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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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  • Boeing Invests in Australian Firm Myriota to Support Satcom Tech Development - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Boeing Invests in Australian Firm Myriota to Support Satcom Tech Development

    Boeing has invested in Myriota through its ventures arm to help the Adelaide, Australia-based startup further develop its direct-to-orbit technology platform designed to facilitate communications for internet of things-based devices in remote areas. Boeing said Monday its HorizonX Ventures arm joined investors such as Blue Sky Venture Capital, Main Sequence Ventures, Right Click Capital and Singtel Innov8 in the […] More

  • NOAA’s Tahara Dawkins: Satellite Servicing Industry Needs Govt Support - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NOAA’s Tahara Dawkins: Satellite Servicing Industry Needs Govt Support

    Tahara Dawkins, director of the commercial remote sensing regulatory affairs office at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, has said she believes government regulators should help in-orbit satellite servicing systems reach commercial viability, C4ISRNET reported Friday. “If we restrict this industry to a place where they’re not commercially viable, then this gets driven overseas,” Dawkins said at […] More

  • Lockheed’s Marillyn Hewson: Tariff Measure Seeks to Protect US Intellectual Property - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed’s Marillyn Hewson: Tariff Measure Seeks to Protect US Intellectual Property

    Lockheed Martin CEO Marillyn Hewson has approved of President Donald Trump’s move to sign an executive memorandum that would impose tariffs on certain products in response to China’s unfair trade practices, CNBC reported Thursday. Trump proposed to implement additional 25 percent tariffs that could potentially impact Chinese imports worth approximately $60 billion. “This is a very important moment […] More

  • Inmarsat’s Rebecca Cowen-Hirsch: FY 2018 NDAA Aims to Meet Military Satcom Requirements - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Inmarsat’s Rebecca Cowen-Hirsch: FY 2018 NDAA Aims to Meet Military Satcom Requirements

    Rebecca Cowen-Hirsch, senior vice president of government strategy and policy for Inmarsat Government, has said the fiscal 2018 National Defense Authorization Act serves as the U.S. government’s response to help meet warfighters’ need for secure and resilient satellite communication capabilities with the aid of the commercial satcom industry. Cowen-Hirsch wrote in a Via Satellite piece posted Thursday […] More

  • Peraton Gets Navy Unexploded Ordnance Removal Support Contract; Gus Bontzos Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Peraton Gets Navy Unexploded Ordnance Removal Support Contract; Gus Bontzos Comments

    Peraton has received a potential five-year, $40.97 million contract to help the Department of the Navy identify, locate and remove unexploded underwater and ground ordnance. The contract has a one-year base term and four one-year options and covers support for the Navy’s explosive ordnance disposal program management office, Peraton said Wednesday. “Detecting, locating, removing or […] More

  • Mythic Raises $40M in Lockheed-Backed Funding Round for AI Chip Tech - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Mythic Raises $40M in Lockheed-Backed Funding Round for AI Chip Tech

    Artificial intelligence chip developer Mythic has obtained $40 million in series B financing round led by SoftBank Ventures and backed by Lockheed Martin’s venture capital arm, Data Collective, Lux Capital, DFJ, AME Cloud Ventures and Andy Bechtolsheim. Mythic said Wednesday it will use the investment to further develop a compute-in-memory technology designed to deliver the […] More

  • Raytheon Moves GPS OCX System to Final Software Devt Phase; Dave Wajsgras Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon Moves GPS OCX System to Final Software Devt Phase; Dave Wajsgras Comments

    Raytheon has begun the final phase of software development of a ground-based operational control system the company developed for the U.S. Air Force’s GPS III satellites. The company said Tuesday the final software build phase for the GPS Next-Generation Operational Control System aims to raise automation and building controls for the M-code military GPS signal […] More

  • F5 Survey: 42% of Govt IT Pros Say Digital Transformation Drives Cloud-Based App Delivery - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    F5 Survey: 42% of Govt IT Pros Say Digital Transformation Drives Cloud-Based App Delivery

    A new F5 Networks report has shown that 42 percent of government information technology professionals said digital transformation helps advance the delivery of cloud-based applications. F5 said Tuesday it polled approximately 300 government IT personnel worldwide for the 2018 State of Application Delivery report and found that 79 percent of respondents said digital transformation drives IT infrastructure optimization […] More

  • Kratos to Leverage Rocket Motor Exclusive Rights Agreement With Orbital ATK to Back Govt Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Kratos to Leverage Rocket Motor Exclusive Rights Agreement With Orbital ATK to Back Govt Contract

    Orbital ATK has agreed to reaffirm Kratos Defense & Security Solutions’ exclusive rights to offer Oriole solid propellant rocket motors in suborbital research, sounding rocket and threat representative target market areas. Kratos said Tuesday its space and missile defense systems business unit will leverage the exclusive rights agreement with Orbital ATK’s missile products division to produce […] More

  • Dave Buss: Cubic to Provide Training Systems Sustainment Services Under Lockheed Subcontract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Dave Buss: Cubic to Provide Training Systems Sustainment Services Under Lockheed Subcontract

    A Cubic business division will provide sustainment support for the U.S. Army’s instrumentation systems and live-fire ranges under a potential $185 million subcontract from Lockheed Martin. Cubic Global Defense will sustain the service’s training aids and simulators at 21 local and international locations in support of the Army’s readiness efforts and combat training centers, the company said […] More

  • Howard Berry: Boeing Eyes New Partnerships, Acquisitions to Meet Growth Target - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Howard Berry: Boeing Eyes New Partnerships, Acquisitions to Meet Growth Target

    Howard Berry, director of global sales and marketing for international government services at Boeing’s global services business, has said the company plans to buy businesses and establish new partnerships in a move to support defense platforms in Europe and Russia and meet its growth target, Defense News reported Friday. “Today we are about a $16 […] More