mm

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.

Latest stories

  • in Industry News, News

    Juan Zarate Named to Northwestern Mutual’s Board of Trustees; John Schlifske Quoted

    Juan Zarate, chairman and cofounder of strategic advisory company Financial Integrity Network, officially joined Northwestern Mutual on Sept. 24 as a member of the financial security firm’s board of trustees. “Juan brings a critical perspective about the environment in which financial companies operate and thrive,” John Schlifske, Northwestern Mutual chairman, president and CEO, said in […] More

  • in Featured, General, Industry News, News

    Navy Taps ManTech for Hawkeye Aircraft Sensor Dev’t Contract; Kevin Phillips Quoted

    ManTech International has received a potential four-year, $45M contract to develop sensors for the U.S. Navy’s PMA-231 Hawkeye aircraft. The company’s “agile approach to sensor development and platform integration will drive efficiency, add flexibility for adopting emerging technologies and lead the way to new capabilities that enhance the U.S. Navy warfighter’s mission,” Kevin Phillips, Mantech […] More

  • in C4ISR News, Featured, General, News

    Rebecca Cowen-Hirsch: Inmarsat Government Supports Gov’t Airborne, Maritime Ops via Satcom

    Rebecca Cowen-Hirsch, senior vice president for government strategy and policy at Inmarsat Government, told the Fairfax County Economic Development Authority in a video interview posted Friday how the company supports government operations through its satellite communications platforms. She said satellites placed approximately 35K kilometers above the equator and ground stations that back those spacecraft work to provide users […] More

  • in News, Space News

    Northrop Announces OmegA Rocket Development Milestones; Mike Laidley Quoted

    Northrop Grumman has completed development and testing work on the OmegA rocket’s first and second stage components. The company said Friday it also concluded the rocket’s cryostage design and developmental testing phase as well as the preliminary design of the launch system. Northrop reported the recent milestones days after it secured a potential $791.6M other-transaction […] More

  • in Industry News, News

    DARPA Unveils 8 Awardees on Second OFFSET Swarm Sprint, Solicits Offers for Third Core Area

    The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has announced the eight awardees for the second sprint of the OFFensive Swarm-Enabled Tactics program and started to solicit proposals for the third sprint. OFFSET seeks to use swarms of up to 250 unmanned systems designed to provide ground military units with insights as they face mobility and communications […] More

  • in Government Technology, News

    Army Seeks Info on Potential RF Countermeasure Tech Support Sources

    The U.S. Army has started to solicit information on potential industry sources that can support radio frequency countermeasure systems and electronic warfare technologies covered by the service’s High Energy RF Operations program. A FedBizOpps notice published Thursday says the Army is looking for potential contractors that can help design, build and test software and hardware […] More

  • in Featured, General, Industry News, News

    Tony Moraco Talks SAIC’s Integration With Engility

    Tony Moraco, CEO of Science Application International Corp., has said he believes SAIC’s strategies and pipelines “are very much aligned” with that of Engility and that bodes well for the combined company once it competes for new business upon the deal’s completion, the Washington Business Journal reported Wednesday. SAIC agreed to acquire Engility in September […] More

  • in Featured, General, Industry News, News

    George Krivo: DynCorp Works With Air Force to Address Readiness Shortfall

    George Krivo, CEO of DynCorp International, told Defense One in an interview published Thursday about the company’s efforts to help the U.S. Air Force address readiness shortfall. “We’re working with [Air Education and Training Command] to come up with a way that we think contractors can augment the U.S. Air Force pilot training capability, undergraduate pilot training capability, […] More

  • in Industry News, News

    Report: SSA Seeks Proposals for Enterprise Small Business IT Support Services Contract

    The Social Security Administration has issued a solicitation for a potential five-year contract for information technology services to modernize an insurance program for the elderly, people with disabilities, blind and disadvantaged children, Bloomberg Government reported Thursday. The Enterprise Small Business IT Support Services contract covers task areas in support of the Old Age, Survivors and Disability […] More

  • in Industry News, News

    DARPA to Discuss Machine Common Sense Program at Proposers Day

    The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency will host a Proposers Day on Oct. 18 in Arlington, Va., to provide information on a program that seeks to introduce human common sense reasoning and knowledge into artificial intelligence-based machines. “The absence of common sense prevents an intelligent system from understanding its world, communicating naturally with people, behaving reasonably […] More

  • in Featured, General, Industry News, News

    George Krivo: DynCorp Aims to Grow Scale Through M&As

    George Krivo, CEO of DynCorp International, told Defense News in an interview published Wednesday that the company has begun to look at merger and acquisition opportunities as it aims to increase its scale to approximately $3B to $4B in annual revenue. “In the next six months to a year, you’ll see a whole bunch of […] More

  • in Featured, General, Industry News, News

    Anthony Robbins: NVIDIA’s GPU Tech Conference to Feature Panel Discussions on Artificial Intelligence

    NVIDIA will kick off the third annual GPU Technology Conference on artificial intelligence on Oct. 22 at the Reagan Center in Washington, D.C. Anthony Robbins, vice president for the North American public sector at NVIDIA, wrote in a blog post published Monday the three-day GTC DC event will include panel discussions and forums on AI policy and […] More