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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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  • Jim Mitchell: Boeing to Deliver Inmarsat Satcom Offering to a Federal Customer - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Jim Mitchell: Boeing to Deliver Inmarsat Satcom Offering to a Federal Customer

    Boeing will partner with broadband service company ViaSat to deliver a Ka-band satellite bandwidth offering to a U.S. government organization. The companies will provide the agency with military communications bandwidth through Inmarsat‘s Global Xpress commercial satellite network, Boeing said Tuesday. According to Boeing, the agency will have rights to leverage Inmarsat-5 satcom service until Sept. […] More

  • Bechtel Venture-Built Silver Line Opens to DC Metro Commuters; Peter Dawson Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Bechtel Venture-Built Silver Line Opens to DC Metro Commuters; Peter Dawson Comments

    The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority has commenced passenger service on a new rail line that is built by Bechtel-led Dulles Transit Partners. Dulles Transit Partners designed and constructed the 11.7-mile Silver Line for the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority, Bechtel said Tuesday. “Collaboration with our customer, local businesses, and the community has been integral to […] More

  • Exelon Invests in Bloom Energy Fuel Cell Tech; Chris Crane Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Exelon Invests in Bloom Energy Fuel Cell Tech; Chris Crane Comments

    Exelon has signed an equity financing agreement for Bloom Energy-built fuel cell systems that would provide 21 megawatts of energy for 75 commercial sites in four U.S. states. The energy firm said Tuesday it will back Bloom Energy projects in California, New York, Connecticut and New Jersey through a service that enables companies to buy […] More

  • Douglas Freimuth: ACS, AT&T, IBM Demo Cloud-to-Cloud Networking Model - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Douglas Freimuth: ACS, AT&T, IBM Demo Cloud-to-Cloud Networking Model

    IBM has partnered with Applied Communication Sciences and AT&T to develop a technology that aims to reduce the provisioning time for cloud computing systems from days to seconds. The companies built the cloud-based architecture through a Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency‘s CORONET program, IBM said Tuesday. DARPA aims for the industry team to commercial the […] More

  • John Borghese: Rockwell Collins-Sandia Labs Team to Help DARPA Build Miniature Comms Tech - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    John Borghese: Rockwell Collins-Sandia Labs Team to Help DARPA Build Miniature Comms Tech

    Rockwell Collins and Sandia National Laboratories’ alliance will work with the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to integrate nanoscale architectures into military communication systems. The company said Tuesday the goal of DARPA’s Mesodynamic Architectures program is to develop a mesoscale method for building smaller technology for communication, electronic warfare and networking applications. “Once this is […] More

  • Mike Poth: HP to Continue Managing California City's IT Infrastructure - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Mike Poth: HP to Continue Managing California City’s IT Infrastructure

    A Hewlett Packard business unit has received a $55.8 million contract to extend its information technology support work for the city of Anaheim, California for another five years. HP Enterprise Services will provide the Anaheim government with new disaster recovery and videoconferencing platforms as well as help officials manage public web sites and digital communications with local […] More

  • Ken Asbury: CACI Releases Portable RF Signal Detection Tech - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Ken Asbury: CACI Releases Portable RF Signal Detection Tech

    CACI International has unveiled a spectrum analyzer product for law enforcement, security and intelligence personnel to detect radio frequency signals and gain situational awareness. The STC Portable Spectrum Analyzer is built with a software application that works to help users operate the device and to monitor the system remotely by using wireless or Ethernel control […] More

  • Philippine Govt Seeks to Purchase C-130 Aircraft, Equipment From Pentagon - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Philippine Govt Seeks to Purchase C-130 Aircraft, Equipment From Pentagon

    The government of the Philippines has requested to buy $61 million in C-130T transport planes and related equipment through a U.S. Defense Department-run foreign military sale program. The Philippines’ air force is interested in acquiring two Lockheed Martin-made C-130s from DoD’s existing stock, The Defense Security Cooperation Agency said Thursday. According to DSCA, the Philippine […] More

  • Jeff Timbrook: Perceptive Software Gains DoD Security Clearance for Medical Archiving Tech - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Jeff Timbrook: Perceptive Software Gains DoD Security Clearance for Medical Archiving Tech

    The Defense Department has certified a Perceptive Software-made technology for achiving clinical images and documents as security compliant under the agency’s Information Assurance Certification and Accreditation Process. DoD will use the Perceptive Acuo Vendor Neutral Archive system to help medical personnel manage content throughout Army– and Navy-run hospitals worldwide, Perceptive Software parent company Lexmark said […] More

  • Julian Cracknell: BAE to Support U.K. Govt Agency's Info and Comms Procurement Model - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Julian Cracknell: BAE to Support U.K. Govt Agency’s Info and Comms Procurement Model

    A BAE Systems subsidiary has signed an agreement to help the U.K.’s skills funding agency to implement a multi-sourcing framework for the agency’s information and communications technology infrastructure. BAE Systems Applied Intelligence will serve as a service management and integration provider and be responsible for overseeing the delivery of ICT offerings to the U.K. skills […] More

  • Siemens to Help German Cruise Ship Terminal Build Shorepower System - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Siemens to Help German Cruise Ship Terminal Build Shorepower System

    Siemens has secured an $11.4 million contract to build a power source system for the Altona cruise ship terminal in Hamburg, Germany, to supply electricity to vessels during laytime. The onshore power system is intended to enable cruise ships to turn off diesel engines as well as reduce harmful emissions while berthed at the Hamburg […] More