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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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  • Carahsoft to Offer Aconex Cloud Collaboration Platforms on GSA Schedule; Chris Dobbyn Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Carahsoft to Offer Aconex Cloud Collaboration Platforms on GSA Schedule; Chris Dobbyn Comments

    Carahsoft Technology has agreed to sell Aconex‘s cloud-based collaboration tools to U.S. government agencies through a General Services Administration schedule contract. Aconex’s collaboration platforms are designed to help contractors and owners work with other project teams in cloud environments and perform feasibility, design and other functions throughout the lifecycle of infrastructure projects, Aconex said Thursday. “With increasing pressure on federal spending and […] More

  • Mary Davie: GSA Modifies Agreement With Esri to Consolidate Geospatial Software Contracts - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Mary Davie: GSA Modifies Agreement With Esri to Consolidate Geospatial Software Contracts

    The General Services Administration’s Federal Acquisition Service has modified its agreement with geospatial software provider Esri in an effort to consolidate duplicate contracts for software licenses. Mary Davie, assistant commissioner of the integrated technology services office at GSA’s FAS, wrote in a blog post published Tuesday that the new deal with Esri is part of the […] More

  • Research and Markets: Unmanned Naval Systems Market to See 6% CAGR by 2020 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Research and Markets: Unmanned Naval Systems Market to See 6% CAGR by 2020

    A new report from Research and Markets predicts the global market for unmanned sea platforms to experience a compound annual growth rate of at least 6 percent over the next four years. Military expansion efforts of governments across the world and the increasing adoption of commercial off-the-shelf components are expected to the drive the market from 2016 through 2020, […] More

  • Industry, Gov’t CISOs Share Cybersecurity Predictions for 2016 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Industry, Gov’t CISOs Share Cybersecurity Predictions for 2016

    Chief information security officers from 26 companies, universities and government agencies have discussed the challenges they faced in 2015 and shared their forecast on cybersecurity-related issues for 2016, Security Current reported Dec. 20. Bret Arsenault, CISO at Microsoft, told Security Current that commercial enterprises should focus on how to improve their current systems that work […] More

  • Kratos Subsidiary Awarded Additional Stratcom Geolocation, RF Interference Detection Support Work; Greg Caicedo Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Kratos Subsidiary Awarded Additional Stratcom Geolocation, RF Interference Detection Support Work; Greg Caicedo Comments

    A subsidiary of Kratos Defense & Security Solutions will offer radiofrequency satellite monitoring and interference detection services to one of the components of the U.S. Strategic Command under the expanded contract. SAT Corp. will also provide geolocation and mitigation support for the Joint Functional Component Command for Space, Kratos said Tuesday. Greg Caicedo, a vice president and general […] More

  • UTC Completes 1st Sonar Dome Window Delivery to Navy - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    UTC Completes 1st Sonar Dome Window Delivery to Navy

    A business unit of United Technologies Corp. has handed to the U.S. Navy the first sonar dome window for integration with the service branch’s cruisers, destroyers and other vessels under a five-year contract. The UTC Aerospace Systems-built rubber-based sonar dome window works to protect the naval ship’s sonar transducer array and help the vessel detect […] More

  • ArmorSource Completes 1st Article Tests on US Army Combat Helmets; Yoav Kapah Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    ArmorSource Completes 1st Article Tests on US Army Combat Helmets; Yoav Kapah Comments

    ArmorSource is scheduled to deliver combat helmets to the U.S. Army this spring after it concluded the first article testing on the protective equipment. The Lightweight Advanced Combat Helmet AS-505 is designed to protect the human body from back-face deformation and fragmentation and projectile threats, ArmorSource said Tuesday. ArmorSource CEO Yoav Kapah said the 3-pound helmet […] More

  • HyTrust’s Jason Lackey: 2-Factor Authentication Could Protect Networks from Insider Threats - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    HyTrust’s Jason Lackey: 2-Factor Authentication Could Protect Networks from Insider Threats

    Jason Lackey, an executive at software firm HyTrust, has said that corporate organizations should implement two-factor authentication in an effort to protect computer networks from insider threats. “2FA is not bulletproof, but it does at least add another layer of security,” Lackey, director of marketing operations and digital at HyTrust, wrote in an article published Monday […] More

  • Parsons Unveils 5-Unit Structure, Mary Ann Hopkins to Head Federal Org; Chuck Harrington Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Parsons Unveils 5-Unit Structure, Mary Ann Hopkins to Head Federal Org; Chuck Harrington Comments

    Parsons has formed five business units under a new program that seeks to create growth opportunities for the company and help with the delivery of services to clients. Chuck Harrington, Parsons’ chairman and CEO, said Monday the Forward “initiative is an important step in enhancing the effectiveness of our company, making us more agile in responding to the needs […] More

  • CSRA Subsidiary to Provide Mgmt Support for Air Force Ground Weapon System - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CSRA Subsidiary to Provide Mgmt Support for Air Force Ground Weapon System

    SRA, a subsidiary of technology services contractor CSRA, has won a potential three-year, $35 million contract to manage and maintain the weapon system architecture of the processing, exploitation and dissemination facility of the U.S. Air Force’s Distributed Common Ground System. The service branch awarded the time-and-materials, firm-fixed-price contract through competitive procurement with four bids received, the […] More

  • Defense News: Pakistan In Talks With US Over F-16 Procurement Deal - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Defense News: Pakistan In Talks With US Over F-16 Procurement Deal

    Sohail Aman, air chief marshal and head of Pakistan’s air force, has said that Pakistan is in discussions with the U.S. government to buy new F-16 planes as replacements for older generation aircraft by 2020, Defense News reported Wednesday. Usman Ansari writes Aman said at an event that “it may take some time” before the […] More