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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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  • Northrop to Support Navy's Submarine Missile Launcher Tech Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop to Support Navy’s Submarine Missile Launcher Tech Program

    Northrop Grumman has been awarded a potential five-year, $198 million contract to help the U.S. Navy design, engineer and assess subsystems for an underwater tactical missile launcher platform. The Defense Department said Tuesday that Northrop will support development of a technology for the Navy to launch ballistic missiles from sea-based strategic deterrent submarines. Northrop will also provide risk reduction […] More

  • Northrop Pledges Support for Public-Private Cybersecurity Program in U.K. - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop Pledges Support for Public-Private Cybersecurity Program in U.K.

    Northrop Grumman has pledged to back cybersecurity technology research projects of British universities through a public-private initiative in the U.K. British government officials Ed Vaizey and Robert Hannigan introduced the national CyberInvest program during a ceremony held at Park Plaza Hotel in London, Northrop said Monday. “The U.K. is a thriving centre for cutting-edge research so […] More

  • Leidos, Federated Wireless Partner Under DARPA Spectrum Sharing Tech R&D Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Leidos, Federated Wireless Partner Under DARPA Spectrum Sharing Tech R&D Program

    Leidos has partnered with Federated Wireless to build a technology for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to facilitate expansion of commercial wireless-radar spectrum sharing. DARPA awarded Leidos a potential one-year, $7.9 million contract under phase two of the agency’s Shared Spectrum Access for Radar and Communications program. Federated Wireless said Tuesday it aims to demonstrate the company’s Spectrum Access Service platform in conjunction […] More

  • NASA Receives Airbus Subsidiary-Built Orion Structural Test Model - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NASA Receives Airbus Subsidiary-Built Orion Structural Test Model

    NASA has received an Orion spacecraft module test model built by an Airbus Group subsidiary for evaluation at the agency’s Plum Brook Station in Ohio. Airbus Defence and Space developed the hardware on behalf of the European Space Agency and to support a future U.S.-led manned deep space exploration mission, Airbus said Monday. NASA and ESA signed an […] More

  • General Dynamics Finishes Work on NASA Ground System's Increment A4; Manny Mora Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    General Dynamics Finishes Work on NASA Ground System’s Increment A4; Manny Mora Comments

    A General Dynamics-led consortium has helped NASA integrate, test and deploy antenna and related control systems for the agency’s Space Network Ground Segment Sustainment infrastructure. The consortium also demonstrated how the SGSS Increment A4 would operate with a tracking and data relay system satellite in a simulation, General Dynamics said Monday. “This milestone, combined with program achievements […] More

  • Mike Kahn: Orbital ATK Launches New Defense Venture in Abu Dhabi - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Mike Kahn: Orbital ATK Launches New Defense Venture in Abu Dhabi

    Orbital ATK has formed an affiliate company in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates to offer technologies and support services to defense organizations across the UAE. The new business will operate under the Orbital ATK LLC name and is organized through a partnership between the U.S.-based rocket manufacturer and Al Tuff International, Orbital ATK said Monday. The company will co-locate […] More

  • Paul Oliver: Boeing in Talks with Egypt, Kuwait Over Potential Military Aircraft Procurements - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Paul Oliver: Boeing in Talks with Egypt, Kuwait Over Potential Military Aircraft Procurements

    Paul Oliver, a vice president at the defense, space and security business of Boeing, says Egypt could finalize an order for company-built Apache attack helicopters and associated support services in 2016, Bloomberg reported Saturday. He also told reporters Saturday that Boeing and Kuwait are close to signing a deal on F/A-18 Super Hornet multirole fighter planes, […] More

  • General Dynamics Unit to Modernize Australia's Military Floating Bridge System - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    General Dynamics Unit to Modernize Australia’s Military Floating Bridge System

    The Australian defense agency has awarded General Dynamics‘ European Land Systems subsidiary a $28 million contract to help upgrade a legacy waterborne bridging platform used by Australian armed forces for transportation. GDELS said Thursday it will also provide logistics and maintenance training support services through the Australian military’s floating support bridge system modernization project. The company is scheduled to begin […] More

  • MarketsandMarkets: Disaster Mgmt Policies to Drive Market for Public Safety, Security Platforms - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    MarketsandMarkets: Disaster Mgmt Policies to Drive Market for Public Safety, Security Platforms

    MarketsandMarkets has reported that worldwide governmental efforts to keep citizens, infrastructure and organizations safe from multiple threats drive growth in the public safety and security market. The market’s value to grow from almost $221 billion this year to about $371 billion by 2020, with a compound annual growth rate of 10.9 percent over the five-year period, […] More

  • Avnet Moves Gov't Solutions Group to Chantilly Southgate Business Center; Pete Rzonca Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Avnet Moves Gov’t Solutions Group to Chantilly Southgate Business Center; Pete Rzonca Comments

    Avnet has relocated its government solutions business unit to a new facility in Chantilly, Virginia, in an effort to work closer to potential partners in the federal, state and local government and educational sectors. Pete Rzonca, president of Avnet Government Solutions, said Wednesday his group’s move to the Southgate Business Center in Chantilly allows the organization to further […] More

  • Harris Mesh Reflectors Deployed on Navy's 4th MUOS Satellite; Bill Gattle Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Harris Mesh Reflectors Deployed on Navy’s 4th MUOS Satellite; Bill Gattle Comments

    A pair of Harris-made satellite mesh antenna reflectors have deployed onboard a fourth Mobile User Objective System communications satellite that Lockheed Martin has built for the U.S. military. Harris said Wednesday it designed the unfurlable reflector technology for the five-satellite MUOS constellation, run by the U.S. Navy, to deliver up to 16 times more network capacity to […] More

  • Level 3 to Offer Hughes' Managed Network Services Portfolio in Federal Sector - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Level 3 to Offer Hughes’ Managed Network Services Portfolio in Federal Sector

    Hughes Network Systems and Level 3 Communications have partnered to offer federal agencies a suite of managed network service offerings through a U.S. General Services Administration-run enterprise telecommunications contract vehicle. Level 3 added the HughesON digital media and network management services portfolio to the company’s Networx Enterprise contract, Hughes said Wednesday. HughesON works to help organizations receive high-speed […] More