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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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  • Raytheon-PCO Team to Build Poland Military’s Night-Vision Devices; Duane Gooden Comments
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    Raytheon-PCO Team to Build Poland Military’s Night-Vision Devices; Duane Gooden Comments

    Raytheon’s missile systems business and optoelectronic devices manufacturer PCO S.A. have teamed up to design and produce night-vision goggles for Poland’s uniformed personnel and international military forces. Raytheon said Wednesday the letter of intent with the Poland-based company also covers the development of surveillance, targeting and reconnaissance platforms and concept design and production of hardware, optics […] More

  • UTC Taps Champion Aerospace as Ignition System Components Supplier; Jason Marlin Comments
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    UTC Taps Champion Aerospace as Ignition System Components Supplier; Jason Marlin Comments

    Champion Aerospace, a TransDigm Group subsidiary, has been chosen by United Technologies Corp. to supply igniters, exciters and ignition leads to UTC’s aerospace systems under Life of Program agreements. UTC said Wednesday the UTV2 long-term supply contracts cover the provision of ignition components for UTC’s aerospace programs, such as aircraft auxiliary power units, F-35 Lightning […] More

  • SIA-SRC Report: US Should Bolster IT Research Investments Through N-CITE
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    SIA-SRC Report: US Should Bolster IT Research Investments Through N-CITE

    A report from Semiconductor Research Corporation and Semiconductor Industry Association says the U.S. needs to boost investments in information technology research with an emphasis on future Internet-of-Things and big data usage. SIA and SRC said Tuesday those investments should go through the National Computing and Insight Technologies Ecosystem program, a research initiative between the government and industry partners to promote technological advancements […] More

  • Phacil Awarded Task Order for Army Installation Data Repository IT Support
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    Phacil Awarded Task Order for Army Installation Data Repository IT Support

    Phacil has secured a task order from the U.S. Army’s Office of the Assistant Chief of Staff for Installation Management to provide information technology support services for the Headquarters Installation Information System. The service branch uses HQISS as a data repository for its real property, bases, enclaves, sites and installations, Phacil said Wednesday. Phacil will […] More

  • Raytheon’s Randall Fort: Contractors Boost Investments in 3-D Printing Research
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    Raytheon’s Randall Fort: Contractors Boost Investments in 3-D Printing Research

    Randall Fort, director of programs security at Raytheon, has told Federal News Radio defense contractors have started to increase their research investments in three-dimensional printing platforms due to potential benefits that such technologies offer. “There will be staggering efficiencies that will come about which will mean government contractors will be able to deliver more value […] More

  • Blue Coat Systems Survey IDs Domains Linked to Suspicious Websites
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    Blue Coat Systems Survey IDs Domains Linked to Suspicious Websites

    A new Blue Coat Systems survey has advised government agencies and commercial enterprises to safeguard their computer networks from 10 top-level domain names used by dubious websites, GCN reported Wednesday. The company analyzed websites requested by 75 million users worldwide and found that .zip and .review emerged as the top two domains where 100 percent of […] More

  • Lockheed-Built MUOS-4 Satellite Launches, Transmits Initial Signals to Navy; Iris Bombelyn Comments
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    Lockheed-Built MUOS-4 Satellite Launches, Transmits Initial Signals to Navy; Iris Bombelyn Comments

    The U.S. Navy received initial signals from its new Lockheed Martin-built Mobile User Objective System satellite three hours after it launched Wednesday from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, the Navy reported. MUOS-4 was scheduled to launch Monday but was postponed due to a tropical storm. Lockheed said MUOS-4 lifted off onboard a United Launch Alliance-made Atlas V rocket to […] More

  • DARPA Taps Leidos for Shared Spectrum Access Program Phase 2
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    DARPA Taps Leidos for Shared Spectrum Access Program Phase 2

    Leidos has secured a potential one-year, $7.9 million contract from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to conduct research and develop a spectrum sharing platform for use between communications systems and radars. Reston, Va.-based Leidos will carry out research work under the second phase of DARPA’s Shared Spectrum Access for Radar and Communications initiative, the Defense […] More

  • Booz Allen to Provide R&D, Engineering Services for Navy’s Comm-Electronics Tech Systems
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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
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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