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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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  • Naval Research Lab Taps KEYW for Systems Instrumentation Support Task Order; Bill Weber Comments
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    Naval Research Lab Taps KEYW for Systems Instrumentation Support Task Order; Bill Weber Comments

    The KEYW Corp. has won a potential three-year, $13.5 million task order to provide systems integration and instrumentation support services for the Naval Research Laboratory. KEYW said Tuesday the single-award contract covers general purpose electronic test instrument integration and evaluation and software development work, including software-defined radio engineering and cloud analytics implementation. “We are excited to […] More

  • Rebecca Cowen-Hirsch: Gov’t, Commercial Satellite Sector Should Address In-Orbit Collisions Through Collaboration
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    Rebecca Cowen-Hirsch: Gov’t, Commercial Satellite Sector Should Address In-Orbit Collisions Through Collaboration

    Rebecca Cowen-Hirsch, a senior vice president at Inmarsat, has called on the U.S. government and commercial satellite vendors to collaborate in the development of policies on the safety of satellite launches and seek to reduce the risk of in-orbit collisions. Cowen-Hirsch wrote in a SpaceNews op-ed published Tuesday that inactive satellites and debris constitute the majority of approximately 23,000 man-made objects the Defense Department tracks […] More

  • USSOCOM Orders Carl-Gustaf Rifle System from Saab
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    USSOCOM Orders Carl-Gustaf Rifle System from Saab

    Saab has secured an order to produce and supply a man-portable, recoilless rifle platform to the U.S. Special Operations Command. USSOCOM placed the order for the Carl-Gustaf weapon system through a framework contract it awarded to Saab in August 2014, Saab said Monday. Saab expects to deliver the rifle system this year through 2016. The rifle platform […] More

  • Apprio to Build Information Models for E-Government Health Initiative; Bobbie Peterson Comments
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    Apprio to Build Information Models for E-Government Health Initiative; Bobbie Peterson Comments

    Apprio has secured a potential five-year, $3.4 million contract to create enterprise data models in support of the Federal Health Architecture’s Federal Health Information Model. FHA is an Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology-administered e-government program that seeks to help federal agencies develop common information platforms in an effort to achieve transparency, data quality and […] More

  • BAE Systems to Supply APKWS Rockets to US Army
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    BAE Systems to Supply APKWS Rockets to US Army

    The U.S. Army has placed an order for an initial supply of BAE Systems-built laser-guided rockets for deployment onboard its AH-64 Apache helicopters. The company said Tuesday the service branch will use the Advanced Precision Kill Weapon System rockets to support its military operations in Afghanistan and Iraq. The APKWS is a mid-body guidance system […] More

  • Boeing Subcontracts Ducommun for US, UK Navy Trident Navigation Sensors; Anthony Reardon Comments
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    Boeing Subcontracts Ducommun for US, UK Navy Trident Navigation Sensors; Anthony Reardon Comments

    Boeing has awarded Ducommun a two-year subcontract to manufacture position sensors for integration with the Trident Navigation System onboard the U.S. Navy’s Ohio-class and U.K.’s Vanguard-class ballistic missile nuclear submarines. “This work builds upon our relationship with both Boeing and the U.S. Navy,” Anthony Reardon, chairman and CEO of Ducommun, said Tuesday. “We designed and […] More

  • Mathew Hannah: Army Works on Acquisition Strategy for Brownout Rotorcraft Enhancement System Program
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    Mathew Hannah: Army Works on Acquisition Strategy for Brownout Rotorcraft Enhancement System Program

    The U.S. Army is in the process of crafting an acquisition strategy for a program that seeks to develop platforms for helicopter pilots to see and operate in degraded visual environments, Breaking Defense reported Monday. The service branch’s Brownout Rotorcraft Enhancement System program aims to mitigate deaths and aircraft losses caused by DVE, such as brownout and […] More

  • Rockwell Collins Hands Cockpit Video Platform to US Army; Troy Brunk Comments
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    Rockwell Collins Hands Cockpit Video Platform to US Army; Troy Brunk Comments

    Rockwell Collins has given the U.S. Army a platform the company built to help helicopter pilots access and view drone-derived videos on their cockpits. The Secure Real Time Video system will work to support the service branch’s manned-unmanned teaming activities, Rockwell Collins said Monday. “Giving Army pilots access to real-time video streams in their cockpits will directly improve […] More

  • Lockheed: Army Eyes Competition for Ground Intelligence Platform’s Increment 2
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    Lockheed: Army Eyes Competition for Ground Intelligence Platform’s Increment 2

    The U.S. Army plans to hold a competition for the Distributed Common Ground System-Army Increment 2 as part of its efforts to update the system. The DCGS-A system is designed to allow uniformed personnel to collect, process and share intelligence through data derived from radio intercepts, infrared images, videos, maritime signals and other sources, Lockheed […] More

  • Dynetics to Launch Sensor System, Cyber Risk Mgmt Portfolio at Grid Security Conference
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    Dynetics to Launch Sensor System, Cyber Risk Mgmt Portfolio at Grid Security Conference

    Dynetics will launch two security platforms at the four-day Grid Security Conference scheduled to kick off Tuesday in Philadelphia. Dynetics will showcase its GroundAware Reconfigurable Surveillance Sensor system and Cyber RiskScope portfolio at the North American Electric Reliability Corp.-hosted event, the company said Friday. GroundAware works to detect and alert security personnel of intrusions at physical infrastructures. […] More

  • Aerospace Corp.-made CubeSat for Laser Communications Demo Mission Reaches Orbit; Steve Jurczyk Comments
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    Aerospace Corp.-made CubeSat for Laser Communications Demo Mission Reaches Orbit; Steve Jurczyk Comments

    An Aerospace Corp.-built CubeSat has reached orbit after it lifted onboard the Atlas V rocket at California-based Vandenberg Air Force Base Thursday. NASA said Saturday the CubeSat spacecraft is part of the Optical Communications and Sensor Demonstration mission that will work to assess the capability of the miniature satellite to perform laser-based data transfer at a […] More

  • General Dynamics Electric Boat Unveils 13th Navy Virginia-Class Submarine
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    General Dynamics Electric Boat Unveils 13th Navy Virginia-Class Submarine

    General Dynamics’ Electric Boat subsidiary has launched the 13th Virginia-class nuclear submarine of the U.S. Navy at its shipyard in Groton, Connecticut. First Lady Michelle Obama served as the sponsor for USS Illinois (SSN 786) and Navy Secretary Ray Mabus delivered the keynote address during the christening ceremony Saturday, General Dynamics said Saturday. Electric Boat will hand […] More