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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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  • DoD Taps Altamira for Classified Analytics Development Support Contract
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    DoD Taps Altamira for Classified Analytics Development Support Contract

    Altamira Technologies has secured a potential five-year, $35 million contract to provide classified analytics development and deployment support services for the Defense Department. Work under the cost-plus-fixed-fee contract also covers big data visualization, logistics, subject-matter expertise and data science support for DoD’s military operations, the company said Wednesday. Altamira said it expects the contract to help […] More

  • Intel’s Diversity Hiring Rate Hit 43% in 2015; Brian Krzanich, Neil Green Comment
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    Intel’s Diversity Hiring Rate Hit 43% in 2015; Brian Krzanich, Neil Green Comment

    A new Intel report says 43.1 percent of the technology firm’s new hires in 2015 were women and underrepresented minorities, exceeding the company’s annual diversity hiring goal of 40 percent. Intel said in the report released Wednesday the company increased the employment of women and underrepresented minorities in 2015 by nearly 43 percent and 31 […] More

  • NASA to Launch 13 CubeSats, Orion Spacecraft Aboard Boeing-Built Rocket
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    NASA to Launch 13 CubeSats, Orion Spacecraft Aboard Boeing-Built Rocket

    NASA plans to send the Orion unmanned spacecraft and 13 CubeSats to deep space onboard the Boeing-built Space Launch System in 2018. “The 13 CubeSats that will fly to deep space as secondary payloads aboard SLS on [Exploration Mission-1] showcase the intersection of science and technology, and advance our journey to Mars,” Dava Newman, NASA’s […] More

  • Air Force Taps AAMSI for B-2 Spirit Bomber IFF Transponder Repair Contract
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    Air Force Taps AAMSI for B-2 Spirit Bomber IFF Transponder Repair Contract

    The U.S. Air Force has awarded Associated Aircraft Manufacturing and Sales Inc. a five-year contract to provide repair and maintenance support services for the service branch’s B-2 Spirit bombers. AAMSI said Tuesday it will repair and service the AN/APX-110 Identification Friend or Foe Transponder systems onboard the bomber aircraft. Florida-based AAMSI is a small defense contractor that […] More

  • MacB Lands Air Force Technical, Engineering Support Task Orders; Tim Lawrence Comments
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    MacB Lands Air Force Technical, Engineering Support Task Orders; Tim Lawrence Comments

    MacAulay-Brown has received task orders for engineering and technical support services under two prime contracts that Odyssey Systems Consulting Group secured from the U.S. Air Force. MacB said Monday it will support the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center fighters and bombers directorate’s F-15 division under a five-year contract and will perform contract work at […] More

  • TCS-Intersec Team Seeks to Expand Presence in Location-Based Services Market; Keith Bhatia Comments
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    TCS-Intersec Team Seeks to Expand Presence in Location-Based Services Market; Keith Bhatia Comments

    TeleCommunications Systems and analytics software provider Intersec have forged a partnership in an effort to further build up their location-based service offerings. TCS and Intersec have started to provide LBS platforms to operators in Hong Kong, Saudi Arabia and Angola for use in mobile advertising and movement analysis through the strategic partnership, TCS said Tuesday. Both companies […] More

  • GSA Taps American Systems for Transition Coordination Support Task Order; Peter Smith Comments
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    GSA Taps American Systems for Transition Coordination Support Task Order; Peter Smith Comments

    American Systems has been awarded a potential five-year, $34.3 million task order to provide transition planning and policy development support to the General Services Administration’s transition coordination center. GSA established TCC in an effort to help federal agencies transition from multiple telecommunication and legacy network contracts to the NS2020 Enterprise Infrastructure Solutions contract, the company […] More

  • InfoVista Lands DISA Contract for Network Performance Mgmt Tech on JRSS
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    InfoVista Lands DISA Contract for Network Performance Mgmt Tech on JRSS

    InfoVista has secured a contract from the Defense Information Systems Agency to provide its network performance management platform in support of the update on DISA’s Joint Information Environment Joint Regional Security Stacks. InfoVista said Monday it will also supply its service assurance system to enable the JRSS platform to support DISA’s virtual private network. The VPN […] More

  • Northrop Kicks Off Search for 3 X-47B UAV Pilots
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    Northrop Kicks Off Search for 3 X-47B UAV Pilots

    Northrop Grumman has begun its search for three pilots to operate the Northrop-built X-47B unmanned aerial vehicle. Northrop said in a job notice the selected candidates will work to determine the UAV’s compliance with operational suitability and specification requirements during flight tests. Northrop developed X-47B under the U.S. Navy‘s Unmanned Combat Air System Carrier Demonstration initiative. The drone is […] More

  • IDC: Global Mobility Spending to Reach Nearly $2T by 2019
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    IDC: Global Mobility Spending to Reach Nearly $2T by 2019

    A new International Data Corp. report predicts consumer and enterprise spending on mobile software, devices and services to hit $1.85 trillion by 2019, up from $1.66 trillion in 2015. IDC said Thursday the figure represents a compound annual growth rate of 2.7 percent over four years as commercial enterprises across industries seek to transform their operations. According to […] More

  • Kratos Subsidiary to Provide Spares, Logistics Support for AF Subscale Aerial Target System
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    Kratos Subsidiary to Provide Spares, Logistics Support for AF Subscale Aerial Target System

    A Kratos Defense & Security Solutions subsidiary has received a potential six-year, $37 million contract from the U.S. Air Force to supply spares for the Kratos-built BQM-167A Air Force Subscale Aerial Target system. Composite Engineering will also provide repairs and logistics support services for the AFSAT platform during operations at a test and training range in Utah and Tyndall […] More

  • WWT Unveils Denver Office for Engineering, Sales Operations; Jim Kavanaugh Comments
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    WWT Unveils Denver Office for Engineering, Sales Operations; Jim Kavanaugh Comments

    World Wide Technology has launched a regional office in Denver to house the operations of WWT Asynchrony Labs as well as accommodate its engineering and sales operations. WWT CEO Jim Kavanaugh said Friday the St. Louis-based systems integration firm plans to leverage Denver’s information technology workforce and resources to broaden the services it provides to […] More