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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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  • In-Q-Tel, Evident.io Forge Cloud-Based Security Platform Devt Partnership
    in Government Cloud, News

    In-Q-Tel, Evident.io Forge Cloud-Based Security Platform Devt Partnership

    In-Q-Tel has partnered with Evident.io to help the Pleasanton, California-based technology company further develop a compliance automation and security platform designed to help U.S. intelligence agencies secure their data infrastructure in Amazon Web Services public cloud environments. The company’s Evident Security Platform is an agent-less system that is built on AWS’ application programming interfaces and works to automate security […] More

  • Report: DHS Scraps $1.5B Agile Devt Support Contract Vehicle
    in Industry News, News

    Report: DHS Scraps $1.5B Agile Devt Support Contract Vehicle

    The Department of Homeland Security has called off a potential $1.5 billion contract vehicle that was designed to help DHS components procure agile design and development services from small businesses, Federal News Radio reported Wednesday. The decision to cancel the Flexible Agile Support for the Homeland contract vehicle came following a series of protests filed with […] More

  • MarkLogic, NTT Data Seek to Facilitate Database, IT Services Delivery Via Expanded Partnership
    in Big Data & Analytics News, News

    MarkLogic, NTT Data Seek to Facilitate Database, IT Services Delivery Via Expanded Partnership

    MarkLogic and NTT Data have agreed to expand their business partnership to accelerate the delivery of database platforms and data utilization support services to customers in Japan, North America, Europe and South America. The companies will create “go-to-market strategies” through the expanded alliance in order to facilitate customer development efforts across the three continents and […] More

  • SAP NS2, CounterTack Form Enterprise Security Partnership; Mark Testoni Comments
    in Cybersecurity News, Featured, General, News

    SAP NS2, CounterTack Form Enterprise Security Partnership; Mark Testoni Comments

    SAP National Security Services and CounterTack have forged a strategic partnership to facilitate the delivery of an enterprise security tool to government and commercial clients. CounterTack said Wednesday it will integrate its Endpoint Threat Platform with the SAP HANA in-memory database management system in an effort to accelerate data processing operations and provide security analysts with predictive […] More

  • NTT Data to Release Drone Operation Control, Airspace Mgmt Software Suite
    in Industry News, News

    NTT Data to Release Drone Operation Control, Airspace Mgmt Software Suite

    NTT Data plans to launch in October a set of software tools designed help users remotely operate and facilitate airspace management for multiple unmanned aircraft systems. NTT Data’s airpalette UTM software package has the Flight Operation System designed to control drone operations and UAS Traffic Management core feature that works to help airspace managers carry out drone traffic […] More

  • MDA Demos Boeing-Built Ground Midcourse Defense System Against ICBM Target
    in Industry News, News

    MDA Demos Boeing-Built Ground Midcourse Defense System Against ICBM Target

    The Missile Defense Agency performed Tuesday a live-fire test of the Boeing-built Ground-Based Midcourse Defense system element of the U.S. ballistic missile defense platform. During the test, the GMD system helped guide a ground-based interceptor that launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California to zero in on an intercontinental ballistic missile target that lifted off from […] More

  • Sikorsky Wraps Up Combat Rescue Helicopter Critical Design Review
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    Sikorsky Wraps Up Combat Rescue Helicopter Critical Design Review

    Lockheed Martin‘s Sikorsky subsidiary has completed a critical design review for the Combat Rescue Helicopter program that aims to replace the U.S. Air Force‘s HH-60G Pave Hawk aircraft. The CDR’s conclusion will move the HH-60W helicopter toward the assembly, evaluation and testing phase, Lockheed said Tuesday. A joint team of experts from Sikorsky and the Air Force’s helicopter program developed and evaluated […] More

  • Unisys’ PV Puvvada: Agencies Can Advance IT Modernization Through ‘Agile’ Acquisition Methods
    in Featured, General, Industry News, News

    Unisys’ PV Puvvada: Agencies Can Advance IT Modernization Through ‘Agile’ Acquisition Methods

    PV Puvvada, president of Unisys’ federal systems business, has said federal agencies should establish agile acquisition approaches and boost commitment to IT workforce training and acquisition initiatives as they seek to update their information technology systems and make changes to the acquisition process. Puvvada wrote in an FCW commentary piece published Thursday that agencies should should facilitate […] More

  • Sierra Nevada Concludes 3rd Integration Review on Dream Chaser Spacecraft
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    Sierra Nevada Concludes 3rd Integration Review on Dream Chaser Spacecraft

    Sierra Nevada Corp. has completed the third integration review for the Dream Chaser spacecraft as part of the company’s Commercial Resupply Services 2 contract with NASA. The company said Thursday the integration assessment for the space vehicle covers the completion of the agency’s phase 1 safety evaluation and NASA’s approval of 16 safety data packages and 32 hazard reports […] More

  • Massachusetts Seeks Proposals for Potential RAN Alternative to FirstNet’s National Public Safety Broadband Network
    in C4ISR News, News

    Massachusetts Seeks Proposals for Potential RAN Alternative to FirstNet’s National Public Safety Broadband Network

    The state of Massachusetts has requested proposals from potential vendors that can develop and maintain a statewide radio access network designed for public safety operations, Urgent Communications reported Thursday. Curtis Wood, undersecretary for forensic science and technology at Massachusetts’ executive office of public safety and security, said the state governor and his personnel have not yet […] More

  • Accenture Report: 66% of Civil Service Tech Leaders Eye Public-Private Partnerships to Accelerate Service Delivery
    in Industry News, News

    Accenture Report: 66% of Civil Service Tech Leaders Eye Public-Private Partnerships to Accelerate Service Delivery

    A new Accenture report says 66 percent of technology leaders in public service agencies said they are willing to adopt public-private partnerships and new commercial frameworks to facilitate the delivery of services to citizens. Accenture said Thursday the Emerging Technologies in Public Service report is based on an online survey of 774 public service professionals across nine […] More

  • DOT to Seek Bids on Civil Integrated Mgmt Data Standards Identification Research Project
    in Industry News, News

    DOT to Seek Bids on Civil Integrated Mgmt Data Standards Identification Research Project

    The Transportation Department’s Federal Highway Administration plans to issue a solicitation for proposals on June 15 for a research project that seeks to identify and develop digital transportation data standards and governance approaches to support the creation of a Civil Integrated Management framework. FHWA said in a FedBizOpps notice published Wednesday the CIM framework seeks […] More