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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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  • Vencore Lands $980M NGA Analytical, Technical Support IDIQ Spot; Mac Curtis Comments
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    Vencore Lands $980M NGA Analytical, Technical Support IDIQ Spot; Mac Curtis Comments

    Vencore has secured a prime position on a potential five-year, $980 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract to provide technical support services to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. The company said Tuesday it will help NGA integrate analytics services and GEOINT sources to track and build up collection strategies as well as simulation and modeling operations under the multiple-award contract for […] More

  • Lockheed’s Marillyn Hewson ‘Hopes’ Congress Reaches Agreement Over Fiscal 2017 Defense Budget
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    Lockheed’s Marillyn Hewson ‘Hopes’ Congress Reaches Agreement Over Fiscal 2017 Defense Budget

    Lockheed Martin CEO Marillyn Hewson said during a conference call Tuesday that she expects Congress to reach a defense budget deal for the remaining months of fiscal 2017, Orlando Sentinel reported Tuesday. Marco Santana writes Hewson added lawmakers should work to ensure a continuous flow of funds to all military branches. “We, as a nation, need to recognize these threats and […] More

  • Intel, Carnegie Mellon Team Up on Cloud-Based Video Analytics Research Program
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    Intel, Carnegie Mellon Team Up on Cloud-Based Video Analytics Research Program

    Intel has partnered with Carnegie Mellon University to work on a three-year, $4.1 million program to research and develop analytics tools for public officials, businesses and consumers to obtain insights from large volumes of online video content. The company and CMU will conduct the research program at the Intel Science and Technology Center for Visual Cloud […] More

  • DARPA Taps PARC-Led Team to Develop Computational Framework for Product Design
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    DARPA Taps PARC-Led Team to Develop Computational Framework for Product Design

    The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has selected Xerox’s PARC subsidiary to lead a team to create a new computational model designed to eliminate limitations in computer-aided design technology platforms and advance digital manufacturing processes. PARC said Tuesday it will work with Oregon State University and Intact Solutions on the Fabricating with Interoperable Engineering, pLanning, Design […] More

  • CenturyLink’s Glen Post: Public-Private Partnerships Key to Cybersecurity
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    CenturyLink’s Glen Post: Public-Private Partnerships Key to Cybersecurity

    Glen Post, president and CEO of CenturyLink, told attendees of the NITEC17 conference that public-private partnerships could help advance efforts against cyber threats. “We have found that our trusted partnerships play a critical role in combating the cyber threat, since we all bring different assets, approaches and specialized knowledge to the table,” Post said during his […] More

  • BAE Launches Aircraft Threat Detection Tool
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    BAE Launches Aircraft Threat Detection Tool

    BAE Systems has introduced a new platform designed to help aircrews detect incoming threats to aircraft and launch countermeasure defense operations against such threats. The company said Monday the 3-Dimensional Advanced Warning System suite is a modular platform built to work with the U.S. Army’s rotary- and fixed-wing aircraft and can be integrated with laser-warning tools […] More

  • Lockheed-Built MUOS-5 Delivers Beyond-Line-of-Sight Comms Service to Soldiers
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    Lockheed-Built MUOS-5 Delivers Beyond-Line-of-Sight Comms Service to Soldiers

    The fifth Mobile User Objective System satellite that Lockheed Martin built for the U.S. Navy has begun to provide beyond-line-of-sight communications capability to warfighters with ultra-high frequency radios. Lockheed said Monday the Navy collaborated with the Army Forces Strategic Command to configure the UHF payload of the MUOS-5 satellite to provide UHF narrowband communications services to troops […] More

  • Stimwave Lands DLA Wireless Neuromodulation Tech Distribution Contract
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    Stimwave Lands DLA Wireless Neuromodulation Tech Distribution Contract

    Fort Lauderdale, Florida-based medical device maker Stimwave has secured a five-year contract to supply spinal cord stimulators to the Defense Logistics Agency. Stimwave said Friday it will provide its Stimwave Freedom Spinal Cord Stimulation device and StimQ Peripheral Nerve Stimulator to DLA under a distribution and pricing agreement negotiated by TAMM Net. Laura Perryman, president and CEO of […] More

  • Orbital ATK’s Cygnus Arrives at Space Station for 7th Cargo Resupply Mission
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    Orbital ATK’s Cygnus Arrives at Space Station for 7th Cargo Resupply Mission

    An Orbital ATK-built Cygnus spacecraft has arrived at the International Space Station to deliver approximately 7,600 pounds of crew supplies, food, clothing, spare parts, scientific experiments and laboratory equipment. The S.S. John Glenn spacecraft reached ISS Saturday and completed berthing procedures days after its April 18 launch from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida aboard a United Launch Alliance-built Atlas V rocket to mark Orbital ATK’s seventh […] More

  • Mississippi State University-Led Partnership to Oversee DHS Drone Demo Facility
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    Mississippi State University-Led Partnership to Oversee DHS Drone Demo Facility

    The Department of Homeland Security has chosen a Mississippi State University-led partnership to advance research and development work on small unmanned aerial systems. The Mississippi Partnership will also oversee a sUAS demonstration facility in the state for DHS’ science and technology directorate to support flight exercises and assessment of drones in various scenarios such as […] More

  • Qafis, Assured Enterprises Forge Digital Security Partnership
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    Qafis, Assured Enterprises Forge Digital Security Partnership

    Qafis Biometric Technology and Assured Enterprises have teamed up to provide digital security platforms and services to organizations in both public and private sectors. Qafis CEO Edwin Nicolaas said in a statement released Thursday the company will integrate its Biometric Security Socket Layer and identity authentication platforms with Assured Enterprises’ code scanning and cybersecurity assessment tools. […] More

  • Lockheed Completes Preliminary Long-Range Radar Design Review
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    Lockheed Completes Preliminary Long-Range Radar Design Review

    Lockheed Martin has completed the preliminary design review of a radar system designed to safeguard the U.S. from ballistic missile threats. The company developed the Long Range Discrimination Radar under a potential $784 million contract the Missile Defense Agency awarded in October 2015, Lockheed said Thursday. The LRDR platform is an S-band radar component of MDA’s […] More