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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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  • Aeyon to Hire More to Support NASA Contract Work; Sunny Singh Quoted - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Aeyon to Hire More to Support NASA Contract Work; Sunny Singh Quoted

    Vienna, Virginia-based government services contractor Aeyon has more than 800 employees and plans to hire additional staff after securing a contract from NASA for financial management consulting services, the Washington Business Journal reported Thursday. In mid-December, Aeyon’s subsidiary MM Technologies won a potential $517 million contract to provide financial support services to help consolidate financial […] More

  • Report: NASA Considers SpaceX Capsule as Possible Ride Home for ISS Crew Members Amid Soyuz Leak - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Report: NASA Considers SpaceX Capsule as Possible Ride Home for ISS Crew Members Amid Soyuz Leak

    NASA is considering the possibility of using SpaceX’s Crew Dragon spacecraft as an alternative vehicle to transport some astronauts from the International Space Station to Earth following the discovery of a coolant leak in Russia’s Soyuz MS-22 spacecraft docked at the ISS, Reuters reported Wednesday. NASA and Russia’s space agency Roscosmos are looking into the […] More

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    ServiceNow’s Jonathan Alboum: CISA BOD 23-01 Directive to Advance Zero Trust Plans in 2023

    Jonathan Alboum, federal chief technology officer at ServiceNow, said cybersecurity emerged as a top concern for organizations in 2022 and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency’s release of a binding operational directive, BOD 23-01, meant to enhance asset visibility and vulnerability detection on federal networks will drive agency adoption of zero trust architecture in the […] More

  • Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona to Support TriWest Under DOD Tricare T-5 West Region Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona to Support TriWest Under DOD Tricare T-5 West Region Contract

    Blue Cross Blue Shield of Arizona will support TriWest Healthcare Alliance in delivering Tricare health care services to service personnel, retirees and their families across 26 states in the West region under a contract with the Department of Defense. TriWest won a $65.1 billion managed care support contract from the Defense Health Agency for the […] More

  • Pierroberto Folgiero: Fincantieri Marinette Marine to Apply Cruise Ship Construction Process to Frigate Work - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Pierroberto Folgiero: Fincantieri Marinette Marine to Apply Cruise Ship Construction Process to Frigate Work

    Fincantieri CEO Pierroberto Folgiero said the Italian company’s Marinette Marine shipyard in Wisconsin plans to apply the processes used to construct luxury cruise ships in Italy as it builds Constellation-class guided-missile frigates for the U.S. Navy, Defense News reported Tuesday. “We aim to use more preconstruction on land at Marinette, which means building modules before […] More

  • PSC Highlights NDAA, Omnibus Provisions of High Interest to Federal Contractors - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    PSC Highlights NDAA, Omnibus Provisions of High Interest to Federal Contractors

    The Professional Services Council has welcomed the passage of the fiscal year 2023 National Defense Authorization Act and an omnibus spending bill in Congress and identified several provisions in the measures that could have a potential impact on the federal contracting sector. PSC said Tuesday the NDAA and the Consolidated Appropriations Act contain provisions that […] More

  • NASA Issues RFI for Commercial Spacecraft Reboost Capabilities - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NASA Issues RFI for Commercial Spacecraft Reboost Capabilities

    NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center has started soliciting information on potential offerors that could provide commercial capabilities to reboost the orbit of satellites and other space technologies. The space agency considers using the Hubble Space Telescope for a demonstration over the next few years and expects potential partners to provide the launch vehicle, spacecraft and […] More

  • US to Provide Lithuania With AeroVironment-Made Switchblade 600 Drones - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    US to Provide Lithuania With AeroVironment-Made Switchblade 600 Drones

    Lithuania’s national defense ministry will purchase AeroVironment-built Switchblade 600 kamikaze drones from the U.S. government under an agreement valued at approximately $48 million. The procurement contract also includes the delivery of launching and control equipment, maintenance package, personnel training and simulation system and seeks to help the Lithuanian government strengthen security and stability in the […] More

  • DARPA to Host Proposers Day for Space Propulsion Tech Development Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DARPA to Host Proposers Day for Space Propulsion Tech Development Program

    The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency will hold a Proposers Day on Jan. 19 at its conference center in Arlington, Virginia, to provide potential offerors information on the objectives of a program that seeks to build and demonstrate propulsion systems that could enable sustained operations in very low Earth orbit. The Otter program intends to […] More

  • Cybersecurity Company Cerberus Sentinel Rebrands as CISO Global - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Cybersecurity Company Cerberus Sentinel Rebrands as CISO Global

    Cerberus Sentinel has updated its corporate logo and changed its name to CISO Global as part of a rebranding effort meant to reflect its growth and global mission to help customers advance a culture of cybersecurity. Scottsdale, Arizona-based CISO Global has offices in North America, South America and the U.K. and provides federal agencies and […] More

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    USMC Eyes New Family of Reconnaissance Vehicles

    The Army Contracting Command has begun a market survey on behalf of the U.S. Marine Corps to seek information on potential industry sources that could meet the requirement for an advanced reconnaissance vehicle and solicit feedback on the draft performance specification for the ARV. USMC is eyeing the development of a next-generation combat vehicle system […] More

  • HTX Labs Gets Air Force Impact Level 2 Authorization for Immersive Training Platform - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    HTX Labs Gets Air Force Impact Level 2 Authorization for Immersive Training Platform

    The U.S. Air Force has authorized HTX Labs’ immersive learning offering to operate data on the service’s networks at Impact Level 2. The authority to operate issued by the service’s Air Education and Training Command will allow HTX Labs’ EMPACT virtual reality training platform to operate on the Air Force Network and Non-classified Internet Protocol […] More