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’s Mission Systems Division Opens New Ontario HQ; Rosemary Chapdelaine Comments

Lockheed Martin Canada has moved its mission systems and training business to a new headquarters at Palladium Drive in Kanata, Ontario, from the division’s former location on Solandt Road, the Ottawa Business Journal reported Thursday. Tom Pechloff writes that Rosemary Chapdelaine, vice president and general manager of Lockheed Martin Canada MST, said the division employs […] More

March 17, 2015, 9:10 am
in Cybersecurity News, News

Chuck Harrington: Parsons’ New Virginia-Based Cyber Center to Offer IT Risk Mgmt Services

Parsons unveiled Friday a new cyber hub in Virginia that is intended to support commercial and government customers who aim to secure their operating environments. The Cyber Solutions Center is located at the firm’s Centreville office campus and houses a laboratory for Parsons technologists to emulate, test and demonstrate customer architectures, Parsons said Monday. Parsons […] More

March 17, 2015, 5:37 am
in Industry News, News

Tory Bruno: ULA Looks to Phase Out Delta IV Medium Rockets

United Launch Alliance CEO Tory Bruno has said the company seeks to retire the medium-lift version of its Delta IV rocket between 2018 and 2019, Defense News reported Sunday. Aaron Mehta writes Bruno told Defense News during a March 3 interview the company identified cost as a challenge in having both the Delta IV and […] More

March 16, 2015, 12:38 pm
in Industry News, News

Harris Powers Maine’s New Statewide Emergency Radio System

Harris and the state of Maine’s information technology office have worked to deploy a new radio system intended to facilitate communications among public safety agencies throughout the state. The Maine State Communications Network is powered by the company’s integrated voice, interoperability, data and access technology, and designed to connect with 40 transmitter and receiver sites, […] More

March 16, 2015, 10:54 am
in Industry News, News

Forecast International: Earth Imagery Demand to Drive Remote Sensing Satellite Production Through 2024

A Forecast International study estimates the production value of remote sensing satellites will reach $27.2 billion by 2024 due to an increasing demand for Earth imagery products in both government and commercial sectors. Manufacturers are projected to build more than 200 satellites equipped with remote sensing technology over the next decade, the research firm said […] More

March 16, 2015, 7:02 am
in Industry News, News

TechServe Alliance’s Report Shows IT, Engineering Jobs Growth in 2014; Mark Roberts Comments

TechServe Alliance has estimated U.S. companies created 210,200 new information technology jobs and 36,300 new engineering positions over the past 12 months. On a month-over-month basis, the IT workforce across the U.S. grew by 0.4 percent to roughly 4,856,400 in February 2015, TechServe Alliance said Wednesday. The number of engineering workers last month was up […] More

March 16, 2015, 5:55 am
in Featured, General, Industry News, News

Gulu Gambhir: Employees Key for Leidos’ Culture of Innovation

Gulu Gambhir, chief technology officer at Leidos, has noted the company’s efforts to encourage its workforce to put technology ideas forward. “Supporting employees with resources like money and time, repeatable innovation-related processes, and a culture tolerant of risk-taking and ‘successful’ failure encourages innovation,” Gambhir said in an interview published Thursday on the Fairfax County Chamber […] More

March 13, 2015, 9:41 am
in Industry News, News

BAE Enters Final Phase in UK Nuclear Submarine Design; Tony Johns Comments

BAE Systems has received a $381 million contract to perform the final design phase on a new class of nuclear-powered ballistic missile submarines for the British Royal Navy. “This funding will now allow us to mature the design over the next 12 months to enable us to start construction in 2016,” said Tony Johns, managing […] More

March 13, 2015, 8:31 am
in Industry News, News

Lockheed Rolls Out Italy’s 1st F-35A Jet; Lorraine Martin Comments

Lockheed Martin has unveiled the first F-35A fighter jet for the Italian air force at a final assembly and check out facility in Cameri, Italy. It is the first of eight F-35As being integrated at the site and is slated to take a maiden flight later this year, Lockheed said Thursday. Lockheed and Finmeccanica‘s Alenia […] More

March 13, 2015, 6:52 am
in Industry News, News

USAF Eyes June Decision on SpaceX Launch Service, Plans Next GPS Satellite Acquisition

Lt. Gen. Ellen Pawlikowski, the U.S. Air Force deputy for acquisition, said the military branch expects to complete the process of certifying SpaceX‘s Falcon 9 rocket in June, Reuters reported Tuesday. Pawlikowski told Andrea Shalal that she believes the Air Force could further leverage commercial launch services if the branch opens up competition in military […] More

March 12, 2015, 8:56 am
in C4ISR News, News

Raytheon Updates Standard Missile-3 Interceptor Software; Mitch Stevison Comments

Raytheon has updated the kill vehicle software of its Standard Missile-3 system that is designed to intercept and destroy ballistic missile threats. The U.S. Navy and Missile Defense Agency are slated to test the company’s SM-3 Block IB weapon fitted with the new software this year, Raytheon said Wednesday. “We’re proving it’s possible to significantly […] More

March 12, 2015, 6:52 am
in Industry News, News

Transparency Market Research: Homeland Security Market Valued at $364B in 2020

A Transparency Market Research report predicts global demand for counterterrorism and cybersecurity equipment will trigger a 5.6 percent compound yearly growth in the homeland security market over the next five years. The value of the HS market is projected to grow from almost $246 billion in 2014 to approximately $364 billion by 2020, the research […] More

March 11, 2015, 6:00 am