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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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  • Thales-Raytheon JV Lands Sentinel Radar Supply Contract in Latvia
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    Thales-Raytheon JV Lands Sentinel Radar Supply Contract in Latvia

    A joint venture of Thales Group and Raytheon has been awarded a contract to supply mobile radar systems to Latvia’s armed forces. ThalesRaytheonSystems said Wednesday it will deliver four Improved Sentinel AN/MPQ-64 F1 radars to Latvia. Sentinel is a mobile, three-dimensional radar system intended for missile system coordination, infrastructure protection and airborne surveillance operations. The phased-array […] More

  • AECOM Awarded Selective Catalytic Reduction EPC Contract for New Mexico Power Plant; Michael Burke Comments
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    AECOM Awarded Selective Catalytic Reduction EPC Contract for New Mexico Power Plant; Michael Burke Comments

    AECOM will perform engineering, procurement and construction work on selective catalytic reduction components for a coal-fired power plant in New Mexico under a contract with Arizona Public Service. The contract covers the installation of SCR retrofits and related balance of plant systems and equipment at units 4 and 5 that APS operates at the New […] More

  • Deltek’s Alex Rossino: IBM Led FY 2011-2015 Federal Cloud Contract Awards
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    Deltek’s Alex Rossino: IBM Led FY 2011-2015 Federal Cloud Contract Awards

    Established vendors continue to dominate the federal market for cloud platforms amid competition with commercial newcomers, Alex Rossino writes in a blog post for Deltek. Rossino, a principal research analyst at Deltek, cited IBM as the leading federal cloud vendor based on the value of awarded contracts from fiscal year 2011 to fiscal year 2015. IBM booked $603 […] More

  • Harris to Supply 2-Channel Handheld Radios to US Special Operations Forces
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    Harris to Supply 2-Channel Handheld Radios to US Special Operations Forces

    Harris Corp. will manufacture new handheld radios for the U.S. Special Operations Forces under a potential six-year, $390 million contract. Harris said Tuesday its SOF Tactical Communications handheld radio is designed to help users simultaneously communicate over two channels and legacy systems. The STC radio has a Selective Availability Anti-Spoofing Module GPS receiver and a […] More

  • BWX Unit Secures Navy Nuclear Reactor Production Contracts
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    BWX Unit Secures Navy Nuclear Reactor Production Contracts

    A business unit of BWX Technologies has been awarded $34.5 million in contracts to produce nuclear reactors and related components for the U.S. Navy’s aircraft carriers and submarines. BWXT‘s nuclear operations group will perform majority of the contract work at its facilities in Virginia, Ohio and Indiana in the next two years, BWX Technologies said Monday. […] More

  • Nextgov: Advanced Onion Lands DISA Contract to Help Track OPM Breach Victims
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    Nextgov: Advanced Onion Lands DISA Contract to Help Track OPM Breach Victims

    Advanced Onion has secured a $1.8 million contract from the Defense Information Systems Agency to help find 21.5 million people whose personal data was compromised in a data breach at the Office of Personnel Management, Nextgov reported Monday. The technology company will work to build a system designed to log the reason for breach notification letters that […] More

  • LexisNexis Deploys Reporting Tool for Norfolk Police Dept; Roy Marler Comments
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    LexisNexis Deploys Reporting Tool for Norfolk Police Dept; Roy Marler Comments

    Norfolk, Va.’s police department has started to implement a LexisNexis Risk Solutions-built reporting tool. Lexis Nexis’ Desk Officer Reporting System works to help users submit crime reports online and communicate directly with police personnel in multiple languages, including Spanish, LexisNexis said Monday. The police department also has become the first East Coast agency to allow users to buy […] More

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