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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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  • ServiceNow’s Jonathan Alboum: CISA BOD 23-01 Directive to Advance Zero Trust Plans in 2023 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in Cybersecurity, News, Technology

    ServiceNow’s Jonathan Alboum: CISA BOD 23-01 Directive to Advance Zero Trust Plans in 2023

    Jonathan Alboum, federal chief technology officer at ServiceNow, said cybersecurity emerged as a top concern for organizations in 2022 and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency’s release of a binding operational directive, BOD 23-01, meant to enhance asset visibility and vulnerability detection on federal networks will drive agency adoption of zero trust architecture in the […] More

  • Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona to Support TriWest Under DOD Tricare T-5 West Region Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in Contract Awards, News

    Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona to Support TriWest Under DOD Tricare T-5 West Region Contract

    Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona will support TriWest Healthcare Alliance in delivering Tricare health care services to service personnel, retirees and their families across 26 states in the West region under a contract with the Department of Defense. TriWest won a $65.1 billion managed care support contract from the Defense Health Agency for the […] More

  • Pierroberto Folgiero: Fincantieri Marinette Marine to Apply Cruise Ship Construction Process to Frigate Work - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in News, Technology

    Pierroberto Folgiero: Fincantieri Marinette Marine to Apply Cruise Ship Construction Process to Frigate Work

    Fincantieri CEO Pierroberto Folgiero said the Italian company’s Marinette Marine shipyard in Wisconsin plans to apply the processes used to construct luxury cruise ships in Italy as it builds Constellation-class guided-missile frigates for the U.S. Navy, Defense News reported Tuesday. “We aim to use more preconstruction on land at Marinette, which means building modules before […] More

  • PSC Highlights NDAA, Omnibus Provisions of High Interest to Federal Contractors - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in Industry News, News

    PSC Highlights NDAA, Omnibus Provisions of High Interest to Federal Contractors

    The Professional Services Council has welcomed the passage of the fiscal year 2023 National Defense Authorization Act and an omnibus spending bill in Congress and identified several provisions in the measures that could have a potential impact on the federal contracting sector. PSC said Tuesday the NDAA and the Consolidated Appropriations Act contain provisions that […] More

  • NASA Issues RFI for Commercial Spacecraft Reboost Capabilities - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in News, Space

    NASA Issues RFI for Commercial Spacecraft Reboost Capabilities

    NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center has started soliciting information on potential offerors that could provide commercial capabilities to reboost the orbit of satellites and other space technologies. The space agency considers using the Hubble Space Telescope for a demonstration over the next few years and expects potential partners to provide the launch vehicle, spacecraft and […] More

  • US to Provide Lithuania With AeroVironment-Made Switchblade 600 Drones - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in News, Technology

    US to Provide Lithuania With AeroVironment-Made Switchblade 600 Drones

    Lithuania’s national defense ministry will purchase AeroVironment-built Switchblade 600 kamikaze drones from the U.S. government under an agreement valued at approximately $48 million. The procurement contract also includes the delivery of launching and control equipment, maintenance package, personnel training and simulation system and seeks to help the Lithuanian government strengthen security and stability in the […] More

  • DARPA to Host Proposers Day for Space Propulsion Tech Development Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in News, Technology

    DARPA to Host Proposers Day for Space Propulsion Tech Development Program

    The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency will hold a Proposers Day on Jan. 19 at its conference center in Arlington, Virginia, to provide potential offerors information on the objectives of a program that seeks to build and demonstrate propulsion systems that could enable sustained operations in very low Earth orbit. The Otter program intends to […] More

  • Cybersecurity Company Cerberus Sentinel Rebrands as CISO Global - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in M&A Activity, News

    Cybersecurity Company Cerberus Sentinel Rebrands as CISO Global

    Cerberus Sentinel has updated its corporate logo and changed its name to CISO Global as part of a rebranding effort meant to reflect its growth and global mission to help customers advance a culture of cybersecurity. Scottsdale, Arizona-based CISO Global has offices in North America, South America and the U.K. and provides federal agencies and […] More

  • in News, C4ISR

    USMC Eyes New Family of Reconnaissance Vehicles

    The Army Contracting Command has begun a market survey on behalf of the U.S. Marine Corps to seek information on potential industry sources that could meet the requirement for an advanced reconnaissance vehicle and solicit feedback on the draft performance specification for the ARV. USMC is eyeing the development of a next-generation combat vehicle system […] More

  • HTX Labs Gets Air Force Impact Level 2 Authorization for Immersive Training Platform - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in News, Technology

    HTX Labs Gets Air Force Impact Level 2 Authorization for Immersive Training Platform

    The U.S. Air Force has authorized HTX Labs’ immersive learning offering to operate data on the service’s networks at Impact Level 2. The authority to operate issued by the service’s Air Education and Training Command will allow HTX Labs’ EMPACT virtual reality training platform to operate on the Air Force Network and Non-classified Internet Protocol […] More

  • State, Local Agencies Turn to Hybrid Cloud to Manage Data; Cloudera's Robert Carey Quoted - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in News, Technology

    State, Local Agencies Turn to Hybrid Cloud to Manage Data; Cloudera’s Robert Carey Quoted

    State and local government agencies are adopting hybrid cloud systems to access and manage their data and the move to that environment has resulted in the development of new platforms that could provide agencies the scalability and visibility they need to manage data across public and private clouds, StateTech Magazine reported Wednesday. One of those […] More

  • NIST, AIM Photonics Seek to Develop Faster Chips With New Tool - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in News, Technology

    NIST, AIM Photonics Seek to Develop Faster Chips With New Tool

    The National Institute of Standards and Technology and AIM Photonics will work on a new tool that could help developers design new integrated photonic circuits used in high-performance computing systems and fiber-optic networks under a cooperative research and development agreement. Under the partnership, NIST will develop calibration structures that could be used in testing and […] More