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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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  • SES GS-O3b Team Delivers Managed Satellite Service to Support NWS Weather Data Sharing Operations; Pete Hoene Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    SES GS-O3b Team Delivers Managed Satellite Service to Support NWS Weather Data Sharing Operations; Pete Hoene Comments

    SES Government Solutions has partnered with O3b Networks to install the latter company’s managed satellite service at a National Weather Service office in American Samoa under a task order. The task order under NOAA’s Worldwide Satellite Communications Systems II contract covers the installation of O3b’s terminals, ground segment network and radomes in order to provide high-speed data connectivity to NWSO […] More

  • Thales Rolls Out Software-Defined Tactical Radio at Eurosatory 2016 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Thales Rolls Out Software-Defined Tactical Radio at Eurosatory 2016

    Thales has introduced at the Eurosatory 2016 trade exhibition a software-defined broadband tactical radio designed to support command, control, computers, communications and intelligence systems. The Thales-built Synaps radio communications platform is based on Contact, a software-defined radio that the French defense procurement agency ordered for use by the country’s armed forces starting in 2019, the company said Monday. […] More

  • Tripwire Survey: 64% of IT Professionals Say Exit from EU Would Not Affect UK’s Cyber Defense Function - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Tripwire Survey: 64% of IT Professionals Say Exit from EU Would Not Affect UK’s Cyber Defense Function

    A new Tripwire survey says 64 percent of information technology executives believe the U.K. government’s separation from the European Union would not have an impact on the country’s function to protect its networks from potential cyber attacks. Tripwire said Monday it polled 278 IT professionals who attended the three-day Infosecurity Europe 2016 that kicked off June 7 in […] More

  • Inmarsat, Marlink Form Maritime Broadband Communications Partnership; Rupert Pearce Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Inmarsat, Marlink Form Maritime Broadband Communications Partnership; Rupert Pearce Comments

    Marlink will integrate Inmarsat’s Fleet Xpress maritime communications service with the former company’s portfolio of service offerings under a strategic alliance between the two companies. Inmarsat said Friday Marlink aims to deliver high-speed broadband connectivity to at least 2,000 ships over five years through Fleet Xpress that Inmarsat unveiled in March. Fleet Xpress works to provide maritime broadband service […] More

  • CorasCloud-HumanTouch Team Rolls Out Project Mgmt Tool at DISA - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CorasCloud-HumanTouch Team Rolls Out Project Mgmt Tool at DISA

    CorasCloud has teamed up with HumanTouch to deploy a project and portfolio management platform to 1,100 users across the Defense Information Systems Agency within a three-month period. The CorasCloud-built CORASManage PPM platform is designed to help users manage performance, schedule and cost of programs and projects, CorasCloud said Wednesday. The platform, also known as the Management […] More

  • Steve Jurczyk: NASA Aims to Send Payloads to Mars Through SpaceX’s Red Dragon - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Steve Jurczyk: NASA Aims to Send Payloads to Mars Through SpaceX’s Red Dragon

    NASA plans to collaborate with SpaceX to use the company’s Red Dragon unmanned spacecraft concept to send payloads designed for technology demonstrations to Mars, Space News reported Thursday. Steve Jurczyk, associate administrator for NASA’s space technology mission directorate, said at the Next-Generation Suborbital Researchers Conference that potential payloads could include resource utilization-based platforms that could potentially turn water […] More

  • Saab Lands CBRN Test Kit Supply Contract in Sweden; Nils-Erik Lindblom Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Saab Lands CBRN Test Kit Supply Contract in Sweden; Nils-Erik Lindblom Comments

    Saab will supply chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear agent test kits to a government agency in Sweden that oversees disaster prevention efforts under a procurement agreement. Nils-Erik Lindblom, director of marketing and sales for CBRN at Saab, said Wednesday it will deliver a total of 27 CBRN test kits, test equipment and related consumables to the […] More

  • Army Taps STG for NETCOM Cybersecurity Support Contract; Paul Fernandes Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Army Taps STG for NETCOM Cybersecurity Support Contract; Paul Fernandes Comments

    STG Group has received a potential four-year, $7 million contract from the U.S. Army to provide cybersecurity support services for the service branch’s Network Enterprise Technology Command. Joe Nicholas, senior vice president and sector lead for cybersecurity and secure information systems at STG, will be in charge of the company’s business with NETCOM, the company […] More

  • Colorado DOT Picks CH2M to Provide Support Services for RoadX Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Colorado DOT Picks CH2M to Provide Support Services for RoadX Program

    CH2M will work to provide program support and consulting services to a Colorado Department of Transportation-led initiative that seeks to update the state’s transportation system through the adoption of emerging technology platforms. The company said Wednesday Colorado DOT’s RoadX program seeks to address congestion and ensure safety across the state’s 23,000 miles of highways and […] More

  • Janus Global Operations Unveils Nigeria Office for West, Central Africa Operations; Dale Allen Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Janus Global Operations Unveils Nigeria Office for West, Central Africa Operations; Dale Allen Comments

    Janus Global Operations has set up a regional office in Lagos, Nigeria, in an effort to support government and commercial clients in West and Central Africa. Dale Allen, vice president of commercial programs at JGO, said Tuesday the Nigeria office will help the company manage its business operations across West and Central Africa as well as meet […] More

  • Jacobs Lands Coal Combustion Residual Consulting Contract in Missouri; Ward Johnson Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Jacobs Lands Coal Combustion Residual Consulting Contract in Missouri; Ward Johnson Comments

    Jacobs Engineering Group will provide consulting and analysis services to city utilities in Springfield, Missouri, to facilitate compliance with the Environmental Protection Agency’s coal combustion residual regulations under a $4.9 million contract. The contract covers environmental and geophysical investigations, control plan development, site planning, compliance recommendations in order to address surface impoundments and landfills and other professional […] More