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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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  • DHS Tests Timing Tool for Financial Transactions at NYSE; Reginald Brothers Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DHS Tests Timing Tool for Financial Transactions at NYSE; Reginald Brothers Comments

    The Department of Homeland Security’s science and technology directorate has demonstrated at the New York Stock Exchange a system that works to complement GPS tools that provide users timing information for financial transactions. DHS said Wednesday the Enhanced Loran or eLoran is a low-frequency radio navigation signal that ground-based stations broadcast to supply positioning, navigation and timing […] More

  • Navy to Put USS Zumwalt Destroyer Through Navigation, Propulsion Test Series - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Navy to Put USS Zumwalt Destroyer Through Navigation, Propulsion Test Series

    A U.S. Navy guided missile destroyer left a General Dynamics Bath Iron Works subsidiary shipyard in Maine to begin a series of tests to evaluate the vessel’s navigation, propulsion and other systems, Scout Warrior reported Wednesday. Matthew Leonard, a spokesman for the Navy, told Scout Warrior that the acceptance trials of USS Zumwalt seek to demonstrate the […] More

  • Battelle Scientists Demo Hybrid Production Process for Coal-Based Jet Fuel - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Battelle Scientists Demo Hybrid Production Process for Coal-Based Jet Fuel

    A team of scientists and engineers at Battelle has developed a process that works to convert biomass-derived coal into jet fuel through a cost-sharing initiative backed by the Energy Department. Battelle said Wednesday its hybrid process facilitated the production of syncrude from coal solvents at low pressure without using a catalyst or gaseous hydrogen. The […] More

  • Michigan County Seeks to Alert Owners on Forged Deeds Through Xerox’s Notification Tool; Louis Schiavone Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Michigan County Seeks to Alert Owners on Forged Deeds Through Xerox’s Notification Tool; Louis Schiavone Comments

    A county in Michigan has deployed a Xerox-built tool in an effort to notify property owners about fraudulent deeds and liens. The deeds registry office in Oakland County, Michigan, integrated the Xerox’s Property Records Notification system with its Super Index search engine for filed public documents, Xerox said Wednesday. Louis Schiavone Jr., managing director for local government […] More

  • Orbital ATK, Virgin Galactic Express Views on Potential Commercial Use of ICBMs - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Orbital ATK, Virgin Galactic Express Views on Potential Commercial Use of ICBMs

    Orbital ATK has announced plans to procure parts of the Defense Department’s Cold War-era intercontinental ballistic missiles and use them for commercial satellite launches, The Washington Post reported Monday. Christian Davenport writes the company’s plan comes ahead of the Tuesday hearing in Congress on a two-decade ban on the sale of DoD’s stockpile of ICBMs for commercial use. “It’s […] More

  • F-35 Joint Program Office, Lockheed Complete Initial Test on Jet's Helmet - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    F-35 Joint Program Office, Lockheed Complete Initial Test on Jet’s Helmet

    The Defense Department’s F-35 joint program office has completed the initial test of a prototype helmet for integration with the Lockheed Martin-built fighter jet, Defense News reported Tuesday. Lara Seligman writes JPO and Lockheed performed the test on a 103-pound mannequin fitted with the Generation III helmet at Holloman Air Force Base in New Mexico March 31. […] More

  • Navy Taps Rolls-Royce for LCS Ancillary Parts Supply Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Navy Taps Rolls-Royce for LCS Ancillary Parts Supply Contract

    Rolls-Royce has received a potential three-year, $7.2 million contract to produce ancillary parts kits for the U.S. Navy’s Littoral Combat Ships. The company will perform contract work in Walpole, Massachusetts, through April 2019 under the firm-fixed-price contract, the Defense Department said Tuesday. The Naval Supply Systems Command‘s weapon systems support unit will obligate the full […] More

  • NASA to Put General Atomics Ikhana's Detect-Avoid Tools to 4th Round of Flight Tests; Heather Maliska Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NASA to Put General Atomics Ikhana’s Detect-Avoid Tools to 4th Round of Flight Tests; Heather Maliska Comments

    NASA plans to demonstrate detect-and-avoid platforms onboard a General Atomics-built Ikhana unmanned aerial system by end of April in support of the Federal Aviation Administration’s efforts to develop policies on the integration of UAS with the national airspace system. The planned demonstration will run through June at the space agency’s Armstrong Flight Research Center in California and will be the fourth […] More

  • Air Force Demos UTC Sensor Onboard General Atomics Avenger UAV; Chris Pehrson Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Air Force Demos UTC Sensor Onboard General Atomics Avenger UAV; Chris Pehrson Comments

    The U.S. Air Force has completed a flight demonstration of a United Technologies Corp.-built sensor onboard a General Atomics-made unmanned aerial vehicle, Flightglobal reported Monday. Chris Pehrson, senior director of strategic development for General Atomics’ aeronautical systems business, told Flightglobal reporter James Drew that the service branch performed seven flights between January and February to demonstrate […] More

  • DoD Taps Orbital ATK for Non-Standard Ammo Supply Task Order - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DoD Taps Orbital ATK for Non-Standard Ammo Supply Task Order

    Orbital ATK has received a $20 million task order to supply mortar weapon systems and non-U.S. standard ammunition to the Defense Department in support of allied countries. DoD awarded the task order under a potential five-year indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract, Orbital ATK said Monday. The new contract is a follow-on to a three-year IDIQ contract that concluded in December. Orbital […] More

  • Cisco Seeks to Support DoD Cyber Strategy Through NIST Risk Mgmt Framework Compliance - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Cisco Seeks to Support DoD Cyber Strategy Through NIST Risk Mgmt Framework Compliance

    Cisco has moved to align its cybersecurity platforms with the National Institute of Standards and Technology Risk Management Framework’s process for the selection of security controls. Steve Caimi, industry solutions specialist at Cisco, wrote in a blog entry posted Thursday that such effort seeks to support of the Defense Department’s cybersecurity strategy. “Selecting the security controls […] More

  • Army Activates 1st Boeing WGS Satellite for Cross-Band Satellite Communications Services - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Army Activates 1st Boeing WGS Satellite for Cross-Band Satellite Communications Services

    The U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command activated the first satellite of the Boeing-built Wideband Global Satellite constellation six months after it completed a series of tests, the Army reported Thursday. WGS-1 is the first block I satellite of the WGS constellation that works to provide two-way Ka– and X-band communications services for combatant commanders […] More