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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Accenture’s George Franz, Kristen Vaughan: DoD Needs Highly Skilled Workforce to Achieve Cyber Resilience
George Franz and Kristen Vaughan of Accenture Federal Services wrote in a joint opinion piece published Wednesday on C4ISRNET that there are four steps that could help Department of Defense organizations advance workforce development to improve their cyber resilience and one is assessing the talent they will need in the next five years.
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Steve Schorer: MacB Acquisition Prompts Alion to Focus More on Tech Work
Steve Schorer, chairman and CEO of Alion Science and Technology and a previous Wash100Â awardee, said the acquisition of MacAulay-Brown has helped the company to focus more on technology work, particularly in the areas of artificial intelligence and electronic warfare, Inside Defense reported Tuesday.
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Navy Requests Info on Proprietary Waveform Tech Capabilities
The U.S. Navy has asked industry to provide information on proprietary low probability of intercept and low probability of detection waveforms and other capabilities that may be considered for future contracts, Inside Defense reported Monday.
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SAP NS2’s Mark Testoni: Pandemic Highlights Need for Gov’t, Industry to Rethink Classified Work Practices
Mark Testoni, CEO of SAP National Security Services and a 2020 Wash100 Award winner, wrote in an article published Monday on FedScoop that the COVID-19 pandemic should serve as a wake-up call for the government and industry to reassess how they manage classified information and work to support national security missions.
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Reaction Engines, Rolls-Royce Forge Aircraft Propulsion Tech Dev’t Partnership; Mark Thomas Quoted
Rolls-Royce and Reaction Engines have agreed to team up to build high-speed aircraft propulsion platforms and explore the use of Reaction Engines’ thermal management technologies in hybrid-electric systems and gas turbine engines for defense and civil aerospace platforms.
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Heron Systems-Built AI Emerges Undefeated Against Fighter Pilot in DARPA’s Virtual Dogfight
A Heron Systems-developed artificial intelligence ‘pilot’ on an F-16 Viper jet came out undefeated against a human Air Force fighter pilot in five rounds of simulated air combat as part of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s AlphaDogfight Trials.
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NASA Receives Full-Scale Mockup of Blue Origin-Led National Team’s Human Landing System
A Blue Origin-led team has handed over to NASA an engineering mockup of a human landing system that could bring astronauts to the lunar surface. Blue Origin was one of the three prime contractors tapped by NASA in late April to develop a landing platform in support of the agency’s Artemis moon mission in 2024 and the company said Thursday that it works with Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman and Draper as part of the HLS National Team.
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Dynetics Works on ‘ALPACA’ Spacecraft for NASA’s Human Landing Systems Program
Leidos’ Dynetics subsidiary has started developing a spacecraft called Autonomous Logistics Platform for All-Moon Cargo Access under a potential $253M contract with NASA to develop human landing systems for the agency’s lunar mission by 2024, CNBC reported Wednesday.
