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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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  • Steve Elliott: Carahsoft to Offer AgileCraft Software Development Platform in Public Sector - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in News, Products & Service

    Steve Elliott: Carahsoft to Offer AgileCraft Software Development Platform in Public Sector

    Carahsoft Technology and AgileCraft have partnered to offer government customers a platform designed to help organizations implement agile strategies in throughout a software development initiative. AgileCraft CEO Steve Elliott said Tuesday that Carahsoft will serve as the master government aggregator for AgileCraft offerings under the companies’ partnership agreement. The AgileCraft platform is designed to allow […] More

  • DHS Interested in Commercial Biometric ID Tech Procurement - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in Biometrics News, News

    DHS Interested in Commercial Biometric ID Tech Procurement

    The Department of Homeland Security has issued a request for information on commercial off-the-shelf software applications that can help the agency to match, store, analyze and share biometric information. DHS said in a FedBizOpps notice posted April 27 the department’s Office of Biometric Identity Management is searching out business process management, reporting and analytics, data storage, […] More

  • IBM Designs Silicon Photonics Chip for Cloud, Big Data Transmission; Arvind Krishna Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in Government Cloud, News

    IBM Designs Silicon Photonics Chip for Cloud, Big Data Transmission; Arvind Krishna Comments

    IBM has developed and tested a silicon photonics chip designed to use tiny optical fibers and light pulses to move huge amounts of data between computing systems. The company believes its complementary metal-oxide semiconductor integrated nanophotonics technology could help industry manufacture optical transceivers capable of transferring information at 100 gigabits per second, IBM said Tuesday. […] More

  • Lockheed to Install, Sustain F-16 Targeting Pods for Romania, Thailand - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in C4ISR News, News

    Lockheed to Install, Sustain F-16 Targeting Pods for Romania, Thailand

    Lockheed Martin has landed two contracts to produce and integrate Sniper Advanced Targeting Pods onto F-16 fighter planes operated by Romania’s and Thailand’s air forces. The company said Monday it will also perform initial sustainment work on F-16 ATPs for the two international military agencies. The Sniper works to identify and track small tactical targets […] More

  • Report: Northrop, Selex Partner to Offer Fighter IR Sensor Tech in US Market - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Report: Northrop, Selex Partner to Offer Fighter IR Sensor Tech in US Market

    Finmeccanica‘s Selex subsidiary has partnered with Northrop Grumman to market a Selex-designed infrared search and track sensor technology to defense customers in the U.S., Defense News reported Monday. Tom Kington writes a Northrop spokesperson told Defense News the company will provide details of the planned offering this month. Selex won contracts to built IRST systems […] More

  • ONC Grants $300K for Six Health IT Projects - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in Healthcare IT, News

    ONC Grants $300K for Six Health IT Projects

    The Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology has awarded $300,000 in total grants to six teams of developers and healthcare organizations that aim to live-test new health IT applications. The medical app developers were chosen and matched with healthcare providers through ONC’s Market R&D Challenge, according to a blog post published Tuesday […] More

  • HP to Extend IT Support for California Welfare Services Network - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in Industry News, News

    HP to Extend IT Support for California Welfare Services Network

    Hewlett Packard has received a five-year, $305 million contract extension to help run a web-based system for the California’s Welfare Client Data Systems consortium to manage public assistance services. The CalWORKS Information Network system is designed to manage approximately 40 percent of the entire welfare caseload in the state and process as many as 22 […] More

  • Markus Koerner: IBM Platform to Help Int'l Researchers Store Environmental Data - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in News

    Markus Koerner: IBM Platform to Help Int’l Researchers Store Environmental Data

    IBM has provided a big data technology to the German Climate Computing Center to aid in environmental information storage and analysis efforts. The center adopted the High Performance Storage System with the goal of helping researchers manage petabytes of climate simulation data, IBM said Friday. IBM built the HPSS platform in collaboration with the U.S. […] More

  • Industry Explores New Tech to Power Unmanned Underwater Vehicles - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in C4ISR News, News

    Industry Explores New Tech to Power Unmanned Underwater Vehicles

    Several technology companies are developing power generation systems and methods to operate unmanned undersea vehicles for an extended period of time, National Defense Magazine reports. Yasmin Tadjdeh writes Rich Granger, business development lead at Battelle‘s maritime systems business, told the magazine that the company has designed a platform that aims to transfer power and data […] More

  • Labor Dept: Unemployment Filings Fall 4K in April's Last Week - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in Industry News, News

    Labor Dept: Unemployment Filings Fall 4K in April’s Last Week

    A U.S. Labor Department report indicates the number of first-time filings for unemployment insurance benefits fell by 4,250 to a seasonally adjusted 279,500 last week. The figures mark the lowest level for a four-week rolling average of initial jobless claims in 15 years, DOL said Thursday. The report also shows UI benefit claims filed by […] More

  • General Dynamics Unit, Sky-Watch to Collaborate on Military Drone Tech - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in Industry News, News

    General Dynamics Unit, Sky-Watch to Collaborate on Military Drone Tech

    General Dynamics‘ European Land Systems subsidiary and Danish unmanned aerial vehicle manufacturer Sky-Watch have agreed to explore potential areas of cooperation on remotely piloted aircraft technology for military customers. GDELS said April 23 that Sky-Watch aims to look into new UAV technology applications in the battlefield by collaborating with other organizations. Jens Bauer, senior director […] More

  • Allan McArtor: Airbus' US Arm, Nexa Forge Commercial UAS Partnership - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in Industry News, News

    Allan McArtor: Airbus’ US Arm, Nexa Forge Commercial UAS Partnership

    Airbus Group Inc. — the European conglomerate’s U.S. subsidiary — has signed a partnership agreement with Nexa Capital Partners to explore strategies to commercialize unmanned aerial systems. The alliance’s goal is to identify methods for the commercial aviation industry to use UAS technology to increase operational efficiency and airspace access, Airbus said Wednesday. “The employment […] More