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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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  • DHS Calls on Small Business Community for ‘Internet of Things’ Security, Prototype Tech Program
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    DHS Calls on Small Business Community for ‘Internet of Things’ Security, Prototype Tech Program

    The Department of Homeland Security’s science and technology directorate plans to use a potential five-year, $20 million contract vehicle to encourage technology startups and small businesses to compete for government contracts. DHS will award the first round of contracts to potential vendors that can provide security platforms for the Internet of Things, the department said […] More

  • Serco Platform Supports UK National Crime Agency Cyber Exercise; Richard Preece Comments
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    Serco Platform Supports UK National Crime Agency Cyber Exercise; Richard Preece Comments

    The U.K. national crime agency used a Serco-built cyber platform for a one-week exercise intended to train and test the participants’ capability to detect and respond to cyber attacks. Serco’s cybX works to simulate cyber network vulnerabilities in an effort to assess an organization’s response and management strategy in the event of a cyber attack, Serco said […] More

  • Inmarsat to Offer Mobile Satcom Services to Turksat; Ensar Gul, Rupert Pearce Comment
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    Inmarsat to Offer Mobile Satcom Services to Turksat; Ensar Gul, Rupert Pearce Comment

    Inmarsat has been selected to provide mobile satellite communications services for Turkey-based satellite operator Turksat through a memorandum of understanding. Inmarsat and Turksat will also work to explore new opportunities in the aviation and defense sectors under a strategic partnership formed under the MOU, Inmarsat said Friday. “The main objective of this partnership is to […] More

  • DARPA Picks 9 Firms for Dismounted Squad Threat Detection Program
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    DARPA Picks 9 Firms for Dismounted Squad Threat Detection Program

    The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has awarded nine companies contracts to build new systems for dismounted service personnel to collaborate with other troops and detect potential threats during military operations. DARPA said Thursday it made the awards through the agency’s Squad X Core Technologies program to develop lightweight, integrated platforms that will work to provide situational awareness functions for […] More

  • MDA Corp. Wins DigitalGlobe WorldView-4 Ground Station Upgrade Contract
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    MDA Corp. Wins DigitalGlobe WorldView-4 Ground Station Upgrade Contract

    MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates has secured a contract to introduce updates to DigitalGlobe’s international ground stations for customers to directly receive and process Earth imagery and geospatial data from DigitalGlobe’s future WorldView-4 commercial satellite. MDA said Thursday WorldView-4 is scheduled to launch in September 2016 to provide customers with multi-spectral images of the Earth’s surface. The company aims […] More

  • CenturyLink to Mentor Pathway Partners Through GSA Program; Tim Meehan Comments
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    CenturyLink to Mentor Pathway Partners Through GSA Program; Tim Meehan Comments

    CenturyLink has received approval from the General Services Administration to serve as a mentor to Pathway Partners for three years under GSA’s Mentor Protege Program. The Mentor-Protege Program aims to develop partnerships between small businesses and GSA prime contractors, promote business development among smaller firms and help such companies compete for federal contracts, CenturyLink said […] More

  • QTS Adds Vormetric Encryption Platform to Data Security Offerings; Jim Reinhart Comments
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    QTS Adds Vormetric Encryption Platform to Data Security Offerings; Jim Reinhart Comments

    QTS Realty Trust and Vormetric have teamed up to help QTS’ government and commercial data center customers in efforts to meet data compliance requirements and protect their network infrastructures from potential data breaches. The partnership will allow QTS to provide its clients with Vormetric’s software platform, which works to secure data through encryption, user access control […] More

  • DigitalGlobe Taps Raytheon for 2016 WorldView-4 Satellite Launch Mission Planning Support
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    DigitalGlobe Taps Raytheon for 2016 WorldView-4 Satellite Launch Mission Planning Support

    DigitalGlobe has selected Raytheon‘s Constellation Scheduling System to provide mission planning and launch support for DigitalGlobe’s WorldView-4 commercial satellite in September 2016. Raytheon said Thursday CSS is a commercial geospatial system that works to provide automatic scheduling and mission planning support for satellite operators and geospatial data providers. DigitalGlobe announced last year its plans to expedite […] More

  • DARPA Selects SRI International, SwRI for Toxic Chemical Conversion Contracts; Tyler McQuade Comments
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    DARPA Selects SRI International, SwRI for Toxic Chemical Conversion Contracts; Tyler McQuade Comments

    The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has awarded SRI International and Southwest Research Institute contracts to develop and design system prototypes to convert toxic chemicals into soil and other non-hazardous compounds. DARPA said Wednesday it made the awards under the agency’s Agnostic Compact Demilitarization of Chemical Agents initiative. ACDC aims to develop new transportable platforms that will work to neutralize […] More

  • Northrop Demos Ground-Based Targeting System Against UAS; Kay Burch Comments
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    Northrop Demos Ground-Based Targeting System Against UAS; Kay Burch Comments

    Northrop Grumman has conducted a demonstration of a ground-based system to test its production of targeting data and detection and monitoring of an adversary’s unmanned aircraft system. The company demonstrated the Venom platform at the U.S. Army’s Maneuver-Fires Integrated Experiment held in Oklahoma, Northrop said Tuesday. The Venom system tracked small drones and provided two land-based […] More

  • Hera Systems Obtains Spacecraft Source Code License From NASA Ames; Bobby Machinski Comments
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    Hera Systems Obtains Spacecraft Source Code License From NASA Ames; Bobby Machinski Comments

    Hera Systems has gained access to a source code related to two pending patents for the Cost Optimized Test of Spacecraft Avionics and Technologies spacecraft through a licensing agreement with NASA’s Ames Research Center. The company said Wednesday it will use the source code of COTSAT’s star tracker and spacecraft modular software in order to […] More

  • ARGO Systems Lands $90M Navy Power System Support IDIQ
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    ARGO Systems Lands $90M Navy Power System Support IDIQ

    ARGO Systems has won a potential five-year, $90 million contract from the U.S. Navy to provide support services for critical power systems at government facilities worldwide. The Naval Facilities Engineering and Expeditionary Warfare Center awarded the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract through a competitive acquisition process with three offers received, the Defense Department said Wednesday. The award covers planning, […] More