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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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  • BMNT’s Peter Newell Lauds Pentagon Efforts to Reform Defense Acquisition System
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    BMNT’s Peter Newell Lauds Pentagon Efforts to Reform Defense Acquisition System

    Peter Newell, managing partner at consultancy BMNT Partners, has lauded the Defense Department’s efforts to overhaul the current military acquisition system through collaboration with Silicon Valley-based technology firms, Nextgov reported Wednesday. Newell, former director of the U.S. Army’s Rapid Equipping Force, called DoD’s creation of a satellite office in Silicon Valley and Sen. John McCain’s […] More

  • New York State Picks Parsons-Led Team to Develop Crude Oil Spill Response Plans; Virginia Grebbien Comments
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    New York State Picks Parsons-Led Team to Develop Crude Oil Spill Response Plans; Virginia Grebbien Comments

    The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation has chosen a Parsons-led team to help create emergency response plans that aim to lay out strategies to respond to crude oil train incidents. Parsons said Thursday it will collaborate with OBG and Gallagher Marine Systems to develop the geographic plans, which also intend to direct the […] More

  • AllSource-BAE Team to Offer Analyst Network, Geospatial SaaS Platforms; Stephen Wood Comments
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    AllSource-BAE Team to Offer Analyst Network, Geospatial SaaS Platforms; Stephen Wood Comments

    AllSource Analysis and BAE Systems have formed an alliance in an effort to provide imagery analysis platforms and business intelligence content for commercial and government enterprises. AllSource’s network of military and intelligence professionals will work to deliver imagery-based geospatial and intelligence content to customers through the use of BAE’s cloud-based Software as a Service tools, AllSource said Thursday. […] More

  • General Atomics, Cobham Extend Reaper UAV Collaboration Deal; Peter Nottage Comments
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    General Atomics, Cobham Extend Reaper UAV Collaboration Deal; Peter Nottage Comments

    A General Atomics business unit and Cobham have agreed to extend their partnership to provide through-life support services for the former’s Predator B/MQ-9 Reaper unmanned aerial vehicles. General Atomics Aeronautical Systems and Cobham will collaborate to offer logistics support services for users of remotely piloted UAVs in the U.K. and Australia, General Atomics said Tuesday. “Cobham and GA-ASI […] More

  • Raytheon, CSC Form Army Training Device Contract Pursuit Team
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    Raytheon, CSC Form Army Training Device Contract Pursuit Team

    Raytheon and Computer Sciences Corp. have partnered to compete for a contract to maintain training aids, simulators and devices and provide logistics support for the U.S. Army. The teaming agreement seeks to combine Raytheon’s systems integration, logistics and training management experience with CSC’s portfolio in maintenance and virtual system training operations, Raytheon said Wednesday. Raytheon also collaborates with CSC in […] More

  • Lockheed, Hybrid Enterprises Make Airship Sales Pact; Orlando Carvalho Comments
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    Lockheed, Hybrid Enterprises Make Airship Sales Pact; Orlando Carvalho Comments

    Lockheed Martin has selected Hybrid Enterprises to act as exclusive reseller of an aircraft built to transport cargo loads and personnel to remote areas. Hybrid Enterprises is scheduled to begin deliveries of Lockheed’s Hybrid Airships by 2018, Lockheed said Tuesday. “We have completed all required [Federal Aviation Administration] certification planning steps for a new class of aircraft and are ready to […] More

  • Alfred Zinn: Lockheed’s Nanocopper Seeks to Improve Circuit Board Manufacturing
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    Alfred Zinn: Lockheed’s Nanocopper Seeks to Improve Circuit Board Manufacturing

    Dr. Alfred Zinn, a principal research scientist at Lockheed Martin, has developed a nanoscale version of copper that he intends for use in circuit board manufacturing, the Silicon Valley Business Journal reported Monday. Angela Swartz writes CuantumFuse is designed to be heated at 392 degrees Fahrenheit — lower than the average 500 degree temperature — in an […] More

  • Rob Weiss: Lockheed, Raytheon, Bombardier Team to Chase Air Force JSTARS Recap Program
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    Rob Weiss: Lockheed, Raytheon, Bombardier Team to Chase Air Force JSTARS Recap Program

    Lockheed Martin has partnered with Raytheon and Bombardier to develop a version of the latter company’s Global business jet in pursuit of the U.S. Air Force‘s JSTARS Recapitalization program U.S. Air Force. Rob Weiss, executive vice president and general manager at Lockheed’s Skunk Works business, said Tuesday the companies will seek to combine their experience and technologies for their version […] More

  • Sikorsky, Lockheed, GE, CAE Approved for Danish Seahawk Helicopter Projects
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    Sikorsky, Lockheed, GE, CAE Approved for Danish Seahawk Helicopter Projects

    The Danish Business Authority has given approval to Sikorsky Aircraft, Lockheed Martin, CAE and General Electric to begin the initial phase of projects with Danish companies to provide MH-60R Seahawk helicopters for Denmark’s defense ministry. Sikorsky Aircraft said Monday the four U.S.-based contractors will deliver nine Seahawk helicopers to the U.S. Navy as part of a foreign military sales […] More

  • General Dynamics Unit Hands Over Lewis B. Puller AFSB to US Navy
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    General Dynamics Unit Hands Over Lewis B. Puller AFSB to US Navy

    A General Dynamics subsidiary has turned over the USNS Lewis B. Puller afloat forward staging base vessel to the U.S. Navy. The military branch accepted the AFSB ship from General Dynamics NASSCO Friday, General Dynamics said Monday. The company said modifications to the AFSB, which is named after Lt. Gen. Lewis “Chesty” Puller of the U.S. Marine […] More

  • Lockheed-Raytheon JV Conducts Javelin Missile Demonstration; John Halvey Comments
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    Lockheed-Raytheon JV Conducts Javelin Missile Demonstration; John Halvey Comments

    A joint venture o Lockfheed Martin and Raytheon has test-fired Javelin missiles during a demonstration before a group of international military customers at Alabama-based Redstone Arsenal. Lockheed said Tuesday the Javelin Joint Venture conducted the tests with the U.S. Army and fired the missiles from three different launchers such as a command launch unit, a remote weapon station-based […] More