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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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  • GSA Seeks Info on Potential Cloud-Based SaaS Collaboration Platform Sources - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    GSA Seeks Info on Potential Cloud-Based SaaS Collaboration Platform Sources

    The General Services Administration has sought information on potential vendors that can provide a cloud-based, software-as-a-service platform designed to facilitate collaboration among individuals and teams within the agency. A FedBizOpps notice posted Wednesday says GSA is looking for an enterprisewide collaboration tool that adopts transport layer security protocols with encryption and two-factor authentication methods. The […] More

  • SSL to Build Interface for NASA's 'Europa' Exploration Spacecraft; Richard White Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    SSL to Build Interface for NASA’s ‘Europa’ Exploration Spacecraft; Richard White Comments

    Maxar Technologies’ SSL subsidiary has secured a contract from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory to design and develop a critical system for a spacecraft designed to explore Jupiter’s Europa moon through investigative flybys. SSL said Tuesday it will build a critical interface – Remote Engineering Unit – for the Europa Clipper spacecraft that is slated for launch in […] More

  • Australia Adds Microsoft Azure, Office 365 to Certified Cloud Services List - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Australia Adds Microsoft Azure, Office 365 to Certified Cloud Services List

    Microsoft’s cloud offerings have received certification in Australia to host data at the protected level. The company said Tuesday the Australian government’s signals directorate has added its Azure and Office 365 platforms to the Certified Cloud Services List. Steven Worrall, managing director of Microsoft’s Australian arm, said the Protected Level certification for Office 365 and […] More

  • SpaceX Dragon Capsule Performs 14th ISS Cargo Resupply Mission - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    SpaceX Dragon Capsule Performs 14th ISS Cargo Resupply Mission

    A SpaceX-made spacecraft took off Monday aboard a Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida to bring more than 5,800 pounds of crew supplies and research investigations to the International Space Station. NASA said Tuesday the Dragon spacecraft’s launch marks the 14th ISS cargo delivery mission under the Commercial Resupply Services contract. Dragon is […] More

  • Report: Orbital ATK Plans 2 Certification Flights for NGL Rocket in 2021 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Report: Orbital ATK Plans 2 Certification Flights for NGL Rocket in 2021

    Orbital ATK plans to perform two certification flights for its Next Generation Launcher rocket in early 2021 from a launch site at Kennedy Space Center in Florida with plans to conduct operational flights later that year, NASASpaceflight.com reported Friday. The company has completed the initial two phases of the rocket propulsion system development effort and now expects […] More

  • SpaceX’s Falcon 9 Delivers 5th Iridium ‘NEXT’ Satellite Batch to Orbit; Matt Desch Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    SpaceX’s Falcon 9 Delivers 5th Iridium ‘NEXT’ Satellite Batch to Orbit; Matt Desch Comments

    Iridium Communications’ fifth batch of 10 Iridium NEXT satellites lifted off Friday from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California aboard SpaceX‘s Falcon 9 rocket and established communications with the company’s satellite network operations facility after launch. The launch marks the second use of the rocket’s first-stage booster that SpaceX deployed in October 2017 to send the third set of […] More

  • Boeing-SAMI JV to Localize Military Aircraft MRO Services in Saudi Arabia; Leanne Caret Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Boeing-SAMI JV to Localize Military Aircraft MRO Services in Saudi Arabia; Leanne Caret Comments

    Boeing and state-owned company Saudi Arabian Military Industries have agreed to form a joint venture that seeks to localize in Saudi Arabia at least 55 percent of maintenance, repair and overhaul services for the Middle Eastern country’s fleet of rotary- and fixed-wing military planes. The memorandum of agreement signed by Dennis Muilenburg, Boeing chairman, president and […] More

  • Report: Army Eyes ‘Other Transaction Authority’ to Expedite Drone-Mounted Jammer Procurement - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Report: Army Eyes ‘Other Transaction Authority’ to Expedite Drone-Mounted Jammer Procurement

    The U.S. Army will use the Defense Department’s “other transaction authority” to accelerate the acquisition of a drone-mounted platform that works to jam enemy communications, Nextgov reported Friday. A FedBizOpps notice posted Thursday says the Army’s electronic warfare and cyber division plans to award the Multi-Function EW Air Large contract to a member of the Consortium […] More

  • Report: Army Eyes Short-Range Air Defense System Contract Award by August - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Report: Army Eyes Short-Range Air Defense System Contract Award by August

    The U.S. Army plans to have a contract in place by August for mission equipment packages to convert Stryker armored vehicles into short-range air defense systems and expects to have prototypes by the spring of 2019, Defense News reported Wednesday. Col. Chuck Worshim, project manager for cruise missile defense systems at the Army’s program executive […] More

  • AWS Completes Independent Cloud Security Assessment for Australian Government's 'Protected' Data - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    AWS Completes Independent Cloud Security Assessment for Australian Government’s ‘Protected’ Data

    Amazon Web Services has concluded an independent evaluation that would allow Australian government agencies to perform self-accreditation to host data at the protected level on the AWS cloud platform within the Sydney region, CRN reported Thursday. The completion of the Information Security Registered Assessors Program assessment comes as AWS continues to work with the Australian […] More

  • NASA Moves Webb Telescope Launch to May 2020 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NASA Moves Webb Telescope Launch to May 2020

    NASA has pushed back from 2019 to May 2020 the launch of its James Webb Space Telescope to give the program’s engineers more time to test and integrate the telescope and spacecraft components. “All the observatory’s flight hardware is now complete, however, the issues brought to light with the spacecraft element are prompting us to take […] More

  • AT&T, FirstNet Unveil Comms Network Core for First Responders - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    AT&T, FirstNet Unveil Comms Network Core for First Responders

    AT&T and the First Responder Network Authority have launched a network core designed to support first responders’ communication needs. The company said Tuesday the FirstNet network core infrastructure will serve as an exclusive national broadband network for first responders and will help facilitate data transmission in support of public safety personnel. The packet core will provide first […] More