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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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  • Intel, NIST Researchers Measure Silicon Chip Dimensions with X-Ray Scattering Tech - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Intel, NIST Researchers Measure Silicon Chip Dimensions with X-Ray Scattering Tech

    The National Institute of Standards and Technology and Intel have used a critical-dimension small angle X-ray scattering method to measure nanostructured features of a silicon computer chip during a collaborative study. NIST said Tuesday it believes the CDSAXS technique could pave the way for development of new process control tools to help semiconductor companies determine the size of […] More

  • Telos, George Washington University Enter Analytics R&D Partnership for Cybersecurity - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Telos, George Washington University Enter Analytics R&D Partnership for Cybersecurity

    Telos and George Washington University have agreed to jointly build data analytics tools and algorithmic methods in an effort to help U.S. organizations to secure cyber and physical infrastructure assets. The university also plans to open a data analytics research center at its science and technology campus in Northern Virginia under a five-year partnership agreement with […] More

  • TCS Obtains Army VSAT Sustainment Contract Funds - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    TCS Obtains Army VSAT Sustainment Contract Funds

    TeleCommunication Systems has been awarded $5 million in incremental funds to perform sustainment work on transportable very small aperture terminals of the U.S. Army. TCS said Wednesday it has received $23.6 million as partial funding to help the military branch sustain AN/TSC-198A VSATs under a potential three-year, $91 million contract. The contract is for the sustainment of Secret […] More

  • Thierry Guillemin: Intelsat, Azercosmos, SSL Forge Comm Satellite Partnership - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Thierry Guillemin: Intelsat, Azercosmos, SSL Forge Comm Satellite Partnership

    Space Systems Loral, an MDA subsidiary, has been chosen to build a communications satellite for an Intelsat–Azercosmos alliance to deliver direct-to-home broadcasting and broadband connectivity services in some parts of the world. Intelsat and Azercosmos plan to launch an SSL-made satellite into an orbital location of 45 degrees East in an effort to provide communication services across […] More

  • Study: NoSQL, MapReduce Platforms to Help Drive Govt and Defense Big Data Market - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Study: NoSQL, MapReduce Platforms to Help Drive Govt and Defense Big Data Market

    A Research and Markets report forecasts that big data in government and defense market will grow 30 percent year-over-year through 2020. The research firm said Tuesday the growth will be driven by the emergence of data management technologies such as NoSQL database and Hadoop MapReduce platforms. The government and defense industry accounts for approximately 7 percent of global big […] More

  • Study: Gov't Cyber Infrastructure Focus to Drive Cyber Weapon Market Through 2021 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Study: Gov’t Cyber Infrastructure Focus to Drive Cyber Weapon Market Through 2021

    A Transparency Market Research report says worldwide cyber weapons could grow into a $521.9 billion market, largely because of government organizations’ efforts to secure critical infrastructure assets. The market intelligence firm said Tuesday defense and intelligence agencies use cyber weapons to deal with adversaries who conduct espionage, data theft and information technology sabotage activities. Defense cyber weapons generated nearly […] More

  • BAE Picks Cobham to Supply F-35 Microelectronic Components - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    BAE Picks Cobham to Supply F-35 Microelectronic Components

    BAE Systems has ordered $51 million in microelectronic technologies from Cobham for the F-35 Lightning II aircraft’s radar and electronic warfare systems. Cobham said Monday that its microelectronic, motion control, microwave, cryptography, aerial refueling and pilot survival products are integrated into F-35s of U.S. and international defense customers. F-35 prime contractor Lockheed Martin showcased an F-35 cockpit demonstrator during […] More

  • John Bryant: Oshkosh Prepares for Joint Light Tactical Vehicle Production - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    John Bryant: Oshkosh Prepares for Joint Light Tactical Vehicle Production

    Oshkosh Defense is preparing data and models for the production of U.S. Army and Marine Corps Joint Light Tactical Vehicles, Breaking Defense reported Friday. Sydney Freedberg Jr. writes John Bryant, senior vice president of defense programs at Oshkosh, said the company started work on the deliverables while the Government Accountability Office reviews a JLTV contract […] More

  • Kevin Ramundo: Raytheon Implements Measures to Address GPS OCX Program Challenges - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Kevin Ramundo: Raytheon Implements Measures to Address GPS OCX Program Challenges

    Kevin Ramundo, a Raytheon spokesperson, has said the company took “corrective actions” following an independent review of its development work on operational control systems for the U.S. Air Force‘s GPS satellites, Bloomberg reported Friday. Raytheon was awarded a potential $886 million contract in 2010 to build the GPS ground segment, according to the report by […] More

  • GSA Updates Alliant II Contract Vehicle Draft RFP - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    GSA Updates Alliant II Contract Vehicle Draft RFP

    The U.S. General Services Administration has unveiled a second draft request for proposals for the unrestricted portion of its Alliant II information technology services contract vehicle. GSA said in a FedBizOpps notice posted Thursday it is also seeking public input on what objective performance metrics the agency can include in the governmentwide IT acquisition program’s […] More

  • Lockheed Develops Aircraft Laser Turret System; Doug Graham Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Develops Aircraft Laser Turret System; Doug Graham Comments

    Lockheed Martin has helped build a laser turret system for high-speed aircraft under a collaborative project between the company, the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. The company said Thursday its Aero-adaptive Aero-optic Beam Control turret was integrated onto a business jet during 2014 and 2015 flight tests. The […] More

  • Raytheon Uses RC Truck in Anti-Hacking Tech Demo - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon Uses RC Truck in Anti-Hacking Tech Demo

    Raytheon has used a 1:16th scale radio-controlled truck to demonstrate an anti-hacking technology during the 2015 Association of the U.S. Army meeting and exhibition. Engineers from Raytheon’s Cyber Operations and Development Evaluation hub wanted to show how hackers could tamper Internet-connected systems through the demonstration, the company said Oct. 7. “In today’s Internet of Things, […] More