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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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  • CTC-Run Center Completes 1K Site Visits Under DoD’s Safety Management Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CTC-Run Center Completes 1K Site Visits Under DoD’s Safety Management Program

    A center that Concurrent Technologies Corp. operates for the Defense Department has completed at least 1,000 visits to DoD agencies and installations as part of the department’s safety management efforts. CTC’s Safety Management Center of Excellence personnel conduct visits to various DoD agencies and military bases in order to identify and recognize those that comply with the […] More

  • VLP Therapeutics to Develop Malaria Vaccine Under Army Grant; Wataru Akahata Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    VLP Therapeutics to Develop Malaria Vaccine Under Army Grant; Wataru Akahata Comments

    VLP Therapeutics has received a $2.4 million grant from the U.S. Army to research and develop a vaccine against malaria. The service branch awarded the research grant through the Defense Department’s Peer Reviewed Medical Research Program, the company said Thursday. Wataru Akahata, founder and CEO of VLP Therapeutics, said the company has developed VLPM01, an experimental […] More

  • CCRi to Develop Analytics-Based GEOINT Data Evaluation Tool Under NGA Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CCRi to Develop Analytics-Based GEOINT Data Evaluation Tool Under NGA Contract

    Commonwealth Computer Research Inc. has received a $499,767 contract from the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency to develop a data analytics-based platform designed to evaluate and identify GEOINT data that has potential value to users. NGA awarded the contract under the first topic of a broad agency announcement for the agency’s Boosting Innovative GEOINT program, NGA said Wednesday. CCRi will […] More

  • Inmarsat, VT iDirect Partner for Satcom Tech R&D; Michele Franci Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Inmarsat, VT iDirect Partner for Satcom Tech R&D; Michele Franci Comments

    Inmarsat has partnered with VT iDirect to form a joint research-and-development group that will work to create satellite communications platforms. The i2 R&D team will work at Inmarsat’s London headquarters to build satcom technology prototypes that have the potential for commercial market deployment, Inmarsat said Wednesday. Both companies expect the i2 group to develop systems that […] More

  • Raytheon-Kongsberg Partnership Plans US Hub for Naval Strike Missile, Launcher Production - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon-Kongsberg Partnership Plans US Hub for Naval Strike Missile, Launcher Production

    Raytheon plans to collaborate with Norway-based Kongsberg Defence Systems to manufacture the Naval Strike Missile system and launchers in the U.S. Raytheon wants to carry out integration and testing work on NSM at its factory in Tucson, Arizona, and produce the NSM launchers at its Louisville, Kentucky-based facility under the partnership with Kongsberg, Raytheon said Wednesday. NSM is […] More

  • General Atomics Inks Deal With NLR to Fly UAS in Non-Segregated European Airspace; Linden Blue Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    General Atomics Inks Deal With NLR to Fly UAS in Non-Segregated European Airspace; Linden Blue Comments

    General Atomics has signed an agreement with the NLR-Netherlands Aerospace Centre to facilitate the operation of remotely piloted aircraft in non-segregated airspace in Europe. Linden Blue, CEO of the General Atomics Aeronautical Systems business, said in a statement released Tuesday the company will leverage NLR’s air traffic control simulation and modeling capabilities to test the potential integration […] More

  • Dave Wajsgras: Raytheon 'Progresses' on Air Force GPS Satellite Ground Control System - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Dave Wajsgras: Raytheon ‘Progresses’ on Air Force GPS Satellite Ground Control System

    Dave Wajsgras, president of Raytheon‘s intelligence, information and services business segment, has said the company will continue to collaborate with the U.S. Air Force to further develop a ground control system for GPS satellites, Reuters reported Tuesday. “We feel good about the progress we’ve made,” he told Reuters reporter Andrea Shalal at the Farnborough International Airshow. […] More

  • Raytheon’s Thomas Kennedy: DoD Eyes Next-Gen Tech Against ‘Peer Nation-Type Threats’ - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon’s Thomas Kennedy: DoD Eyes Next-Gen Tech Against ‘Peer Nation-Type Threats’

    Raytheon CEO Thomas Kennedy told Defense News in an interview published Monday the U.S.’ and other countries’ efforts to protect sovereignty and address concerns linked to what he called “peer nation-type threats” have spurred a change in the defense industry. “The Department of Defense is realizing we have to get to the next generation of […] More

  • Navy Selects TeraThink for Joint Staff ERP System Integration Contract; Paul Lombardi Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Navy Selects TeraThink for Joint Staff ERP System Integration Contract; Paul Lombardi Comments

    TeraThink has won a potential five-year, $29 million contract from the Naval Supply Systems Command to provide program management support for the Joint Staff’s enterprise business accountability system. The company will also perform systems integration for the Joint Staff’s invoice processing platform and governance, risk and compliance systems, explore options for cloud hosting, budget and issue funds […] More

  • VA to Procure Enterprise Cloud Services Through NIH NITAAC Contract Vehicle - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    VA to Procure Enterprise Cloud Services Through NIH NITAAC Contract Vehicle

    The Department of Veterans Affairs plans to acquire enterprise cloud computing services through a contract vehicle managed by the National Institutes of Health’s national information technology acquisition and assessment center. VA said in a FedBizOpps notice posted Friday the initiative is part of the department’s efforts to update its information technology infrastructure through migration of data to […] More

  • Accenture Opens Baltimore CMS, SSA Contract Support Hub - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Accenture Opens Baltimore CMS, SSA Contract Support Hub

    An Accenture subsidiary has unveiled a facility in Baltimore in order to provide support for Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services‘ and Social Security Administration‘s information technology programs and contracts. Accenture Federal Services will use the Innovation Center for Technology to support SSA’s Specialized Assistance and Advisory Services initiative and IT Support Services Contract as well […] More

  • NJVC Opens 4th St. Louis Office to Support Software Services Practice; Bill Cloin Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NJVC Opens 4th St. Louis Office to Support Software Services Practice; Bill Cloin Comments

    NJVC has unveiled a new corporate office in St. Louis to provide enterprise information technology services to government clients and support the company’s software services practice. The facility headquartered at the CIC St. Louis technology hub will house employees of the firm’s software services group that works to develop custom applications and related tools designed to help […] More