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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Peraton’s Dean Bellamy: Congress Should Address Space Traffic Management
Dean Bellamy, senior director of space strategies and development at Peraton, told Politico in an interview published Friday he believes Congress needs to initiate action to better manage space traffic as more companies launch satellites into orbit.
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Palantir Helps HHS Synthesize COVID-19 Data With Analytical Tools
Palantir, a Palo Alto, Calif.-based big data analytics firm, is collaborating with the Department of Health and Human Services’ Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to help analyze large sets of health data to understand the spread of the new coronavirus, FedScoop reported Thursday.
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in M&A Activity, NewsBob Genter on SAIC’s Integration of Unisys Federal Amid COVID-19
Bob Genter, executive vice president and general manager of civilian business at Science Applications International Corp., said the fast completion of the acquisition of Unisys’ federal arm has helped SAIC navigate the integration process during the coronavirus pandemic, the Washington Business Journal reported Thursday.
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Contractors Negotiate Arrangements With Intell Agencies to Continue Classified Work During Pandemic
Some contractors working with agencies within the intelligence community are negotiating arrangements with contract officers on a case-by-case basis to continue to perform classified work during the coronavirus pandemic, the Washington Business Journal reported Wednesday.
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General Atomics Installs CAE’s Predator Mission Trainer at North Dakota Facility; Todd Probert Quoted
General Atomics’ aeronautical systems business has installed and started using the CAE-developed Predator Mission Trainer at its flight test and training center in North Dakota.
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in NewsGovini Predicts COVID-19 Will Affect Military Readiness; Tara Murphy Dougherty Quoted
A new Govini analysis shows that U.S. military readiness is likely to see a major impact in the next few weeks as the coronavirus pandemic spreads to manufacturing hubs and military bases in the country’s western and southern areas, Defense One reported Monday.
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Zscaler’s Patrick Perry: DoD Should Shift Focus to Data Security
Patrick Perry, director of emerging technology for federal DOD/IC at Zscaler, wrote in a commentary published Tuesday on Defense Systems that the Department of Defense should change its focus from network security to data security to better manage large data volumes and increasing bandwidth requirements.
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Stratolaunch Pursues Development of ‘Talon-A’ Hypersonic Vehicle
Stratolaunch is working on a reusable hypersonic vehicle designed to fly at speeds of up to Mach 7 to support hypersonic experiments, research and operational missions, SpaceNews reported Monday. Talon-A is an 8.5-meter-long hypersonic vehicle with a liquid-propellant rocket engine and a 3.4-meter wing span that can launch from the company’s carrier aircraft.
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Tech Companies Back Federal Government’s COVID-19 Response Initiatives
Amazon, Apple, Microsoft, Google and other technology companies are reaching out to the federal government to help with coronavirus pandemic response efforts, FedScoop reported Monday. “This is unprecedented and so the response from the tech sector has been unprecedented,â€Â Nick Sinai, a senior adviser at venture capital firm Insight Partners, told the publication.
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in Contract Awards, NewsJerry McGinn: Federal Government Adopting ‘All-of-the-Above’ Approach to Acquisition
Jerry McGinn, executive director of the Center for Government Contracting at George Mason University’s School of Business, said the federal government is implementing an “all-of-the-above†approach to procurement as it responds to the coronavirus pandemic, the Washington Business Journal reported Monday. “They are doing [Other Transaction Authorities], they are doing contract ramping, commercial production, they are doing things like the Defense Production Act, so lots of different efforts,†McGinn said of federal agencies.
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Red Hat’s David Egts: Agile Principles Could Help Agencies Improve FITARA Scores
David Egts, chief technologist at Red Hat’s North American public sector business, wrote in an article published Friday on FedScoop about how federal agencies can develop and implement Agile principles to improve their ratings on the Federal Information Security Modernization Act scorecard.