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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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  • SES Completes UV Imaging Payload Integration on Communications Satellite
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    SES Completes UV Imaging Payload Integration on Communications Satellite

    SES has integrated a NASA instrument payload equipped with an ultraviolet imaging spectrograph onto the company’s SES-14 geostationary communications satellite. The Global-Scale Observations of the Limb and Disk instrument’s spectrograph is designed to measure temperatures and densities in the Earth’s ionosphere and thermosphere to investigate ionospheric disruptions to navigation and communication transmissions, SES said Tuesday. SES-14 is built to provide C– […] More

  • AECOM, IBM Develop UN Scorecard for Local Govt Disaster Risk Reduction
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    AECOM, IBM Develop UN Scorecard for Local Govt Disaster Risk Reduction

    IBM and AECOM have collaborated to develop a new United Nations scorecard designed to help local government agencies and cities build up resilience and reduce risks associated with natural disasters and climate change. Both companies worked with the U.S. Agency for International Development and the European Commission to create the UN Disaster Resilience Scorecard for the UN office […] More

  • State Dept Opens Solicitation for $850M Passport Processing System Modernization Project
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    State Dept Opens Solicitation for $850M Passport Processing System Modernization Project

    The State Department has issued a request for proposals for a potential 10-year, $850 million contract to update a technology platform designed to process passports and visas as well as deliver emergency services to U.S. citizens abroad, Nextgov reported Monday. The Consular Systems Modernization contract is part of the ConsularOne program within the department’s Bureau […] More

  • Raytheon-Built GEO 6 Payload for FAA Navigation System Launched Into Orbit
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    Raytheon-Built GEO 6 Payload for FAA Navigation System Launched Into Orbit

    A satellite payload that Raytheon developed for the Federal Aviation Administration‘s Wide Area Augmentation System took off onboard a Soyuz launch vehicle from Arianespace‘s space center in French Guiana. Raytheon said Monday the WAAS GEO 6 payload hosted on the SES-operated geostationary satellite – SES-15 – is a component of the WAAS system that works to provide […] More

  • Nation Analytics-Celero Team Seeks to Offer Analytics-Based Consulting Service to GovCon Investors
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    Nation Analytics-Celero Team Seeks to Offer Analytics-Based Consulting Service to GovCon Investors

    Nation Analytics and Celero Strategies have teamed up to provide a consulting service to investors in the government contracting sector. The service offering combines Nation Analytics’ intelligence data analytics platforms with Celero’s consulting support services designed to provide users updates on custom market reports and analyses as well as competitor performance data, Nation Analytics said […] More

  • Leidos to Host Industry Days for NSF Antarctic Infrastructure Construction Program
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    Leidos to Host Industry Days for NSF Antarctic Infrastructure Construction Program

    Leidos will hold industry days on June 13 and Aug. 15 in Centennial, Colorado, to discuss the National Science Foundation’s Antarctic Infrastructure Modernization for Science  program with potential subcontractors. AIMS is a multi-phase construction program composed of three design-build projects and one design-bid-build initiative, NSF said Thursday. NSF said in a FedBizOpps notice posted Tuesday […] More

  • SpaceX Sets June 1 Launch for 11th ISS Commercial Resupply Mission
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    SpaceX Sets June 1 Launch for 11th ISS Commercial Resupply Mission

    A SpaceX-built Dragon spacecraft is set to launch on June 1 aboard a Falcon 9 rocket from a launch pad at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida to deliver crew supplies, scientific research and related equipment to the International Space Station. NASA said Saturday the 11th cargo resupply mission will bring to the ISS several […] More

  • Inmarsat’s Rebecca Cowen-Hirsch: 4th Global Xpress Satellite Launch Aims to Advance Satcom Tech Resilience
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    Inmarsat’s Rebecca Cowen-Hirsch: 4th Global Xpress Satellite Launch Aims to Advance Satcom Tech Resilience

    Rebecca Cowen-Hirsch, senior vice president for government strategy and policy at Inmarsat, has said the launch of the fourth Boeing-built satellite for the Global Xpress satellite communications network seeks to validate Inmarsat’s efforts to promote resilience within its satcom offerings. The Inmarsat-5 F4 satellite lifted off Monday aboard a SpaceX-made Falcon 9 rocket from a launch pad at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center […] More

  • CMS Explores Potential Maintenance Support Sources for Health Plan Mgmt System
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    CMS Explores Potential Maintenance Support Sources for Health Plan Mgmt System

    The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has issued a request for information on potential contractors that can help the agency update and maintain a web-based data system that supports CMS’ Medicare Advantage and Part D, also known as Prescription Drug, programs. CMS said in a FedBizOpps notice posted Wednesday the Health Plan Management System works to oversee […] More

  • StoneFly Integrates Veeam Backup Storage Platform With Microsoft Azure Govt Cloud
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    StoneFly Integrates Veeam Backup Storage Platform With Microsoft Azure Govt Cloud

    StoneFly has incorporated its cloud storage offering designed for Veeam Software’s backup and disaster recovery tool into Microsoft’s Azure Government cloud platform. StoneFly’s Scale-Out Cloud Storage for Veeam platform works to help users manage multiple nodes for cloud storage and repositories through a common user interface as well as access file storage, block storage and other […] More

  • Document Storage Systems to Develop Online Patient Self-Scheduling Tool for VA
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    Document Storage Systems to Develop Online Patient Self-Scheduling Tool for VA

    Document Storage Systems has received a potential $19.6 million contract from the Department of Veterans Affairs to develop and deliver an online system that works to help military retirees schedule and modify medical appointments. VA awarded the contract to the Juno Beach, Florida-based health information technology platforms provider under a pilot program created in compliance […] More

  • In-Q-Tel, Ombud Forge Decision Mgmt Tech Partnership; Thad Eby Comments
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    In-Q-Tel, Ombud Forge Decision Mgmt Tech Partnership; Thad Eby Comments

    In-Q-Tel has formed a strategic partnership with Ombud to help the Denver, Colorado-based technology company further develop and deliver a decision management platform to U.S. intelligence agencies. Ombud’s decision management tool is a cloud-based platform that works to facilitate workflows, decision-making processes and organizational execution by leveraging enterprise content management, knowledge collaboration and deep learning technologies, IQT said Tuesday. Ombud […] More