to cloud environments. Raytheon said Tuesday it has joined the San Francisco, California-based software firm’s Pivotal Ready Partner Program as part of the partnership to deliver new technology capabilities to the military. […] More

  • CACI Gets ISO Info Security Mgmt Certification for Cyber Test Environment
    in Cybersecurity News, News

    CACI Gets ISO Info Security Mgmt Certification for Cyber Test Environment

    CACI International has received an International Organization for Standardization certification for the company’s cybersecurity test environment platform. The company said Tuesday its Cyber Range secured the ISO 27001:2013 certification following an independent assessment that sought to evaluate whether the test environment complies with ISO’s information security practices and policies. CACI’s Cyber Range works to help users perform […] More

  • Lisa Colloredo: Boeing, SpaceX Work to Address NASA ‘LOC’ Safety Requirement for Crew Vehicles
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    Lisa Colloredo: Boeing, SpaceX Work to Address NASA ‘LOC’ Safety Requirement for Crew Vehicles

    Lisa Colloredo, deputy program manager for NASA’s commercial crew program, has said Boeing and SpaceX should be able to meet the agency’s safety requirements as they prepare to enter the flight testing phase for their commercial crew spacecraft over the next year, Space News reported Monday. Colloredo said at the Wednesday meeting of the NASA Advisory […] More

  • Bob Fortna: Fortinet Aims to Help Federal Clients Address IT Security Challenges With Tech
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    Bob Fortna: Fortinet Aims to Help Federal Clients Address IT Security Challenges With Tech

    Bob Fortna, president of Fortinet’s federal business, has said the company offers security platforms designed to help customer agencies address mission requirements and challenges associated with information technology modernization efforts. Fortna said in an interview published Monday that Fortinet Federal‘s portfolio of security tools for agencies features the Fortinet Security Fabric as a “foundational element.” […] More

  • Orbital ATK Completes JPSS-2 Weather Satellite Design Review
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    Orbital ATK Completes JPSS-2 Weather Satellite Design Review

    Orbital ATK has wrapped up a critical design review of the second Joint Polar Satellite System. The company said Friday it partnered with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and NASA to carry out the review to assess whether the JPSS-2 spacecraft program meets schedule and system requirements. The CDR phase also sought to evaluate […] More

  • Romania Signs Purchase Agreement for Lockheed PAC-3 MSE Missiles
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    Romania Signs Purchase Agreement for Lockheed PAC-3 MSE Missiles

    The government of Romania has signed an agreement to buy Lockheed Martin-built Patriot Advanced Capability-3 Missile Segment Enhancement interceptors and related equipment from the U.S. government. Scott Arnold, vice president and deputy of integrated air and missile defense at Lockheed’s missiles and fire control business, said in a statement published Thursday the company is honored […] More

  • Carey Smith Talks About Parsons’ Williams Electric Purchase, Control System Business Expansion
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    Carey Smith Talks About Parsons’ Williams Electric Purchase, Control System Business Expansion

    Carey Smith, federal group president at Parsons, has said the company expects the acquisition of control system integration company Williams Electric to create new opportunities as the Pasadena, California-based engineering services contractor operates in the Middle East and other regions, the Pasadena Star-News reported Thursday. Smith told Pasadena Star-News she believes Parsons’ contractual relationships with federal […] More

  • Barbara Humpton: Siemens Gets Army Contract Modification for Battle Tank Repair Facility Upgrades
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    Barbara Humpton: Siemens Gets Army Contract Modification for Battle Tank Repair Facility Upgrades

    Siemens has received a potential $37 million contract modification from the U.S. Army to carry out upgrades at the Lima, Ohio-based Joint Systems Manufacturing Center to help reduce the facility’s energy consumption. The Army Corps of Engineers made the award as a modification to a previously awarded contract in March worth approximately $11.8 million and expects the […] More

  • Intelsat General Issues White Paper on Satellite Platform’s Interference Mitigation Capability
    in C4ISR News, News

    Intelsat General Issues White Paper on Satellite Platform’s Interference Mitigation Capability

    An Intelsat subsidiary has issued a white paper that seeks to show how its satellite platform works to mitigate hostile attempts to interfere with signals on the company’s high-frequency satellites. Skot Butler, president of Intelsat General, said in a statement released Wednesday the company’s Interference Resolution demonstration seeks to show the capability of the Intelsat EpicNG satellite system […] More

  • UpGuard: Classified Data of Joint Army-NSA Intell Command Exposed Online
    in Cybersecurity News, News

    UpGuard: Classified Data of Joint Army-NSA Intell Command Exposed Online

    UpGuard has found that sensitive data from an intelligence command jointly managed by the U.S. Army and the National Security Agency leaked online and exposed virtual platforms and internal information used for classified communications. Chris Vickery, director of cyber risk research at UpGuard, discovered on Sept. 27 the exposure of the Army Intelligence and Security Command‘s […] More

  • Report: SpaceX Reschedules Falcon Heavy Initial Test Launch to January
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    Report: SpaceX Reschedules Falcon Heavy Initial Test Launch to January

    SpaceX has delayed the scheduled first test launch of its Falcon Heavy rocket from December to January, Spaceflight Now reported Tuesday. The company expects to field the rocket to its launch pad at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida in preparation for the static fire test of the space vehicle’s 27 Merlin 1D engines in December. […] More

  • RSA Seeks to Facilitate Authentication Interoperability With 4 Security Platforms
    in Cybersecurity News, News

    RSA Seeks to Facilitate Authentication Interoperability With 4 Security Platforms

    Dell Technologies’ RSA subsidiary has moved to make its multi-factor authentication platform interoperable with several firewalls and security platforms from Microsoft, VMware, CyberArk and Palo Alto Networks. RSA said Tuesday it aims to facilitate interoperability of its SecurID Access authentication system with VMware’s Workspace ONE, Microsoft’s Windows Hello, CyberArk’s Privileged Account Security Solution and Palo Alto’s […] More