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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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  • Mitre, UVA Partner to Build Predictive Analytics-Based Tools; Richard Shannon Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in Healthcare IT, News

    Mitre, UVA Partner to Build Predictive Analytics-Based Tools; Richard Shannon Comments

    The University of Virginia Health System has teamed up with Mitre to build tools for the analysis of patients’ health data. UVA said Friday Mitre will provide consulting services for UVA as the academic health center works to develop predictive analytics-based systems intended to detect risk of lung failure, hemorrhage and other conditions among patients and send alerts to medical […] More

  • NJ Info Sharing Group, FS-ISAC Launch Financial Sector Cyber Analysis Partnership; Bill Nelson Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NJ Info Sharing Group, FS-ISAC Launch Financial Sector Cyber Analysis Partnership; Bill Nelson Comments

    The New Jersey Cybersecurity and Communications Integration Cell has signed an agreement with the Financial Services Information Sharing and Analysis Center in an effort to help protect New Jersey-based banks from potential cyber attacks. NJCCIC and FS-ISAC will use a platform dubbed Soltra Edge to facilitate exchanges of threat intelligence between their two security operations facilities […] More

  • Lockheed-Led Group Unveils 9th Navy Littoral Combat Ship; Joe North Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed-Led Group Unveils 9th Navy Littoral Combat Ship; Joe North Comments

    A team led by Lockheed Martin has introduced a new Littoral Combat Ship for the U.S. Navy at a Marinette Marine-owned shipyard in the Menominee River in Wisconsin. The company said Saturday Janee Bonner served as the sponsor for the USS Little Rock and Navy Secretary Ray Mabus delivered the keynote address at the christening ceremony held Saturday. Lockheed […] More

  • THORAD Rolls Out Sensor-Based Tool for Facility Threat Detection - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    THORAD Rolls Out Sensor-Based Tool for Facility Threat Detection

    THORAD has introduced a sensor-based platform designed to help enterprises detect and prevent safety and security threats within a facility. The company said Thursday its THORAD platform consists of thermal, radar and optical sensors that work to gather images and uses computer algorithms to perform image analysis. The system also works to provide alerts of safety […] More

  • AtHoc, Esri Form GIS-Based Emergency Communication Tech Partnership - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    AtHoc, Esri Form GIS-Based Emergency Communication Tech Partnership

    AtHoc and Esri have agreed to combine their platforms through a partnership in an effort to facilitate communication during emergencies and natural disasters. AtHoc said Wednesday it will combine its Network Crisis Communication portfolio with Esri’s geographical information system, dubbed ArcGIS. The alliance will offer AtHoc clients access to Esri’s GIS mapping tool designed to help users […] More

  • US Geological Survey Awards Service Support IDIQ to Cherokee Nation Technologies - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    US Geological Survey Awards Service Support IDIQ to Cherokee Nation Technologies

    Cherokee Nation Technologies has been awarded a potential $45 million contract to provide geographic information platforms, research, data analysis, programming and other technical support services for the U.S. Geological Survey’s research centers. The indefinite-delivery/indefinite quantity contract covers support for USGS’ National Wetlands Research Center, Southwest Ecological Science Center, Coastal and Marine Science Center and State Water Science Centers […] More

  • Forecast International: Naval Radar Systems Market Worth $13B by 2024 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Forecast International: Naval Radar Systems Market Worth $13B by 2024

    A new Forecast International report predicts the market for maritime radar systems to be worth $13 billion by 2024. Manufacturers could produce at least 1,300 sea-based radar platforms over the next decade, accounting for approximately 67.1 percent market share, the research firm said June 29. The report forecasts that radar platforms for air defense will reach a […] More

  • Dynamic Aviation to Supply King Air E90 Aircraft for US Forest Service Firefighting Operations - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Dynamic Aviation to Supply King Air E90 Aircraft for US Forest Service Firefighting Operations

    Dynamic Aviation has started work under a contract to provide a King Air E90 utility aircraft for the U.S. Forest Service. The company said Wednesday Forest Service will use the aircraft over LaGrande, Oregon and Alamogordo, New Mexico during wildfire season. USFS aerial tactical group supervisors on planes direct land-based firefighters to manage wildfires. Virginia-based Dynamic Aviation has at least 140 aircraft and […] More

  • Accenture Releases Human Services Suite Version 7.1 for Benefits Application Processing; Adelaide O’Brien Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Accenture Releases Human Services Suite Version 7.1 for Benefits Application Processing; Adelaide O’Brien Comments

    Accenture has launched a new version of a set of software platforms designed to help government agencies manage and track applications for Medicaid benefits and other public services. The company Thursday Human Services Suite version 7.1 is comprised of Citizen Self-Service Portal, Accenture Public Service Platform and Benefits Management System. The latest release has an identity […] More

  • IBM: DOE Solar Forecast Accuracy Up 30% With SMT Machine Learning Tool - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    IBM: DOE Solar Forecast Accuracy Up 30% With SMT Machine Learning Tool

    The Energy Department has achieved a 30 percent increase in accuracy on wind, hydro and solar forecasts through the use of an IBM-built system that uses machine learning techniques, the company said Thursday. IBM said the Self-learning weather Model and renewable forecasting Technology platform is designed to analyze and generate weather model-derived solar forecasts through analytics, big data […] More

  • Thales to Build, Install Air Force Instrument Landing Systems - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Thales to Build, Install Air Force Instrument Landing Systems

    Thales Defense & Security has secured a two-year, $18.4 million contract to develop and install instrument landing systems at several airfields of the U.S. Air Force. ILS is a ground-based system designed to improve safety of airport landings by guiding the aircraft as it approaches the runway under limited visibility conditions. The firm-fixed-price contract also […] More

  • HP Taps CenturyLink for IT Service Provider Partnership Program; Eric Koach Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    HP Taps CenturyLink for IT Service Provider Partnership Program; Eric Koach Comments

    Hewlett-Packard will offer CenturyLink’s set of information technology platforms and services to its commercial clients as part of an agreement with the latter company. The HP PartnerOne for Service Provider Program deal allows HP clients to choose, purchase and use CenturyLink’s big data, managed hosting, cloud, storage and colocation offerings to help manage cloud-based data infrastructure, CenturyLink said Thursday. […] More