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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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  • Aerojet Rocketdyne Tests Hybrid Power Generation Tech for US Military - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Aerojet Rocketdyne Tests Hybrid Power Generation Tech for US Military

    Aerojet Rocketdyne has conducted field tests on a power generation system designed to help U.S. deployed troops to produce electricity out of surplus materials. The company said Thursday its Rocket Shop defense advanced programs unit developed the Hybrid Renewable Multifuel Power Generator for the U.S. Navy‘s Facilities Engineering and Expeditionary Warfare Center. HR-MPG works to burn […] More

  • IBM to Help Update Atlanta Federal Reserve Bank's Electronic Clearinghouse - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    IBM to Help Update Atlanta Federal Reserve Bank’s Electronic Clearinghouse

    A regional Federal Reserve bank has chosen IBM to help refresh a technology platform that the financial institution uses to clear and settle interbank retail payments. IBM will deliver and implement its Financial Transaction Manager for Automated Clearinghouse software for the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta to manage its billing and accounting transactions within the central banking system, the company said Thursday. Keith […] More

  • French Research Agency Picks Seagate Platform for High-Performance Computing Data Storage - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    French Research Agency Picks Seagate Platform for High-Performance Computing Data Storage

    Seagate Technology has been selected to provide data storage and management technology for a French technology research agency to manage its high-performance computing activities. The French Alternative Energies and Atomic Energy Commission chose the ClusterStor L300 platform designed to store up to six petabytes of data and transfer files at a speed of more than 200 gigabytes per […] More

  • SPAWAR Extends Serco US Arm's C4ISR Tech Installation Services Contract; Dan Allen Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    SPAWAR Extends Serco US Arm’s C4ISR Tech Installation Services Contract; Dan Allen Comments

    The North American subsidiary of Serco Group will continue to help the U.S. Navy test and install command, control, communications, computer, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance systems under a three-year contract extension from the branch’s Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command. Serco Inc. said Thursday it has installed C4ISR systems on surface vessels, submarines and shore terminals worldwide for the military branch under […] More

  • Trimble to Supply Topographic Surveying Tech to Marine Corps - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Trimble to Supply Topographic Surveying Tech to Marine Corps

    Trimble has secured a potential five-year, $5.8 million contract to produce devices and software for the U.S. Marine Corps to perform topographic surveys. The Marine Corps ordered M7 GPS receivers, S9 robotic total stations, TSC3 data controller systems, Business Center office software, and MX2 mobile scanning systems, Trimble said Thursday. The M7 receiver employs a selective availability anti-spoofing […] More

  • Boeing Upgrades Weapons Launcher of Six Air Force B-52s - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Boeing Upgrades Weapons Launcher of Six Air Force B-52s

    Boeing has equipped six B-52 bomber planes of the U.S. Air Force with new internal weapons bay launchers designed for storage and release of GPS-guided airborne munitions. The company said Wednesday it modified the aircraft’s common strategic rotary launcher into a conventional rotary launcher and the upgrade allows the company-built aircraft to carry and launch up to […] More

  • New TransUnion Unit to Offer Fraud, Cyber Risk Mgmt Services in Public Sector - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    New TransUnion Unit to Offer Fraud, Cyber Risk Mgmt Services in Public Sector

    TransUnion has launched a new business group that aims to help U.S. government organizations address tax fraud and data security challenges. The company’s government information solutions division offers a portfolio of fraud detection and mitigation, identity authentication, benefits eligibility verification and breach response services across the public sector, TransUnion said Wednesday. Chicago-based TransUnion has developed an integrated platform for […] More

  • DHS, root9B Partner for Critical Infrastructure Security Posture R&D - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DHS, root9B Partner for Critical Infrastructure Security Posture R&D

    Root9B and the Department of Homeland Security have forged a cooperative research and development agreement to explore tools for the department to manage U.S.’ network defense posture as part of cybersecurity efforts. The company said Monday it will help DHS develop indicators to detect critical system  vulnerabilities and develop strategies to mitigate cyber intrusions. Eric Hipkins, CEO of root9B, noted […] More

  • Air Force to Receive Final C-17 Aircraft Engine from Pratt & Whitney - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Air Force to Receive Final C-17 Aircraft Engine from Pratt & Whitney

    Pratt & Whitney is scheduled to deliver a company-built engine for the C-17  Globemaster III transport aircraft of the U.S. Air Force in late January. It is the last of the 1,313 F117 production engines that Pratt & Whitney has built for the military branch, the company said Tuesday. Pratt & Whitney commemorated the engine delivery milestone at a ceremony held Tuesday at […] More

  • Report: General Dynamics to Move Corporate Headquarters to Reston, VA - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Report: General Dynamics to Move Corporate Headquarters to Reston, VA

    General Dynamics plans to move its corporate headquarters to Reston, Virginia, from its current location at Fairview Park in Falls Church, Reston Now reported Tuesday. Karen Goff writes General Dynamics has filed a proposal with the Fairfax County  government to construct a 190,000-square-foot office building for about 200 employees on a vacant lot at 11011 Sunset Hills Road. The proposed […] More

  • ISACA Surveys IT Pros on Cyber Threats, Data Sharing, Skills Gap - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    ISACA Surveys IT Pros on Cyber Threats, Data Sharing, Skills Gap

    ISACA has polled 2,920 information technology professionals across 121 countries in order to determine their top security concerns, views on government-industry threat information exchange and IT talent recruitment efforts at their organizations. The trade group said Monday IT professionals have ranked social engineering, insider and advanced persistent threats as their organizations’ most pressing concerns for […] More