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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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  • CenturyLink Unveils New Center to Facilitate IT Devt Collaboration; Erich Sanchack Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CenturyLink Unveils New Center to Facilitate IT Devt Collaboration; Erich Sanchack Comments

    CenturyLink has opened a new facility in Arlington, Virginia, that seeks to provide the company and its partners a workspace to build and demonstrate platforms and capabilities designed to help federal agency clients meet information technology requirements and implement digital transformation initiatives, ExecutiveBiz has learned. Erich Sanchack, senior vice president and general manager of CenturyLink’s […] More

  • Lockheed Builds Modular Solar Array for Satellite Bus - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Builds Modular Solar Array for Satellite Bus

    Lockheed Martin has completed development work on a modular solar array designed for integration with its LM 2100 satellite bus platform. The company’s Multi-mission Modular Solar Array works to generate 50 percent more energy and is designed to be 30 percent lighter than other rigid solar array designs, Lockheed said Tuesday. Wahid Azizpor, manufacturing director at Lockheed’s […] More

  • BDO USA’s Gregory Garrett: Security Incidents Drive Cyber Liability Insurance Demand Among Contractors - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    BDO USA’s Gregory Garrett: Security Incidents Drive Cyber Liability Insurance Demand Among Contractors

    Gregory Garrett, head of international cybersecurity practice at BDO USA, told Federal News Radio in an interview that aired Monday he has observed a growing demand for cyber liability insurance among government contracting firms due to increased breach incidents. “It is very much real and in demand,” Garrett said of cyber liability insurance. “While the federal acquisition […] More

  • Matt Desch: Iridium Satellite Network Helps Meet Demand for Satcom Services in Hurricane-Hit Puerto Rico - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Matt Desch: Iridium Satellite Network Helps Meet Demand for Satcom Services in Hurricane-Hit Puerto Rico

    Iridium Communications CEO Matt Desch has said the company’s network of low-Earth orbit satellites works to accommodate satellite phone communications amid the high demand for satcom services in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico, USA Today reported Friday. Desch said usage of satellite phones that usually lasts for three to five days following a disaster has […] More

  • DXC’s Earl Matthews: Organizations Should Implement User-Focused Mobile Strategy - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DXC’s Earl Matthews: Organizations Should Implement User-Focused Mobile Strategy

    Earl Matthews, vice president of DXC Technology‘s enterprise security solutions group, has said organizations should adopt a modern mobile strategy that focuses more on end users than the technology itself. Such a user-centered strategy “requires a different approach to enabling the user with the right information sources, devices, security, connectivity and support,” Matthews wrote in an article published […] More

  • Orbital ATK Sets Nov. 10 Launch for 8th ISS Cargo Delivery Mission - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Orbital ATK Sets Nov. 10 Launch for 8th ISS Cargo Delivery Mission

    Orbital ATK aims to launch on Nov. 10 its Cygnus spacecraft aboard the Antares rocket to deliver crew supplies and scientific equipment to the International Space Station. NASA said Saturday the spacecraft will lift off from a launch pad at the agency’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia to mark Orbital ATK’s eighth cargo delivery mission to […] More

  • Elon Musk: SpaceX Eyes 2022 Launch for 1st Mars Mission - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Elon Musk: SpaceX Eyes 2022 Launch for 1st Mars Mission

    SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has said he wants to send at least two cargo ships to Mars by 2022 in an effort to determine hazards, establish life-support infrastructure and identify potential water resources, CNBC reported Friday. Musk plans to carry out that plan through the development of a 42-engine rocket system called BFR designed to […] More

  • Lockheed Introduces Base Camp Concept to Launch Crewed Mission to Mars - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Introduces Base Camp Concept to Launch Crewed Mission to Mars

    Lockheed Martin has unveiled at the International Astronautical Congress in Australia a new concept that seeks to bring astronauts to Mars in about 10 years. The Mars Base Camp concept involves a mission architecture that focuses on an orbital outpost designed to help astronauts carry out scientific studies and explore the red planet, Lockheed said […] More

  • Cummins-Achates Power Team to Build Engine for Army Combat Vehicles - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Cummins-Achates Power Team to Build Engine for Army Combat Vehicles

    Cummins has teamed up with Achates Power to build and demonstrate an engine for the U.S. Army’s next-generation tactical and combat vehicles under a $47.4 million contract. Cummins said Thursday it secured the contract from the National Advanced Mobility Consortium as part of the Advanced Combat Engine project that supports the Army Tank Automotive Research, Development and […] More

  • John McGinn: DoD Seeks Industry Help to Identify Defense Supply Chain Risks - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    John McGinn: DoD Seeks Industry Help to Identify Defense Supply Chain Risks

    The Defense Department wants industry to voluntary share information on potential weaknesses in its supply chain as part of a review led by DoD, Defense News reported Thursday. President Donald Trump signed in July an executive order that calls for a cross-government evaluation of U.S. manufacturers’ capacity to support the defense industrial base. John McGinn, […] More

  • Report: Industry Backs US Military’s Software Sustainment Capability Devt Efforts - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Report: Industry Backs US Military’s Software Sustainment Capability Devt Efforts

    Defense contractors such as Harris, Northrop Grumman and Raytheon have integrated software sustainment into their practices as they work to support U.S. service branches’ efforts to build organic capabilities to sustain software on military systems, C4ISRNET reported Tuesday. “The way the Air Force and the way Harris is teaming with the Air Force is to […] More

  • MapR, C3 IoT Forge Internet of Things, AI-Based App Development Partnership - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    MapR, C3 IoT Forge Internet of Things, AI-Based App Development Partnership

    MapR Technologies and C3 IoT have formed an alliance to build an end-to-end platform designed to facilitate the development and deployment of applications based on internet of things and artificial intelligence. The companies will collaborate on go-to-market programs and technology development efforts to accelerate the roll out of applications that work to leverage the cloud, […] More