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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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  • DOE: Sandia Labs Seeks Collaboration with Counter-UAS Equipment Vendors - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DOE: Sandia Labs Seeks Collaboration with Counter-UAS Equipment Vendors

    Sandia National Laboratories is looking for potential partners who will lend equipment designed to detect, track and intercept potential threats from adversaries’ unmanned aerial systems. The research laboratory aims to help interested vendors evaluate the capabilities and limitations of their counter-UAS technologies and assess the system’s potential in securing various facilities, DOE said March 1 in a […] More

  • Army Issues RFI on Small Airborne Unmanned Sensor Tech - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Army Issues RFI on Small Airborne Unmanned Sensor Tech

    The U.S. Army is requesting information on small unmanned aircraft systems that individual soldiers can deploy and operate to gather actionable information in real time during battlefield missions. In a FedBizOpps notice posted March 1, the military service urged companies, research laboratories and universities to submit responses to the branch’s Soldier Borne Sensors RFI by March 18. The Army is looking for a three-pound system […] More

  • Craig Cooning: ULA Backs Development of 2 RD-180 Engine Replacement Options - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Craig Cooning: ULA Backs Development of 2 RD-180 Engine Replacement Options

    Craig Cooning, president of the network and space systems division at Boeing, has said the company’s joint venture with Lockheed Martin will incrementally invest funds to help develop two potential domestic alternatives to the Russian RD-180 engine, National Defense Magazine reported Tuesday. Stew Magnuson writes Cooning told a press briefing at the Satellite 2016 conference in Maryland that the United Launch Alliance will support the […] More

  • Esri Demos Open-Data Model for ArcGIS Mapping Platform; Jack Dangermond Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Esri Demos Open-Data Model for ArcGIS Mapping Platform; Jack Dangermond Comments

    Esri showcased an open data-based ArcGIS geographic information system at a digital technology event that was held Monday at the White House. The Expanding Opportunity with Open Data: A White House Demonstration event featured digital tools intended to help government agencies and the general public to access information about job openings or other opportunities at the neighborhood level, Esri […] More

  • Lockheed, DARPA Experiment With New Microchip Cooling System; John Ditri Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed, DARPA Experiment With New Microchip Cooling System; John Ditri Comments

    Lockheed Martin has developed technology for the thermal management of high-powered microchips as part of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency‘s Inter/Intra Chip Enhanced Cooling Applications initiative. The company said Tuesday its microfluidic cooling system aims to increase the performance of monolithic microwave integrated circuit-based power amplifiers and embedded systems. A team of DARPA and Lockheed researchers found during a study that […] More

  • JITC Evaluates Integrated Polycom-Genband Comms Tech Offering; Sean Berg Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    JITC Evaluates Integrated Polycom-Genband Comms Tech Offering; Sean Berg Comments

    The Joint Interoperability Test Command has tested a unified communications system that comprises Polycom‘s suite of business media phones and a Genband application server. The companies now await a final certification from JITC to integrate their Local Session Controller technology into the Defense Department‘s communications network, Genband said Monday. “Public sector organizations are in need of a standards-based […] More

  • Autodesk to Offer Infrastructure Modeling Software Access via DoT's 'Smart City' Competition - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Autodesk to Offer Infrastructure Modeling Software Access via DoT’s ‘Smart City’ Competition

    The Transportation Department has partnered with Autodesk to offer Smart City Challenge finalists access to a building information modeling platform in an effort to help participating cities develop urban innovation plans, CityLab reported Monday. Eric Jaffe writes DOT has received ideas from more than 78 U.S. cities on how to address mobility and safety problems through technology and will announce five finalists at […] More

  • Globecomm Releases New Satellite Connectivity Service for Enterprise, Gov't Sectors - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Globecomm Releases New Satellite Connectivity Service for Enterprise, Gov’t Sectors

    Globecomm has unveiled a managed satellite service offering intended to facilitate high-capacity broadband connectivity for fixed or mobile government and enterprise communications. The VSAT service is designed to support data and video transmission on ground, maritime and aerial platforms as well as Internet of Things-based applications, Globecomm said Monday. Jon Kirchner, senior vice president of corporate strategy at Globecomm, said the company  […] More

  • Space Agency Orders Kratos Satellite Tracking Modems - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Space Agency Orders Kratos Satellite Tracking Modems

    Kratos Defense & Security Solutions has been awarded a contract by South Asia-based space agency to provide telemetry, tracking and command modems for the customer’s satellite ground infrastructure. Kratos subsidiary RT Logic will produce integrated TT&C baseband modems for the customer agency to manage operation of its new and existing satellites, the company said Monday. RT Logic’s technology is designed with […] More

  • ABL to Participate in Engility-Led Army Medical Product R&D Contract Team - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    ABL to Participate in Engility-Led Army Medical Product R&D Contract Team

    Advanced BioScience Laboratories will participate in an Engility-led consortium that holds a prime position under a potential 10-year, $900 million contract awarded in January to help research and develop medical products for the U.S. Army. ABL will collaborate with Engility to support the Army’s Medical Research and Materiel Command and aims to leverage its product development, manufacturing, testing and project management experience […] More

  • Army Taps Orbital ATK, Aerojet Rocketdyne for Multiple-Launch Rocket Motor Testing Contracts - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Army Taps Orbital ATK, Aerojet Rocketdyne for Multiple-Launch Rocket Motor Testing Contracts

    The U.S. Army has awarded Aerojet Rocketdyne an $18.8 million contract and Orbital ATK a $17.8 million contract to help validate insensitive-munition rocket motors for the Guided Multiple-Launch Rocket System. The Defense Department said Friday the two companies will support integration and qualification testing of MLRS propulsion systems and components through Dec. 31, 2017. Guided […] More

  • Decisive Analytics, Progeny Land ISR Data Processing Tech Contracts With Navy - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Decisive Analytics, Progeny Land ISR Data Processing Tech Contracts With Navy

    Progeny Systems and Decisive Analytics have received separate contracts from the Office of Naval Research to help build tools for synchronization of the U.S. Navy‘s intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance data, Military & Aerospace Electronics reported Thursday. John Keller writes ONR awarded $2.3 million to Decisive Analytics and $2.1 million to Progeny under the Exchange of Actionable Information at the […] More