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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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  • Matt Desch: Iridium Aims to Complete 'NEXT' Satellite Network for Aireon’s Aircraft Tracking Service - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Matt Desch: Iridium Aims to Complete ‘NEXT’ Satellite Network for Aireon’s Aircraft Tracking Service

    Iridium Communications CEO Matt Desch said the company expects to complete the Iridium NEXT satellite constellation this year to help Aireon meet its timeline for delivery of aircraft monitoring service through the Automatic Dependent Surveillance-Broadcast system, NASASpaceflight.com reported Friday. “The reason why that’s important isn’t for any services that we have today, it’s for Aireon – which is a […] More

  • Report: Marines Pursue Commercially Available Tech in Amphibious Combat Vehicle Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Report: Marines Pursue Commercially Available Tech in Amphibious Combat Vehicle Program

    The U.S. Marine Corps has adopted a low-risk approach to acquire a new amphibious combat vehicle by opting for commercially available technologies, the National Defense Magazine reported Friday. “The recognition of needing to go with something that was low risk — meaning relatively commercially available — so that you could get a new vehicle into the […] More

  • Janus Disarms Explosives at Main Road in Iraq - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Janus Disarms Explosives at Main Road in Iraq

    Janus Global Operations has helped Iraq’s security forces clear a main road near Baghdad of approximately 400 pounds of improvised explosive devices buried across six sites. The company said Friday it used an unmanned aerial vehicle to locate the sites and demining experts worked to neutralize the IEDs discovered within a 100-meter area of the main […] More

  • Northrop-JITX Team to Build Circuit Layout Generator Under DARPA’s Electronics Resurgence Initiative - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop-JITX Team to Build Circuit Layout Generator Under DARPA’s Electronics Resurgence Initiative

    Northrop Grumman has partnered with JITX to develop an automated layout generator intended to accelerate the electronic circuit design process as part of the Intelligent Design of Electronic Assets program. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency selected Northrop in July to lead one of the 11 research teams that will perform work under the IDEA effort, the […] More

  • Amazon Business’ Anne Rung: Online Marketplaces Could Help Agencies Meet Competition Requirements - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Amazon Business’ Anne Rung: Online Marketplaces Could Help Agencies Meet Competition Requirements

    Anne Rung, director of government for Amazon Business, has said online marketplaces could help federal agencies comply with competition requirements and achieve spending transparency and competitive pricing in terms of government procurement. Rung wrote in a FedScoop article published Thursday that agencies seeking to meet their small business spending goals could benefit from such online platforms. “Online […] More

  • Johns Hopkins APL Gets NASA OK to Begin DART Spacecraft Final Assembly Phase - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Johns Hopkins APL Gets NASA OK to Begin DART Spacecraft Final Assembly Phase

    Johns Hopkins University’s Applied Physics Laboratory has received approval from NASA to transition to the final assembly and design phase a spacecraft for an asteroid deflection mission. NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test spacecraft aims to shift the orbit of an asteroid in the Didymos binary asteroid system to demonstrate the capability of the kinetic impact […] More

  • NASA Issues ‘On-Ramp’ Solicitation for Launch Services II Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NASA Issues ‘On-Ramp’ Solicitation for Launch Services II Contract

    NASA has released a request for proposals for a contract to procure commercial space launch services from U.S.-based companies, Nextgov reported Wednesday. A FedBizOpps notice posted Monday says the NASA Launch Services II contract has an “on-ramp” provision that allows the agency to seek proposals from new launch services firms and current contractors with new […] More

  • Report: Defense Execs See Potential Business Opportunities in Hypersonics - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Report: Defense Execs See Potential Business Opportunities in Hypersonics

    Some defense industry leaders have identified hypersonic weapons as a potential growth driver for their companies as the Defense Department boosts its spending on hypersonic-related development programs, National Defense reported Wednesday. Lockheed Martin CEO Marillyn Hewson said the company considers hypersonics as one of the “key providers of growth opportunities in the future” and that its […] More

  • Report: Peder Jungck Joins BAE Cyber Forum Steering Panel - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Report: Peder Jungck Joins BAE Cyber Forum Steering Panel

    Peder Jungck, vice president of intelligence solutions at BAE Systems‘ U.S. arm, has been named to the steering committee of the U.K.-based defense contractor’s lobbying group that aims to facilitate collaboration among companies to address cyber threats, Sky News reported Wednesday. BAE launched the Intelligence Network in July in response to rising incidents of cyber […] More

  • Over 2.5K Public Safety Agencies Adopt FirstNet - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Over 2.5K Public Safety Agencies Adopt FirstNet

    At least 2.5K public safety-related agencies across the U.S. have subscribed to a national public safety broadband network established by AT&T and the First Responder Network Authority through a public-private partnership. AT&T said Wednesday the figure reflects a twofold increase in the number of agencies that have adopted FirstNet since July. The company said over 150K […] More

  • Report: NASA Integrates Satellite for Ice Monitoring Mission With Delta 2 Rocket - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Report: NASA Integrates Satellite for Ice Monitoring Mission With Delta 2 Rocket

    NASA has installed atop United Launch Alliance’s Delta 2 rocket a Northrop Grumman-built spacecraft designed to track changes in the Earth’s ground and sea ice, Spaceflight Now reported Tuesday. The Ice, Cloud and land Elevation Satellite 2 is slated to take off Sept. 15 from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California as part of the final flight of […] More