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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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  • Hitachi Vantara Federal's Caren Von Hoene, Ryan Hinkle Named to AFCEA DC Chapter Board; Mark Serway Quoted - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Hitachi Vantara Federal’s Caren Von Hoene, Ryan Hinkle Named to AFCEA DC Chapter Board; Mark Serway Quoted

    Hitachi Vantara Federal executives Caren Von Hoene and Ryan Hinkle have been appointed to the board of directors of the Armed Forces Communications & Electronics Association’s Washington, D.C. chapter. Von Hoene currently serves as strategic executive of federal systems integrators at Hitachi Vantara Federal and Hinkle is director of federal sales at the Reston, Virginia-based […] More

  • Thomas Bell on Leidos' Tech Specialties, 'North Star' Vision - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Thomas Bell on Leidos’ Tech Specialties, ‘North Star’ Vision

    Leidos CEO Thomas Bell said the company is working on its “North Star” vision that would guide its strategic decisions as it approaches its first decade as an independent company. “The North Star isn’t going to be that suddenly we’re going to go 90 degrees left or 90 degrees right. The North Star is going […] More

  • Tech Companies Back White House Initiative to Improve Cybersecurity at K-12 Schools - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Tech Companies Back White House Initiative to Improve Cybersecurity at K-12 Schools

    Amazon Web Services, Google, Cloudflare, PowerSchool and D2L are supporting the White House’s K-12 cybersecurity initiative by committing resources to help strengthen the cyber defense capabilities of the country’s K-12 schools. AWS is allocating $20 million to a K-12 cyber grant program and offering free security training to information technology personnel at K-12 schools through […] More

  • Axellio’s Scott Aken: DOD Should Collaborate With Industry to Address Security Issues Related to 5G Migration - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Axellio’s Scott Aken: DOD Should Collaborate With Industry to Address Security Issues Related to 5G Migration

    Scott Aken, CEO of Axellio, said the Department of Defense should work closely with industry stakeholders to address challenges associated with DOD’s transition to 5G communication networks and align platforms with the U.S. military’s operational and security requirements while ensuring interoperability. Aken wrote in an article published Monday on Military Embedded Systems that DOD and […] More

  • ARPA-H Issues Solicitation for Scaling Health Applications Research for Everyone Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    ARPA-H Issues Solicitation for Scaling Health Applications Research for Everyone Program

    The Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health has released a broad agency announcement for a program that seeks to transform innovations from other domains into health care platforms that can be scaled to larger application areas. The Scaling Health Applications Research for Everyone program calls for interested stakeholders to demonstrate technical feasibility and develop a […] More

  • Caveonix's Kaus Phaltankar on Steps Businesses Should Take to Comply With Data Privacy Laws - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Caveonix’s Kaus Phaltankar on Steps Businesses Should Take to Comply With Data Privacy Laws

    Kaus Phaltankar, co-founder and CEO of Caveonix, said several U.S. states are implementing data privacy laws to protect sensitive information from being compromised and businesses need to take into consideration a number of measures to ensure compliance with such regulations. Companies looking to comply with data privacy laws should have a better understanding of the […] More

  • Army OKs Armored Multi-Purpose Vehicle Program's Transition to Full-Rate Production - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Army OKs Armored Multi-Purpose Vehicle Program’s Transition to Full-Rate Production

    The U.S. Army has cleared the Armored Multi-Purpose Vehicle program’s entry into the full-rate production phase but has yet to award the FRP contract to BAE Systems, Defense News reported Friday. A spokesperson for the Army’s program executive office ground combat systems said the AMPVs are compliant with the required specifications and that issues detected […] More

  • Hypori Halo SaaS Secures DISA Impact Levels 4 & 5 Provisional Authorization; Jared Shepard Quoted - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Hypori Halo SaaS Secures DISA Impact Levels 4 & 5 Provisional Authorization; Jared Shepard Quoted

    Hypori’s Halo software-as-a-service offering has received provisional authorization from the Defense Information Systems Agency to handle Department of Defense data at Impact Levels 4 and 5. The Hypori Halo SaaS platform on Amazon Web Services GovCloud (US) could enable DOD mission owners and their partners to gain access to unclassified national security systems and government […] More

  • Carahsoft to Offer Agencies 5G-Based Private Wireless Tech From Federated Wireless; Paul Battaglia, Mark Demerse Quoted - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Carahsoft to Offer Agencies 5G-Based Private Wireless Tech From Federated Wireless; Paul Battaglia, Mark Demerse Quoted

    Carahsoft Technology will begin offering Federated Wireless’ 5G-enabled private wireless systems to public sector customers through its contract vehicles and reseller partners. Government agency customers can access private wireless products from Federated Wireless through Carahsoft’s National Association of State Procurement Officials ValuePoint contract and The Quilt master service agreement, the companies said in a joint […] More

  • Jacobs to Support Great Lakes Cleanup Work Under $450M EPA Contract; Susannah Kerr Quoted - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Jacobs to Support Great Lakes Cleanup Work Under $450M EPA Contract; Susannah Kerr Quoted

    Jacobs will provide technical, environmental, infrastructure and management support services under a potential five-year, $450 million multiple-award contract from the Environmental Protection Agency’s Great Lakes National Program Office and Region 5 Superfund and Emergency Management Division. The Superfund and Great Lakes Architecture-Engineering Services program is an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract that includes site management, contaminated sediment evaluation, […] More

  • Intelsat G-37/H-4 Communications Satellite Launches Aboard SpaceX Rocket; Dave Wajsgras Quoted - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Intelsat G-37/H-4 Communications Satellite Launches Aboard SpaceX Rocket; Dave Wajsgras Quoted

    Intelsat has launched aboard SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket its Galaxy 37/Horizons-4 geostationary satellite to provide space-based connectivity for government and commercial customers in North America. The Maxar Technologies-built G-37/H-4 communications satellite started sending signals minutes after it took off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, Intelsat said Thursday. “This launch completes our comprehensive […] More

  • Viasat Unveils Black ICE Software Defined Radios for Government Customers; Matt Wissler Quoted - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Viasat Unveils Black ICE Software Defined Radios for Government Customers; Matt Wissler Quoted

    Viasat has introduced a family of software defined radio modem platforms designed to enable military users to securely transmit data and meet beyond line-of-sight communications requirements in support of mission-critical operations. The Black ICE SDR product line supports OpenAMIP for antenna management and Xilinx and Intel Field Programmable Gate Array architectures in Ka- and L-bands, […] More