mm

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.

Latest stories

  • Serco to Provide Management, Technical Support for Saudi Railway Operator; Rupert Soames Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in Industry News, News

    Serco to Provide Management, Technical Support for Saudi Railway Operator; Rupert Soames Comments

    A Serco Group-led team has won a potential five-year, $185 million contract to support freight and passenger services for the North South Railway network in Saudi Arabia. Serco will collaborate with Network Rail Consulting and the Freightliner Group to provide infrastructure management and technical services to Saudi Railway Co. through the agreement, Serco said Monday. Rupert […] More

  • Orbital ATK Puts Aircraft Protection System to Live-Fire Test; Mike Kahn Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in Industry News, News

    Orbital ATK Puts Aircraft Protection System to Live-Fire Test; Mike Kahn Comments

    Orbital ATK has demonstrated an airborne technology designed to guide kill vehicles to protect helicopters from incoming rocket-propelled grenades. During live-fire testing, the Helicopter Active Protection System kill vehicle launched from an ALE-47 countermeasures dispenser, performed off-axis aerial maneuvers and headed to a simulated detonation point, Orbital ATK said Tuesday. The test also sought to […] More

  • Tory Bruno: ULA Eyes Strategic Change as New Competition Looms - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in Industry News, News

    Tory Bruno: ULA Eyes Strategic Change as New Competition Looms

    Tory Bruno, CEO of United Launch Alliance, has said ULA will adopt new business strategies as the company aims to stay ahead in the space launch services market, Reuters reported Friday. Andrea Shalal writes ULA, a Boeing and Lockheed Martin joint venture, seeks to grow its customer base to include commercial firms and reduce cycle time […] More

  • Tom Watson: SAIC to Continue Engineering, Technical Support for SPAWAR - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in C4ISR News, News

    Tom Watson: SAIC to Continue Engineering, Technical Support for SPAWAR

    Science Applications International Corp. has received a potential three-year, $62 million task order to provide technical and engineering services to the U.S. Navy‘s Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command. SAIC said Monday it will provide support for SPAWAR’s office of chief engineer, program executive office for C4I systems, fleet readiness directorate and C4ISR programs. “This […] More

  • Gene Colabatistto: CAE, NorthStar Aviation Partner to Develop Helicopter Simulator Tech - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in Featured, General, Industry News, News

    Gene Colabatistto: CAE, NorthStar Aviation Partner to Develop Helicopter Simulator Tech

    CAE and NorthStar Aviation have signed a partnership agreement to develop flight simulation and training products for the NorthStar Aviation-built 407MRH multirole helicopter, Shephard Media reported Monday. Darren Lake writes CAE will use 407MRH flight test data to replicate the aircraft’s performance as well as mission and weapon systems for simulator technology development. “Simulation-based training […] More

  • Daniel Heller: Lockheed Tests Nanotech for Oil-Drilling Wastewater Filtration - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in Industry News, News

    Daniel Heller: Lockheed Tests Nanotech for Oil-Drilling Wastewater Filtration

    Lockheed Martin has signed an agreement with two oil and natural gas producers to evaluate the potential of a Lockheed-designed membrane technology to filter wastewater at oil drilling sites, Reuters reported Friday. David Alexander writes Daniel Heller, vice president for sustainability technologies at Lockheed, said the company has been exploring the Perforene nano-based filtration system for applications […] More

  • Deloitte's John Powers: DoD Acquisition Reform Should Encourage Innovation - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in Industry News, News

    Deloitte’s John Powers: DoD Acquisition Reform Should Encourage Innovation

    John Powers, Deloitte‘s federal defense sector lead, has noted the U.S. Defense Department‘s openness to make changes in the way it does business and offer incentives to industry partners. “This approach by DoD can create opportunities for innovation in weapons systems, supply chain management, deployment and support service delivery,” Powers said in an interview published on Deloitte’s […] More

  • Deloitte's Nathan Houser: Data Analytics, Visualization Tools Could Facilitate National Security Mgmt - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in Industry News, News

    Deloitte’s Nathan Houser: Data Analytics, Visualization Tools Could Facilitate National Security Mgmt

    Nathan Houser, head of Deloitte‘s national security sector, said advancements in analytics, information assurance and visualization technology can aid the U.S. government’s efforts to address emerging threats. In an interview published on Deloitte’s website, Houser said he sees national preparedness and resiliency programs as key opportunities for industry to help agencies use technology to prepare […] More

  • Exelis to Help DARPA Build Airborne Communications Chip; Mark Adams Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in C4ISR News, News

    Exelis to Help DARPA Build Airborne Communications Chip; Mark Adams Comments

    Exelis has won a $10.7 million contract to help the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency develop a radio chip technology that would secure airborne communications against electronic threats. The company aims to build a microarchitecture for engineers to reconfigure military radio subsystems for multiple functions without redesigning an entire system through the agency’s Communications in […] More

  • Lockheed Execs See Opportunity in Air Force Bomber Joint Bid With Boeing - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in Industry News, News

    Lockheed Execs See Opportunity in Air Force Bomber Joint Bid With Boeing

    Marillyn Hewson, CEO of Lockheed Martin, said she believes the company’s teaming agreement with Boeing to pursue a U.S. Air Force bomber development contract represents a “very important opportunity” for both companies, Air Force Times reported Wednesday. Brian Everstine writes the Air Force’s upcoming competition would pit the Boeing-Lockheed team against Northrop Grumman, the incumbent […] More

  • Rob Weiss: Lockheed-Raytheon Team to Pursue USAF Surveillance Aircraft Replacement Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in Industry News, News

    Rob Weiss: Lockheed-Raytheon Team to Pursue USAF Surveillance Aircraft Replacement Contract

    Lockheed Martin and Raytheon have formed a team to bid for a contract to build the U.S. Air Force‘s future joint surveillance target attack radar system aircraft, Flightglobal reported Wednesday. Stephen Trimble writes the companies could integrate a battle management command and control technology derived from Lockheed’s Project Missouri and a Raytheon-designed active array sensor […] More

  • Carpathia Releases Beta Cloud Service for Healthcare Providers; Philip Hedlund Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in News, Products & Service

    Carpathia Releases Beta Cloud Service for Healthcare Providers; Philip Hedlund Comments

    Carpathia has announced a beta release of the company’s infrastructure-as-a-service offering that seeks to help providers comply with federal health information technology regulations. The Healthcare Community Cloud Service is designed for healthcare organizations to manage cloud computing and storage applications while adhering to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act and Health Information Technology for […] More