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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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  • HawkEye 360 to Develop RF-Sensing Capabilities Under Army Agreement; Alex Fox Quoted
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    HawkEye 360 to Develop RF-Sensing Capabilities Under Army Agreement; Alex Fox Quoted

    HawkEye 360 will build and demonstrate overhead radio frequency-sensing capabilities for U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command under a two-year cooperative research and development agreement. “This partnership will support the Army’s modernization initiative to develop more efficient, effective, and resilient systems that strengthen how the U.S. Army mobilizes, protects, and sustains expeditionary forces leveraging […] More

  • Sabre, GBS Solutions Establish JV Under SBA Mentor-Protege Program
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    Sabre, GBS Solutions Establish JV Under SBA Mentor-Protege Program

    Sabre Systems has formed a joint venture with technology platforms provider GBS Solutions under the Mentor-Protege Program of the Small Business Administration.  GBS-Sabre Innovative Solutions JV will merge the capabilities of the two companies to deliver enterprise data management, cyber platforms, systems and software engineering and digital transformation support to government agency customers, Sabre said […] More

  • SAIC to Support Enterprise Networks Under $163M Navy Contract; Bob Genter Quoted
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    SAIC to Support Enterprise Networks Under $163M Navy Contract; Bob Genter Quoted

    Science Applications International Corp. has secured a potential $163 million contract from the U.S. Navy to provide design, development, modernization, sustainment, lifecycle and integration support to naval enterprise networks. SAIC said Thursday it will support shore networks, related components and network service platforms of the Naval Information Warfare Center Pacific Shore Networks Branch in San […] More

  • Air Force Accepts MH-139A Grey Wolf Test Aircraft
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    Air Force Accepts MH-139A Grey Wolf Test Aircraft

    The U.S. Air Force has accepted four Boeing-built MH-139A Grey Wolf test aircraft for use in testing the military capabilities of the platform as the service approaches Milestone C review for the aircraft program. The move came weeks after Boeing finalized the Federal Aviation Administration supplemental type certification in order for the aircraft to reach […] More

  • GitLab Survey Finds Public Sector Lags Behind Industry in Software Delivery; Bob Stevens Quoted
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    GitLab Survey Finds Public Sector Lags Behind Industry in Software Delivery; Bob Stevens Quoted

    A GitLab survey has found that decision-makers considered security a key factor when selecting a DevOps platform and that rapid DevOps adoption in 2021 led to faster delivery of software, improved developer productivity and better code quality. GitLab said Tuesday it polled 5,001 software professionals across the world in May and found that nearly 60 […] More

  • Survey: Federal IT Employees Express Concern With On-Premises Networks; Craig McCullough Quoted
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    Survey: Federal IT Employees Express Concern With On-Premises Networks; Craig McCullough Quoted

    A survey by Riverbed Technology and Swish has found that 52 percent of federal information technology employees said they are worried their on-premises networks and legacy IT systems will face difficulty in delivering good user experiences as more workers transition from a remote set-up to on-site work. Research firm Market Connections conducted a survey of […] More

  • Azimuth, UES Awarded Spots on Air Force Applied Research Support Contract
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    Azimuth, UES Awarded Spots on Air Force Applied Research Support Contract

    Azimuth and UES have won positions on a potential eight-year, $40 million contract from the U.S. Air Force to provide basic and applied research support and development services across several core technology areas. The contractors will support the Air Force Research Laboratory in the areas of structural materials and applications; systems support; new and emerging […] More

  • Navy to Receive Another Lockheed-Built CH-53K Containerized Flight Training Device
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    Navy to Receive Another Lockheed-Built CH-53K Containerized Flight Training Device

    Lockheed Martin will hand over to the U.S. Navy another training system for the Sikorsky-built CH-53K King Stallion heavy lift helicopter. The CH-53K Containerized Flight Training Device will provide a virtual environment to enable U.S. Marine Corps aviators to train on external lift operations and other heavy lift missions, Lockheed said Wednesday. “Marine pilots have […] More

  • DIU Unveils 5 Approved Small Drones Under Blue sUAS 2.0 Program
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    DIU Unveils 5 Approved Small Drones Under Blue sUAS 2.0 Program

    The Defense Innovation Unit and the office of the undersecretary of defense for acquisition and sustainment have announced the addition of several small unmanned aircraft systems to the Department of Defense’s cleared list of drones as part of the second iteration of the Blue sUAS project. The approved drones are Intense Eye V2 from Blue […] More

  • Redwire’s Dean Bellamy: Government Needs More Agile Satellites to Operate in Contested Space Environment
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    Redwire’s Dean Bellamy: Government Needs More Agile Satellites to Operate in Contested Space Environment

    Dean Bellamy, executive vice president of national security space at Redwire, said the government should prepare for “maneuver warfare” in the space domain by advancing the development of more agile and resilient satellites. Bellamy, a retired U.S. Air Force colonel, wrote in an opinion piece published Wednesday on SpaceNews that satellites are critical to U.S. […] More

  • NASA Selects 6 Small Businesses to Further Develop Tech for Lunar Exploration, Wildfire Readiness
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    NASA Selects 6 Small Businesses to Further Develop Tech for Lunar Exploration, Wildfire Readiness

    NASA has awarded nearly $27 million in Phase II Sequential funding to six companies under the Small Business Innovation Research program to continue to develop technology platforms for lunar science and exploration and for unmanned aerial vehicles that could help address wildfires. The six small business awardees were selected for the Sequential awards after maturing […] More

  • Oak Ridge National Lab Unveils Frontier Supercomputer
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    Oak Ridge National Lab Unveils Frontier Supercomputer

    The Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory has launched its Frontier supercomputer designed to help researchers accelerate scientific discoveries. Frontier is the world’s first exascale computer composed of 74 Hewlett Packard Enterprise Cray EX cabinets that include 9,400 Advanced Micro Devices-powered nodes and 90 miles of interconnect cables, ORNL said Wednesday. “Exascale computing is […] More