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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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  • Boeing’s Insitu to Integrate Ballard Subsidiary’s Fuel Cell Propulsion System With ScanEagle UAV
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    Boeing’s Insitu to Integrate Ballard Subsidiary’s Fuel Cell Propulsion System With ScanEagle UAV

    Ballard Power Systems’ Protonex subsidiary has handed prototypes of fuel cell propulsion modules to Boeing’s Insitu subsidiary for integration with an unmanned aerial vehicle. Protonex’s fuel cell-based proton exchange membrane modules will work to provide propulsion functions for the Insitu-built ScanEagle UAV, Ballard Power Systems said Monday. Insitu plans to begin flight demonstrations of ScanEagle with […] More

  • Textron Joins NSF’s Center for Unmanned Aircraft Systems; Bill Irby Comments
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    Textron Joins NSF’s Center for Unmanned Aircraft Systems; Bill Irby Comments

    Textron’s unmanned systems business has joined a National Science Foundation-funded organization that aims to advance research in unmanned aircraft systems. The Center for Unmanned Aircraft Systems is under NSF’s Industry/University Cooperative Research Center initiative that works to connect research and development efforts and needs of universities and industry, Textron said Monday. Bill Irby, senior vice president […] More

  • SAIC Lands Army Software Development Training, Simulation Task Order; Jim Scanlon Comments
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    SAIC Lands Army Software Development Training, Simulation Task Order; Jim Scanlon Comments

    Science Applications International Corp. will provide simulation and training support services to special operations military personnel and employees of civilian and federal agencies under a potential five-year, $93 million task order with the U.S. Army. SAIC said Monday the software engineering directorate within the service branch’s Aviation and Missile Research, Development and Engineering Center awarded the labor-hour, fixed-price […] More

  • IARPA Picks 5 Firms for Laser-Based Chemical Detection Tech Project
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    IARPA Picks 5 Firms for Laser-Based Chemical Detection Tech Project

    The Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity has chosen five companies to help the agency develop portable laser-based technology for the detection of biological agents, chemical weapons, narcotics and explosives at a range of up to 100 feet, Nextgov reported Friday. Frank Konkel writes IARPA will award funds to Leidos, LGS Innovations, Block Engineering, Physical Sciences and Photonics through […] More

  • DHS Tests Timing Tool for Financial Transactions at NYSE; Reginald Brothers Comments
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    DHS Tests Timing Tool for Financial Transactions at NYSE; Reginald Brothers Comments

    The Department of Homeland Security’s science and technology directorate has demonstrated at the New York Stock Exchange a system that works to complement GPS tools that provide users timing information for financial transactions. DHS said Wednesday the Enhanced Loran or eLoran is a low-frequency radio navigation signal that ground-based stations broadcast to supply positioning, navigation and timing […] More

  • Navy to Put USS Zumwalt Destroyer Through Navigation, Propulsion Test Series
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    Navy to Put USS Zumwalt Destroyer Through Navigation, Propulsion Test Series

    A U.S. Navy guided missile destroyer left a General Dynamics Bath Iron Works subsidiary shipyard in Maine to begin a series of tests to evaluate the vessel’s navigation, propulsion and other systems, Scout Warrior reported Wednesday. Matthew Leonard, a spokesman for the Navy, told Scout Warrior that the acceptance trials of USS Zumwalt seek to demonstrate the […] More

  • Battelle Scientists Demo Hybrid Production Process for Coal-Based Jet Fuel
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    Battelle Scientists Demo Hybrid Production Process for Coal-Based Jet Fuel

    A team of scientists and engineers at Battelle has developed a process that works to convert biomass-derived coal into jet fuel through a cost-sharing initiative backed by the Energy Department. Battelle said Wednesday its hybrid process facilitated the production of syncrude from coal solvents at low pressure without using a catalyst or gaseous hydrogen. The […] More

  • Michigan County Seeks to Alert Owners on Forged Deeds Through Xerox’s Notification Tool; Louis Schiavone Comments
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    Michigan County Seeks to Alert Owners on Forged Deeds Through Xerox’s Notification Tool; Louis Schiavone Comments

    A county in Michigan has deployed a Xerox-built tool in an effort to notify property owners about fraudulent deeds and liens. The deeds registry office in Oakland County, Michigan, integrated the Xerox’s Property Records Notification system with its Super Index search engine for filed public documents, Xerox said Wednesday. Louis Schiavone Jr., managing director for local government […] More

  • Orbital ATK, Virgin Galactic Express Views on Potential Commercial Use of ICBMs
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    Orbital ATK, Virgin Galactic Express Views on Potential Commercial Use of ICBMs

    Orbital ATK has announced plans to procure parts of the Defense Department’s Cold War-era intercontinental ballistic missiles and use them for commercial satellite launches, The Washington Post reported Monday. Christian Davenport writes the company’s plan comes ahead of the Tuesday hearing in Congress on a two-decade ban on the sale of DoD’s stockpile of ICBMs for commercial use. “It’s […] More

  • F-35 Joint Program Office, Lockheed Complete Initial Test on Jet’s Helmet
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    F-35 Joint Program Office, Lockheed Complete Initial Test on Jet’s Helmet

    The Defense Department’s F-35 joint program office has completed the initial test of a prototype helmet for integration with the Lockheed Martin-built fighter jet, Defense News reported Tuesday. Lara Seligman writes JPO and Lockheed performed the test on a 103-pound mannequin fitted with the Generation III helmet at Holloman Air Force Base in New Mexico March 31. […] More

  • Navy Taps Rolls-Royce for LCS Ancillary Parts Supply Contract
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    Navy Taps Rolls-Royce for LCS Ancillary Parts Supply Contract

    Rolls-Royce has received a potential three-year, $7.2 million contract to produce ancillary parts kits for the U.S. Navy’s Littoral Combat Ships. The company will perform contract work in Walpole, Massachusetts, through April 2019 under the firm-fixed-price contract, the Defense Department said Tuesday. The Naval Supply Systems Command‘s weapon systems support unit will obligate the full […] More

  • NASA to Put General Atomics Ikhana’s Detect-Avoid Tools to 4th Round of Flight Tests; Heather Maliska Comments
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    NASA to Put General Atomics Ikhana’s Detect-Avoid Tools to 4th Round of Flight Tests; Heather Maliska Comments

    NASA plans to demonstrate detect-and-avoid platforms onboard a General Atomics-built Ikhana unmanned aerial system by end of April in support of the Federal Aviation Administration’s efforts to develop policies on the integration of UAS with the national airspace system. The planned demonstration will run through June at the space agency’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in California and will be the fourth […] More