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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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  • Lockheed-Serco-Jacobs JV Lands Updated UK Atomic Weapons Establishment Mgmt Support Contract
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    Lockheed-Serco-Jacobs JV Lands Updated UK Atomic Weapons Establishment Mgmt Support Contract

    A joint venture of Lockheed Martin, Serco Group and Jacobs Engineering Group has received an updated contract to manage operations of the U.K. defense ministry’s atomic weapons establishment after a completed a review of the program. AWE Management Ltd. will operate the AWE sites built to develop, maintain and produce warheads in support of the U.K. government’s nuclear […] More

  • DigitalGlobe Taps MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates for Satellite Ground Station Subcontracts; Norman Hannaford Comments
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    DigitalGlobe Taps MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates for Satellite Ground Station Subcontracts; Norman Hannaford Comments

    DigitalGlobe has awarded Richmond, Canada-based company MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates a pair of subcontracts to build ground station platforms for two international users of the former company’s satellite constellation. The ground stations will work to help international clients receive and process data and imagery from DigitalGlobe’s satellites, MDA said Tuesday. Norman Hannaford, general manager of ground station business […] More

  • African Country Picks Harris for Tactical Radio Supply Contract; Chris Young Comments
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    African Country Picks Harris for Tactical Radio Supply Contract; Chris Young Comments

    Harris Corp. will supply Falcon III tactical radios to an unnamed country in Africa under an $11 million contract. The contract covers the Harris-built RF-7800H-MP manpack radio, RF-7850M-HH handheld radio and the RF-7800V-HH VHF Combat Net Radio, Harris said Tuesday. The unnamed African country placed the order as part of its communications modernization program, the company added. […] More

  • Recon Instruments-Mutualink Team to Deploy Wearable Device for First Responders
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    Recon Instruments-Mutualink Team to Deploy Wearable Device for First Responders

    Recon Instruments has teamed up with Mutualink to introduce a wearable device designed to allow users to communicate with other first responders and law enforcement personnel during emergencies. Recon Jet is an eyewear with a heads-up display that works to capture and transmit videos, GPS location and other data through a network, Intel‘s Christopher Croteau wrote in […] More

  • DISA Clears CyberArk’s Privileged Account Security Tool for US Military Networks
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    DISA Clears CyberArk’s Privileged Account Security Tool for US Military Networks

    CyberArk has received clearance from the Defense Information Systems Agency to field a company-made account monitoring product inside Defense Department-operated networks. DISA cleared CyberArk’s platform for inclusion in the DoD Unified Capabilities Approved Products List after the agency evaluated the product against interoperability and information assurance requirements, the company said Tuesday. The CyberArk Privileged Account Security Solution works to detect […] More

  • DARPA Selects Schafer for Biological Technologies Office Support Contract
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    DARPA Selects Schafer for Biological Technologies Office Support Contract

    Schafer‘s government services business has secured a five-year contract to provide scientific, engineering and technical services to the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s biological technologies office. The company said Monday it will support DARPA BTO’s research efforts in the areas of infectious diseases, human-machine interface and neurotechnology under the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract. The award also covers programming and […] More

  • Lockheed Lands Forecast Tools Supply Contract With Oman Airports Mgmt Co
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    Lockheed Lands Forecast Tools Supply Contract With Oman Airports Mgmt Co

    Lockheed Martin has received a seven-year contract to provide forecasting tools to Oman Airports Management Co. for operations management functions at airports in the Middle East country. Lockheed said Tuesday it will supply its BEONTRA-built B Capacity and B Tactical platforms for OAMC to develop strategic resource plans and support daily operations at Salah and Muscat International Airports and at Oman […] More

  • Johns Hopkins APL Team to Work on NASA Solar Array Devt Program
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    Johns Hopkins APL Team to Work on NASA Solar Array Devt Program

    Johns Hopkins University’s Applied Physics Laboratory will collaborate with SolAero Technologies, Deployable Space Systems and RA Stall Consulting on a NASA program that seeks to develop solar array platforms designed for deep space missions. APL said Thursday the team has entered into contract negotiations with NASA on the Transformational Solar Array for Extreme Environments proposal under the space agency’s Game […] More

  • Belkin Gets NIAP Security Certification for KVM Switches
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    Belkin Gets NIAP Security Certification for KVM Switches

    Belkin has obtained a security certification from the National Information Assurance Partnership for its portfolio of keyboard, video and mouse switches. The Playa Vista, Calif.-based company’s Secure KVM Switching platforms secured the Common Criteria accreditation through NIAP’s protection profile for Peripheral Sharing Switch Version 3.0, Belkin said Friday. NIAP, a National Security Agency-run program, issues the PP3.0 […] More

  • Technavio: Cobra Curved Displays, UAVs to Drive US DoD Training & Simulation Market Through 2019
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    Technavio: Cobra Curved Displays, UAVs to Drive US DoD Training & Simulation Market Through 2019

    A new Technavio report predicts the U.S. Defense Department market for training and simulation platforms to hit $13 billion by 2019 and be driven by the adoption of cobra curved display systems designed for flight simulators. Abhay Singh, an industry analyst for Technavio’s defense and technology research, said Friday U.S. service personnel have also used curved […] More

  • Intel Survey: Cyber Pros Cite Corporate Policies, Industry Regulations as Barriers to Info Exchanges
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    Intel Survey: Cyber Pros Cite Corporate Policies, Industry Regulations as Barriers to Info Exchanges

    A survey from Intel’s security business says 42 percent of security professionals have adopted shared cyber threat intelligence in an effort to protect their companies’ networks from potential cyber attacks. Intel Security polled 500 security professionals across different industries in North America, Europe and Asia Pacific in 2015 about their knowledge of CTI and its advantages to […] More

  • IARPA Solicits Research Proposals for Chemical Analysis Tool Dev’t Program
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    IARPA Solicits Research Proposals for Chemical Analysis Tool Dev’t Program

    The Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity has released a solicitation for research proposals on a tool designed to help the Intelligence Community detect and identify various types of chemicals in remote areas. IARPA said in a broad agency announcement posted March 11 it intends to build a low-power system designed to detect chemical weapons, explosives and narcotics under the Molecular […] More