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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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  • ISACA Authorizes TCS for Cyber Certification Program Training; Drew Morin Comments
    in Cybersecurity News, Featured, General, News

    ISACA Authorizes TCS for Cyber Certification Program Training; Drew Morin Comments

    TeleCommunication Systems’ Art of Exploitation training group has been authorized by ISACA to provide skills-based training and performance-based exams in cloud environments under the nonprofit association’s Cybersecurity Nexus certification program. ISACA’s CSX program seeks to hone incident response skills among professionals during cyber attacks and corresponds with the National Institute of Standards and Technology‘s National Initiative for Cybersecurity […] More

  • Leidos Awarded Air Force High-Frequency Emitter R&D Contract
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    Leidos Awarded Air Force High-Frequency Emitter R&D Contract

    The U.S. Air Force has awarded Leidos a potential three-year, $18.7 million contract to perform research and develop new techniques in an effort to identify and locate high-frequency emitters through geolocation techniques. The Air Force received seven proposals for the cost-plus-fixed-fee contract, the Defense Department said Friday. Phase two of this contract covers the development of a hardware system and […] More

  • MarketsandMarkets: Global Big Data-as-a-Service Market to See 31.5% CAGR Through 2020
    in Big Data & Analytics News, News

    MarketsandMarkets: Global Big Data-as-a-Service Market to See 31.5% CAGR Through 2020

    A new MarketsandMarkets report predicts the global market for big data-as-a-service to reach $7 billion in total value over the next five years, up from $1.8 billion in 2015. The research firm said Monday the worldwide BDaaS market covers various big data services offered through cloud-based environments, such as Data Analytics-as-a-Service, Data-as-a-Service and Hadoop-as-a-Service. According to […] More

  • Air Force Seeks New Systems for Signals Intell, Cyber Comms Collection
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    Air Force Seeks New Systems for Signals Intell, Cyber Comms Collection

    The U.S. Air Force has unveiled a potential three-year, $24.9 million funding opportunity for industry to develop new methods and systems for the collection and processing of signals intelligence and cyber communications. White papers should contain information on processes and technological platforms that could enable SIGINT tools to detect and characterize electronic communication signals of interest in dense […] More

  • Northrop Wins Air Force R&D Contract for Staring Infrared Search & Track Tool
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    Northrop Wins Air Force R&D Contract for Staring Infrared Search & Track Tool

    Northrop Grumman’s electronic systems sector has received a potential four-year, $8.5 million contract to perform research and development work for the U.S. Air Force’s Advanced Staring Infrared Search and Track Technologies program. The Air Force Research Laboratory awarded the cost-plus-fixed-fee contract through a competitive procurement process with nine proposals received, the Defense Department said Thursday. The […] More

  • IDC: Global Market for Integrated Platforms, Infrastructure Systems Hit $2.4B in 2Q Sales
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    IDC: Global Market for Integrated Platforms, Infrastructure Systems Hit $2.4B in 2Q Sales

    A new International Data Corp. report says the global market for integrated infrastructure systems and integrated platforms reached $2.4 billion in revenues in the second quarter of this year. IDC said Thursday the market posted nearly 45 percent increase in storage capacity shipments during the quarter compared with the same quarter of the previous year. […] More

  • NGA Renews EnhancedView Imagery Agreement With DigitalGlobe
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    NGA Renews EnhancedView Imagery Agreement With DigitalGlobe

    The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency will extend its usage of DigitalGlobe’s satellite imagery service for at least another year. NGA renewed DigitalGlobe’s Global Enhanced GEOINT Delivery platform on Sept. 1 under the EnhancedView contract, DigitalGlobe said Thursday. The Global EGD platform is designed to provide NGA and other government users with at least 6 billion square kilometers […] More

  • Frank Pace: General Atomics Affiliate Picks North Dakota for New UAV Training Facility
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    Frank Pace: General Atomics Affiliate Picks North Dakota for New UAV Training Facility

    A General Atomics business segment has announced plans to set up a new facility in Grand Forks, North Dakota that will train aircrews of domestic and international military agencies on how to operate remotely piloted aircraft. “We selected North Dakota as the site for our new training academy because it offered an unequaled opportunity to support both […] More

  • CyPhy Works Draws In-Q-Tel Investment for Hovering Robot; Matt England Comments
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    CyPhy Works Draws In-Q-Tel Investment for Hovering Robot; Matt England Comments

    In-Q-Tel has made an investment in CyPhy Works to help the Massachusetts-based robotics company further develop a robotics platform for use in intelligence missions. CyPhy Works’ hovering robot has a microfilament tether designed to provide Ethernet-based access to users and facilitate long-distance communications, IQT said Monday. “The demand for mobile, persistent and reliable reconnaissance and […] More

  • Esri Gets Census Bureau Authorization for Managed Cloud Service Platform
    in Government Cloud, News

    Esri Gets Census Bureau Authorization for Managed Cloud Service Platform

    The U.S. Census Bureau has given Esri an authorization to provide its managed cloud service offering to federal agencies. Esri said Tuesday the designation is also certified under the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program and designed to help government agencies use ArcGIS, Esri’s geographic information system, in cloud environments. According to the company, this is the first instance under […] More