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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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  • US Allies Test-Fire Raytheon Missiles During Military Exercise; Mike Jarrett Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    US Allies Test-Fire Raytheon Missiles During Military Exercise; Mike Jarrett Comments

    Military personnel from four U.S. partner nations demonstrated Raytheon-made combat missiles from air and ground platforms at Sweden’s Vidsel test range in September. Raytheon said Monday Norwegian, Swiss, Turkish and Finnish armed forces launched five AIM-120C7 medium range air-to-air missiles during the Thor’s Hammer exercise. The AMRAAMs hit their targets after they were fired from […] More

  • Lockheed Opens Abu Dhabi-Based Tech Collaboration Hub; Marillyn Hewson Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Opens Abu Dhabi-Based Tech Collaboration Hub; Marillyn Hewson Comments

    Lockheed Martin has opened an innovation center in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates to facilitate technical collaboration among industry, academia and government organizations. The Center for Innovation and Security Solutions is located in Masdar City’s incubator building and aims to build new technologies to address global problems such as climate change and resource scarcity, Lockheed […] More

  • BAE to Enter DARPA EW Radar Project's 2nd Phase; David Logan Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    BAE to Enter DARPA EW Radar Project’s 2nd Phase; David Logan Comments

    BAE Systems will create a prototype electronic warfare technology for the second phase of a Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency program aimed at countering radar threats. The company said Monday its EW system will employ software algorithms intended to detect and obstruct adversarial radars electronically. DARPA awarded BAE a three-year, $21.6 million contract under the […] More

  • Deltek's Chris Dixon: Local IT Pros Consider Big Data Strategy to Facilitate 'Smarter' Cities - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Deltek’s Chris Dixon: Local IT Pros Consider Big Data Strategy to Facilitate ‘Smarter’ Cities

    Deltek and the Public Technology Institute conducted a survey on how government information technology leaders facilitate the transformation of smart cities, the Washington Post reported Friday. Chris Dixon, a senior manager at Deltek, writes the study indicates that more than 60 percent of local IT professionals have been developing frameworks for interagency data sharing and […] More

  • CBP Selects Astrophysics' Scanning Tech for Air Cargo Inspection - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CBP Selects Astrophysics’ Scanning Tech for Air Cargo Inspection

    The Customs and Border Protection agency has awarded Astrophysics a potential five-year, $23.1 million contract to deliver X-ray machines for CBP personnel to screen cargo at U.S. ports of entry. Astrophysics will provide three kinds of its parcel scanning system and associated peripherals and training support for the agency’s Non-Intrusive Inspection program, Astrophysics said Wednesday. […] More

  • CenturyLink to Offer Cloud IaaS Through GSA Networx Contract Vehicle - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CenturyLink to Offer Cloud IaaS Through GSA Networx Contract Vehicle

    A CenturyLink infrastructure-as-a-service offering has been included on a General Services Administration contract vehicle that federal agencies use to acquire telecommunications services. CenturyLink said Thursday its cloud IaaS is now available for purchase through the Networx Universal program as well as the agency’s IT Schedule 70. The data center service offering is designed to help […] More

  • Battelle, Rhombus Team to Pursue DoD Nuclear Threat Detection Program; Matthew Shaw Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Battelle, Rhombus Team to Pursue DoD Nuclear Threat Detection Program; Matthew Shaw Comments

    Battelle has partnered with Rhombus Power to develop and offer platforms for detecting nuclear and radiological materials to the U.S. Defense Department. The companies plan to jointly compete for the agency’s Man Portable Radiation Detection System development program, Battelle said Thursday. Rhombus Power builds nuclear threat detectors for customers in the security, intelligence and defense […] More

  • Christopher Bogdan: DoD Wants More Industry Competition for F-35 Training Systems - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Christopher Bogdan: DoD Wants More Industry Competition for F-35 Training Systems

    The F-35 Joint Program Office aims to increase competition for work to build new training and simulation systems for the fighter program, Defense News reported Thursday. Aaron Mehta writes Lt. Gen. Christopher Bogdan, the F-35 JPO’s executive officer, said the office could seek competitive bids on the Deployable Mission Rehearsal Trainer development contract. “I think […] More

  • WidePoint Lands Multiple Federal Govt Telecom Contracts; Steve Komar Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    WidePoint Lands Multiple Federal Govt Telecom Contracts; Steve Komar Comments

    WidePoint Corp. has been awarded three task orders and one contract extension for telecommunications system management services to multiple U.S. federal government agencies. The company received an order and a modification through an existing blanket purchase agreement and won another two contracts from a cabinet-level department, WidePoint said Monday. “We are excited to see these […] More

  • Mike Petters: Huntington Ingalls, Navy Work to Manage Carrier Construction Budget - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Mike Petters: Huntington Ingalls, Navy Work to Manage Carrier Construction Budget

    The U.S. Navy and Huntington Ingalls Industries strive to build the USS Gerald R. Ford aircraft carrier without exceeding the authorized budget, said HII CEO Mike Petters, the Daily Press reported Thursday. Hugh Lessig writes Petters was responding to a Government Accountability Office report that predicts the Navy’s supercarrier project would not meet the $12.9 […] More

  • Chris Marzilli: US Soldiers Use General Dynamics WIN-T for Ebola Mission in Africa - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Chris Marzilli: US Soldiers Use General Dynamics WIN-T for Ebola Mission in Africa

    U.S. Army soldiers and commanders are using a General Dynamics-built communications network to exchange information as they conduct operations to stop the Ebola outbreak in West Africa. General Dynamics said Tuesday its Warfighter Information Network–Tactical system is designed to help military personnel send each other voice, image and data files over a satellite-based network. “WIN-T […] More

  • Northrop Hands Navy 1st MQ-8C Autonomous Helicopter; George Vardoulakis Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop Hands Navy 1st MQ-8C Autonomous Helicopter; George Vardoulakis Comments

    Northrop Grumman has handed over the U.S. Navy‘s first MQ-8C Fire Scout unmanned helicopter for intelligence, surveillance and reconnaisance missions. The MQ-8C is designed to have a larger airframe and fly with three times more ISR payload than its predecessor variant MQ-8B, Northrop said Wednesday. “The test program will run through the summer as we […] More