Jane Edwards

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is a staff writer at Executive Mosaic covering mergers and acquisitions, contract awards, contracting opportunities and executive moves in the government contracting space for GovCon Wire.

ASRC Federal’s NetCentric Subsidiary Wins $380M Air Force Engineering, Operations Support ContractContract Awards

ASRC Federal’s NetCentric Subsidiary Wins $380M Air Force Engineering, Operations Support Contract

An ASRC Federal subsidiary has won a potential $379.8M contract from the U.S. Air Force to provide engineering and operations support for…
McKean Defense to Buy Mikros Systems; Joseph Carlini QuotedM&A Activity

McKean Defense to Buy Mikros Systems; Joseph Carlini Quoted

McKean Defense Group has agreed to acquire technology company Mikros Systems for $0.13 per share or approximately $4.6M in cash as part of…
DHS Cyber Official Bryan Ware to Leave Post for Private SectorExecutive Moves

DHS Cyber Official Bryan Ware to Leave Post for Private Sector

Bryan Ware, a senior official at the Department of Homeland Security’s Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, will step down from…
Ken Sharp Named DXC CFO; Mike Salvino QuotedExecutive Moves

Ken Sharp Named DXC CFO; Mike Salvino Quoted

Ken Sharp, a veteran finance leader, will assume the role of executive vice president and chief financial officer at DXC Technology…
Palo Alto Networks Strikes $800M Deal for Expanse; Nikesh Arora QuotedM&A Activity

Palo Alto Networks Strikes $800M Deal for Expanse; Nikesh Arora Quoted

Santa Clara, California-based Palo Alto Networks (NYSE: PANW) has agreed to acquire attack surface management company Expanse for approximately $800M as part of…
Senate Panel Asks Space Force to Assess Strategic Comms Gap Amid ESS Program Cuts; Lockheed’s Rick Ambrose QuotedNews

Senate Panel Asks Space Force to Assess Strategic Comms Gap Amid ESS Program Cuts; Lockheed’s Rick Ambrose Quoted

The Senate Appropriations Committee wants the U.S. Space Force to assess the potential gap in strategic communications as the service…
NXTCOMM Creates Unit to Support Military Antenna Tech RequirementsNews

NXTCOMM Creates Unit to Support Military Antenna Tech Requirements

NXT Communications has established a defense division focused on delivering antenna systems to provide special forces and other warfighters with satellite…
Raytheon Technologies to Buy Smallsat Maker Blue Canyon; Roy Azevedo QuotedM&A Activity

Raytheon Technologies to Buy Smallsat Maker Blue Canyon; Roy Azevedo Quoted

Raytheon Technologies (NYSE: RTX) has agreed to acquire small satellites provider Blue Canyon Technologies for an undisclosed sum as part of…
Senate Introduces $696B FY 2021 Defense Bill Under $1.4T Spending PackageNews

Senate Introduces $696B FY 2021 Defense Bill Under $1.4T Spending Package

The Senate on Tuesday proposed a $1.4T spending package that includes $696B in defense appropriations for fiscal year 2021, Defense News…
Mitre’s Tech Foundation Unveils Consortium to Promote 5G Collaboration, InnovationNews

Mitre’s Tech Foundation Unveils Consortium to Promote 5G Collaboration, Innovation

Mitre’s tech foundation Engenuity has launched a consortium to bring together government, industry and academic institutions to advance 5G innovation. Founding…