mm

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.

Latest stories

  • Stephanie Turner Appointed Mitre Diversity VP, Chief Sustainability Officer - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in Executive Moves, News

    Stephanie Turner Appointed Mitre Diversity VP, Chief Sustainability Officer

    Stephanie Turner, an inclusion and diversity champion for over 25 years, has been named vice president of diversity and chief sustainability officer at Mitre. She will oversee Mitre’s inclusion, diversity and social innovation efforts and sustainability capabilities across environmental, social and governance areas in this expanded role, the nonprofit corporation said Thursday. Julie Bowen, senior […] More

  • Carahsoft's John Lee: Security Snapshot Could Simplify StateRAMP Certification Process for CSPs - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in News

    Carahsoft’s John Lee: Security Snapshot Could Simplify StateRAMP Certification Process for CSPs

    John Lee, vice president for cloud solutions at Carahsoft Technology, said the State Risk and Authorization Management Program, an independent nonprofit organization launched in 2021, unveiled an early-stage security maturity evaluation tool for cloud offerings, called Security Snapshot, in January. Lee wrote in a blog post published Thursday that Security Snapshot offers detailed information on […] More

  • Textron Systems to Develop Mine Countermeasure Tech Under Navy MAGNUSS Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in Contract Awards, News

    Textron Systems to Develop Mine Countermeasure Tech Under Navy MAGNUSS Contract

    Textron Systems has won a potential four-year, $54 million contract from the U.S. Navy to develop a mine countermeasure system under the service branch’s Magnetic and Acoustic Generation Next Unmanned Superconducting Sweep program. The Navy received three offers for the MAGNUSS cost-plus-fixed-fee contract, which has a base period of three years valued at approximately $20.1 […] More

  • AT&T’s Lance Spencer on Helping Air and Space Forces Transform Mission Capabilities With 5G Services - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in News

    AT&T’s Lance Spencer on Helping Air and Space Forces Transform Mission Capabilities With 5G Services

    Lance Spencer, client executive vice president of defense for AT&T, said the company has facilitated the delivery of 5G services at Buckley Space Force Base in Colorado as part of efforts to help the Air and Space Forces modernize communications and their mission capabilities under the Enterprise Information Technology-as-a-Service program. Spencer wrote in a blog […] More

  • Sikorsky, GE Aerospace to Collaborate on Hybrid-Electric Demonstrator Program; Paul Lemmo Quoted - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in Government Technology, News

    Sikorsky, GE Aerospace to Collaborate on Hybrid-Electric Demonstrator Program; Paul Lemmo Quoted

    Lockheed Martin’s Sikorsky subsidiary will build an uncrewed hybrid-electric vertical-take-off-and-landing aircraft prototype in partnership with General Electric’s aerospace business. GE Aerospace will provide a CT7 turboshaft engine, 1 megawatt-class generator and related power electronics for the fully autonomous Hybrid-Electric Demonstrator aircraft and support the HEX project by building on the hybrid electric propulsion platform it […] More

  • NVIDIA’s Anthony Robbins on Use of Drones, Sensors in Wildfire Prevention, Response - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in News

    NVIDIA’s Anthony Robbins on Use of Drones, Sensors in Wildfire Prevention, Response

    A report from the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology presents several recommendations to modernize wildland firefighting and one of those is the need to adopt technologies that could help enhance situational awareness during active fires, American City and County reported Tuesday. Anthony Robbins, vice president of NVIDIA’s federal arm, said automated drones […] More

  • Marino Carducci Promoted to Military Engine Production VP at Pratt & Whitney - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in Executive Moves, News

    Marino Carducci Promoted to Military Engine Production VP at Pratt & Whitney

    Marino Carducci, most recently executive director of commercial engines at Pratt & Whitney, has been promoted to vice president of military engine production at the Raytheon Technologies subsidiary. He started his career at Hamilton Sundstrand and managed engines and control systems there as a director, according to his LinkedIn profile. Carducci then worked at United […] More

  • SAIC Invests in Cloud Automation Company Morpheus Data; Andy Henson Quoted - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in News

    SAIC Invests in Cloud Automation Company Morpheus Data; Andy Henson Quoted

    Science Applications International Corp. has made a strategic investment in cloud automation platforms provider Morpheus Data. Founded in 2015, Morpheus Data provides a platform that offers a unified approach to hybrid cloud management and operations and enables the integration of third-party tools into a self-service framework in support of public sector organizations and companies, SAIC […] More

  • Army Eyes Consolidated Task Order for Acquisition of Programmatic, SETA Services - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in Contract Awards, News

    Army Eyes Consolidated Task Order for Acquisition of Programmatic, SETA Services

    The U.S. Army has announced its intent to combine programmatic and systems engineering and technical assistance services into a single task order in support of the Project Manager Tactical Network. Army Contracting Command – Aberdeen Proving Ground Division B has performed market research that shows that the consolidation of the two service requirements into one […] More

  • NASA Plans to Extend Cargo Resupply Services 2 Contracts Through 2030 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in Contract Awards, News

    NASA Plans to Extend Cargo Resupply Services 2 Contracts Through 2030

    NASA intends to issue sole-source awards to extend the delivery of cargo and scientific experiments to the International Space Station under the Cargo Resupply Services 2 contracts awarded in 2016. The agency’s Johnson Space Center plans to continue acquiring ISS cargo delivery and ground support services through the CRS-2 contracts from Jan. 1, 2027, through […] More

  • EY US Unveils Center for Government Modernization; Gerry Dixon Quoted - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in News

    EY US Unveils Center for Government Modernization; Gerry Dixon Quoted

    The government and public sector practice of Ernst & Young’s U.S. arm has established a new center to help U.S. federal, local and state government agencies advance their modernization efforts by exploring ways to better use technology and data in addressing complex challenges. The EY Center for Government Modernization will help public sector leaders in […] More