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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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  • NEC Joins Red Hat’s Certified Cloud, Service Provider Program; Paul Smith, Hide Senta Comment
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    NEC Joins Red Hat’s Certified Cloud, Service Provider Program; Paul Smith, Hide Senta Comment

    Red Hat has named NEC Corp. of America as a cloud platform and services provider after the latter company completed certification and testing requirements for enterprise cloud deployments. NEC will use managed, multi-tenant models to offer its portfolio of private cloud and platform-as-a-service offerings to government agencies through Red Hat’s Certified Cloud and Service Provider program, […] More

  • Virginia Contracting Activity Seeks Social Media Report Sources to Support Security Clearance Process
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    Virginia Contracting Activity Seeks Social Media Report Sources to Support Security Clearance Process

    The Virginia Contracting Activity has begun its search for potential industry sources that can provide social media reports for use in background investigations of security clearance holders and applicants. VACA said in a FedBizOpps notice published Thursday it plans to award a one-year contract to potential contractors that can deliver social media reports designed to support […] More

  • Air Force Designates Navy’s Carrier UAV as MQ-25A Stingray
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    Air Force Designates Navy’s Carrier UAV as MQ-25A Stingray

    The U.S. Air Force has designated the U.S. Navy’s first carrier unmanned aircraft vehicle as MQ-25A Stingray, USNI News reported Friday. Sam LaGrone writes the Navy received the official name and designation for the UAV through a July 11 memo issued by the Air Force Materiel Command. The Air Force assigned the name MQ-25A Stingray, formerly […] More

  • Army Tests Ebola Vaccine Candidate With Yisheng Biopharma’s PIKA Adjuvant in Mice
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    Army Tests Ebola Vaccine Candidate With Yisheng Biopharma’s PIKA Adjuvant in Mice

    The U.S. Army has begun preclinical trials of its vaccine candidate against Ebola virus in combination with the PIKA adjuvant platform developed by China-based Yisheng Biopharma. Study results show that mice that received a combination of the Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases’ virus-like particle-based vaccine and Yisheng’s PIKA adjuvant platform demonstrated 100 percent […] More

  • Jeff Kohler: Boeing in Talks With Japan for Potential Fighter Aircraft Development
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    Jeff Kohler: Boeing in Talks With Japan for Potential Fighter Aircraft Development

    An official with Boeing said the company held talks with Japanese government representatives at the Farnborough International Airshow to propose a possible collaboration on the development of a fighter jet that would replace the country’s F2 planes, Nikkei Asian Review reported Saturday. Jeff Kohler, vice president of international business development at Boeing’s defense, space and security business, […] More

  • Deloitte Report: Global Defense, Aerospace Sector Hit $674B in 2015 Revenues
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    Deloitte Report: Global Defense, Aerospace Sector Hit $674B in 2015 Revenues

    A Deloitte report says the global defense and aerospace sector recorded a 3.8 percent growth rate in 2015 and generated $674.4 billion in total revenues. The consulting firm said Thursday revenue in the worldwide defense subsector rose 1.7 percent – or $5.8 billion — from the previous year driven by increases in military expenditures. Deloitte’s 2016 Global Aerospace and Defense Sector Financial Performance […] More

  • AT&T Tapped to Provide Wireless Network Support to Urban Sensing Project in Chicago; Mike Zeto Comments
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    AT&T Tapped to Provide Wireless Network Support to Urban Sensing Project in Chicago; Mike Zeto Comments

    AT&T has been selected to provide wireless network connectivity support to an urban sensing project in the city of Chicago. The Urban Center for Computation and Data oversees the Array of Things project that aims to gather data on Chicago’s infrastructure, traffic congestion, air quality, climate, noise and other environmental factors through a network of […] More

  • CTC-Run Center Completes 1K Site Visits Under DoD’s Safety Management Program
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    CTC-Run Center Completes 1K Site Visits Under DoD’s Safety Management Program

    A center that Concurrent Technologies Corp. operates for the Defense Department has completed at least 1,000 visits to DoD agencies and installations as part of the department’s safety management efforts. CTC’s Safety Management Center of Excellence personnel conduct visits to various DoD agencies and military bases in order to identify and recognize those that comply with the […] More

  • VLP Therapeutics to Develop Malaria Vaccine Under Army Grant; Wataru Akahata Comments
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    VLP Therapeutics to Develop Malaria Vaccine Under Army Grant; Wataru Akahata Comments

    VLP Therapeutics has received a $2.4 million grant from the U.S. Army to research and develop a vaccine against malaria. The service branch awarded the research grant through the Defense Department’s Peer Reviewed Medical Research Program, the company said Thursday. Wataru Akahata, founder and CEO of VLP Therapeutics, said the company has developed VLPM01, an experimental […] More

  • CCRi to Develop Analytics-Based GEOINT Data Evaluation Tool Under NGA Contract
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    CCRi to Develop Analytics-Based GEOINT Data Evaluation Tool Under NGA Contract

    Commonwealth Computer Research Inc. has received a $499,767 contract from the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency to develop a data analytics-based platform designed to evaluate and identify GEOINT data that has potential value to users. NGA awarded the contract under the first topic of a broad agency announcement for the agency’s Boosting Innovative GEOINT program, NGA said Wednesday. CCRi will […] More

  • Inmarsat, VT iDirect Partner for Satcom Tech R&D; Michele Franci Comments
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    Inmarsat, VT iDirect Partner for Satcom Tech R&D; Michele Franci Comments

    Inmarsat has partnered with VT iDirect to form a joint research-and-development group that will work to create satellite communications platforms. The i2 R&D team will work at Inmarsat’s London headquarters to build satcom technology prototypes that have the potential for commercial market deployment, Inmarsat said Wednesday. Both companies expect the i2 group to develop systems that […] More

  • Raytheon-Kongsberg Partnership Plans US Hub for Naval Strike Missile, Launcher Production
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    Raytheon-Kongsberg Partnership Plans US Hub for Naval Strike Missile, Launcher Production

    Raytheon plans to collaborate with Norway-based Kongsberg Defence Systems to manufacture the Naval Strike Missile system and launchers in the U.S. Raytheon wants to carry out integration and testing work on NSM at its factory in Tucson, Arizona, and produce the NSM launchers at its Louisville, Kentucky-based facility under the partnership with Kongsberg, Raytheon said Wednesday. NSM is […] More