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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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  • FedRAMP Board Clears Datapipe's Govt Cloud Service Offering - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in Government Cloud, News

    FedRAMP Board Clears Datapipe’s Govt Cloud Service Offering

    Datapipe has obtained a Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program certification to offer a managed private cloud hosting service in the U.S. government sector. The FedRAMP Joint Authorization Board granted Datapipe a provisional authority-to-operate status for its Federal Community Cloud Platform, the company said Thursday. The company aims to help agencies manage sensitive information as […] More

  • Energy Dept to Seek IT, Cyber Support from Small Businesses - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in Industry News, News

    Energy Dept to Seek IT, Cyber Support from Small Businesses

    The U.S. Energy Department plans to issue a five-year, $45 million contract for administrative and technical support to DOE’s office of environment, health, safety and security. The department said Oct. 7 in a FedBizOpps notice that it is seeking a small business that can help maintain information technology applications and infrastructure as well as secure […] More

  • Col. Thomas von Eschenbach: Army Eyes Lightweight Weapon for Gray Eagle UAS Fleet - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in C4ISR News, News

    Col. Thomas von Eschenbach: Army Eyes Lightweight Weapon for Gray Eagle UAS Fleet

    The U.S. Army has asked industry about available smaller weapons that the military service can integrate onto its fleet of General Atomics-built MQ-1C Gray Eagle unmanned aircraft systems, Flightglobal reported Wednesday. James Drew writes the Army’s existing Gray Eagles are built to launch up to four 106-pound Hellfire air-to-ground missiles. “We would like increased range,” […] More

  • DRS, Curtiss-Wright Partner to Offer Tactical RF Systems; Lynn Bamford Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in News, Products & Service

    DRS, Curtiss-Wright Partner to Offer Tactical RF Systems; Lynn Bamford Comments

    DRS Technologies and Curtiss-Wright have partnered to develop a portfolio of radio frequency and microwave subsystems designed to support the U.S. Army‘s Modular Open RF Architecture program. The alliance’s goal is to offer military customers OpenVPX-based RF and small-form-factor modules for tactical ground vehicles, Curtiss-Wright said Monday. “Today’s ground vehicles don’t have the room or […] More

  • FireEye, Visa Collaborate on Payment Card Security Offering; Grady Summer, Mark Nelsen Comment - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in News, Products & Service

    FireEye, Visa Collaborate on Payment Card Security Offering; Grady Summer, Mark Nelsen Comment

    FireEye has partnered with Visa to offer a cybersecurity service intended to help payment card issuers and users to access threat information through a web portal. The companies rolled out the FireEye-powered Visa Threat Intelligence service to alert customers about malicious actors targeting payment systems as well as recommend methods to identify and address data […] More

  • Wayne Lucernoni: Professional Services Key in Harris' Govt Contracting Work - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Wayne Lucernoni: Professional Services Key in Harris’ Govt Contracting Work

    Wayne Lucernoni, president of the mission sustainment services business at Harris Corp., has said the unit accounts for approximately 15 percent of company’s revenue from government contracts, the Washington Business Journal reported Monday. James Bach writes the company looks to small business partnerships in pursuit of “lowest priced, technically acceptable” professional services contracts in the […] More

  • Michael Buratowski: Standards Body Certifies Fidelis Cybersecurity as Payment Card Forensic Investigator - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in Cybersecurity News, News

    Michael Buratowski: Standards Body Certifies Fidelis Cybersecurity as Payment Card Forensic Investigator

    The Payment Card Industry Security Standards Council has granted Fidelis Cybersecurity a certification to help financial services companies to manage compromised data. “The PCI Forensic Investigator certification allows us to engage with payment card companies immediately following an attack to quickly detect, investigate and stop the theft of critical information,” Michael Buratowski, vice president of […] More

  • AM General Receives Additional U.S., Foreign Military Humvee Production Funds - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in Industry News, News

    AM General Receives Additional U.S., Foreign Military Humvee Production Funds

    AM General has secured an additional $42.2 million in contract funds to manufacture High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicles for U.S.  and seven international defense customers. The company said Monday it will provide Humvees, ambulance vehicles, automotive kits, spares and training support services to the armed forces of the U.S., Iraq, Afghanistan, Tunisia, Israel, Turkey, Kenya […] More

  • Vencore, Army Demo Tactical LTE Radio Service; Steve Omick Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in C4ISR News, News

    Vencore, Army Demo Tactical LTE Radio Service; Steve Omick Comments

    The U.S. Army‘s Communications-Electronics Research, Development and Engineering Center has partnered with Vencore to develop and demonstrate a commercial technology for warfighters to access 4G, Wi-Fi or tactical radio networks, C4ISR & Networks reported Wednesday. Adam Stone writes that soldiers were able to transmit emergency medical data using a radio and an LTE communications platform […] More

  • BAE to Help Navy Design, Build Electronic Warfare Receiver Tech - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in C4ISR News, News

    BAE to Help Navy Design, Build Electronic Warfare Receiver Tech

    BAE Systems‘ U.S. subsidiary has won an $11 million contract to research, build and demonstrate a full-spectrum staring electronic support receiver with a direction finder technology for the U.S. Navy. The Navy wants the company to use electronic and photonic materials to develop the FSSR and help integrate the system into an electronic warfare platform, […] More