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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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  • Mattermost's Barry Duplantis: Agencies Should Equip Software Developers With Technical Collaboration Platform - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Mattermost’s Barry Duplantis: Agencies Should Equip Software Developers With Technical Collaboration Platform

    Barry Duplantis, vice president and general manager of the North American public sector at Mattermost, said federal agencies should provide software developers with a technical collaboration platform that could enable them to build digital capabilities in support of their organizations’ missions. “More effective than traditional, general-purpose collaboration solutions, a technical collaboration platform equips developers with […] More

  • Lance Spencer: AT&T, Ghost Robotics Field Network-Connected Robotic Dogs for Defense, Public Safety Missions - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lance Spencer: AT&T, Ghost Robotics Field Network-Connected Robotic Dogs for Defense, Public Safety Missions

    AT&T and Ghost Robotics have partnered to deploy robotic dogs that could support the missions of defense, federal and state agencies, public safety, law enforcement, fire departments and commercial clients through the telecommunications company’s FirstNet wireless broadband network for first responders. “Network-connected robotic dogs can deliver a broad range of IoT use cases, including many […] More

  • Debbie Taylor Moore, Anthony Johnson, Gene Chao, Katherine Gronberg Named to Cyber AB Board - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Debbie Taylor Moore, Anthony Johnson, Gene Chao, Katherine Gronberg Named to Cyber AB Board

    Industry executives Debbie Taylor Moore, Anthony Johnson, Gene Chao and Katherine Gronberg have joined the board of directors of the Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification Accreditation Body. The new directors will take part in the Cyber AB’s quarterly meetings set to kick off in January in the National Capital Region, the nonprofit organization said Wednesday. Moore […] More

  • Viasat Lands Marine Corps Managed Satcom Services Contract; Craig Miller Quoted - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Viasat Lands Marine Corps Managed Satcom Services Contract; Craig Miller Quoted

    Viasat will provide fully managed satellite communications services for the U.S. Marine Corps under a contract. The contract award comes following the completion of a pilot program that involved the provision of satcom as a managed service to the branch’s I Marine Expeditionary Force, Viasat said Tuesday. Through the pilot, the company’s SaaMS offering delivered […] More

  • Lt. Gen. James Dawkins: Air Force to Modernize Silos to Accommodate Sentinel ICBM - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lt. Gen. James Dawkins: Air Force to Modernize Silos to Accommodate Sentinel ICBM

    Lt. Gen. James Dawkins, deputy chief of staff for strategic deterrence and nuclear integration at the U.S. Air Force, said the service is preparing to convert its 450 silos to house the Sentinel intercontinental ballistic missile system that would replace Minuteman III ICBM, Breaking Defense said Tuesday. He said the military branch hopes it can […] More

  • Systecon North America Secures Contract From Bell for Opus Suite Software Toolset - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Systecon North America Secures Contract From Bell for Opus Suite Software Toolset

    Systecon North America has received a contract from Textron’s Bell subsidiary to provide in-service support for the latter’s helicopter platforms through its Opus Suite offering, ExecutiveBiz has learned. The selection of Systecon’s Opus Suite comes as Bell works to optimize its fleet of helicopters and advances its transition to a leaner supply system in support […] More

  • Paperless Innovations on Purchase Card Automation to Achieve Accountability in Compliance With OMB Circular A-123 Appendix B - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Paperless Innovations on Purchase Card Automation to Achieve Accountability in Compliance With OMB Circular A-123 Appendix B

    Paperless Innovations has stated that the Office of Management and Budget’s Circular A-123 Appendix B highlights the need for government agencies to automate management of purchase card programs to achieve accountability. Paperless said Monday OMB Circular A-123 Appendix B seeks to create standard requirements and best practices for government purchase card programs by consolidating guidance […] More

  • Blake Larson Named to iRocket Board - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Blake Larson Named to iRocket Board

    Blake Larson, an aerospace industry veteran, has joined the board of directors of Innovative Rocket Technologies. Asad Malik, CEO of iRocket, said in a statement published Friday Larson’s four-decade leadership experience across the aerospace business will help the board advance strategy and growth initiatives in the launch sector. In February 2022, Larson retired as corporate […] More

  • Raytheon Intelligence & Space Named US Cyber Games Founding Sponsor; Jon Check Quoted - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon Intelligence & Space Named US Cyber Games Founding Sponsor; Jon Check Quoted

    A Raytheon Technologies business will serve as a founding sponsor of the US Cyber Games & Team led by woman-owned small business Katzcy in partnership with the National Institute of Standards and Technology’s National Initiative for Cybersecurity Education. “We firmly believe in the importance of investing in the future of cybersecurity, and that future is […] More

  • HawkEye 360 Secures GPS Interference Detection Support Contract From Slingshot; Alex Fox Quoted - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    HawkEye 360 Secures GPS Interference Detection Support Contract From Slingshot; Alex Fox Quoted

    HawkEye 360 has received a contract from Slingshot Aerospace to provide radio frequency data to the latter to facilitate the detection of GPS interference and other RF threats from space in support of the U.S. Space Force. Herndon, Virginia-based HawkEye said Thursday it will also provide support services for Slingshot’s proliferated Low Earth Orbit Data […] More

  • David Joyce Named Chairman of AE Industrial Partners' Venture Capital Arm - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    David Joyce Named Chairman of AE Industrial Partners’ Venture Capital Arm

    David Joyce, a four-decade veteran of General Electric, has been appointed chairman of AE Industrial Partners’ venture capital investment platform HorizonX. He will also serve as a strategic adviser to the private equity firm across its investment portfolio, AEI said Wednesday. AEI HorizonX invests in startups operating in aerospace, defense, enterprise and industrial markets.  “I […] More