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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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  • Booz Allen to Provide R&D, Engineering Services for Navy’s Comm-Electronics Tech Systems - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Booz Allen to Provide R&D, Engineering Services for Navy’s Comm-Electronics Tech Systems

    Booz Allen Hamilton has received a $26.8 million U.S. Navy contract to provide research and development and engineering services for the Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division’s communications-electronics systems. The Defense Department said Monday Booz Allen will also carry out logistics, analysis, integration, material procurements, training, fielding, test and evaluation, installation and maintenance workfor the service branch’s special […] More

  • Engility Secures Army Task Order for Automated ID Tech Program; Tony Smeraglinolo Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Engility Secures Army Task Order for Automated ID Tech Program; Tony Smeraglinolo Comments

    The U.S. Army has awarded Engility Holdings a potential 32-month, $14 million task order to provide program management and technical support services for the service branch’s Product Director Automated Movement and Identification Solutions initiative. Engility said Tuesday the PD AMIS program covers acquisitions of products and services related to the Army’s Automated Identification Technology, which is designed to […] More

  • Intel Security: Ransomware Rose by 127% from 2Qs in 2014-15 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Intel Security: Ransomware Rose by 127% from 2Qs in 2014-15

    A new Intel Security report has found a 127 percent growth in ransomware samples between the second quarter of 2014 and 2015 due to the emergence of CryptoWall, CTB-Locker and other forms of malware that restrict access to computer systems. The McAfee Labs Threats Report says computer networks with MacAfee security software encountered at least 19.2 million infected […] More

  • FireEye, Cybergy Labs Form Gov't-Commercial Sector Cyber Defense Partnership - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    FireEye, Cybergy Labs Form Gov’t-Commercial Sector Cyber Defense Partnership

    FireEye and a Cybergy Partners subsidiary have teamed up to combine their technology offerings and services in an effort to help government and commercial enterprises protect their information technology infrastructures from cyber threats. FireEye will work to integrate its Multi-Vector Virtual Execution tool and Mandiant’s endpoint security and incident response services with Cybergy Labs’ SmartFile system under […] More

  • Third Inmarsat Global Xpress Satellite Enters Orbit; Rupert Pearce Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Third Inmarsat Global Xpress Satellite Enters Orbit; Rupert Pearce Comments

    A new Boeing-made satellite lifted off Friday from Kazakhstan onboard an International Launch Services-built Proton Breeze M space vehicle to become part of Inmarsat’s Global Xpress satellite communications network. Rupert Pearce, CEO of Inmarsat, said Thursday the new GX satellite joins a constaellation that works to help customers quickly introduce new applications and offer remote mobile broadband services to […] More

  • Tropical Storm Delays Lockheed-Built MUOS-4 Satellite Launch - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Tropical Storm Delays Lockheed-Built MUOS-4 Satellite Launch

    The launch of a new Lockheed Martin-built Mobile User Objective System satellite has been moved to Wednesday due to tropical storm Erika, SpaceFlight Insider reported Monday. Lockheed said Friday MUOS-4 will join the other three satellites in the U.S. Navy’s communications satellite network that works to provide video, data and voice capabilities for mobile uniformed personnel through an Internet protocol-based platform. […] More

  • General Dynamics to Provide Engineering Support for Naval Surface Warfare Acoustic Research Unit - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    General Dynamics to Provide Engineering Support for Naval Surface Warfare Acoustic Research Unit

    The U.S. Navy has awarded General Dynamics’ information technology business a potential five-year, $39.8 million contract to provide technical and engineering support services for the Naval Surface Warfare Center Carderock division’s acoustic research detachment. General Dynamics will perform work through August 2020 and the Navy obligate $2,775,000 at the time of award from fiscal 2015 research, test, […] More

  • Engility to Subject Systems Engineers to INCOSE Certification Process; Tony Smeraglinolo Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Engility to Subject Systems Engineers to INCOSE Certification Process; Tony Smeraglinolo Comments

    Engility Holdings has inked a memorandum of agreement with the International Council on Systems Engineering to encourage Engility’s engineering workforce to secure systems engineering professional certifications from INCOSE. Engility said Thursday individuals that intend to secure an INCOSE SEP certification need to undergo an evaluation process to test their proficiency in systems engineering. Tony Smeraglinolo, president […] More

  • NASA Solicits Proposals for Solar Array System Development - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NASA Solicits Proposals for Solar Array System Development

    NASA has issued a solicitation in search of proposals from industry and academic institutions for ideas on how to build solar array platforms for use in future human and robotic space exploration missions. The space agency’s Space Technology Mission Directorate is interested in new solar array systems that work in high-radiation and low-temperature environments, NASA said Thursday. STMD plans to award […] More

  • Unisys Survey: Data Breach in Telecom, Gov’t, Financial Sectors a Top Concern Among Consumers - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Unisys Survey: Data Breach in Telecom, Gov’t, Financial Sectors a Top Concern Among Consumers

    A new Unisys survey has found 59 percent of consumers across 12 countries think a data breach is likely to occur in the telecommunications industry over the next year. The Unisys Security Insights study also found that network vulnerabilities in the government sector are a major concern for 49 percent of consumers, while data breaches […] More

  • NASA Wraps Up Developmental Tests on Aerojet Rocketdyne SLS Engine; Steve Wofford Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NASA Wraps Up Developmental Tests on Aerojet Rocketdyne SLS Engine; Steve Wofford Comments

    NASA has concluded a series of seven developmental tests on an Aerojet Rocketdyne-made engine for the Space Launch System at the Stennis Space Center in Mississippi ahead of the rocket’s mission to Mars and other deep space destinations. The 535-second hot-fire test on the RS-25 engine sought to gather information on inlet pressure conditions, engine controller component and temperatures, […] More

  • Oracle: 64% of Global Employees Consider Their Corporate Orgs 'Agile' - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Oracle: 64% of Global Employees Consider Their Corporate Orgs ‘Agile’

    Oracle has released a new study that says 64 percent of employees at large global companies think their organizations are agile in their approach to new business opportunities. Oracle said Thursday it polled 2,263 employees for the Oracle Cloud Agility study and found that at least 80 percent of respondents said the ability of their companies to quickly […] More