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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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  • CACI to Help Navy Engineer, Test Electro-Optical Sensors; Ken Asbury Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CACI to Help Navy Engineer, Test Electro-Optical Sensors; Ken Asbury Comments

    CACI International has received a $32 million task order to provide technical, engineering and logistics support services for the U.S. Navy‘s electro-optical sensors. The company will collaborate with the Naval Surface Warfare Center to test and evaluate multi-platform EO technologies, CACI said Tuesday. CACI CEO Ken Asbury, an inductee into Executive Mosaic‘s Wash100 list for […] More

  • CSC-AIA Survey: A&D Companies Focus on Tech Development, Modernization - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CSC-AIA Survey: A&D Companies Focus on Tech Development, Modernization

    Computer Sciences Corp. and the Aerospace Industries Association have released the findings of a survey that highlights business, technology and economic perspectives from aerospace and industry executives. The 2015 A&D Market Survey says companies are investing more in efforts toward product innovation, technology improvements and cybersecurity, CSC said. Forty-one percent of senior executive respondents said their organizations […] More

  • General Dynamics Gets Army OK for Full WIN-T System Production; Chris Marzilli Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    General Dynamics Gets Army OK for Full WIN-T System Production; Chris Marzilli Comments

    General Dynamics has received approval from the U.S. Army to commence full-rate production of the company’s wireless battlefield communication systems for the Warfighter Information Network-Tactical Increment 2 program. The company built the WIN-T platform to help Army commanders and soldiers communicate with each other and projects that all military units will have access to the […] More

  • Technavio's Faisal Ghaus: Mobile Helps Drive Demand for Unified Comms-as-a-Service - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Technavio’s Faisal Ghaus: Mobile Helps Drive Demand for Unified Comms-as-a-Service

    Technavio has forecast a 28 percent year-over-year growth for the global unified communications-as-a-service market from 2015 to 2019. Faisal Ghaus, a vice president of Technavio, said Thursday the UCaaS market growth is driven by an increase in the use of smartphones for enterprise bring-your-own-device programs. Ghaus projected Asia Pacific will be the biggest adopter of […] More

  • DoD Approves $4B Navy Carrier Construction Contract for Huntington Ingalls - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DoD Approves $4B Navy Carrier Construction Contract for Huntington Ingalls

    Huntington Ingalls Industries is set to receive a $4 billion contract to design and build the U.S. Navy‘s second Ford-class aircraft carrier, Bloomberg reported Friday. Anthony Cappacio writes the Navy has obtained approval from U.S. Defense Department acquisition chief Frank Kendall to move forward on the USS John F. Kennedy carrier construction project. Beci Brenton, […] More

  • Report: Navy to Launch UCLASS Contract Competition After DoD's Aircraft Portfolio Review - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Report: Navy to Launch UCLASS Contract Competition After DoD’s Aircraft Portfolio Review

    The U.S. Navy cannot issue a formal solicitation for the Unmanned Carrier Launched Airborne Surveillance and Strike System contract until the Defense Department has completed its review of military aircraft portfolio, Reuters reported Wednesday. Andrea Shalal writes Rear Adm. Mike Manazir, director of air warfare at the Navy, said the military service finalized UCLASS development requirements […] More

  • Arion to Distribute Iridium's Mobile Satcom Offerings in South Korean Market - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Arion to Distribute Iridium’s Mobile Satcom Offerings in South Korean Market

    Iridium Communications has chosen Arion Communication to be a distributor of Iridium’s mobile satellite communication products and services to government, military and commercial clients across South Korea. Arion also seeks to offer South Korean businesses a global machine-to-machine connectivity through the NEXT satellite network, Iridium said Thursday. The companies’ reseller agreement covers Iridium’s OpenPort broadband […] More

  • Technavio Sets 8% CAGR for Enterprise IT Security Market - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Technavio Sets 8% CAGR for Enterprise IT Security Market

    An analysis by Technavio predicts the worldwide market for enterprise information technology security platforms will achieve an average growth of 7.83 percent from 2015 to 2019. Technavio has observed more government and commercial organizations adopting tools to prevent theft and unauthorized access of their enterprise data as well as to mitigate sophisticated threats, Market Research […] More

  • GSA to Seek Input on Health IT, Cyber Special Item Numbers - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    GSA to Seek Input on Health IT, Cyber Special Item Numbers

    The General Services Administration plans to include special item numbers for health information technology and cybersecurity offerings on the IT Schedule 70 acquisition vehicle, Federal Times reported Wednesday. Aaron Boyd writes Soundjata Carty, a contracting officer at GSA’s Office of Integrated Technology Services, said the agency could publish a request for information in the coming […] More

  • HHS Seeks Contractor to Update Family Planning Services Portal - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    HHS Seeks Contractor to Update Family Planning Services Portal

    The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services plans to contract a vendor to help redesign and maintain a public-facing website run by the agency’s office of population affairs. HHS said in a FedBizOpps notice posted Monday it is looking for a contractor that can also support a clinic database for the Title X Family […] More

  • Oracle-SRA Team Updates Coast Guard's HR, Payroll Mgmt Systems; Mark Johnson Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Oracle-SRA Team Updates Coast Guard’s HR, Payroll Mgmt Systems; Mark Johnson Comments

    Oracle and SRA International have collaborated to help the U.S. Coast Guard implement a single enterprise-wide infrastructure for managing human resource and payroll functions. The Direct Access system is built to run Oracle’s PeopleSoft Global Payroll software and consolidates multiple applications used by the Coast Guard, the Public Health Service and the National Oceanic and […] More

  • IDC Forecasts $1.7T Market Value for Internet of Things by 2020 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    IDC Forecasts $1.7T Market Value for Internet of Things by 2020

    An International Data Corp. report projects the Internet of Things market to grow by the end of 2020 at a 16.9 percent compound annual growth rate and generate a total worldwide revenue of $1.7 trillion. IDC said Tuesday that devices, connectivity and information technology services are projected to account for more than two-thirds of the global market share […] More