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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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  • Pentagon's Joe DellaVedova: Canada Eyes 'Open' Fighter Jet Replacement Competition - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Pentagon’s Joe DellaVedova: Canada Eyes ‘Open’ Fighter Jet Replacement Competition

    Joe DellaVedova, a spokesperson for the U.S. Defense Department‘s F-35 joint program office, has said Canada is looking to hold an open competition for a planned replacement of the country’s fighter jets, Reuters reported Saturday. Phil Stewart writes DellaVedova added that Canada will join an F-35 Joint Strike Fighter Program meeting that will be held early next month in […] More

  • Carahsoft, Avecto Form Govt Endpoint Security Tech Partnership - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Carahsoft, Avecto Form Govt Endpoint Security Tech Partnership

    Avecto has partnered with Carahsoft Technology to offer a cybersecurity software platform to government organizations as the companies seek to help agencies manage threats at the endpoint level. Carahsoft will distribute Defendpoint to public sector customers through multiple contract vehicles, Avecto said Wednesday. Carahsoft also agreed to provide sales, marketing and order management support for resellers of Avecto endpoint security products and […] More

  • Thales Introduces Mini ISR Unmanned Aerial System - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Thales Introduces Mini ISR Unmanned Aerial System

    Thales has unveiled a new small drone technology intended to support intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance operations of military and security organizations. The company built Spy’Ranger with Aviation Design and is demonstrating the mini-drone at the ongoing Milipol Paris trade show, Thales said Wednesday. The unmanned aircraft is designed with a gimbal that works to stabilize the drone’s camera and sensor equipment if […] More

  • NOAA Picks Harris Airborne Radar Tech for Environmental Monitoring Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NOAA Picks Harris Airborne Radar Tech for Environmental Monitoring Program

    Harris Corp.‘s EDO Corp. subsidiary has been chosen to supply AN/APY-11 radar systems for two surveillance planes that the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration uses to track hurricanes. Harris’ Exelis subsidiary and ELTA Systems will collaborate to build the multimode radar technology for integration into NOAA’s WP-3D Orion turboprop aircraft built by Lockheed Martin, Harris said Thursday. The alliance is scheduled to deliver the airborne radars in June […] More

  • Booz Allen-Xerox PARC Team to Eye Sensor Tech, Internet of Things - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Booz Allen-Xerox PARC Team to Eye Sensor Tech, Internet of Things

    Booz Allen Hamilton and Xerox‘s PARC subsidiary have partnered to offer technical expertise to government and commercial organizations as both companies aim to help clients address their mission and business challenges. Michael Farber, a Booz Allen executive vice president, said Thursday the alliance will also explore strategies to integrate PARC’s sensor technology and printed electronics offerings into Booz […] More

  • Mercury Systems to Build Digital RF Memory Modulators for Navy - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Mercury Systems to Build Digital RF Memory Modulators for Navy

    A Mercury Systems subsidiary has been awarded a potential five-year, $41.8 million contract to build 200 miniaturized digital radio frequency memory modulators for the U.S. Navy. The Defense Department said Thursday Mercury Defense Systems will also provide repair and evaluation services for the mini I/J band DRFMs. Miniaturized DRFMs work to help users produce high-fidelity threat simulation tools […] More

  • IBM-Vencore Alliance Launches Emergency Response App Design Challenge; Anne Altman, Kent Matlick Comment - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    IBM-Vencore Alliance Launches Emergency Response App Design Challenge; Anne Altman, Kent Matlick Comment

    IBM and Vencore have partnered to hold a competition for developers to build cloud-based predictive analytics and mobile software applications that can help emergency response organizations carry out their missions. The First Responder Application Challenge is meant to encourage development of a fully functioning app that will run on IBM’s Bluemix cloud platform or Vencore’s Intelligent Data Exploitation […] More

  • Strat Aero Affiliate, NASA Partner on Drone Traffic Mgmt System R&D; Cliff Hudson Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Strat Aero Affiliate, NASA Partner on Drone Traffic Mgmt System R&D; Cliff Hudson Comments

    NASA has partnered with a Strat Aero affiliate to research and build a system for monitoring of civilian unmanned aerial vehicles that fly at a low altitude. Emerging Technology Ventures joined the agency’s Unmanned Aerial Systems Traffic Management project with the goal of helping to ensure safe drone flight operations with ATM technology, Strat Aero […] More

  • CyberTech Unveils Azure-Powered Public Safety Incident Mgmt Platform; Vince Rosales Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CyberTech Unveils Azure-Powered Public Safety Incident Mgmt Platform; Vince Rosales Comments

    CyberTech Systems and Software has rolled out a cloud-based public safety technology that works to help law enforcement agencies detect and investigate criminal activities. GeoShield C3 is powered by Microsoft‘s Azure Government platform and designed to comply with  transparency and incident response policies set forth by the FBI‘s criminal justice information services division, CyberTech said Nov. 10. Vince […] More

  • Reports: ULA Stops Air Force Satellite Launch Services Contract Pursuit - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Reports: ULA Stops Air Force Satellite Launch Services Contract Pursuit

    Boeing and Lockheed Martin‘s joint venture United Launch Alliance has decided to opt out of a competition to provide satellite launch support services to the U.S. Air Force, the Wall Street Journal reported Monday. Doug Cameron writes that bids for the military branch’s GPS III launch services contract were due Monday. ULA CEO Tory Bruno said the company’s […] More

  • NAVAIR Orders Airborne Dipping Sonars from Raytheon-Thales Team - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NAVAIR Orders Airborne Dipping Sonars from Raytheon-Thales Team

    A Raytheon–Thales alliance has received a $65.8 million contract modification from the U.S. Naval Air Systems Command for the production of AN/AQS-22 Airborne Low Frequency Sonar systems, Military & Aerospace Electronics reported Monday. John Keller writes the team will supply 20 AN/AQS-22s to the U.S. Navy and another two systems to the Saudi Arabian military. The system consists of […] More

  • Rockwell Collins Lands FAA Flight Inspection Support Contract; David Poltorak Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Rockwell Collins Lands FAA Flight Inspection Support Contract; David Poltorak Comments

    Rockwell Collins has been awarded a contract to support the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration‘s aerial surveys of navigational aids and flight procedures in domestic airspace. The company said Monday it will provide a suite of ARINCDirect planning, scheduling and tracking, safety data management, aircraft datalink and international trip services in support of the agency’s flight inspection activities. David Poltorak, […] More