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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 Engenuity-Run Center Announces Affiliate Program for Cybersecurity Vendors - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in Cybersecurity News, Cybersecurity, News

    Mitre Engenuity-Run Center Announces Affiliate Program for Cybersecurity Vendors

    A Mitre Engenuity-operated center has introduced an affiliate program to give cybersecurity platforms providers an opportunity to further advance threat-informed defense. The affiliate program launched by the Center for Threat-Informed Defense allows vendors to integrate the center’s research and development resources into their service offerings and products, Mitre Engenuity said Wednesday. Participants can gain access […] More

  • DHS Vet Soraya Correa Named to Brillient Advisory Board - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in Executive Moves, News

    DHS Vet Soraya Correa Named to Brillient Advisory Board

    Soraya Correa, former chief procurement officer and senior procurement executive at the Department of Homeland Security, has joined Brillient as a new advisory board member. She brings to Brillient her knowledge and experience in contracting, procurement and other GovCon-related matters, the company said Monday. Correa said she is excited to join the board of advisers […] More

  • Securonix Announces Over $1B Growth Investment; Sachin Nayyar Quoted - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in Cybersecurity News, Cybersecurity, News

    Securonix Announces Over $1B Growth Investment; Sachin Nayyar Quoted

    Securonix has secured a growth investment worth more than $1 billion and will use the capital to support talent acquisition efforts, advance growth initiatives and meet customer demand for cloud-native security analytics and operations platforms. Volition Capital and Eight Roads Ventures participated in the Vista Equity Partners-led investment, Securonix said Tuesday. “We solve a very […] More

  • Epirus Launches Electronic Warfare System ‘Leonidas Pod’ - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in Government Technology, News

    Epirus Launches Electronic Warfare System ‘Leonidas Pod’

    Epirus has unveiled a high-power microwave platform as the latest addition to its Leonidas family of electronic warfare systems. Leonidas Pod is a portable system that comes with multiple mount options to support various missions and is designed to rapidly respond to changing threat environments by powering up and down within minutes, Epirus said Monday. […] More

  • Mariana Garavaglia Named Relativity Space Chief Business and People Officer - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Mariana Garavaglia Named Relativity Space Chief Business and People Officer

    Mariana Garavaglia, formerly chief operating officer at Peloton Interactive, has joined Relativity Space as chief business and people officer. She will be responsible for Relativity Space’s talent acquisition efforts, legal, people, environmental health and safety teams and security, the company said Monday. Garavaglia has been serving as an adviser to Relativity Space since the summer […] More

  • Natilus Books $6B in Advance Commitments for Autonomous Cargo Aircraft - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in Government Technology, News

    Natilus Books $6B in Advance Commitments for Autonomous Cargo Aircraft

    Natilus has secured $6 billion in advance commitments to deliver over 440 autonomous cargo aircraft to major airlines and integrators. The purchase commitments for Natilus’ unmanned aerial vehicles were from Volatus Aerospace, Flexport, Dymond, Astral Aviation and Aurora International, Natilus said Wednesday. “In parallel with the development of our family of autonomous aircraft, we are […] More

  • GDIT Wins $829M DIA IT Support Task Order; Amy Gilliland Quoted - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in Contract Awards, News

    GDIT Wins $829M DIA IT Support Task Order; Amy Gilliland Quoted

    General Dynamics’ information technology business has received a potential 10-year, $829 million task order from the Defense Intelligence Agency to provide on-site and remote information technology services for domains and networks at various DIA sites worldwide. The Customer Care Center task order awarded through the Solutions for the Information Technology Enterprise III contract in November […] More

  • Hypersonic Plane Developer Destinus Announces Seed Financing Round Results; Mikhail Kokorich Quoted - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in Government Technology, News

    Hypersonic Plane Developer Destinus Announces Seed Financing Round Results; Mikhail Kokorich Quoted

    Swiss aerospace startup Destinus has raised $29 million in seed funding to further develop its hypersonic aircraft. “We plan to use the funding to continue the development of our hydrogen airbreathing and rocket engines and test the first supersonic flights powered by hydrogen engines in the next 12 to 18 months,” Mikhail Kokorich, founder and […] More

  • Leanne Caret: Boeing Invests in Production Centers, Eyes Future Growth Driven by Defense Programs - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in Government Technology, News

    Leanne Caret: Boeing Invests in Production Centers, Eyes Future Growth Driven by Defense Programs

    Leanne Caret, president and CEO of Boeing‘s defense, space and security business and a five-time Wash100 Award winner, said the company is making a “significant” investment in production facilities and capabilities as it waits for a number of defense programs to transition from the development stage to the production phase, Inside Defense reported Thursday. Although […] More

  • Jim Taiclet: Lockheed to Explore Other M&A Opportunities if Aerojet Deal Fails to Advance - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Jim Taiclet: Lockheed to Explore Other M&A Opportunities if Aerojet Deal Fails to Advance

    Jim Taiclet, chairman, president and CEO of Lockheed Martin and a 2022 Wash100 Award recipient, said the company could explore other merger and acquisition opportunities if the Aerojet Rocketdyne deal fails to materialize, Breaking Defense reported Thursday. In late January, the Federal Trade Commission filed a suit to block Lockheed’s planned $4.4 billion acquisition of […] More

  • Carahsoft to Bring RegScale’s Compliance Automation Offering to Public Sector - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in Government Technology, News

    Carahsoft to Bring RegScale’s Compliance Automation Offering to Public Sector

    Carahsoft Technology will provide public sector clients access to RegScale’s continuous compliance automation platform through its existing contracts with federal, state and local governments and reseller partners. RegScale’s platform works to digitize regulatory requirements, facilitates creation of compliance artifacts and automates compliance data collection, reporting and compilation using an application programming interface-centric approach, Carahsoft said […] More

  • DHS Includes 17 R&D Topics in Long Range BAA - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DHS Includes 17 R&D Topics in Long Range BAA

    The Department of Homeland Security’s science and technology directorate has listed 17 research and development topics in its annual Long Range Broad Agency Announcement and invites scientific and technical community stakeholders to suggest novel concepts that could help DHS address operational priorities. The 17 topics in the LRBAA are classified into six R&D priority areas: […] More