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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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  • 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

  • Iomaxis to Expand Footprint in Virginia With New Investment
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    Iomaxis to Expand Footprint in Virginia With New Investment

    Iomaxis plans to make a $3.8 million investment to expand its operations in Fairfax County, Virginia. Virginia Gov. Terry McAuliffe said in a news release published Thursday the company’s expansion will result in the creation of 555 jobs in the next three years and seeks to reflect the state’s workforce pipeline, business climate, access to […] More

  • Fornetix, Semper Fortis Unveil Combined System Integration, Encryption Key Mgmt Tools
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    Fornetix, Semper Fortis Unveil Combined System Integration, Encryption Key Mgmt Tools

    Fornetix and Semper Fortis Solutions have launched new extensions of an encryption key management platform and systems integration designed to secure government, commercial and military communications and data networks from cyber threats. Semper Fortis combined its systems integration capability with Fornetix’s Key Orchestration offerings under a reseller agreement, Fornetix said Wednesday. Fornetix’s Key Orchestration is a […] More

  • Accenture Unveils Blockchain Platform Based on Thales Hardware Security Module
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    Accenture Unveils Blockchain Platform Based on Thales Hardware Security Module

    Accenture has partnered with Thales’ e-Security business, formerly Vormetric, to develop a blockchain technology-based platform designed to protect government, healthcare and financial records from potential cyber attacks. Thales integrated with Accenture’s security tool its nShield hardware security module that works to generate, store and protect digital keys designed to validate and secure transactions and messages, […] More

  • Alan Stern: Commercial Spaceflight Federation Backs NASA SLS Development
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    Alan Stern: Commercial Spaceflight Federation Backs NASA SLS Development

    Alan Stern, chairman of the board of the Commercial Spaceflight Federation, has said CSF supports development work and potential use of NASA’s Space Launch System for commercial spaceflight missions, Space News reported Wednesday. Jeff Foust writes Stern made the remarks in a speech Tuesday at the 20th Annual Commercial Space Transportation Conference in Washington. “There […] More

  • DARPA to Hold Proposers Day for Electromagnetic Biosignaling Identification Program
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    DARPA to Hold Proposers Day for Electromagnetic Biosignaling Identification Program

    The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency will conduct a Proposers Day via webcast on Feb. 21 to discuss the RadioBio program that aims to determine whether purposeful signaling through electromagnetic waves occurs between biological cells. “If we can prove that purposeful signaling is happening, the next step would be to discover how the process works,” Mike Fiddy, […] More

  • CSRA Gets AWS Managed Service Partner Designation; Larry Prior Comments
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    CSRA Gets AWS Managed Service Partner Designation; Larry Prior Comments

    CSRA has obtained Amazon Web Services’ Managed Service Partner designation after the former completed the evaluation process for requirements in application migration and cloud infrastructure. The status seeks to authorize CSRA to automate, monitor and manage their public sector clients’ environments, CSRA said Tuesday. Larry Prior, president and CEO of CSRA, said the company works to […] More

  • Gwynne Shotwell: SpaceX Plans to Launch Rocket Every 2 to 3 Weeks
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    Gwynne Shotwell: SpaceX Plans to Launch Rocket Every 2 to 3 Weeks

    SpaceX President Gwynne Shotwell has said the company plans a two- to three-week interval for its Falcon 9 rocket launches once a new launch pad at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida enters service next week, Reuters reported Tuesday. Shotwell told Reuters Monday in an interview that launch pad repairs at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station […] More