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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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  • DigitalGlobe’s WorldView-4 Satellite Enters Service After Testing & Calibration Phase Completion
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    DigitalGlobe’s WorldView-4 Satellite Enters Service After Testing & Calibration Phase Completion

    DigitalGlobe started to provide its first customer direct access to its Lockheed Martin-built WorldView-4 satellite Wednesday following the completion of in-orbit test and calibration phase. DigitalGlobe said Friday it will add additional direct access clients to WorldView-4 service throughout this year and expects to provide satellite tasking and archive support to all customers in the second half of […] More

  • Michael Isman: Booz Allen Opens DC Innovation Hub to Facilitate Partnerships With Entrepreneurs, Startups
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    Michael Isman: Booz Allen Opens DC Innovation Hub to Facilitate Partnerships With Entrepreneurs, Startups

    Michael Isman, a vice president and strategic innovation group executive at Booz Allen Hamilton, has said the company unveiled a new center in downtown Washington in May 2016 as part of the firm’s investment efforts to advance innovation, Federal News Radio reported Friday. Isman said the new Innovation Center aims to help project teams “work in […] More

  • NASA Eyes March 19 Launch for Orbital ATK’s 7th ISS Cargo Resupply Mission
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    NASA Eyes March 19 Launch for Orbital ATK’s 7th ISS Cargo Resupply Mission

    NASA aims to launch on March 19 an Orbital ATK-built Cygnus spacecraft to perform the seventh cargo delivery mission to the International Space Station. Orbital ATK’s Cygnus will have a 30-minute launch window that will start at approximately 10:56 p.m. Eastern time and will take off aboard a United Launch Alliance-made Atlas V rocket from Cape Canaveral Air […] More

  • GSA Seeks Proposals for SmartPay 3 GWAC Vehicle
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    GSA Seeks Proposals for SmartPay 3 GWAC Vehicle

    The General Services Administration has issued a request for proposals on the third iteration of its governmentwide acquisition contract vehicle for charge cards and other payment services. GSA said Thursday it expects approximately 560 agency clients and organizations to use the SmartPay 3 GWAC to procure fleet, travel, chip-based charge cards, virtual accounts and other payment support services. Contracts awarded […] More

  • NASA Begins Search for Industry Partners to Develop Commercial Space Tech Platforms
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    NASA Begins Search for Industry Partners to Develop Commercial Space Tech Platforms

    NASA has started to solicit proposals from potential industry partners to develop commercial space technology systems designed to support future space missions. The agency’s space technology mission directorate will select projects worth approximately $10 million combined under the Announcement of Collaborative Opportunity program, NASA said Friday. Companies will lead the projects and NASA centers will serve […] More

  • Army Picks Direct Steel for Lockmaster, Maintenance Facility Construction Project
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    Army Picks Direct Steel for Lockmaster, Maintenance Facility Construction Project

    Direct Steel has won a potential 14-month, $10.3 million contract from the U.S. Army to construct a maintenance building, fire pump house and a lockmaster facility at Olmsted Lock and Dam in Illinois. The Army Corps of Engineers received five proposals for the firm-fixed-price contract and will obligate the full contract amount from the service branch’s fiscal […] More

  • Taser Receives Smart Weapon Purchase Order from Air Force
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    Taser Receives Smart Weapon Purchase Order from Air Force

    The U.S. Air Force has placed an order for a Taser International-built smart weapons platform designed for use in law enforcement operations. Taser said Thursday it received the order for 1,345 Taser X26P devices through its sole-source distributor Aardvark and expects to start delivery in the first quarter of 2017. Rick Smith, Taser CEO and co-founder, said the order […] More

  • Parsons Lands DTRA Task Order for Phase 2 Lebanon Border Surveillance Project; Carey Smith Comments
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    Parsons Lands DTRA Task Order for Phase 2 Lebanon Border Surveillance Project; Carey Smith Comments

    Parsons has received a task order from the Defense Threat Reduction Agency to continue to provide surveillance services for land border regiments in Lebanon in support of the country’s Border Security Project. The task order for the project’s second increment was awarded through DTRA’s Cooperative Threat Reduction Integrating Contract II and covers equipment delivery and training […] More

  • Boeing to Continue Sustainment Support for Air Force GPS II Satellites
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    Boeing to Continue Sustainment Support for Air Force GPS II Satellites

    Boeing has signed an agreement with the U.S. Air Force to continue to help the service branch sustain on-orbit Global Positioning System II satellites in the next five years. The deal covers support for the military branch’s GPS IIA and GPS IIF satellites, the company said Thursday. Boeing has served as a prime contractor on the Air […] More

  • Huntington Ingalls Gets Contract Modification for Navy ‘Enterprise’ Carrier Fabrication
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    Huntington Ingalls Gets Contract Modification for Navy ‘Enterprise’ Carrier Fabrication

    Huntington Ingalls Industries has received a $25.5 million contract modification to start the fabrication process on the U.S. Navy’s third Gerald R. Ford-class aircraft carrier. Mike Shawcross, vice president for the CVN 79 and CVN 80 construction at HII’s Newport News Shipbuilding division, said in a statement issued Wednesday the award covers the production of structural components, […] More

  • DoD Puts Fortinet Firewall on Commercial Solutions for Classified Programs Components List
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    DoD Puts Fortinet Firewall on Commercial Solutions for Classified Programs Components List

    The Defense Department has added Fortinet’s firewall to the Commercial Solutions for Classified Programs Components List that authorizes the implementation of the platform in government networks that store highly sensitive data. Fortinet said Wednesday its FortiGate Enterprise Firewall secured the CSfC Components List status after DoD validated the platform against three Common Criteria Protection Profiles that seek […] More

  • IBM’s David Zaharchuk: Blockchain Tools Could Help Agencies in Contract Mgmt, Regulatory Compliance
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    IBM’s David Zaharchuk: Blockchain Tools Could Help Agencies in Contract Mgmt, Regulatory Compliance

    David Zaharchuk, global industry research leader at IBM’s Institute for Business, has said the adoption of blockchain technology could help government agencies facilitate contract management, regulatory compliance, citizen services and identity management. Zaharchuk wrote in a blog post published Monday that blockchain platforms work to ensure security of data sharing operations between organizations and individuals. […] More