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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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  • UK Navy Tests BAE Systems-Built C2 Platform on Astute-Class Submarine Torpedo
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    UK Navy Tests BAE Systems-Built C2 Platform on Astute-Class Submarine Torpedo

    The U.K. navy used a BAE Systems PLC-built command-and-control platform to test-fire a torpedo onboard Artful, an Astute-class nuclear-powered submarine. BAE’s submarines business designed and integrated the Common Combat System in partnership with Dell, VMware and Aish Technologies, BAE said Monday. The submarine crew members used the system to process data from the vessel’s sensors, analyze sonar […] More

  • Lockheed Martin Adds LogRhythm to Cybersecurity Alliance
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    Lockheed Martin Adds LogRhythm to Cybersecurity Alliance

    Lockheed Martin will work with LogRhythm on cybersecurity systems integration pilot programs after the latter signed up for the Lockheed Martin Cyber Security Alliance. LogRhythm also agreed to offer its security intelligence platform and share cybersecurity-focused best practices with Lockheed as a member of the alliance, Lockheed said Monday. The LogRhythm-built security intelligence tool works to […] More

  • Lockheed-Led Team Lands NASA Supersonic Transport Plane Task Order; Charles Bolden Comments
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    Lockheed-Led Team Lands NASA Supersonic Transport Plane Task Order; Charles Bolden Comments

    A Lockheed Martin-led team has been awarded a potential 17-month, $20 million task order to perform preliminary design work on NASA’s Quiet Supersonic Transport X-plane aircraft. NASA awarded the task order for the “low boom” flight QueSST passenger jet under the Basic and Applied Aerospace Research and Technology contract and as part of its New Aviation Horizons […] More

  • Army Taps SAMS for CECOM Systems Engineering Support Contract
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    Army Taps SAMS for CECOM Systems Engineering Support Contract

    Strategy and Management Services has received a contract to continue to provide systems engineering and technical support services for the U.S. Army Communications-Electronics Command. The contract covers lifecycle management of post-deployment and post-production software for CECOM’s intelligence support division in support of the software engineering center’s Defense Department clients, SAMS said Friday. This award marks […] More

  • Randy James: CSRA Eyes Managed Cyber Framework Adoption by Federal Clients
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    Randy James: CSRA Eyes Managed Cyber Framework Adoption by Federal Clients

    Randy James, line of service executive at CSRA, has said the company plans to introduce its in-house managed cybersecurity framework to federal government customers in an effort to help them protect their networks from cyber threats, the Washington Business Journal reported Thursday. James Bach writes CSRA’s cybersecurity model involves the use of cyber tools acquired […] More

  • CAE Lands Helicopter Flight Simulator Supply Contract With Canadian Coast Guard
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    CAE Lands Helicopter Flight Simulator Supply Contract With Canadian Coast Guard

    CAE has secured a contract to supply the Canadian coast guard with a simulator for both Bell 412EPI and Bell 429 helicopters. The contract awarded by Public Works and Government Services Canada covers the CAE-built 3000 Series simulator equipped with two cockpits for the two Bell Helicopter-built aircraft, CAE said Thursday. The Canadian coast guard uses […] More

  • Upsite Technologies’ Data Center Airflow Mgmt Tools Offered via Access Floor Systems GSA Contract
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    Upsite Technologies’ Data Center Airflow Mgmt Tools Offered via Access Floor Systems GSA Contract

    Upsite Technologies has teamed up with Access Floor Systems.com to offer federal agencies a line of airflow management systems for data centers through a General Services Administration schedule contract. The Upsite Technologies-built AisleLok suite of modular containment platforms and airflow management tools will be available for purchase on the GSA Advantage ordering system, Access Floor Systems said Tuesday. […] More

  • Air Force Seeks Research Proposals on Resilient Autonomous Systems
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    Air Force Seeks Research Proposals on Resilient Autonomous Systems

    The U.S. Air Force has asked industry to submit white papers for a potential four-year, $7 million program that aims to develop autonomous systems that will work to demonstrate resiliency in contested environments where communications may be denied. The service branch said in a broad agency announcement posted Feb. 19 the program will focus on the development of […] More

  • Boeing Teams Up With Aeromexico, Research Institutes on Mexico’s Aviation Biofuel R&D Program; Marc Allen Comments
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    Boeing Teams Up With Aeromexico, Research Institutes on Mexico’s Aviation Biofuel R&D Program; Marc Allen Comments

    Boeing will work with Mexico’s airports and auxiliary services agency and Aeromexico on a program to research and develop aviation biofuel resources in Mexico. The Potosinian Institute of Scientific and Technological Research will oversee the four-year biofuel initiative that will involve nine research centers and 17 companies and other institutions, Boeing said Wednesday. Research work will […] More

  • Coast Guard Picks eGlobalTech for FOIA Request Support Services Contract
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    Coast Guard Picks eGlobalTech for FOIA Request Support Services Contract

    The U.S. Coast Guard has awarded eGlobalTech a three-year contract to help the service branch’s management programs and policy division handle Freedom of Information Act-related requests. Work includes management of FOIA-related inquiries, status updates request and process coordination, eGlobalTech said Tuesday. The contract also covers support for the management of FOIA appeals, including the assessment of FOIA exemptions, case law […] More

  • Research and Markets: Command-and-Control Systems Market to Hit $16B by 2020
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    Research and Markets: Command-and-Control Systems Market to Hit $16B by 2020

    A new report by Research and Markets predicts the global market for command-and-control systems to experience a compound annual growth rate of 3.68 percent over the next four years. Research and Markets said Monday the worldwide C2 market has nearly 14 percent share of the total market for C4ISR platforms and is projected to hit $16.5 billion by 2020 from […] More

  • LGS, DARPA Build Laser Tech With Waveform Agility; Stephan Wielandy Comments
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    LGS, DARPA Build Laser Tech With Waveform Agility; Stephan Wielandy Comments

    LGS Innovations has completed work on a laser platform designed to improve the capability of light detection and ranging systems to detect and analyze objects of interest. The company developed the laser system with the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s strategic technology office under the Laser Radar Technology program, LGS said Tuesday. LRT is a […] More