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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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  • Lockheed-Kaman-Neya Team Conducts Unmanned Helicopter Rescue Demonstration; Jay McConville Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in C4ISR News, News

    Lockheed-Kaman-Neya Team Conducts Unmanned Helicopter Rescue Demonstration; Jay McConville Comments

    Lockheed Martin has collaborated with Kaman Aerospace and Neya Systems to demonstrate the potential of an unmanned aerial vehicle to help evacuate injured soldiers from the battlefield. The companies worked to operate a K-MAX unmanned helicopter and a ground control infrastructure to locate and transport a wounded individual to safety during a March 26 demonstration, […] More

  • Navy Eyes IR Surveillance Countermeasure Tech Procurement - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Navy Eyes IR Surveillance Countermeasure Tech Procurement

    The U.S. Navy has asked industry to submit ideas for the development of new electro-optic and infrared systems that can help defend naval ships from optically guided missile threats. The Office of Naval Research issued a presolicitation on April 23 to provide information on the military branch’s plan to build the Combined EO/IR Surveillance and […] More

  • Mitch Friedman: Exelis-L3 Team to Build Special Mission Aircraft EW System - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Mitch Friedman: Exelis-L3 Team to Build Special Mission Aircraft EW System

    Exelis and L-3 Communications‘ platform integration unit have teamed to develop electronic countermeasures designed to integrate with special operations tanker aircraft for the U.S. Air Force. The companies aim to offer an electronic self-protection technology for integration into AC/MC-130J Commando II planes of the Air Force’s special operations command through the partnership, Exelis said Tuesday. […] More

  • Dave Pringle: Lockheed-Built UAS to Help with Search and Rescue Missions - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in Industry News, News

    Dave Pringle: Lockheed-Built UAS to Help with Search and Rescue Missions

    Lockheed Martin, Loen Engineering and Project Lifesaver International have partnered to help first responders utilize technologies to locate wandering or lost people with cognitive disorders. The alliance’s goal is to integrate a Loen antenna system and a Project Lifesaver tracking device with Lockheed’s Indago unmanned aerial system for search and rescue of special needs persons […] More

  • HP's Al Kinney: 24/7 Vigilance Needed to Fight Cyber Threats - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    HP’s Al Kinney: 24/7 Vigilance Needed to Fight Cyber Threats

    Al Kinney, head of the U.S. public sector at Hewlett-Packard‘s enterprise security services business, has said he believes organizations must learn how to think like a cyber criminal in order to defeat one, Lisa Mooijman of ICT Magazine reported Monday. He told ICT Magazine that government agencies and companies should adopt a structural cybersecurity platform […] More

  • John Fan: Rockwell Collins Awards F-35 Helmet Display Order to Kopin - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in News, Products & Service

    John Fan: Rockwell Collins Awards F-35 Helmet Display Order to Kopin

    Rockwell Collins has awarded Kopin a $1.8 million follow-on order to produce active matrix liquid crystal displays for F-35 flight helmets. Kopin’s SXGA visual technology will be built to integrate with Rockwell’s F-35 helmet-mounted display systems, Dr. John Fan, president and CEO of Kopin, said Monday. Fan added the orders are for the F-35 program’s […] More

  • Leidos' Gib Sorebo: Organizations Must Prepare for IoT's 'Unintended Consequences' - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in Cybersecurity News, News

    Leidos’ Gib Sorebo: Organizations Must Prepare for IoT’s ‘Unintended Consequences’

    Gib Sorebo, chief cybersecurity technologist at Leidos, has recommended that organizations develop policies governing the use of connected devices to protect users from the Internet of Things’ “unintended consequences,” SC Magazine reported Friday. Sorebo told SCMagazineUK.com at the annual RCA Conference that organizations also need to understand IoT use cases. He observed multiple industries adopting […] More

  • NIST Issues RFI for Cyber Risk Assessment Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in Cybersecurity News, News

    NIST Issues RFI for Cyber Risk Assessment Program

    The U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology has sought information on potential vendors that can help develop a risk scoring system for the agency’s information technology platforms, FCW reported Friday. Mark Rockwell writes NIST is interested in collaborating with the private sector to assess and monitor cybersecurity risks through a continuous monitoring initiative at […] More

  • CACI's Michael Kushin: Cyber Legislation Should Cover IoT Security, Privacy - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in Cybersecurity News, News

    CACI’s Michael Kushin: Cyber Legislation Should Cover IoT Security, Privacy

    The emergence of Internet of Things technology spurs privacy questions that need to be addressed through legislation, Michael Kushin, a senior vice president at CACI International, said in a Federal Times opinion piece published Tuesday. Kushin writes cybersecurity legislation should offer a balanced approach to addressing privacy and protection concerns related to network infrastructure as […] More

  • Battelle, Energy Dept Collaborate on Biomass-to-Fuel Conversion Project - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in Industry News, News

    Battelle, Energy Dept Collaborate on Biomass-to-Fuel Conversion Project

    A Battelle team of scientists and engineers has demonstrated a method for producing transportation fuels from biomass through a project funded by the U.S. Energy Department. Battelle said Wednesday its mobile catalytic pyrolysis system facilitated a more than 1,200-hour continuous hydrotreatment operation to produce biofuels. Pacific Northwest National Laboratory provided bio-oil stabilization catalysts for Battelle’s […] More

  • Jenoptik to Help Raytheon Build Patriot Missile Power Generators; Ralph Acaba Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Jenoptik to Help Raytheon Build Patriot Missile Power Generators; Ralph Acaba Comments

    Raytheon and Jenoptik have partnered to develop a power generation technology for international users of Raytheon’s Patriot air and missile defense systems. Jenoptik subsidiary Lechmotoren will help build power plants and generators, testing equipment and spares for an unnamed Patriot customer through the partnership, Raytheon said Friday. The alliance is also looking to supply Patriot […] More

  • Teresa Carlson: Public Sector a Key Market for AWS - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in Government Cloud, News

    Teresa Carlson: Public Sector a Key Market for AWS

    Amazon‘s cloud computing business posted revenue of $1.57 billion for the first quarter of its 2015 fiscal year, up almost 50 percent from the prior year period, the Washington Post reported Thursday. Amrita Jayakumar writes Amazon Web Services‘ performance is partly attributed to its cloud information technology services contracts in the government sector. “We always […] More