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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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  • Boeing, Air Force Partner to Test Drag Reduction Methods on C-17 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Boeing, Air Force Partner to Test Drag Reduction Methods on C-17

    The U.S. Air Force and Boeing have partnered to test various methods to minimize drag and reduce fuel consumption on the C-17 Globemaster III military transport aircraft. The C-17 Drag Reduction Program, run by the Air Force Research Laboratory, aims to examine how certain structural changes to the aircraft will affect airflow around it, according to an article posted Thursday on the Air Force website. […] More

  • NASA Picks Tempus Applied Solutions to Help Modify Gulfstream IV Jet for Oceanic Studies - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NASA Picks Tempus Applied Solutions to Help Modify Gulfstream IV Jet for Oceanic Studies

    Tempus Applied Solutions has been awarded a contract from NASA to help modify a Gulfstream Aerospace-built business aircraft that the agency plans to use to conduct aerial surveys of coral reef ecosystems worldwide. The contract calls for Tempus to also apply for a supplemental type certification  from the Federal Aviation Administration to alter a Gulfstream IV jet for NASA, the company said Tuesday. The company seeks to perform […] More

  • Praxis Aerospace, Griffiss Airport Partner to Support NASA's UAV Integration Research Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Praxis Aerospace, Griffiss Airport Partner to Support NASA’s UAV Integration Research Program

    Praxis Aerospace Concepts International has partnered with Griffiss International Airport in Oneida County, New York in an effort to help NASA explore methods for the safe integration of unmanned aerial vehicles into the national airspace system. PACI said Monday it will support a UAV test site at Griffiss International Airport under a potential five-year indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract that Oneida […] More

  • Reuters: Orbital ATK Pushes for Use of Retired ICBMs in Commercial Satellite Launch Vehicles - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Reuters: Orbital ATK Pushes for Use of Retired ICBMs in Commercial Satellite Launch Vehicles

    Orbital ATK has urged Congress to consider ending a two-decade ban on the use of decommissioned intercontinental ballistic missiles to build new launch vehicles intended for commercial satellite launch efforts, Reuters reported Tuesday. Irene Klotz writes the company has built Minotaur rockets with engine technology from retired ICBMs in an effort to help the U.S. […] More

  • Onvia's Lyndon Dacuan: State, Local Agencies Eye IT 'as a Service' Delivery Models - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Onvia’s Lyndon Dacuan: State, Local Agencies Eye IT ‘as a Service’ Delivery Models

    An Onvia study has found that the number of solicitations from state and local agencies for “as a service’ information technology management models hit 940 during 2015, a nearly 10 percent increase from the prior-year figure. “With the number of solicitations increasing steadily, the doors are opening for IT service providers that can provide government agencies with new business […] More

  • SAP, Huawei, Seidor Form Digital Transformation Alliance for Middle East Clients - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    SAP, Huawei, Seidor Form Digital Transformation Alliance for Middle East Clients

    SAP, Huawei and Seidor MENA have formed a partnership with the intent to develop and offer an integrated big data and Internet-of-Things management platform for enterprise customers in the Middle East. The companies seek to combine SAP’s application software products, Huawei’s hardware and infrastructure technology experience and Seidor’s information technology consulting services in a bid to help clients implement digital transformation efforts, […] More

  • General Dynamics to Continue Digital Naval Radio Production for SPAWAR - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    General Dynamics to Continue Digital Naval Radio Production for SPAWAR

    General Dynamics has received a two-year, $12.9 million contract modification to produce software-based radio systems for installation aboard U.S. Navy submarines and surface vessels. The Defense Department said Thursday the company will continue to build AN/USC-61(C) digital modular radios and provide sparing components, supplies and support services to the military service. The modification brings the total value of […] More

  • Huntington Ingalls CEO Mike Petters: Navy Should Push LXR Amphibious Ship Project Forward - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Huntington Ingalls CEO Mike Petters: Navy Should Push LXR Amphibious Ship Project Forward

    Mike Petters, president and CEO of Huntington Ingalls Industries, has recommended that the U.S. Navy launch its LX(R) dock landing ship development initiative two years earlier than originally planned in an interview with Reuters posted Tuesday. Petters told Reuters he believes pushing the start of that project  forward from fiscal 2020 to fiscal 2018 will minimize a potential production-line gap between the first […] More

  • Army Officials: Nano UAS Tech to Have Day-Night Cameras, Industry Day Scheduled - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Army Officials: Nano UAS Tech to Have Day-Night Cameras, Industry Day Scheduled

    U.S. Army Col. Phil Cheatham has said he believes the development of a nano-unmanned aerial system could be a “game changer” for military reconnaissance missions at the squad level, the Army News Service reported Thursday. David Vergun writes Cheatham told a media roundtable held March 22 the military branch seeks miniaturized UAS technology with a day-and-night camera system and that can demonstrate up to 90 […] More

  • Fred Harris: General Dynamics Lands $644M Navy Destroyer Shipbuilding Contract Modification - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Fred Harris: General Dynamics Lands $644M Navy Destroyer Shipbuilding Contract Modification

    General Dynamics has been awarded a $644.3 million contract modification to build an additional Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyer for the U.S. Navy. Fred Harris, president of General Dynamics unit Bath Iron Works, said Thursday  the company will use the money for the planning and construction of DDG 124. The modification comes under a potential five-ship, $3.4 billion contract that the company won […] More

  • Huntington Ingalls Gets $618M Modification on Destroyer Shipbuilding Contract with Navy - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Huntington Ingalls Gets $618M Modification on Destroyer Shipbuilding Contract with Navy

    The U.S. Navy has awarded Huntington Ingalls Industries a $618 million contract modification for work on DDG 123, the fourth Arleigh Burke-class that the company will build under a five-ship contract it won in June 2013. HII said Wednesday its received about $55 million in funds from the Navy prior to the award of the modification that will extend the […] More

  • Kitron to Build IF Receiver Tech for Northrop's F-35 Radars - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Kitron to Build IF Receiver Tech for Northrop’s F-35 Radars

    Northrop Grumman has ordered about $60.4 million in intermediate-frequency receivers from Kitron for the radar systems of Lockheed Martin-built F-35 Joint Strike Fighter aircraft. Kitron said Thursday it will also provide technical know-know, create IF radar receiver prototypes and manufacture sub-assembly testing equipment under a manufacturing license agreement  with Northrop. Northrop builds radar technology for integration into F-35s. Norway-based Kitron provides electronic circuit boards manufacturing, prototyping, […] More