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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

    Report: Lockheed, Spike Aerospace Bid on NASA Supersonic X-Plane Demonstrator Devt Contract

    Lockheed Martin and Spike Aerospace are among the companies that submitted proposals to NASA in September to build a full-scale demonstrator of a supersonic passenger jet, Popular Mechanics reported Monday. The bids come as NASA works to complete wind-tunnel tests on a 15-percent-scale model of the Quiet Supersonic Technology X-plane at Langley Research Center in Virginia. […] More

  • in Industry News, News

    GSA Seeks Info on Support Sources for White House Innovation Office’s Centers of Excellence

    The General Services Administration has asked information on potential vendors that can provide support services for the White House Office of American Innovation’s four proposed centers of excellence and its technology initiatives. A FedBizOpps notice posted Friday says GSA’s Federal Acquisition Service is interested in companies that can help COEs provide identity and authentication support […] More

  • in Industry News, News

    Report: Boeing, Lockheed, Sierra Nevada Compete for USAF Huey Helicopter Replacement Program

    Boeing, Lockheed Martin and Sierra Nevada Corp. have submitted proposals to the U.S. Air Force to compete for a program to replace the service’s UH-1N Huey helicopters that work to secure intercontinental ballistic missile sites, National Defense reported Monday. The Boeing-Leonardo team and Lockheed’s Sikorsky subsidiary submitted their bids in September for the Huey replacement program […] More

  • in Industry News, News

    L3 Gets Navy Laser Rangefinder Supply Contract

    A L3 Technologies business has received a potential five-year, $5.1 million contract to deliver laser rangefinders to the U.S. Navy for integration with the Raytheon-built multispectral targeting system aboard manned and unmanned aircraft, Military & Aerospace Electronics reported Monday. The sole-source contract awarded to L3’s advanced laser systems technology business segment also covers repair services for […] More

  • in Featured, General, Industry News, News

    Cubic Offers Exercise Control Software for Sweden’s Military Exercise; Dave Buss Comments

    Cubic’s global defense business provided its exercise control software platform during the three-week military exercise that kicked off on Sept. 11 in Sweden. Company personnel installed and helped operate the Cubic-built CATS Metrix exercise control software in two mobile trailers deployed in Stockholm and Malardalen regions as part of Exercise Aurora 2017 that concluded on […] More

  • in Industry News, News

    Intel Invests $60M in 15 Startups to Back Analytics, Cybersecurity Tech Development

    Intel has invested more than $60 million in 15 technology startups through its global investment arm to support the development of cybersecurity, analytics, machine learning, artificial intelligence and autonomous platforms. Intel Capital made investments in companies that develop novel technology platforms across analytics, data capture, data management and information security areas, the company said Thursday. […] More

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    Report: Boeing Eyes Addition of Stealth Features to Navy Super Hornets

    Boeing plans to integrate new stealth functionalities and updated mission systems and avionics into the U.S. Navy’s fleet of F/A-18E/F Super Hornet aircraft as part of a program to extend the fighter jets’ service life, TheDrive.com reported Thursday. Mark Sears, director of Super Hornet service life modification division at Boeing, said the company intends to […] More

  • in Cybersecurity News, News

    Agari Report: Federal Agency Domains Target of Fraudulent Emails

    A new report by Agari has found that 90 percent of the 400 government domains the cybersecurity firm monitors were targeted by fraudulent emails from April to October. Agari said Thursday it analyzed at least 1,300 federal agency domains to determine whether they have Domain-Based Message Authentication, Reporting and Conformance policies in place and found that […] More

  • in C4ISR News, Featured, General, News

    Iridium Readies 4th ‘NEXT’ Satellite Batch for Dec. 22 Launch; Matt Desch Comments

    Iridium Communications plans to launch on Dec. 22 the fourth batch of 10 Iridium NEXT satellites aboard a SpaceX-built Falcon 9 rocket from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. The planned launch would bring the total number of Iridium NEXT satellites in space to 40 as part of a potential $3 billion program to replace an existing constellation of communications satellites, […] More

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    Boeing Invests in Near Earth Autonomy to Support Unmanned Tech Devt

    Boeing has invested in Near Earth Autonomy to help the Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania-based company further develop autonomous platforms for aerial and ground vehicles. Boeing said Thursday it made the investment through its ventures arm HorizonX and partnered with Near Earth Autonomy to explore new unmanned platforms for use in urban mobility and other emerging market applications. […] More

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    Lockheed to Perform AESA Radar Prototype Tech Maturation Work Under Army LTAMDS Program

    Lockheed Martin has received a contract from a Defense Department consortium to perform technology maturation work on its radar prototype as part of the U.S. Army’s Lower Tier Air & Missile Defense Sensor program. Mark Mekker, director of next generation radar systems at Lockheed, said in a statement published Thursday the company will leverage its experience […] More

  • in Government Cloud, News

    Microsoft Azure Govt Cloud Gets FedRAMP High ATO Certifications From DOJ

    Microsoft has received two Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program authority-to-operate certifications from the Justice Department for its Azure Government cloud platform. The company said Tuesday it received the FedRAMP High ATO authorizations for Azure Government through DOJ’s justice management division responsible for the agency’s information resources, policy guidance, financial and human resources management. The certifications seek […] More