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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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  • CISA, Mitre Support Industrial Control System Cybersecurity With Open Source Tool; Eric Goldstein Quoted - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in Cybersecurity, News

    CISA, Mitre Support Industrial Control System Cybersecurity With Open Source Tool; Eric Goldstein Quoted

    Mitre has worked with the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency to develop an extension of the nonprofit research organization’s automated adversary emulation platform to help industrial control system operators defend operational technology against cyber threats. The partnership offers an initial set of open source modules to the Caldera for OT platform through the Github code […] More

  • Lockheed Unit to Maintain H-60 Aircraft Software for US Navy, 6 Foreign Customers - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in Contract Awards, News

    Lockheed Unit to Maintain H-60 Aircraft Software for US Navy, 6 Foreign Customers

    A Lockheed Martin business will maintain the software of H-60 multimission helicopters currently in service with the U.S. Navy and six international countries under a five-year, $49.5 million contract. Australia, Denmark, Saudi Arabia, South Korea, Greece and Norway are the foreign customers under the cost-plus-fixed-fee, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity award to Lockheed’s rotary and mission systems unit, the […] More

  • General Atomics to Lead Fusion Data Platform Development Project With DOE Grant - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in Artificial Intelligence, News

    General Atomics to Lead Fusion Data Platform Development Project With DOE Grant

    A General Atomics-led team has secured a three-year, $7.4 million grant from the Department of Energy to to build an integrated artificial intelligence and machine learning tool researchers can use to analyze fusion science data. Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Sapientai and the University of California will serve as team members on the fusion data platform development […] More

  • DIA Opens Solicitation to Replace Agency's HR Information System - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DIA Opens Solicitation to Replace Agency’s HR Information System

    The Defense Intelligence Agency has launched a full and open competition for a potential $150 million contract to modernize its human resources information system. DIA is seeking an original equipment manufacturer to replace its myHR system and help the agency automate human capital management processes, according to a request for quote notice posted Thursday on […] More

  • Air Force Plans Base Pilot Run of Oklo's Microreactor; Ravi Chaudhary Quoted - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Air Force Plans Base Pilot Run of Oklo’s Microreactor; Ravi Chaudhary Quoted

    The Department of the Air Force and the Defense Logistics Agency’s energy organization plan to initiate a contracting process with fission power plant developer Oklo to install a microreactor at Eielson AF Base in Alaska. Santa Clara, California-based Oklo could receive a potential firm-fixed-price contract once the Nuclear Regulatory Commission grants a license for the […] More

  • NGA Extends Booz Allen's Research Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in Contract Awards, News

    NGA Extends Booz Allen’s Research Contract

    Booz Allen Hamilton will continue to provide subject matter expertise to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency in research and development under a one-year, $52 million contract modification. NGA said Wednesday the company will explore pathbreaking technologies and transition innovations into the agency mission. The award represents a task order extension and brings the overall contract value […] More

  • DOD Enlists TurbineOne for Machine Learning Prototyping Project - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in Artificial Intelligence, Contract Awards, News

    DOD Enlists TurbineOne for Machine Learning Prototyping Project

    San Francisco-based analytics software company TurbineOne will undertake a prototype machine learning development project under a multiyear contract from the Department of Defense’s innovation arm. TurbineOne said Monday the collaboration with the Defense Innovation Unit and DOD’s FutureG and 5G Office will pursue ML applications for geolocation and threat detection. This award aligns with the […] More

  • Air Force Vet Jason Huff Appointed COO at Cyemptive's Security Operations Division - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in Executive Moves, News

    Air Force Vet Jason Huff Appointed COO at Cyemptive’s Security Operations Division

    Jason Huff, a retired U.S. Air Force lieutenant colonel, has been named chief operating officer of the security operations division at Cyemptive Technologies. Cyemptive said Thursday the 23-year USAF veteran will oversee the cybersecurity software provider’s security and network operations centers in his COO post. His military career has included stints as the service branch’s […] More

  • SpyCloud Aiming to Drive Identity Threat Protection Tech Adoption With $110M Funding Round - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in Cybersecurity, News

    SpyCloud Aiming to Drive Identity Threat Protection Tech Adoption With $110M Funding Round

    SpyCloud has raised $110 million in a funding round led by technology-focused private equity firm Riverwood Capital.  The new capital will support SpyCloud’s plans to innovate its identity threat protection platform and grow its go-to-market teams across the globe, the Texas-based cyber analytics company said Wednesday. Venture capital firm Silverton Partners participated in the financing […] More

  • Amida Patents AI-Based Chip Security Method - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in Artificial Intelligence, News

    Amida Patents AI-Based Chip Security Method

    Washington, D.C.-based software provider Amida Technology Solutions has obtained a patent for an artificial intelligence-based approach to discovering a cybersecurity breach on microelectronic systems. The invention with patent number 11736501 involves a novel method to apply AI and graph theory for integrated circuit breach detection and characterization, the company said Wednesday. Amida, which developed its […] More

  • General Dynamics IT Business, Fornetix Demonstrate Zero Trust Tactical Edge Platform - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in Cybersecurity, News

    General Dynamics IT Business, Fornetix Demonstrate Zero Trust Tactical Edge Platform

    General Dynamics‘ information technology unit and Fornetix demonstrated zero trust security for mission data applications at the tactical edge through a series of U.S. Army Pacific-sponsored exercises. The two companies helped Army I Corps deploy a cybersecurity platform at the biennial Talisman Sabre military training activity in Australia to support the exchange of information between […] More

  • AM General Selects Navistar as JLTV Trailer Manufacturing Partner - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    AM General Selects Navistar as JLTV Trailer Manufacturing Partner

    Navistar’s defense business has booked a subcontract from AM General to build approximately 10,000 trailers for the U.S. Army’s follow-on Joint Light Tactical Vehicle program. AM General won the potential 10-year, $8.66 billion JLTV production recompete contract in February. Navistar Defense said Thursday that efforts to build the trailers will occur at a West Point, […] More