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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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  • Research and Markets: North America, APAC to Dominate Global Markets for Military Radar, Satellites, C4ISR Systems Through 2025
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    Research and Markets: North America, APAC to Dominate Global Markets for Military Radar, Satellites, C4ISR Systems Through 2025

    New Research and Markets reports predict Asia-Pacific and North America to dominate the global markets for military radar, satellites and command, control, computers, communications, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance platforms over the next decade. Research and Markets said Monday spending on military radar tools in North America and Asia Pacific will account for at least 72 percent […] More

  • Lockheed Unveils New Amphibious Combat Vehicle for US Marines; Scott Greene Comments
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    Lockheed Unveils New Amphibious Combat Vehicle for US Marines; Scott Greene Comments

    Lockheed Martin has launched a new amphibious combat vehicle as a replacement for the U.S. Marine Corps’ current amphibious assault vehicles. The company said Tuesday ACV 1.1 is an eight-wheel-drive armored platform designed to transport up to 13 passengers and has a modular design intended for the integration of communications equipment, sensors and weapon systems. “We have […] More

  • DISA Picks Equilateral for Army Software License Supply Contract
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    DISA Picks Equilateral for Army Software License Supply Contract

    The Defense Information Systems Agency has awarded Equilateral Technologies a potential three-year, $12 million contract to provide software licenses for the U.S. Army’s Program Manager Warfighter Information Networks Tactical program. The indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity, firm-fixed-price contract covers licenses for ETI’s Spectrum Management Engine software and contains a base term and two option years, the Defense Department said Monday. […] More

  • Pratt & Whitney, Netherlands Sign F-35 Engine MRO Depot Contract
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    Pratt & Whitney, Netherlands Sign F-35 Engine MRO Depot Contract

    Pratt & Whitney and the Netherlands’ defense ministry have signed a contract to establish a depot that will host work to maintain, repair, overhaul and upgrade engines used in F-35 fighter jets. The United Technologies Corp. subsidiary announced the contract Monday, nine months after the U.S. Defense Department selected the Netherlands in December 2014 as an F135 engine maintenance site […] More

  • Orbital ATK Subsidiary to Work on NASA Space Propulsion System; Mike Kahn Comments
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    Orbital ATK Subsidiary to Work on NASA Space Propulsion System; Mike Kahn Comments

    Orbital ATK has secured a contract to perform research and design work on space propulsion systems for NASA’s Glenn Research Center in Ohio. NASA awarded the Research and Technologies for Aerospace Propulsion Systems 2 contract to Orbital ATK’s Alliant Techsystems Operations subsidiary, Orbital ATK said Monday. In July, NASA awarded Orbital ATK and 12 other companies five-year […] More

  • FLIR Surveillance Awarded Navy Infrared Imaging System Contract
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    FLIR Surveillance Awarded Navy Infrared Imaging System Contract

    FLIR Surveillance has received a 10-year, $49.9 million contract to supply an imaging infrared system to the U.S. Navy. The Combatant Craft Forward Looking Infrared variant 2 imaging platform has image processing tools and optics that work to detect infrared radiation or light that emanates from surface targets during day and night, the Defense Department said Friday. CCFLIR2 […] More

  • GSA Creates New Special Item Number for 3-D Printers, Services; Walter Johnson Comments
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    GSA Creates New Special Item Number for 3-D Printers, Services; Walter Johnson Comments

    The General Services Administration has added a new special item number for three-dimensional printers and services to the Multiple Award Schedule 36 acquisition vehicle for office equipment and supplies, Federal Times reported Friday. Aaron Boyd writes SIN 51-400 is designed to serve as a central facility for vendors and federal agencies that plan to buy 3-D […] More

  • Navy Taps Capstone for CNIC IT Support Task Order
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    Navy Taps Capstone for CNIC IT Support Task Order

    Capstone has received a task order to continue its Tier II information technology services to the Commander, Navy Installations Command’s headquarters. The Naval Supply Systems Command Fleet Logistics Center Norfolk’s Philadelphia office awarded the task order to Capstone through CNIC’s Program Management Oversight Services indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity, multiple-award contract, Capstone said Sunday. The contract covers data, voice and video teleconferencing […] More

  • PTI-Deltek Team Surveys IT Execs on Local Gov’t IT Budget, Spending
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    PTI-Deltek Team Surveys IT Execs on Local Gov’t IT Budget, Spending

    A new Public Technology Institute survey has found that 47 percent of information technology executives of cities and counties across the U.S. think their local IT departments will continue to operate over the next year at current budget levels. PTI polled 274 local government IT leaders with Deltek and 74 percent of the respondents said […] More

  • Navy Selects 5 Firms for Natural Resource Mgmt Services IDIQ
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    Navy Selects 5 Firms for Natural Resource Mgmt Services IDIQ

    The U.S. Navy has awarded contracts worth $49 million combined to five companies to provide natural resource management support services for the Naval Facilities Engineering Command Pacific. NAVFAC Pacific received seven proposals via the FedBizOpps website for the multiple-award, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contracts, the Defense Department said Wednesday. Awardees include: Cardno GS HDR Environmental Operations and Construction […] More

  • Thales-Finmeccanica JV to Build Orion Service Module’s Thermomechanical Platforms
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    Thales-Finmeccanica JV to Build Orion Service Module’s Thermomechanical Platforms

    A joint venture of Thales Group and Finmeccanica has secured a potential $103 million contract from Airbus to build thermomechanical platforms for the Orion spacecraft’s European Service Module. Thales Alenia Space will supply thermal control, consumable storage components, micrometeoroid and structure protection systems for the space capsule’s ESM, Thales Group said Thursday. ESM will work to provide thermal control, […] More

  • Northrop’s Sperry Marine, Terma to Pursue Naval Surveillance Radar Sector; Jan Hansen, Lars Weiss Laursen Comment
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    Northrop’s Sperry Marine, Terma to Pursue Naval Surveillance Radar Sector; Jan Hansen, Lars Weiss Laursen Comment

    A Northrop Grumman business unit has teamed up with Denmark-based Terma in an effort to develop and bring new navigation tools and surveillance radars to the naval market. Northrop Grumman Sperry Marine’s partnership with Terma intends to integrate “near, low level air and surface surveillance capability to our navigation suite, in addition to out-of-the-box compliance […] More