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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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  • Navy Taps Capstone for CNIC IT Support Task Order - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Navy Taps Capstone for CNIC IT Support Task Order

    Capstone has received a task order to continue its Tier II information technology services to the Commander, Navy Installations Command’s headquarters. The Naval Supply Systems Command Fleet Logistics Center Norfolk’s Philadelphia office awarded the task order to Capstone through CNIC’s Program Management Oversight Services indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity, multiple-award contract, Capstone said Sunday. The contract covers data, voice and video teleconferencing […] More

  • PTI-Deltek Team Surveys IT Execs on Local Gov’t IT Budget, Spending - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    PTI-Deltek Team Surveys IT Execs on Local Gov’t IT Budget, Spending

    A new Public Technology Institute survey has found that 47 percent of information technology executives of cities and counties across the U.S. think their local IT departments will continue to operate over the next year at current budget levels. PTI polled 274 local government IT leaders with Deltek and 74 percent of the respondents said […] More

  • Navy Selects 5 Firms for Natural Resource Mgmt Services IDIQ - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Navy Selects 5 Firms for Natural Resource Mgmt Services IDIQ

    The U.S. Navy has awarded contracts worth $49 million combined to five companies to provide natural resource management support services for the Naval Facilities Engineering Command Pacific. NAVFAC Pacific received seven proposals via the FedBizOpps website for the multiple-award, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contracts, the Defense Department said Wednesday. Awardees include: Cardno GS HDR Environmental Operations and Construction […] More

  • Thales-Finmeccanica JV to Build Orion Service Module's Thermomechanical Platforms - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Thales-Finmeccanica JV to Build Orion Service Module’s Thermomechanical Platforms

    A joint venture of Thales Group and Finmeccanica has secured a potential $103 million contract from Airbus to build thermomechanical platforms for the Orion spacecraft’s European Service Module. Thales Alenia Space will supply thermal control, consumable storage components, micrometeoroid and structure protection systems for the space capsule’s ESM, Thales Group said Thursday. ESM will work to provide thermal control, […] More

  • Northrop’s Sperry Marine, Terma to Pursue Naval Surveillance Radar Sector; Jan Hansen, Lars Weiss Laursen Comment - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop’s Sperry Marine, Terma to Pursue Naval Surveillance Radar Sector; Jan Hansen, Lars Weiss Laursen Comment

    A Northrop Grumman business unit has teamed up with Denmark-based Terma in an effort to develop and bring new navigation tools and surveillance radars to the naval market. Northrop Grumman Sperry Marine’s partnership with Terma intends to integrate “near, low level air and surface surveillance capability to our navigation suite, in addition to out-of-the-box compliance […] More

  • Selex to Supply Lasers for Lockheed’s F-35 Electro-Optical Targeting System - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Selex to Supply Lasers for Lockheed’s F-35 Electro-Optical Targeting System

    Selex ES, a Finmecannica subsidiary, has been selected to supply lasers to Lockheed Martin for integration with the electro-optical targeting system onboard F-35 Lightning II fighter jets. Selex said Tuesday the lasers will work to help F-35 pilots carry out targeting and precision ranging functions. The contract covers the delivery of 165 lasers to Lockheed and […] More

  • PSC, California Tech Council Partner to Help Early-Stage GovCon Firms - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    PSC, California Tech Council Partner to Help Early-Stage GovCon Firms

    The Professional Services Council has teamed up with the California Technology Council in an effort to help early-stage firms and entrepreneurs offer their technological platforms and services to federal agencies through the government procurement process. The memorandum of understanding calls for PSC and CTC to collaborate through content development and participation in each other’s events, PSC […] More

  • Dynetics, Aerojet Rocketdyne Test Rocket Engine’s 3D-Printed Gas Generator Injector Under SLS Program; David King Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Dynetics, Aerojet Rocketdyne Test Rocket Engine’s 3D-Printed Gas Generator Injector Under SLS Program; David King Comments

    Aerojet Rocketdyne and Dynetics have completed a second hot-fire test on the F-1 rocket engine’s gas generator at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center. The companies carried out the test series under the Advanced Booster Engineering Demonstration and/or Risk Reduction contract that aims to reduce risks in rocket boosters for the Space Launch System program, the companies said Wednesday. Aerojet […] More

  • FEMA Taps Fluor for Engineering, Architectural Support Task Order; Bruce Stanski Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    FEMA Taps Fluor for Engineering, Architectural Support Task Order; Bruce Stanski Comments

    Fluor Corp. has received a potential one-year task order to carry out engineering and architectural support work for the Federal Emergency Management Agency in support of FEMA’s disaster recovery efforts in Texas. The task order has a base term of six months and a six-month option and was awarded by FEMA under the Architects and Engineers Technical […] More

  • Onapsis Gains $17M in Investments for Cyber Defense Tool Push; J. R. Smith Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Onapsis Gains $17M in Investments for Cyber Defense Tool Push; J. R. Smith Comments

    Onapsis has raised $17 million in new investments from an Evolution Equity Partners-led funding round. Arsenal Venture Partners and .406 Ventures also participated in the Series B funding round that increased total investments in Onapsis since its inception to $30 million, Onapsis said Tuesday. Boston-based Onapsis will use the funds to support its research and […] More

  • Lockheed, Roketsan Enter F-35 Missile Development Contract; Frank St. John Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed, Roketsan Enter F-35 Missile Development Contract; Frank St. John Comments

    Lockheed Martin has signed a contract with Turkey-based weapon maker Roketsan to develop an air-to-surface cruise missile for incorporation into the internal weapons compartment of Block 4-configured F-35 jets. Lockheed said Wednesday the SOM-J missile has an infrared imaging seeker, terrain- and inertial-based navigation tools and GPS technology. The contract will allow both companies to offer the missile to […] More

  • Orbital ATK, NASA Conclude Initial 22N Thruster Tests on Green Propulsion System; Cary Ralston Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Orbital ATK, NASA Conclude Initial 22N Thruster Tests on Green Propulsion System; Cary Ralston Comments

    Orbital ATK has completed the initial testing phase for a 22 Newton thruster designed to navigate satellites while in the Earth’s orbit. The company said Tuesday it evaluated the 22N along with the 5N thruster onboard a green propulsion platform in a series of tests at NASA‘s Alabama-based Marshall Space Flight Center. LMP-103S rocket fuel from Sweden-based company […] More