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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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  • WidePoint Lands Multiple Federal Govt Telecom Contracts; Steve Komar Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in Industry News, News

    WidePoint Lands Multiple Federal Govt Telecom Contracts; Steve Komar Comments

    WidePoint Corp. has been awarded three task orders and one contract extension for telecommunications system management services to multiple U.S. federal government agencies. The company received an order and a modification through an existing blanket purchase agreement and won another two contracts from a cabinet-level department, WidePoint said Monday. “We are excited to see these […] More

  • Mike Petters: Huntington Ingalls, Navy Work to Manage Carrier Construction Budget - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Mike Petters: Huntington Ingalls, Navy Work to Manage Carrier Construction Budget

    The U.S. Navy and Huntington Ingalls Industries strive to build the USS Gerald R. Ford aircraft carrier without exceeding the authorized budget, said HII CEO Mike Petters, the Daily Press reported Thursday. Hugh Lessig writes Petters was responding to a Government Accountability Office report that predicts the Navy’s supercarrier project would not meet the $12.9 […] More

  • Chris Marzilli: US Soldiers Use General Dynamics WIN-T for Ebola Mission in Africa - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Chris Marzilli: US Soldiers Use General Dynamics WIN-T for Ebola Mission in Africa

    U.S. Army soldiers and commanders are using a General Dynamics-built communications network to exchange information as they conduct operations to stop the Ebola outbreak in West Africa. General Dynamics said Tuesday its Warfighter Information Network–Tactical system is designed to help military personnel send each other voice, image and data files over a satellite-based network. “WIN-T […] More

  • Northrop Hands Navy 1st MQ-8C Autonomous Helicopter; George Vardoulakis Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop Hands Navy 1st MQ-8C Autonomous Helicopter; George Vardoulakis Comments

    Northrop Grumman has handed over the U.S. Navy‘s first MQ-8C Fire Scout unmanned helicopter for intelligence, surveillance and reconnaisance missions. The MQ-8C is designed to have a larger airframe and fly with three times more ISR payload than its predecessor variant MQ-8B, Northrop said Wednesday. “The test program will run through the summer as we […] More

  • MarketsandMarkets: Worldwide C4ISR Market to Grow 5% Annually Through 2020 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    MarketsandMarkets: Worldwide C4ISR Market to Grow 5% Annually Through 2020

    A MarketsandMarkets report predicts the global market for C4ISR systems will grow at an annual rate of 4.52 percent over the next six years to $133 billion in value by 2020. Systems integration and interoperability requirements could drive market growth and industry is forecast to see higher demand for synthetic aperture radar, mobile, geospatial, cybersecurity, […] More

  • Sam Baumel: Hughes Upgrades Satellite Broadband Service Offering for SMBs - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Sam Baumel: Hughes Upgrades Satellite Broadband Service Offering for SMBs

    Hughes Network Systems has released new satellite Internet service packages designed to offer small and midsize businesses download speeds of up to 15 megabits per second. The Business Internet Select and Access Plans are intended to leverage the company’s HughesNet Gen4 satellite broadband network, Hughes said Tuesday. “The new plans offer a substantial increase in […] More

  • Tony Smeraglinolo: Consolidation Would Facilitate 'Mission Readiness' in Govt Sector - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Tony Smeraglinolo: Consolidation Would Facilitate ‘Mission Readiness’ in Govt Sector

    Merger and acquisition deals offer a way for contractors to integrate technology offerings to help government organizations fulfill their missions, Engility CEO Tony Smeraglinolo said Tuesday in a conference keynote adapted for Washington Technology. “Consolidation is undoubtedly a good thing for both the industry and our government partners,” Smeraglinolo told an audience at the 2014 […] More

  • Raytheon, WDT Partner to Offer Weather Analytics Tools; Bill Sullivan Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon, WDT Partner to Offer Weather Analytics Tools; Bill Sullivan Comments

    Raytheon and Weather Decision Technologies will collaborate to develop customized applications intended to help users analyze climate information and predict weather. The partnership’s goal is to use a Raytheon-made environmental data analysis technology as the backend for WDT’s predictive weather decision support products, WDT said Nov. 20. Raytheon updated the software for U.S. government customers […] More

  • Inmarsat to Update Europe's ATC Data Link; Rupert Pearce Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Inmarsat to Update Europe’s ATC Data Link; Rupert Pearce Comments

    Inmarsat has been awarded a $19 million contract from the European Space Agency to build a satellite data link for the continent’s air traffic control infrastructure. ESA’s Iris Precursor project seeks to improve controller-pilot communications and help industry cut airborne delays by using Inmarsat’s SwiftBroadband service, Inmarsat said Wednesday. “Our aim, and the purpose of […] More

  • Deltek: $2B in No-Bid Contracts Awarded by DHS in Fiscal 2014 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Deltek: $2B in No-Bid Contracts Awarded by DHS in Fiscal 2014

    Deltek estimates the U.S. Department of Homeland Security has awarded more than $1.9 billion in noncompetitive contracts to industry over the past fiscal year, the Washington Post reported Sunday. Kathleen Sievers, a Deltek senior manager, writes more than 1,600 companies won contracts from the agency in FY 2014 without a competitive bidding process. DHS issued […] More

  • Systems Made Simple to Support VA Mobile Healthcare App Development - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Systems Made Simple to Support VA Mobile Healthcare App Development

    The U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs has awarded a contract to Systems Made Simple to help the agency create new mobile applications for managing veterans’ healthcare. VA seeks to develop apps intended to help veterans monitor their health, access medical information and connect with providers, Systems Made Simple said. The company will work with VA’s […] More

  • Mary Craft: Leidos to Help DLA Build, Maintain Fuel Supply Mgmt Platform - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Mary Craft: Leidos to Help DLA Build, Maintain Fuel Supply Mgmt Platform

    Leidos has been awarded a potential $38 million contract to help the U.S. Defense Logistics Agency develop software designed to manage fuel requirements at military bases worldwide. The company said Monday its Varec subsidiary will provide FuelsManager Defense software development and applications support to DLA’s energy organization. Mary Craft, a group president at Leidos, said […] More