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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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  • Lockheed to Install Camera Suite on NASA Spacecraft for Bennu Asteroid Mission; Bashar Rizk Comments
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    Lockheed to Install Camera Suite on NASA Spacecraft for Bennu Asteroid Mission; Bashar Rizk Comments

    Lockheed Martin has received a suite of three cameras for installation with a NASA spacecraft for the Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security-Regolith Explorer mission. NASA said Tuesday Lockheed will integrate the PolyCam, MapCam and SamCam cameras with the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft to collect images of the Bennu asteroid, investigate the presence of dust plumes and satellites, and […] More

  • Carahsoft to Offer Public Sector Agencies Text2Them’s Messaging Systems Via Govt Contracts
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    Carahsoft to Offer Public Sector Agencies Text2Them’s Messaging Systems Via Govt Contracts

    Carahsoft Technology will distribute Text2Them’s two-way text messaging platforms to the public sector. Text2Them said Monday its Text 2 Stop It system and other two-way messaging tools are designed to help students report incidents of bullying, drug abuse, suicides and assaults in their schools and colleges through anonymous text messages to school administrators and counselors. Carahsoft will work to offer Text2Them’s text messaging tools to […] More

  • CRN: Dell Federal Business Signs Distribution Deals With Synnex, Ingram Micro
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    CRN: Dell Federal Business Signs Distribution Deals With Synnex, Ingram Micro

    Dell’s federal business has inked distribution agreements with information technology firms Synnex and Ingram Micro to sell Dell’s portfolio of enterprise platforms to providers that offer IT services and products to the U.S. government, CRN reported Monday. Michael Novinson writes the deals also cover the provision of sales, marketing and technical support services. Frank Vitagliano, vice […] More

  • Defense News: General Dynamics the Frontrunner for Spain’s Armored Vehicle Program
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    Defense News: General Dynamics the Frontrunner for Spain’s Armored Vehicle Program

    Spain has awarded General Dynamics’ Spain-based branch company Santa Barbara Sistemas a $99 million contract for research-and-development work on an 8×8 armored vehicle prototype, Defense News reported Saturday. Esteban Villarejo writes Spain seeks a replacement for the 6×6 BMR armored vehicle and U.S.-made M-113 armored personnel carrier. General Dynamics has proposed its Piranha Class 5 platform for Spain’s armored vehicle […] More

  • Spain to Acquire AeroVironment Raven Drones; Kirk Flittie Comments
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    Spain to Acquire AeroVironment Raven Drones; Kirk Flittie Comments

    The U.S. Army has awarded AeroVironment a $3.4 million contract to produce small unmanned airborne systems for Spain’s defense ministry. AeroVironment secured the contract for the RQ-11B Raven UAS through a foreign military sales program, the company said Thursday. The drone has a 4.2-pound wingspan and is designed for use in low-altitude surveillance, intelligence and […] More

  • Arotech Division Gets SPAWAR Task Order for Electronic Attack System Integration Kits
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    Arotech Division Gets SPAWAR Task Order for Electronic Attack System Integration Kits

    Arotech’s North American Power System Division has received a one-year, $6.7 million task order to produce 12 platform integration kits for incorporation into the Space and Naval Warfare Center Atlantic’s Communication Emitter Sensing and Attacking System II. The U.S. Marine Corps’ CESAS is a land-based mobile electronic attack tool designed to detect and disrupt an adversary’s […] More

  • Ball Aerospace Receives Aerojet Rocketdyne-Built Green Propellant Propulsion Subsystem; Jim Oschmann Comments
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    Ball Aerospace Receives Aerojet Rocketdyne-Built Green Propellant Propulsion Subsystem; Jim Oschmann Comments

    Aerojet Rocketdyne has handed over a propulsion subsystem to Ball Aerospace & Technologies for integration with NASA’s Green Propellant Infusion Mission spacecraft. The Aerojet Rocketdyne-built subsystem has five 1-newton thruster components and a propellant tank designed to carry the AF-M315E non-toxic fuel, Ball Aerospace said Thursday. Jim Oschmann, vice president and general manager of civil space […] More

  • Cobham Lands SEWIP Block II Components Subcontract With Lockheed
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    Cobham Lands SEWIP Block II Components Subcontract With Lockheed

    Lockheed Martin has awarded Cobham a subcontract to produce antenna array panel assemblies for integration with the U.S. Navy’s shipboard electronic warfare platforms. Cobham said Thursday the order for AAPAs is part of the service branch’s Surface Electronic Warfare Improvement Program Block II configuration initiative. The SEWIP Block II program seeks to introduce new combat-based system […] More

  • TechServe Alliance: 193K US Engineering, IT Jobs Added in Past Year
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    TechServe Alliance: 193K US Engineering, IT Jobs Added in Past Year

    A new TechServe Alliance report has found that U.S. companies employed 193,300 new information technology workers and created 15,000 new engineering jobs since July 2014. Employment in the IT field grew by 0.3 percent to 4,959,500 workers in July 2015, the Virginia-based trade association said Wednesday. The U.S. engineering workforce rose by at least 0.1 percent […] More

  • Raytheon|Websense Poll: 31% of Security Execs Confident in Their Firm’s Network Security
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    Raytheon|Websense Poll: 31% of Security Execs Confident in Their Firm’s Network Security

    A Raytheon|Websense-commissioned survey has found that only 31 percent of enterprise security executives have confidence in the security of their company’s data network infrastructure. Research Now polled 100 U.S. security officers in March and found that only 28 percent think their security metrics communications are effective, Raytheon|Websense said Wednesday. Less than 35 percent of respondents […] More

  • Deltek’s Angie Petty: House Panel’s Suggestion to Reorganize CISO-CIO Reporting Structure Reflects Private Sector Trend
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    Deltek’s Angie Petty: House Panel’s Suggestion to Reorganize CISO-CIO Reporting Structure Reflects Private Sector Trend

    A House Energy and Commerce Committee report’s suggestion to require an agency’s chief information security officer to directly report to the Office of the General or Chief Counsel rather than the chief information officer reflects a trend that is common in the private sector, Angie Petty writes in a blog post for Deltek. Petty, a senior […] More

  • Lockheed Receives First Materion-Built Cast Components for F-35 EOTS; W. Glenn Maxwell Comments
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    Lockheed Receives First Materion-Built Cast Components for F-35 EOTS; W. Glenn Maxwell Comments

    Materion Beryllium & Composites has handed over an initial batch of aluminum-beryllium casting products to Lockheed Martin after the Materion Corp. subsidiary secured first-article inspection approval. Lockheed will integrate the Materion-made AlBeCast aluminum-beryllium components with its Electro-Optical Targeting System onboard F-35 fighter jets, Materion said Tuesday. Lockheed’s EOTS has infrared sensors designed to help F-35 pilots carry out reconnaissance operations […] More