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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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  • SAIC’s Bob Fecteau: Corporate CIOs Need Standardized Practices - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    SAIC’s Bob Fecteau: Corporate CIOs Need Standardized Practices

    Bob Fecteau, chief information officer at Science Applications International Corp., has said companies should standardize practices in order to allow CIOs to perform enterprise resource management initiatives. Fecteau wrote in an article published Dec. 15 on The Enterprisers Project website that a CIO’s basic responsibility is to oversee the deployment of information technology platforms in an effort to improve […] More

  • Rockwell Collins Rolls Out Aviation Communications Platform in South Korea - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Rockwell Collins Rolls Out Aviation Communications Platform in South Korea

    Rockwell Collins has deployed a network for Korea Airports Corp. that works to facilitate air-to-ground data communications. The Very High Frequency Digital Link Mode 2-based network works to help aircraft receive messages related to pre-departure clearances, air traffic control and other airline operational control data through the use of the Aircraft Communications Addressing and Reporting System, […] More

  • New Microsoft JV to Offer Windows 10 to Gov’t Agencies in China - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    New Microsoft JV to Offer Windows 10 to Gov’t Agencies in China

    Microsoft and China Electronics Technology Group have teamed up to form a joint venture that will license and manage the Windows 10 operating system for government agencies and state-owned companies in China. Yusuf Mehdi, corporate vice president for Windows and devices group at Microsoft, writes in a blog post published Wednesday the new company will operate […] More

  • ULA Taps Orbital ATK to Build Composite Structures for Atlas V, Delta IV Rockets - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    ULA Taps Orbital ATK to Build Composite Structures for Atlas V, Delta IV Rockets

    Orbital ATK has received a contract from United Launch Alliance to produce large composite structures for installation onboard ULA-built Delta IV and Atlas V rockets. Orbital ATK said Thursday its contract with the Boeing–Lockheed Martin joint venture was awarded in support of the U.S. Air Force’s Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicles initiative. “Our support of ULA EELV […] More

  • L-3 Unit Gets BAE UK Ship Integrated Mgmt System Supply Subcontract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    L-3 Unit Gets BAE UK Ship Integrated Mgmt System Supply Subcontract

    An L-3 Communications subsidiary has received a subcontract from BAE Systems to supply integrated platform management systems for the U.K. navy’s Type 26 global combat ships, Naval Technology reported Thursday. BAE selected L-3 Marine Systems UK to provide the IPMS through a contract with the U.K. defense ministry to develop the Type 26 vessels as […] More

  • BAE Systems: Company Leaders to Focus on Cyber Defense Strategy in 2016 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    BAE Systems: Company Leaders to Focus on Cyber Defense Strategy in 2016

    BAE Systems predicts that corporate executives will prioritize the development of strategies in 2016 that will work to protect their companies’ computer networks from potential cyber attacks. The company said Thursday the adoption of chip-enabled or EMV cards in the U.S. will help reduce incidents of in-person card fraud over the next year but will encourage […] More

  • Boeing, Alaska Airlines, Port of Seattle Eye Biofuel Infrastructure Project at Sea-Tac Airport - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Boeing, Alaska Airlines, Port of Seattle Eye Biofuel Infrastructure Project at Sea-Tac Airport

    Boeing has partnered with the Port of Seattle and Alaska Airlines to conduct a $250,000 feasibility study on an infrastructure that will work to facilitate the use of aviation biofuel by all airlines at the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport. The Port of Seattle will oversee the study as well as engineering and integration operations for the […] More

  • DoD Puts Dell Firewalls on Approved Products List; Patrick Sweeney Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DoD Puts Dell Firewalls on Approved Products List; Patrick Sweeney Comments

    Dell has received a certification from the Defense Department that allows it to deploy its SonicWall series of firewalls across DoD-operated computer networks. Dell said Wednesday its firewall platform received the department’s Unified Capabilities Approved Products List certification after it passed the Security Technical Implementation Guide tests that seek to ensure the secure maintenance and installation of hardware […] More

  • DISA OKs Mellanox Ethernet Switches for DoD Networks; Dale D’Alessio Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DISA OKs Mellanox Ethernet Switches for DoD Networks; Dale D’Alessio Comments

    The Defense Information Systems Agency has cleared Mellanox Technologies‘ SwitchX family of Ethernet switches for deployment in Defense Department-run computer networks. DISA gave the approval after the company’s Mellanox Federal Systems subsidiary secured a Unified Capabilities Approved Product List certification from the agency for the SwitchX series of 10/40 gigabit Ethernet switches, Mellanox said Monday. According to DISA, a product can […] More

  • Navy Seeks NAVAIR Cyber Warfare Detachment Support Through Basic Ordering Agreement - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Navy Seeks NAVAIR Cyber Warfare Detachment Support Through Basic Ordering Agreement

    The U.S. Navy has announced plans to award potential five-year basic ordering agreements to contractors that can provide support services for the Naval Air Systems Command’s Cyber Warfare Detachment. The Navy said in a FedBizOpps notice posted Monday the BOAs will cover cyber workforce development, research and development, implementation of the Defense Department’s risk management […] More

  • Lockheed Subsidiary Subcontracts Data Dimensions for VA Data Conversion Work; Jon Boumstein Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Subsidiary Subcontracts Data Dimensions for VA Data Conversion Work; Jon Boumstein Comments

    Data Dimensions will continue to provide electronic data conversion services for the Department of Veterans Affairs under a five-year subcontract with Systems Made Simple, a Lockheed Martin subsidiary. Data Dimensions said Monday it secured the subcontract from SMS through the Intake Conversion Mail Handling Services contract with VA. Jon Boumstein, president and CEO of Data […] More

  • France Orders 3rd General Atomics Reaper Drone From US - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    France Orders 3rd General Atomics Reaper Drone From US

    France has placed an order for a third General Atomics-built Reaper unmanned aerial vehicle under a foreign military sales agreement with the U.S. Air Force, the French defense ministry said Thursday. The French government made the order through the country’s directorate general of armaments and under a military program that aims to equip its air force […] More