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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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  • NGA Taps 4 Firms to Develop AI, Automation Platforms for GEOINT Analysis
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    NGA Taps 4 Firms to Develop AI, Automation Platforms for GEOINT Analysis

    The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency has awarded nearly $2 million in research contracts to four companies that seek to facilitate GEOINT analysis through the development of automation and artificial intelligence technology platforms. NGA said Wednesday it awarded the contracts to Raytheon, Concurrent Technologies Corp., HRL Laboratories and Soar Technology in January under the AI and automation topic of a […] More

  • General Atomics Completes Superconductor Winding Process on Central Solenoid’s 1st Fusion Power Generator Module
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    General Atomics Completes Superconductor Winding Process on Central Solenoid’s 1st Fusion Power Generator Module

    General Atomics has fused approximately 240,000 pounds of superconductor to build the first module of the core of a tokamak facility designed to generate fusion energy. The initial module will be part of the Central Solenoid, an electromagnetic structure composed of six modules that will serve as the central part of the ITER magnetic fusion facility […] More

  • Unisys’ Casey Coleman: Agencies Should Pursue IT Modernization Amid Federal Hiring Freeze
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    Unisys’ Casey Coleman: Agencies Should Pursue IT Modernization Amid Federal Hiring Freeze

    Casey Coleman, vice president of the federal civilian business group at Unisys, has said the White House’s implementation of a federal hiring freeze may provide government agencies an opportunity to reassess priorities and advance information technology modernization efforts. She wrote in a Federal Times article published Monday that agencies should work to “take legacy systems and hollow them out […] More

  • Sergio Farache: Avnet to Resell AWS Cloud Offerings to Public Sector Clients
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    Sergio Farache: Avnet to Resell AWS Cloud Offerings to Public Sector Clients

    Avnet has joined Amazon Web Services’ Government Reseller Program to provide AWS cloud offerings to public sector clients. Avnet said Tuesday its technology solutions business will resell AWS cloud platforms and services to state, local government agencies and education institutions through the Avnet Cloud Marketplace. Sergio Farache, senior vice president of strategy and specialist business […] More

  • GSA Seeks Info on Entity Identification, Validation Support Sources
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    GSA Seeks Info on Entity Identification, Validation Support Sources

    The General Services Administration has begun its search for potential industry sources of entity identification and validation support services. Dun & Bradstreet currently provides such services under a contract that is set to expire in 2018, GSA said Monday. The Federal Acquisition Regulation and 2CFR policies also have been updated to eliminate references to D&B and its proprietary Data Universal […] More

  • NASA Taps Ball Aerospace for Suomi NPP Satellite Engineering Support Contract
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    NASA Taps Ball Aerospace for Suomi NPP Satellite Engineering Support Contract

    Ball Aerospace & Technologies has received a potential five-year, $9.5 million contract from NASA to continue to provide sustaining engineering support services for the Suomi National Polar-Orbiting Partnership Sustainability satellite. The indefinite-delivery/indefinite quantity contract has a minimum task ordering value of $50,000 and covers engineering services to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s office of […] More

  • NASA Picks Honeywell, UMPQUA Proposals for Deep Space Oxygen Recovery Tech Devt
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    NASA Picks Honeywell, UMPQUA Proposals for Deep Space Oxygen Recovery Tech Devt

    NASA has selected proposals from Honeywell and UMPQUA Research to develop technology platforms designed to increase oxygen recovery from exhaled carbon dioxide to at least 75 percent and reduce oxygen resupply for future long-duration spaceflight missions. The companies will each receive up to $2 million in funds to develop their technologies over a two-year performance […] More

  • Geoscience Australia Partners With Lockheed, Inmarsat, GMV to Demo 2nd-Gen Satellite-based Navigation Testbed
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    Geoscience Australia Partners With Lockheed, Inmarsat, GMV to Demo 2nd-Gen Satellite-based Navigation Testbed

    Australia’s geoscience research agency has teamed up with Lockheed Martin, Inmarsat and GMV to demonstrate how signals from multiple constellations of Global Navigation Satellite Systems can help build up positioning, navigation and timing for various applications. Geoscience Australia and the three companies will demonstrate over a two-year period a new Satellite-Based Augmentation System testbed for applications […] More

  • DLT to Provide Cloud Platforms Under Multistate Cooperative Procurement Contract
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    DLT to Provide Cloud Platforms Under Multistate Cooperative Procurement Contract

    DLT Solutions has received a 10-year contract to provide cloud platforms and services to state and local government agencies that are part of the NASPO ValuePoint cooperative purchasing organization. The company said Thursday it will offer its platform-as-a-service, infrastructure-as-a-service and software-as-a-service cloud platforms through Amazon Web Services, Google, Akamai and other vendor partners under the […] More

  • Hypori Adds Bluetooth Functionality to Virtual Mobile Infrastructure Under DHS SBIR Contract
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    Hypori Adds Bluetooth Functionality to Virtual Mobile Infrastructure Under DHS SBIR Contract

    Hypori has integrated Bluetooth access control functionality with its virtual mobile infrastructure platform designed to help government agencies safeguard applications and data in mobile devices from cyber threats. The company added the functionality as part of the Small Business Innovation Research Phase II contract it secured from the Department of Homeland Security’s science and technology directorate in […] More

  • BAE Study Finds Disparity in Views on Cyber Responsibility Between C-Suite, IT Leaders
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    BAE Study Finds Disparity in Views on Cyber Responsibility Between C-Suite, IT Leaders

    A new study backed by BAE Systems says 50 percent of information technology leaders think that senior management teams should take responsibility in the event of a cyber attack and 35 percent of C-suite executives believe IT teams should be held responsible. BAE said Thursday it commissioned market research firm Opinium to survey 984 IT decision […] More

  • DOE Picks Veracity-SEL-Sempra Team for Critical Infrastructure Network Security Platform Devt
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    DOE Picks Veracity-SEL-Sempra Team for Critical Infrastructure Network Security Platform Devt

    The Energy Department has selected an industry team composed of Veracity Industrial Networks, Schweitzer Engineering Laboratories and Sempra Renewables to develop a networking platform designed to keep utility and industrial infrastructure operational in the event of a cyber attack. Engineers from the companies will incorporate Ethernet communications technology into the new networking system, automate intrusion […] More