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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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  • Orbital ATK Completes Initial Design Review for 3 NOAA Weather Satellites; Steve Krein Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Orbital ATK Completes Initial Design Review for 3 NOAA Weather Satellites; Steve Krein Comments

    Orbital ATK has completed the spacecraft preliminary design review for National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s three Joint Polar Satellite Systems. The company collaborated with representatives from NOAA and NASA to subject JPSS-2, JPSS-3 and JPSS-4 to the four-day PDR that kicked off Aug. 29 at Orbital ATK’s Gilbert, Arizona-based facility, Orbital ATK said Monday. The […] More

  • Vencore Labs Secures 2 Contracts Under DARPA Power Grid Cyber Detection Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Vencore Labs Secures 2 Contracts Under DARPA Power Grid Cyber Detection Program

    A Vencore subsidiary has received two contracts worth approximately $17 million combined to perform work on two technical areas under the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s Rapid Attack Detection, Isolation and Characterization Systems program. DARPA’s RADICS initiative seeks to build systems designed to restore power within one week after a cyber attack on the electrical infrastructure through […] More

  • Navy, Marine Corps Demo Lockheed's F-35, Aegis Weapon System in Live Missile Fire Test - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Navy, Marine Corps Demo Lockheed’s F-35, Aegis Weapon System in Live Missile Fire Test

    The U.S. Navy and U.S. Marine Corps demonstrated the Lockheed Martin-built F-35 Lightning II aircraft and Aegis Weapon System during a live fire missile test held Monday at White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico. Lockheed and the two service branches have conducted a Naval Integrated Fire Control-Counter Air operation through the use of the Marine Corps’ […] More

  • Navy Taps General Dynamics Subsidiary for USS Gonzalez Maintenance Support Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Navy Taps General Dynamics Subsidiary for USS Gonzalez Maintenance Support Contract

    A General Dynamics subsidiary has won a potential one-year, $21 million contract to provide maintenance, modification and repair services for the U.S. Navy’s USS Gonzalez (DDG-66) as part of the Arleigh Burke-class destroyer’s fiscal 2017 restricted dry-docking availability. The Naval Sea Systems Command awarded the firm-fixed-price contract to General Dynamics NASSCO-Norfolk through a competitive procurement process […] More

  • MIT Lands DARPA Contract Option for Engineering Biology Program’s 1K Molecules Component - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    MIT Lands DARPA Contract Option for Engineering Biology Program’s 1K Molecules Component

    The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has awarded the Massachusetts Institute of Technology a potential 18-month, $8.1 million contract modification to provide support for the second phase of DARPA’s Living Foundries: 1000 Molecules program. The cost-reimbursement modification exercises the first option on a previously awarded contract and brings the total contract value to $19.3 million, the Defense Department said Tuesday. The […] More

  • MDA Lands ISS Robotic Servicing System Contract Modification With Canadian Space Agency - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    MDA Lands ISS Robotic Servicing System Contract Modification With Canadian Space Agency

    The Canadian Space Agency has awarded MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates a $26.6 million contract modification to continue to provide support for the Mobile Servicing System onboard the International Space Station. MDA said Friday the Mobile Servicing System is a robotics platform that is composed of the Canadarm2, Mobile Base System and Special Purpose Dextrous Manipulator or Dextre. The company noted the three […] More

  • Air Force Solicits Design & Modification Proposal from Boeing for Future Presidential Aircraft - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Air Force Solicits Design & Modification Proposal from Boeing for Future Presidential Aircraft

    The U.S. Air Force has asked Boeing to submit a proposal on the engineering and manufacturing development phase for the service branch’s Presidential Aircraft Recapitalization program. The military branch said Monday it issued the request for proposal for the PAR program’s EMD phase after it received authorization from Frank Kendall, defense undersecretary for acquisition, technology […] More

  • 5 Firms Secure Navy Contract Option for Ocean Engineering Services - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    5 Firms Secure Navy Contract Option for Ocean Engineering Services

    The U.S. Navy has awarded five companies a potential one-year, $28 million contract modification for worldwide ocean engineering support services. The firm-fixed-price modification exercises the second option on a previously awarded indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract and brings the total contract value to $84 million, the Defense Department said Monday. The awardees include: GPA Technologies MAR Range Services PCCI […] More

  • SOCOM Picks Rolls-Royce for AC-130W Infrared Suppression System Installation Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    SOCOM Picks Rolls-Royce for AC-130W Infrared Suppression System Installation Contract

    A Rolls-Royce subsidiary has won a potential one-year, $9.3 million contract from the U.S. Special Operations Command to install infrared suppression platforms on SOCOM’s fleet of AC-130W Stinger II aircraft. SOCOM received two bids for the firm-fixed-price contract and will obligate the full contract amount at the time of award, the Defense Department said Monday. Rolls-Royce North […] More

  • General Dynamics Demos Bluefin-21, Bluefin SandShark Underwater Drones at Navy Tech Exercise - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    General Dynamics Demos Bluefin-21, Bluefin SandShark Underwater Drones at Navy Tech Exercise

    General Dynamics’ mission systems business unit demonstrated its autonomous underwater vehicles at the U.S. Navy’s Annual Naval Technology Exercises held in August at the service branch’s Narragansett Bay test facility in Newport, Rhode Island. The company said Friday a Bluefin-21 AUV deployed two Bluefin SandShark micro-AUVs to perform target imagery transmission and data collection simulations in one […] More

  • General Atomics Lands Army Contract Modification for Gray Eagle Test, Evaluation Support - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    General Atomics Lands Army Contract Modification for Gray Eagle Test, Evaluation Support

    A General Atomics subsidiary has received a potential one-year, $17.3 million contract modification to provide final operational test and evaluation services for the U.S. Army’s Gray Eagle unmanned aircraft system. General Atomics Aeronautical Systems will deliver such services to support the deployment of the drone’s software 4.3.4 version, the Defense Department said Friday. Work will occur […] More

  • Air Force Picks Harris for B-1 Systems Engineering Support IDIQ - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Air Force Picks Harris for B-1 Systems Engineering Support IDIQ

    Harris Corp. has received a potential five-year, $9.8 million contract to provide sustaining engineering support services for the U.S. Air Force’s testing laboratory for B-1 reprogrammable electronic warfare systems and defensive avionics platforms. The indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract also covers support for special test equipment of the service branch’s 53rd electronic warfare group and B-52 electronic warfare mission […] More