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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 Contract Awards, News

    Mattermost to Help USAF Adopt Collaboration Tool Under SBIR Phase II Contract; Barry Duplantis Quoted

    Mattermost has received a Small Business Innovation Research Phase II contract through the AFWERX program to further develop mission-specific capabilities of a collaboration platform for the U.S. Air Force. The company’s self-hosted, open source collaboration platform enables government agencies to better coordinate team members, mission-critical processes and tools in support of the Advanced Battle Management […] More

  • in Government Technology, News

    In-Q-Tel Invests in Software Firm Sandbox AQ

    In-Q-Tel, the intelligence community’s venture capital arm, has made an investment in Sandbox AQ to help the latter build encryption software that could resist the possibility of being decrypted by quantum computers and sensors, Bloomberg reported Monday. Bloomberg quoted Steve Bowsher, president of IQT, as saying the investor wants to help bring Sandbox’s product to […] More

  • in Government Technology, News

    CACI’s Dark Web Analytics Tool to Equip Defense, Intell Customers With Cryptocurrency Data

    CACI International has improved its cloud-based dark web analytics technology by partnering with several crypto analytics companies to provide analysts with additional access to cryptocurrency data and streamline investigations of crypto transactions. The DarkBlue Intelligence Suite is an unclassified, software-as-a-service data and analytics technology developed by Bluestone Analytics that CACI acquired in 2021, CACI said […] More

  • in News, Space

    Sierra Space’s 1st Dream Chaser Nears Completion; Tom Vice Quoted

    A Sierra Nevada subsidiary is close to completing the first Dream Chaser spaceplane being built at a facility in Colorado, SpaceNews reported Friday. Sierra Space has yet to install thermal protection systems and other components into the vehicle, dubbed Tenacity. Sierra Space CEO Tom Vice said the spaceplane’s structural testing is already completed and the […] More

  • in Government Technology, News

    Army Seeks Bids for $88M Soldier UAS Design and Engineering Services IDIQ

    The U.S. Army is soliciting proposals for a potential five-year, $88 million contract to provide design and engineering support services for Group I unmanned aircraft systems. The service branch plans to compete the Soldier UAS Design and Engineering Services indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract as a small business set-aside program, according to a solicitation published Friday. Group I […] More

  • in Contract Awards, News

    Lumen to Support Next-Gen 911 Implementation in New Jersey

    Lumen Technologies will help the state of New Jersey move to a next-generation 911 platform under a seven-year contract to improve the delivery of emergency calls for the state’s 8.9 million residents. The company said Thursday the Lumen NG911 platform is supported by a carrier-class, tier 1 network that connects network management services, emergency call […] More

  • in Government Technology, News

    Boeing Launches T-7A Red Hawk Trainer Jet

    Boeing has introduced a digitally designed trainer jet that is set for delivery to the U.S. Air Force. The company said Thursday it developed and tested the T-7A Red Hawk aircraft using digital engineering, agile software development and advanced manufacturing. The trainer jet, which comes with open architecture software to accommodate future mission requirements, features […] More

  • in Contract Awards, News

    CAES to Supply Phased Array Antennas for Lockheed’s Electronic Warfare Tech; Mike Kahn Quoted

    Lockheed Martin has awarded CAES a low rate initial production phase 1 contract to provide phased array antennas for its Advanced Off-Board Electronic Warfare system. AEOW is designed to provide persistent electronic surveillance and attack capabilities against anti-ship missiles and other potential threats, CAES said Wednesday. Phased array antennas from CAES can support Lockheed’s AOEW […] More

  • in Government Technology, News

    SaaS Company Hypori Secures Investment From Former CIA Director David Petraeus

    David Petraeus, a retired U.S. Army general and former director of the CIA, has made an investment in software as a service company Hypori. Petraeus said in a statement published Wednesday Hypori has developed a zero-trust platform that could enable government agencies and commercial companies to protect critical infrastructure by safeguarding data in transit or […] More

  • in Government Technology, News

    Navy Issues RFI for Mining Expendable Delivery Unmanned Submarine Asset Program

    The U.S. Navy is soliciting information on industry capabilities that could support a program meant to develop a clandestine tactical mining platform with an expendable unmanned underwater vehicle that could be torpedo-launched from the service’s submarines to meet future submarine payload requirements. The Mining Expendable Delivery Unmanned Submarine Asset program will include the development of […] More

  • in Government Technology, News

    Oshkosh Seeks to Expand Autonomy Offerings Via Robotic Research Investment

    Oshkosh has invested in Robotic Research to advance innovation and expand autonomous capabilities. The two companies started collaboration on autonomy initiatives for the Department of Defense in 2017 and Oshkosh said Tuesday the partnership with Robotic Research will further build up its work on autonomous vehicles and related systems that could be used to support […] More

  • in Contract Awards, News

    Air Force to Replace AWACS With Boeing’s E-7 Wedgetail Aircraft

    The Department of the Air Force has selected the Boeing-built E-7 Wedgetail aircraft to replace part of its fleet of E-3 Sentry airborne warning and control system planes, the service reported Tuesday. The military branch said the selection was based on market research and that the E-7 Wedgetail platform could meet the Department of Defense’s […] More