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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 Names Robert Work, John Mulholland to Advisory Board; Letitia Long Adds Chairperson Role - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    HawkEye 360 Names Robert Work, John Mulholland to Advisory Board; Letitia Long Adds Chairperson Role

    HawkEye 360 has appointed Robert Work, former deputy secretary at the Defense Department, and John Mulholland, a retired U.S. Army lieutenant general, to its advisory board. Letitia Long, former National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency director and a HawkEye 360 advisory board member since 2017, will assume the role of board chairperson, the company said Monday. Work served as […] More

  • Primescape Solutions Adopts ‘HighPoint’ Brand - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Primescape Solutions Adopts ‘HighPoint’ Brand

    Herndon, Virginia-based digital transformation services provider Primescape Solutions will now operate as HighPoint. HighPoint Global said Monday the rebranding effort comes after it acquired Primescape in October 2017 as part of its efforts to facilitate the delivery of citizen experience services to government clients. “This rebranding is a result of the smooth integration of the […] More

  • Report: Stratolaunch Aircraft Could Perform Initial Flight by Summer 2018 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Report: Stratolaunch Aircraft Could Perform Initial Flight by Summer 2018

    A Stratolaunch Systems-built aircraft designed to facilitate air launches of rockets to deliver satellites into orbit could perform its maiden flight as early as this summer, the Washington Post reported Monday. Company officials told reporters at the Space Symposium that taxi tests are now underway and that the aircraft could be ready for its initial […] More

  • General Atomics Conducts Carrier Deck Taxi Capability Demo for MQ-25 Tanker Drone Offering - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    General Atomics Conducts Carrier Deck Taxi Capability Demo for MQ-25 Tanker Drone Offering

    A General Atomics business unit has demonstrated aircraft carrier-based deck taxi capability and launch-and-recovery operations for its proposed offering for the U.S. Navy’s MQ-25 carrier-based unmanned aerial refueling tanker program. General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. used a Predator C Avenger drone as a substitute for its MQ-25 offering and director wands that work to control taxi […] More

  • Wallis Laughrey: Raytheon Aims to Address DoD’s Weather Monitoring Needs With VIIRS Sensor - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Wallis Laughrey: Raytheon Aims to Address DoD’s Weather Monitoring Needs With VIIRS Sensor

    Raytheon has expressed interest to help the Defense Department meet its weather monitoring needs with its sensor system, SpaceNews reported Monday. Wallis Laughrey, vice president of Raytheon’s space systems segment, told the publication at the Space Symposium that the company is in talks with the U.S. Air Force and DoD about the capability of its […] More

  • DoD Issues Final Draft Cloud Procurement Solicitation - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DoD Issues Final Draft Cloud Procurement Solicitation

    The Defense Department has issued the second draft solicitation for the Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure Cloud procurement program, Nextgov reported Monday. A FedBizOpps notice posted Monday says the final draft request for proposals covers responses to at least 1,000 industry and government questions submitted in March after DoD released the initial draft solicitation for the single-award contract for […] More

  • Orbital ATK Unveils ‘OmegA’ Rocket for Air Force EELV Program at Space Symposium - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Orbital ATK Unveils ‘OmegA’ Rocket for Air Force EELV Program at Space Symposium

    Orbital ATK has introduced a new rocket the company built for the U.S. Air Force’s Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle program at the 34th Space Symposium in Colorado Springs, Colorado. The OmegA rocket is Orbital ATK’s Next Generation Launch System that is set for ground tests in 2019 and initial launch in 2021, the company said Monday. […] More

  • Inmarsat’s Rebecca Cowen-Hirsch: Govt Recognizes Commercial Satcom’s Role Through 2018 NDAA - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Inmarsat’s Rebecca Cowen-Hirsch: Govt Recognizes Commercial Satcom’s Role Through 2018 NDAA

    Rebecca Cowen-Hirsch,  senior vice president of government strategy and policy for Inmarsat Government, has said the U.S. government recognizes the role of commercial satellite communications in supporting national security and military efforts through the fiscal 2018 National Defense Authorization Act. Cowen-Hirsch wrote in an article for MilSatMagazine that there are three components in NDAA that seek to […] More

  • AIA’s Eric Fanning on Commercial Space Industry, National Space Council - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    AIA’s Eric Fanning on Commercial Space Industry, National Space Council

    Eric Fanning, CEO of the Aerospace Industries Association, spoke with Politico in an interview published Friday about the current administration’s interest in space and how it helps facilitate involvement of space companies. “Like any market, as commercial viability increases and more companies are formed, that’s what we’re seeing in space. We’re seeing more [companies] that […] More

  • Nutanix reports growth in federal adoption of hypervisor platform in 2017 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Nutanix reports growth in federal adoption of hypervisor platform in 2017

    Nutanix has announced that 74 percent of federal agencies that procured the company’s Enterprise Cloud OS software stack adopted the AHV hypervisor platform in calendar year 2017. The company said Thursday its AHV hypervisor works to help organizations build up the functionality and visibility of their information technology infrastructure by eliminating the need to buy […] More

  • Orbital ATK proposes NGL rocket for Air Force’s cost-share launch services contracts - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Orbital ATK proposes NGL rocket for Air Force’s cost-share launch services contracts

    Orbital ATK has proposed its Next Generation Launch system to the U.S. Air Force in a bid to win one of the Launch Services Agreements the service branch plans to award by summer, Spaceflight Now reported Thursday. The agreement will implement a cost-sharing structure for rocket development efforts and intends to provide the military with U.S.-built propulsion systems […] More

  • Lockheed's F-35 completes final system devt & demonstration flight test - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed’s F-35 completes final system devt & demonstration flight test

    Lockheed Martin has announced the completion of the final flight test of the F-35 program’s system development and demonstration phase. The company and the military completed the final SDD test flight Wednesday by flying the U.S. Navy’s F-35C test aircraft, CF-2, at Naval Air Station Patuxent River in Maryland to assess the fighter jet’s capability to […] More