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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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  • Juniper’s David Mihelcic: Federal IT Leaders Should Use Network Elements in Cyber Threat Detection - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Juniper’s David Mihelcic: Federal IT Leaders Should Use Network Elements in Cyber Threat Detection

    David Mihelcic, federal chief technology and strategy officer at Juniper Networks, has said federal information technology administrators should leverage firewalls, switches, routers and other network components to protect agency networks from cyber threats amid the prevalence of internet-connected devices. Mihelcic wrote in a FedTech guest post published Wednesday that agency IT leaders should combine those […] More

  • Report: SOCOM Briefs Industry on Purpose Built Non-Standard Commercial Vehicle Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in Industry News, News

    Report: SOCOM Briefs Industry on Purpose Built Non-Standard Commercial Vehicle Program

    The U.S. Special Operations Command held an industry day in February to discuss with vendors its performance specifications and technical requirements for the Purpose Built Non-Standard Commercial Vehicle program, The Drive reported Wednesday. The PB-NSCV program seeks to facilitate the procurement of a purpose-built vehicle with a common chassis and drivetrain designed to replace SOCOM’s fleet […] More

  • Marillyn Hewson: InSight, Orion Spacecraft Back Lockheed’s Part in Future Mars Missions - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Marillyn Hewson: InSight, Orion Spacecraft Back Lockheed’s Part in Future Mars Missions

    Lockheed Martin CEO Marillyn Hewson told CNBC in an interview posted Wednesday that she believes the company will continue to be a part of every mission to Mars. Hewson mentioned the InSight lander and the Orion deep space exploration spacecraft as two of Lockheed’s projects with NASA that seek to support the company’s involvement in future missions to the […] More

  • ManTech’s Kevin Phillips Voices Concerns About US Security Clearance Process - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    ManTech’s Kevin Phillips Voices Concerns About US Security Clearance Process

    Kevin Phillips, president and CEO of ManTech International, has discussed the wait times associated with the federal government’s security clearance process at a Senate panel hearing, Government Executive reported Wednesday. “The time to get a top secret clearance is over a year, and for a secret clearance, the wait is eight months,” Phillips told Senate Intelligence Committee members […] More

  • DoD Issues Draft Solicitation for Cloud Procurement Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DoD Issues Draft Solicitation for Cloud Procurement Contract

    The Defense Department has issued a draft request for proposals for a single-award contract to procure commercial enterprise-level cloud services in support of agencies within DoD and service branches. A FedBizOpps notice posted Wednesday says the Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure Cloud program is a potential 10-year, indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity contract that has a base term of two […] More

  • Sikorsky Concludes CH-53K Envelope Expansion Tests - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Sikorsky Concludes CH-53K Envelope Expansion Tests

    Lockheed Martin has announced the completion of envelope expansion flight tests of the Sikorsky-built CH-53K King Stallion helicopter at a facility in West Palm Beach, Florida. The CH-53K aircraft lifted a 36,000-pound external payload during a flight demonstration held Feb. 10 at Sikorsky’s facility in Florida, Lockheed said Wednesday. Sikorsky conducted the external lift flight test as it prepares to […] More

  • FCC OKs Modified Licenses for Iridium’s Certus Earth Station Terminals - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    FCC OKs Modified Licenses for Iridium’s Certus Earth Station Terminals

    The Federal Communications Commission has approved Iridium Communications’ request to modify its two licenses to facilitate the deployment of new Earth station terminals with its Iridium NEXT satellite constellation. An FCC authorization notice released Tuesday says the two modified licenses apply to the company’s Iridium Certus Earth stations. Iridium should secure approval from the Federal Aviation […] More

  • CSRA Gets DoD Provisional Authorization for milCloud 2.0 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in Government Cloud, News

    CSRA Gets DoD Provisional Authorization for milCloud 2.0

    CSRA has received a provisional authorization from the Defense Department to deploy and operate a cloud platform. The provisional Impact Level 5 Systems certification from DoD allows CSRA’s milCloud 2.0 to host military applications and national security platforms that store mission critical data and controlled unclassified information, the company said Tuesday. Larry Prior, CSRA president […] More

  • Marillyn Hewson: Lockheed Seeks to Reduce F-35A Cost to $80M Per Aircraft by 2020 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Marillyn Hewson: Lockheed Seeks to Reduce F-35A Cost to $80M Per Aircraft by 2020

    Lockheed Martin CEO Marillyn Hewson has said the company continues to work with industry partners to lower the F-35A aircraft’s price to $80 million per fighter jet by 2020. Hewson said in her speech delivered Monday at Lockheed’s media day event in Arlington, Virginia, that the company delivered 66 F-35s in 2017 and is on schedule to deliver at least 90 […] More

  • Microsoft to Integrate Azure Stack Hybrid Cloud With Azure Government; Steve Harris, Nick Michaelides Comment - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Microsoft to Integrate Azure Stack Hybrid Cloud With Azure Government; Steve Harris, Nick Michaelides Comment

    Microsoft has announced plans to integrate its Azure Stack hybrid cloud offering with the Azure Government cloud platform in mid-2018. Natalia Mackevicius, director of Azure Stack, wrote in a blog entry posted Monday the planned integration seeks to establish connectivity with Azure Marketplace as well as Azure Government subscription, identity, billing, backup and registration functions. The […] More

  • Microsoft Launches 365 Package for US Govt Cloud Environments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Microsoft Launches 365 Package for US Govt Cloud Environments

    Microsoft has made its Microsoft 365 package available for U.S. government cloud environments. Josh Rice, general manager of Microsoft’s worldwide modern workplace, wrote in a news release published Monday the Microsoft 356 package includes Windows 10, Enterprise Mobility + Security and Office 365 offerings designed to help government agencies meet U.S. security and compliance requirements. Microsoft […] More