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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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  • Air Force Demos UTC Sensor Onboard General Atomics Avenger UAV; Chris Pehrson Comments
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    Air Force Demos UTC Sensor Onboard General Atomics Avenger UAV; Chris Pehrson Comments

    The U.S. Air Force has completed a flight demonstration of a United Technologies Corp.-built sensor onboard a General Atomics-made unmanned aerial vehicle, Flightglobal reported Monday. Chris Pehrson, senior director of strategic development for General Atomics’ aeronautical systems business, told Flightglobal reporter James Drew that the service branch performed seven flights between January and February to demonstrate […] More

  • DoD Taps Orbital ATK for Non-Standard Ammo Supply Task Order
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    DoD Taps Orbital ATK for Non-Standard Ammo Supply Task Order

    Orbital ATK has received a $20 million task order to supply mortar weapon systems and non-U.S. standard ammunition to the Defense Department in support of allied countries. DoD awarded the task order under a potential five-year indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract, Orbital ATK said Monday. The new contract is a follow-on to a three-year IDIQ contract that concluded in December. Orbital […] More

  • Cisco Seeks to Support DoD Cyber Strategy Through NIST Risk Mgmt Framework Compliance
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    Cisco Seeks to Support DoD Cyber Strategy Through NIST Risk Mgmt Framework Compliance

    Cisco has moved to align its cybersecurity platforms with the National Institute of Standards and Technology Risk Management Framework’s process for the selection of security controls. Steve Caimi, industry solutions specialist at Cisco, wrote in a blog entry posted Thursday that such effort seeks to support of the Defense Department’s cybersecurity strategy. “Selecting the security controls […] More

  • Army Activates 1st Boeing WGS Satellite for Cross-Band Satellite Communications Services
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    Army Activates 1st Boeing WGS Satellite for Cross-Band Satellite Communications Services

    The U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command activated the first satellite of the Boeing-built Wideband Global Satellite constellation six months after it completed a series of tests, the Army reported Thursday. WGS-1 is the first block I satellite of the WGS constellation that works to provide two-way Ka– and X-band communications services for combatant commanders […] More

  • Air Force Taps Array for Budget Support Contracts
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    Air Force Taps Array for Budget Support Contracts

    Array Information Technology has secured two contracts to provide budget support services for the U.S. Air Force. The company said Tuesday it will provide database and application management services in support of the secretary of the Air Force for financial management and budget under the Automated Budget Interactive Data Environment System contract. ABIDES is a tool designed to […] More

  • WWT, HPE to Collaborate on DISA Enterprise Storage Services II Contract; Joe Ayers Comments
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    WWT, HPE to Collaborate on DISA Enterprise Storage Services II Contract; Joe Ayers Comments

    World Wide Technology will work with Hewlett Packard Enterprise to provide on-demand data storage support for enterprise environments of the Defense Information Systems Agency under a potential six-year, $427 million contract. The Enterprise Storage Services II contract awarded to WWT has a base term of four years and two option years, WWT said Wednesday. WWT […] More

  • Rolls-Royce Unveils T-45 Engine Repair Support Facility in Texas
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    Rolls-Royce Unveils T-45 Engine Repair Support Facility in Texas

    Rolls-Royce has unveiled a new facility at Naval Air Station Kingsville in Texas to provide engine repair support for the T-45 trainer jet of the U.S. Navy and the U.S. Marine Corps. The company said Monday the service delivery center will also provide service operations support for the Rolls-Royce-built F405 Adour engines of the aircraft. A BAE Systems–Boeing partnership […] More

  • Boeing Gets NASA Consent to Store 6th Satellite for Tracking, Data Relay Constellation
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    Boeing Gets NASA Consent to Store 6th Satellite for Tracking, Data Relay Constellation

    Boeing has received consent from NASA to store a tracking and data relay satellite at the company’s facility in El Segundo, Calif. following the completion of work to build the satellite in 2015. TDRS-M is the sixth satellite Boeing built for NASA’s TDRS constellation that is designed to help the space agency meet high-bandwidth communications requirements of […] More

  • Frost & Sullivan: Demand for Mixed Reality Training to Drive Military Training & Simulation Investments
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    Frost & Sullivan: Demand for Mixed Reality Training to Drive Military Training & Simulation Investments

    A new Frost & Sullivan analysis predicts the Defense Department’s budget for training and simulation systems to experience a compound annual growth rate of 1.7 percent through 2020. The demand for mixed reality training or live, virtual and constructive training is expected to drive investments and technology updates in the military training and simulation market, Frost & Sullivan said Tuesday. “While […] More