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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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  • in Industry News, News

    CACI Secures DEA Acquisition, Financial Mgmt Support BPA

    CACI International has received a blanket purchase agreement from the Drug Enforcement Administration for acquisition and financial management services in support of DEA’s domestic and overseas demand reduction and enforcement missions. The BPA also covers the development of intranet sites and financial information warehouse system; system administration; financial policy support; and travel system analysis, training […] More

  • in C4ISR News, Featured, General, News

    SpaceX to Forgo Falcon 9 Booster Landing for 4th Iridium Satellite Launch; Matt Desch Comments

    A spokesperson for SpaceX has said the company intends not to land the Falcon 9 rocket’s first stage as part of a mission to launch Iridium Communications’ fourth batch of 10 Iridium NEXT satellites into space, SpaceNews reported Wednesday. Iridium’s satellites are scheduled Friday to take off aboard SpaceX’s Falcon 9 from Vandenberg Air Force […] More

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    SSL-Built Satellite Servicing Spacecraft Completes NASA Design Review; Richard White Comments

    A spacecraft built by Maxar Technologies’ SSL business for NASA’s in-orbit satellite servicing mission has concluded the agency’s mission preliminary design review. The completion of the mission PDR would advance the spacecraft to the Key Decision Point C phase to pave the way for the launch of the Restore-L mission in 2020, SSL said Wednesday. KDP-C is set […] More

  • in Featured, General, Government Cloud, News

    Dell EMC’s Cameron Chehreh: MGT Act, White House IT Modernization Report to Incite AI, Cloud Adoption

    Cameron Chehreh, chief technology officer of Dell EMC’s federal business, has said he expects federal agencies to advance experimentation with cloud migration and information technology upgrades driven by the passage of the Modernizing Government Technology Act and the release of the White House’s IT modernization report, FedTech Magazine reported Tuesday. Chehreh said he believes the White House […] More

  • in C4ISR News, Featured, General, News

    Inmarsat’s Rebecca Cowen-Hirsch: Warfighters Need Access to Integrated Satcom Architecture

    Rebecca Cowen-Hirsch, senior vice president for government strategy and policy at Inmarsat, has said that it is crucial for U.S. service personnel to have access to an integrated satellite communications architecture to support military missions worldwide “across the full spectrum of engagement.” Cowen-Hirsch wrote in an article for MilsatMagazine that such an architecture requires the adoption of satcom-as-a-service model that […] More

  • in Industry News, News

    Boeing Previews Offering for Navy’s MQ-25 Tanker Drone Program

    Boeing has unveiled its proposed unmanned aircraft offering for the U.S. Navy’s MQ-25 carrier-based aerial refueling tanker drone program. The company said Tuesday it has begun engine tests on its proposed unmanned aerial system in preparation for deck handling demonstrations in 2018. “We will be ready for flight testing when the engineering and manufacturing development […] More

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    IBM Forms Network With 12 Firms, Universities to Advance Quantum Computing

    IBM has partnered with companies, universities and national research laboratories to study quantum computing and identify its potential applications for financial services, automotive, materials, chemical and electronic industries. The New York-based company said Thursday it will collaborate with JPMorgan Chase, Samsung, Daimler, JSR, Barclays, Honda, Nagase and Hitachi Metals through the IBM Q Network. The IBM […] More

  • in Government Cloud, News

    Transcom Eyes ‘Secret’ Level Cloud Services Contract Award to AWS

    The U.S. Transportation Command has announced its intent to award a contract to Amazon Web Services to provide commercial cloud services designed to host data classified at the “secret” level. Transcom said in a FedBizOpps notice posted Friday the proposed contract will cover storage, virtual machines, internet protocol management and network bandwidth services. The company […] More

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    Report: Japan OKs Aegis Ashore Missile Defense System Procurement Plan

    Japan has approved a proposal to purchase two land-based Aegis combat systems as part of the East Asian country’s effort to expand its ballistic missile defense capability in response to North Korea’s nuclear and missile threats, Reuters reported Tuesday. Sources said the establishment of the proposed Aegis Ashore batteries could cost approximately $2 billion and […] More

  • in Government Cloud, News

    Unisys Lands NARA Contract for Cloud-Based Email, Collaboration Support

    Unisys has received a potential five-year, $10 million contract to deliver cloud-based collaboration and email support services to the National Archives and Records Administration. Unisys said Monday it will provide its Google G Suite Enterprise cloud-based email and collaboration platform to help approximately 5,300 NARA employees and contractors carry out record management tasks to ensure […] More

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    SpaceX’s Reused Dragon Spacecraft Arrives at ISS for 13th Cargo Resupply Mission

    A SpaceX-built spacecraft reached the International Space Station Sunday to deliver approximately 4,861 pounds of scientific experiments and crew supplies in support of more than 300 investigations aboard the orbiting laboratory, NASASpaceFlight.com reported Sunday. Astronauts Joe Acaba and Mark Vande Hei used a robotic arm, CanadArm2, to capture and navigate the Dragon spacecraft to the Nadir port […] More

  • in Featured, General, Mobility, News

    AT&T to Provide Mobility Services to Navy, USMC Under $993M IDIQ; Mike Leff Comments

    AT&T will compete to provide mobility platforms and services for the U.S. Navy and the U.S. Marine Corps under a potential five-year, $993.5 million contract awarded in October. The company said Thursday it will work to support the service branches’ modernization efforts through the delivery of AT&T’s Smart Base systems and Fleet Management and Asset […] More