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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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  • Yahsat Seeks to Expand Y1B Satellite Broadband Services Via Hughes-Built VSAT Platform
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    Yahsat Seeks to Expand Y1B Satellite Broadband Services Via Hughes-Built VSAT Platform

    Al Yah Satellite Communications has placed an order for the Hughes Network Systems-built very small aperture terminal in an effort to expand Yahsat’s broadband services and other offerings delivered through its Ka-band Y1B satellite. The Hughes-built Jupiter System is a VSAT platform that integrates the DVB-S2X air interface standard through the company’s second-generation system-on-a-chip, a very large […] More

  • Palo Alto Networks’ Pamela Warren: Agencies Should Adopt Automation to Prevent Cyber Attacks
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    Palo Alto Networks’ Pamela Warren: Agencies Should Adopt Automation to Prevent Cyber Attacks

    Pamela Warren, director of government and industry solutions at Palo Alto Networks, has said government agencies should adopt automation in an effort to protect networks from emerging cyber threats and predict cyber attackers’ actions. Warren wrote in a FedTech Magazine article published Tuesday that a recent Commission on Enhancing National Cybersecurity report also recommended the […] More

  • Report: India to Seek Bids from Foreign Firms for Single-Engine Fighter Jet Production Contract
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    Report: India to Seek Bids from Foreign Firms for Single-Engine Fighter Jet Production Contract

    India plans to invite international contractors to submit bids for a program to build a new single-engine fighter aircraft in the country, Defense News reported Tuesday. Manohar Parrikar, India’s defense minister, said at a news conference that the government will select a foreign partner to produce the fighter jet based on technology transfer terms and […] More

  • DLT, Evident.io Forge AWS Cloud Security Partnership for Govt Clients
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    DLT, Evident.io Forge AWS Cloud Security Partnership for Govt Clients

    DLT Solutions and Evident.io have teamed up to offer a tool designed to help government clients secure their cloud infrastructure. Both companies will provide public sector clients with the Evident Security Platform that works to assess security misconfigurations and detect vulnerabilities in Amazon Web Services public cloud environments through collection and analysis of application programming […] More

  • Northrop Gets $63M in Air Force KC-10 Engine Overhaul, Logistics Delivery Orders
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    Northrop Gets $63M in Air Force KC-10 Engine Overhaul, Logistics Delivery Orders

    Northrop Grumman has received a pair of delivery orders worth nearly $63 million combined to provide engine overhaul and logistics support services for the U.S. Air Force’s KC-10 tanker aircraft program. The company will overhaul 10 KC-10 engines in Vancouver, British Columbia, through Dec. 31, 2018 under a potential $45 million delivery order to a previously […] More

  • SpaceX Sets Jan. 8 Launch for Iridium NEXT Satellites
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    SpaceX Sets Jan. 8 Launch for Iridium NEXT Satellites

    SpaceX has said it plans to launch on Jan. 8 the first batch of satellites for Iridium Communications’ NEXT constellation after it determined the cause of the Sept. 1 explosion of the Falcon 9 rocket, the Washington Post reported Monday. Christian Davenport writes the Elon Musk-owned company found that the explosion was caused by a pressure vessel in the […] More

  • Boeing, SpaceX, OneWeb Seek to Provide Broadband Access Via Satellite Constellations
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    Boeing, SpaceX, OneWeb Seek to Provide Broadband Access Via Satellite Constellations

    SpaceX, Boeing and OneWeb have announced plans to launch satellite constellations that will work to operate in low-Earth orbit and offer high-speed broadband service worldwide, the Los Angeles Times reported Friday. Samantha Masunaga writes the $224.6-billion broadband industry dominated by cable and telecommunications firms is likely to face a challenge with the potential launch of such […] More

  • Transparency Market Research: Military Radar Market Worth $9.4B by 2024
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    Transparency Market Research: Military Radar Market Worth $9.4B by 2024

    A new Transparency Market Research report predicts the global market for military radar platforms to grow to $9.36 billion by the end of 2024 at a compound annual growth rate of 2.4 percent. TMR said Friday government investments in radar research and development efforts are likely to drive the worldwide military radar market. According to […] More

  • Bank of America Merrill Lynch’s Ron Epstein on Defense-Related Investment Accounts, Navy Programs
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    Bank of America Merrill Lynch’s Ron Epstein on Defense-Related Investment Accounts, Navy Programs

    Ron Epstein, senior equity analyst at Bank of America Merrill Lynch, has said he expects defense-related investment accounts valued at approximately $179 billion to grow at a rate of 10 percent “depending on the year.” “Fiscal ’17 is where we are today, ’18 is transition, and then I expect to see acceleration going to fiscal […] More

  • FEMA Seeks Info on Cloud Infrastructure Modernization Support Sources
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    FEMA Seeks Info on Cloud Infrastructure Modernization Support Sources

    The Federal Emergency Management Agency has extended the deadline for submission of responses to its sources sought notice that seeks to obtain industry information on cloud management and hosting services in support of FEMA’s cloud infrastructure modernization efforts. US Federal Contractor Registration said Thursday that FEMA wants potential contractors to submit information on a scalable cloud platform based […] More

  • Intel Security’s Steve Grobman: US Sanctions Against Russia Over Election Interference Could Spark War
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    Intel Security’s Steve Grobman: US Sanctions Against Russia Over Election Interference Could Spark War

    Steve Grobman, chief technology officer at Intel Security, has said that sanctions against Russia for its interference in the U.S. elections through cyber hacking activities could potentially result in “kinetic, conventional shooting war,” VentureBeat.com reported Thursday. “Impacting digital infrastructure beyond the intended target opens the door to draw additional nation states into a conflict,” Grobman said. […] More

  • NIST Seeks to Advance Public Safety Broadband Tech R&D Through Grant Program; Dereck Orr Comments
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    NIST Seeks to Advance Public Safety Broadband Tech R&D Through Grant Program; Dereck Orr Comments

    The National Institute of Standards and Technology has introduced a $30 million grant program in an effort to advance research and development work on broadband technology platforms for first responders. NIST’s public safety communications research division will accept applications from nonprofit organizations, higher education institutions and other non-federal entities for the Public Safety Innovation Accelerator […] More