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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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  • Mattermost's Barry Duplantis: Agencies Should Improve Incident Response With Digital Playbooks - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Mattermost’s Barry Duplantis: Agencies Should Improve Incident Response With Digital Playbooks

    Barry Duplantis, vice president and general manager of the North American public sector at Mattermost, said federal agencies should consider developing digital playbooks to facilitate and speed up response to cybersecurity incidents and natural disasters. “Digital playbooks combine strategic and tactical documentation, automated checklists, real-time collaboration, clear instructions, and more. They ensure that everyone on […] More

  • HP Federal's Tommy Gardner: Proactive Defense, System Knowledge Could Help IT Teams Prevent Error Strings - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    HP Federal’s Tommy Gardner: Proactive Defense, System Knowledge Could Help IT Teams Prevent Error Strings

    Tommy Gardner, chief technology officer of HP Federal, said information technology organizations should advance the development of a proactive defense to prevent an IT mistake from leading to an “error string” or a cascade of errors, InformationWeek reported Wednesday. “IT teams should think through multiple problems at once, understand the limits and constraints of their […] More

  • Former NGA Leader Robert Cardillo Joins Synthetaic Board - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Former NGA Leader Robert Cardillo Joins Synthetaic Board

    Robert Cardillo, former director of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency, has been appointed to the board of directors of software company Synthetaic. He brings to Synthetaic’s board nearly four decades of experience within the U.S. Intelligence Community and expertise in the field of GEOINT, the company said Monday. Synthetaic develops software that helps organizations accelerate the […] More

  • Lockheed Demos Digital C2 Tech for Joint Fires Network at INDOPACOM Exercise - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Demos Digital C2 Tech for Joint Fires Network at INDOPACOM Exercise

    Lockheed Martin made another step in advancing the Joint All-Domain Command and Control concept by demonstrating the capability of a digital C2 system to enhance and synchronize planning and execution of joint fires as part of the Northern Edge exercise hosted by U.S. Indo-Pacific Command near Alaska. The company said Tuesday it integrated its digital […] More

  • HP Federal’s Tommy Gardner: NLP, Machine Learning Could Impact IT Issue Resolution - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    HP Federal’s Tommy Gardner: NLP, Machine Learning Could Impact IT Issue Resolution

    Tommy Gardner, chief technology officer of HP Federal, said natural language processing and machine learning are the two forms of artificial intelligence that could have an impact when it comes to addressing information technology issues, InformationWeek reported Monday. He said NLP could be seen through the prototypes of ChatGPT. “You can imagine a scenario where […] More

  • Booz Allen to Advance 'Soldier as a System' Concept Under $919M DOD R&D Award; Judi Dotson Quoted - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Booz Allen to Advance ‘Soldier as a System’ Concept Under $919M DOD R&D Award; Judi Dotson Quoted

    Booz Allen Hamilton has received a potential $919 million task order from the Department of Defense to provide research and development services and advance the development of a soldier-as-a-system concept to support warfighters operating across all combat environments and climatic conditions. The Engineering, Development, Integration and Technology-based Solutions task order will support the DOD’s Joint […] More

  • In-Q-Tel Backs Launch Vehicle Maker Stoke Space With Multiple Investments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    In-Q-Tel Backs Launch Vehicle Maker Stoke Space With Multiple Investments

    In-Q-Tel, the intelligence community’s venture capital arm, has made multiple investments in Kent, Washington-based rocket developer Stoke Space, TechCrunch reported Saturday. William Morrison, principal at IQT, told the publication about the investments in Stoke Space and that he led the latest investment that closed in February. Stoke Space is working on a reusable rocket that […] More

  • Oshkosh Defense Bids on Army Robotic Combat Vehicle Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Oshkosh Defense Bids on Army Robotic Combat Vehicle Program

    Oshkosh’s defense business has submitted its proposal for the initial phase of the U.S. Army’s Robotic Combat Vehicle program. Oshkosh Defense said Thursday it partnered with Pratt Miller Defense and QinetiQ to compete for the RCV program’s platform prototype design and build phase. According to proposal evaluations, the service branch could select up to four […] More

  • Israel-Based Edgybees Unveils US Entity to Offer Georegistration Software to Government Clients - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Israel-Based Edgybees Unveils US Entity to Offer Georegistration Software to Government Clients

    Israel-based Edgybees has launched a new U.S. entity to provide georegistration software platforms for U.S. government and commercial customers. Industry leaders named to the newly formed board of directors of Edgybees Inc. include Bradley Feldmann, chairman and CEO of Neology; Keith Masback, a geospatial intelligence consultant and owner of Plum Run; and Darryl Garrett, a […] More

  • Boeing Unveils Data Modeling Tool to Help Aviation Sector Reach Net Zero Emissions Goal - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Boeing Unveils Data Modeling Tool to Help Aviation Sector Reach Net Zero Emissions Goal

    Boeing has released for public use a data modeling tool designed to analyze the lifecycle of alternative sources of energy for aviation and measure the ability to reduce aviation’s carbon emissions. The Boeing Cascade Climate Impact Model can be accessed on the company’s Sustainable Aerospace Together hub and could help measure aircraft fleet renewal and […] More

  • Proofpoint Becomes Member of CISA-Backed Joint Cyber Defense Collaborative - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Proofpoint Becomes Member of CISA-Backed Joint Cyber Defense Collaborative

    Proofpoint has joined a public-private initiative launched by the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency in 2021 to connect cyber defense professionals from organizations around the world. Proofpoint said Wednesday membership in the Joint Cyber Defense Collaborative will provide the company with information on security vulnerabilities and other cyber issues and best practices to mitigate such […] More