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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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  • Hitachi Consulting to Host SAP IM&C Software in Private Cloud; Jim Cole Comments
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    Hitachi Consulting to Host SAP IM&C Software in Private Cloud; Jim Cole Comments

    Hitachi‘s consulting arm and SAP have agreed to host SAP for Industrial Machinery & Components software platforms through Hitachi’s private cloud on a subscription basis. Hitachi Consulting Enterprise Cloud will work to help industrial manufacturers quickly access SAP platforms on the cloud without the need to pay for upfront licensing costs linked to on-premises software implementation, Hitachi said Monday. “Organizations […] More

  • ORBCOMM Launches 11 OG2 Satellites Onboard SpaceX Rocket; Marc Eisenberg Comments
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    ORBCOMM Launches 11 OG2 Satellites Onboard SpaceX Rocket; Marc Eisenberg Comments

    ORBCOMM deployed 11 OG2 satellites Monday aboard the SpaceX-made Falcon 9 rocket to provide machine-to-machine communications and Automatic Identification System-related services for commercial clients. The satellites’ launch from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida marks ORBCOMM’s second mission to complete the OG2 satellite constellation, the company said Monday. ORBCOMM said it expects to deliver full commercial […] More

  • Brazil Taps BAE for $82M Assault Amphibious Vehicle Production, Upgrade Contract
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    Brazil Taps BAE for $82M Assault Amphibious Vehicle Production, Upgrade Contract

    BAE Systems will produce and supply 23 AAV7A1 Reliability, Availability, and Maintainability/Rebuild to Standard assault amphibious vehicles to Brazil’s marine corps through a potential $82 million contract. The contract also covers test equipment and tools for maintenance, field service support, spare parts and training support for users of the AAV7A1 RAM/RS vehicles, BAE Systems said Monday. The […] More

  • Defense News: Lockheed’s F-35 Subcontracts With Israeli Firms Hit $770M
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    Defense News: Lockheed’s F-35 Subcontracts With Israeli Firms Hit $770M

    Lockheed Martin has awarded approximately $770 million worth of contracts to Israel-based companies to perform work related to Israel’s purchase of F-35 fighter aircraft, Defense News reported Sunday. Barbara Opall-Rome writes Israel’s defense ministry announced that Elbit Systems and Israel Aerospace Industries were among the Israeli firms that received the largest share of contract work […] More

  • Boeing Gets 2nd ISS Crew Mission Task Order From NASA; Kathy Lueders Comments
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    Boeing Gets 2nd ISS Crew Mission Task Order From NASA; Kathy Lueders Comments

    Boeing has received its second task order from NASA to transport crews and their cargo to the International Space Station under the company’s potential $4.2 billion Commercial Crew Transportation Capability contract. The company secured the order after it completed internal design assessments and interim developmental milestones for its CST-100 Starliner space capsule, United Launch Alliance-built Atlas V […] More

  • SAIC’s Bob Fecteau: Corporate CIOs Need Standardized Practices
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    SAIC’s Bob Fecteau: Corporate CIOs Need Standardized Practices

    Bob Fecteau, chief information officer at Science Applications International Corp., has said companies should standardize practices in order to allow CIOs to perform enterprise resource management initiatives. Fecteau wrote in an article published Dec. 15 on The Enterprisers Project website that a CIO’s basic responsibility is to oversee the deployment of information technology platforms in an effort to improve […] More

  • Rockwell Collins Rolls Out Aviation Communications Platform in South Korea
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    Rockwell Collins Rolls Out Aviation Communications Platform in South Korea

    Rockwell Collins has deployed a network for Korea Airports Corp. that works to facilitate air-to-ground data communications. The Very High Frequency Digital Link Mode 2-based network works to help aircraft receive messages related to pre-departure clearances, air traffic control and other airline operational control data through the use of the Aircraft Communications Addressing and Reporting System, […] More

  • New Microsoft JV to Offer Windows 10 to Gov’t Agencies in China
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    New Microsoft JV to Offer Windows 10 to Gov’t Agencies in China

    Microsoft and China Electronics Technology Group have teamed up to form a joint venture that will license and manage the Windows 10 operating system for government agencies and state-owned companies in China. Yusuf Mehdi, corporate vice president for Windows and devices group at Microsoft, writes in a blog post published Wednesday the new company will operate […] More

  • ULA Taps Orbital ATK to Build Composite Structures for Atlas V, Delta IV Rockets
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    ULA Taps Orbital ATK to Build Composite Structures for Atlas V, Delta IV Rockets

    Orbital ATK has received a contract from United Launch Alliance to produce large composite structures for installation onboard ULA-built Delta IV and Atlas V rockets. Orbital ATK said Thursday its contract with the Boeing–Lockheed Martin joint venture was awarded in support of the U.S. Air Force’s Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicles initiative. “Our support of ULA EELV […] More

  • L-3 Unit Gets BAE UK Ship Integrated Mgmt System Supply Subcontract
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    L-3 Unit Gets BAE UK Ship Integrated Mgmt System Supply Subcontract

    An L-3 Communications subsidiary has received a subcontract from BAE Systems to supply integrated platform management systems for the U.K. navy’s Type 26 global combat ships, Naval Technology reported Thursday. BAE selected L-3 Marine Systems UK to provide the IPMS through a contract with the U.K. defense ministry to develop the Type 26 vessels as […] More

  • BAE Systems: Company Leaders to Focus on Cyber Defense Strategy in 2016
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    BAE Systems: Company Leaders to Focus on Cyber Defense Strategy in 2016

    BAE Systems predicts that corporate executives will prioritize the development of strategies in 2016 that will work to protect their companies’ computer networks from potential cyber attacks. The company said Thursday the adoption of chip-enabled or EMV cards in the U.S. will help reduce incidents of in-person card fraud over the next year but will encourage […] More

  • Boeing, Alaska Airlines, Port of Seattle Eye Biofuel Infrastructure Project at Sea-Tac Airport
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    Boeing, Alaska Airlines, Port of Seattle Eye Biofuel Infrastructure Project at Sea-Tac Airport

    Boeing has partnered with the Port of Seattle and Alaska Airlines to conduct a $250,000 feasibility study on an infrastructure that will work to facilitate the use of aviation biofuel by all airlines at the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport. The Port of Seattle will oversee the study as well as engineering and integration operations for the […] More