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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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  • Symantec Unveils 3 Internet of Things Cyber Defense Partnerships; Gil Reiter Comments
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    Symantec Unveils 3 Internet of Things Cyber Defense Partnerships; Gil Reiter Comments

    Symantec has teamed up with several companies in an effort to boost the adoption of new platforms designed to protect Internet of Things-based devices from cyber threats. Automated teller machine manufacturer Wincor Nixdorf will implement Symantec’s Embedded Critical Systems Protection tool that works to safeguard Internet-connected devices from zero-day attacks, Symantec said Tuesday. Symantec will combine its Certificate […] More

  • KPMG Poll: 81% of Healthcare Orgs Have Experienced Cyber Attacks
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    KPMG Poll: 81% of Healthcare Orgs Have Experienced Cyber Attacks

    A KPMG survey has found that 81 percent of chief information officers, chief security officers and other executives at healthcare companies say their computer systems have been targets of cyber attacks over the past 24 months. The audit firm said Wednesday it interviewed 223 CIOs, CSOs and other senior executives and found that only 53 […] More

  • Jim Ghiloni: Civilian Agencies Made $160M in Task Orders Through GSA OASIS Small Business Contract
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    Jim Ghiloni: Civilian Agencies Made $160M in Task Orders Through GSA OASIS Small Business Contract

    A General Services Administration official has said civilian agencies have awarded $160 million in task orders through the small business part of the One Acquisition Solution for Integrated Services contract vehicle, FCW reported Wednesday. Jim Ghiloni, OASIS program director at GSA, said the agencies’ contract obligations through the unrestricted OASIS contract so far have reached […] More

  • Space Systems/Loral Awarded DARPA Robotic Satellite Assembly Research Contract
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    Space Systems/Loral Awarded DARPA Robotic Satellite Assembly Research Contract

    A subsidiary of MacDonald, Dettwiler and Associates will investigate ideas on how to robotically assemble communication satellites while in orbit under a contract with the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. MDA said Wednesday Space Systems/Loral will carry out the study for five months under the initial phase of DARPA’s Dragonfly program, which seeks to launch larger geostationary […] More

  • OSIsoft, root9B Form Industrial Control System Cyber Defense Partnership; Mike Morris Comments
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    OSIsoft, root9B Form Industrial Control System Cyber Defense Partnership; Mike Morris Comments

    OSIsoft and root9B have forged a partnership to combine their platforms and services designed to help government and commercial clients protect their supervisory control and data acquisition platforms and other industrial control systems from cyber threats. Root9B said Monday OSIsoft will integrate its PI System open infrastructure with root9B’s technology offerings and services for malware analysis, vulnerability assessments, […] More

  • Army Test Fires Raytheon AIM-9X Block II Missile from Ground; Mike Jarrett Comments
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    Army Test Fires Raytheon AIM-9X Block II Missile from Ground; Mike Jarrett Comments

    The U.S. Army has test-fired a Raytheon-built missile from the service branch’s land-based Indirect Fire Protection Capability Increment 2-I Block 1 Multi-Mission Launcher. The test sought to evaluate the capability of AIM-9X Block II missile to intercept and destroy unmanned aircraft systems and other aerial targets when launched from the ground, Raytheon said Wednesday. Mike Jarrett, […] More

  • TechAnax-Datapipe Team Lands VA Data Center Migration Support Contract; Byron Athan Comments
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    TechAnax-Datapipe Team Lands VA Data Center Migration Support Contract; Byron Athan Comments

    A team comprising Datapipe and TechAnax have secured a potential five-year contract to provide information technology support services for the Department of Veterans Affairs. The IT firms will work with a group of contractors to plan and carry out data center migration and offer hosting services to VA, Datapipe said Tuesday. Under the contract, Datapipe will work to […] More

  • Lockheed to Install Camera Suite on NASA Spacecraft for Bennu Asteroid Mission; Bashar Rizk Comments
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    Lockheed to Install Camera Suite on NASA Spacecraft for Bennu Asteroid Mission; Bashar Rizk Comments

    Lockheed Martin has received a suite of three cameras for installation with a NASA spacecraft for the Origins, Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security-Regolith Explorer mission. NASA said Tuesday Lockheed will integrate the PolyCam, MapCam and SamCam cameras with the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft to collect images of the Bennu asteroid, investigate the presence of dust plumes and satellites, and […] More

  • Carahsoft to Offer Public Sector Agencies Text2Them’s Messaging Systems Via Govt Contracts
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    Carahsoft to Offer Public Sector Agencies Text2Them’s Messaging Systems Via Govt Contracts

    Carahsoft Technology will distribute Text2Them’s two-way text messaging platforms to the public sector. Text2Them said Monday its Text 2 Stop It system and other two-way messaging tools are designed to help students report incidents of bullying, drug abuse, suicides and assaults in their schools and colleges through anonymous text messages to school administrators and counselors. Carahsoft will work to offer Text2Them’s text messaging tools to […] More

  • CRN: Dell Federal Business Signs Distribution Deals With Synnex, Ingram Micro
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    CRN: Dell Federal Business Signs Distribution Deals With Synnex, Ingram Micro

    Dell’s federal business has inked distribution agreements with information technology firms Synnex and Ingram Micro to sell Dell’s portfolio of enterprise platforms to providers that offer IT services and products to the U.S. government, CRN reported Monday. Michael Novinson writes the deals also cover the provision of sales, marketing and technical support services. Frank Vitagliano, vice […] More

  • Defense News: General Dynamics the Frontrunner for Spain’s Armored Vehicle Program
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    Defense News: General Dynamics the Frontrunner for Spain’s Armored Vehicle Program

    Spain has awarded General Dynamics’ Spain-based branch company Santa Barbara Sistemas a $99 million contract for research-and-development work on an 8×8 armored vehicle prototype, Defense News reported Saturday. Esteban Villarejo writes Spain seeks a replacement for the 6×6 BMR armored vehicle and U.S.-made M-113 armored personnel carrier. General Dynamics has proposed its Piranha Class 5 platform for Spain’s armored vehicle […] More

  • Spain to Acquire AeroVironment Raven Drones; Kirk Flittie Comments
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    Spain to Acquire AeroVironment Raven Drones; Kirk Flittie Comments

    The U.S. Army has awarded AeroVironment a $3.4 million contract to produce small unmanned airborne systems for Spain’s defense ministry. AeroVironment secured the contract for the RQ-11B Raven UAS through a foreign military sales program, the company said Thursday. The drone has a 4.2-pound wingspan and is designed for use in low-altitude surveillance, intelligence and […] More