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Mary-Louise Hoffman

is a writer of news summaries about executive-level business activity in the government contracting sector. Her reports for ExecutiveBiz are focused on trends and events that drive the GovCon industry to include commercial technologies that private companies are developing for federal government use. She contributes news content to ExecutiveBiz’s sister sites GovCon Wire and ExecutiveGov.

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  • Tony Smeraglinolo: Engility Extends Navy Aerial Refueling Tech Development Support - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in Featured, General, Industry News, News

    Tony Smeraglinolo: Engility Extends Navy Aerial Refueling Tech Development Support

    Engility Holdings has won a potential five-year, $27.5 million recompete task order to help the U.S. Navy develop automated technology for aerial refueling of manned and unmanned aircraft. The company said Monday it will continue to provide technical services to the aircraft department at the Naval Air Warfare Center in Maryland. “Engility personnel have supported […] More

  • Research and Markets Sees 8% Annual Growth for Military Laser Systems Market - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Research and Markets Sees 8% Annual Growth for Military Laser Systems Market

    Research and Markets has projected the worldwide market for laser-based military systems to experience a compound annual growth rate of 7.97 percent over the next four years. The research firm said Friday changes in arms trade law, warfare strategy and consumer choice of weapon size will be the major driving factors behind the projected market growth […] More

  • Study: Cloud, Mobile Computing to Drive Financial Services Security Market Growth - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Study: Cloud, Mobile Computing to Drive Financial Services Security Market Growth

    Research and Markets has forecast the global market for cybersecurity offerings within the banking, financial services and insurance sector to yield a 13.14 percent compound annual growth rate through 2019. The increasing use of cloud security and mobile platforms is projected to drive the BFSI cybersecurity market’s growth over the next four years, the research […] More

  • B. Chatterjee: CNSI Helps Washington Agency Integrate Social Service, Medicaid Payment Systems - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in Healthcare IT, News

    B. Chatterjee: CNSI Helps Washington Agency Integrate Social Service, Medicaid Payment Systems

    The Washington State Health Care Authority has worked with CNSI to implement an integrated technology platform for managing social service and medical claim payments across the state. CNSI said Wednesday the agency used the company’s ProviderOne provider payment technology to transition more than 4,300 local social service organizations to the state’s Medicaid Management Information System. […] More

  • Esri Adds ArcGIS Data Appliance Offering to GSA Schedule; Dean Garner Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Esri Adds ArcGIS Data Appliance Offering to GSA Schedule; Dean Garner Comments

    Esri has announced it will offer a geographic content management product to federal agencies through the company’s General Services Administration Schedule contract. The company said Wednesday it designed the Data Appliance for ArcGIS to help customers view imagery, topographic maps, street-level data, elevations and shaded relief. “Content is crucial to GIS, and the ability to provide […] More

  • Louis Berger to Provide Road Maintenance Training in Gabon - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Louis Berger to Provide Road Maintenance Training in Gabon

    Louis Berger is part of an international consortium that has won a $2.71 million contract to help Gabonese government agencies and companies manage and maintain a network of roads across Gabon. The company said Wednesday it will train as many as 20 Gabon-based private organizations in long-term road maintenance through the contract. The European Union […] More

  • Jim Myles: DynCorp Extends Support for California's Aerial Firefighting Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Jim Myles: DynCorp Extends Support for California’s Aerial Firefighting Program

    DynCorp International has received a one-year, $27.8 million contract extension to help the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection maintain aerial vehicles the agency uses when it responds to wildfires. The company said Wednesday it will continue to provide maintenance, repair and modification services for the agency’s fleet of OV-10A observation aircraft, S-2T tankers […] More

  • General Dynamics Updates Software-Based Tactical Radio Platform - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    General Dynamics Updates Software-Based Tactical Radio Platform

    General Dynamics has updated the software of its radio system offering intended to help military users communicate over multiple networks. A new version of the company’s Digital Modular Radio product is designed to have a high-frequency routing software that will work to leverage up to eight virtual channels, General Dynamics said Wednesday. The company also […] More

  • Jacobs Awarded Multiple TxDOT Professional Services Contracts - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Jacobs Awarded Multiple TxDOT Professional Services Contracts

    Jacobs Engineering Group has landed three contracts to provide professional and technical services for multiple projects run by the Texas Department of Transportation. Jacobs said Tuesday it will conduct research on transport corridors and systems, traffic counts, travel times and highway tolls within the El Paso district through the first contract. The second contract is […] More

  • 3D Systems, Aerospace Firms, Universities to Collaborate on Additive Manufacturing Tech R&D - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in Industry News, News

    3D Systems, Aerospace Firms, Universities to Collaborate on Additive Manufacturing Tech R&D

    3D Systems has landed two contracts worth more than $1 million to help the U.S. Air Force build three-dimensional printers for aerospace and defense technology manufacturing. The Air Force Research Laboratory will finance both 3D printing projects while America Makes: National Additive Manufacturing Innovation Institute will manage the programs, 3DS said Tuesday. Under the first […] More

  • Northrop Gets Additional Order for Naval Aircraft Laser Mine Detectors - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop Gets Additional Order for Naval Aircraft Laser Mine Detectors

    Northrop Grumman has been awarded a contract of an undisclosed value to produce five more AN/AES-1 Airborne Laser Mine Detection Systems for installation on the U.S. Navy‘s MH-60 helicopters. The company said Monday it will also provide subsystems, equipment and spares and technical support for the ALMDS mine countermeasure pods. AN/AES-1 systems are designed with pulsed […] More

  • Report: Air Force Eyes $938M Budget for 10th GPS III Satellite - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Report: Air Force Eyes $938M Budget for 10th GPS III Satellite

    An annual budget plan from the U.S. Air Force would set aside up to $7.1 billion for the military branch’s space programs in fiscal 2016, Reuters reported Monday. Andrea Shalal writes the Air Force plans to invest $938 million in the research, development and acquisition of a tenth Global Positioning System III satellite. The budget would […] More