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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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  • Battelle to Showcase Military Tech Portfolio at SOFIC Forum - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Battelle to Showcase Military Tech Portfolio at SOFIC Forum

    Battelle will display a range of tactical and maritime technology offerings at the Special Operations Forces Industry Conference that is scheduled to occur in Tampa, Fla. from Tuesday to Thursday. The nonprofit will exhibit products such as the Bluefin-21 autonomous underwater vehicle, REBS chemical and biological agent detector, G-DataWave wireless communication system and Oculus-based virtual reality […] More

  • Ken Asbury: Army Taps CACI to Help Build Network Interoperability Tech - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Ken Asbury: Army Taps CACI to Help Build Network Interoperability Tech

    CACI International has won a $21 million task order to help the U.S. Army integrate data networking and connectivity tools for the branch’s tactical command infrastructure. The potential two-year contract also covers research and development, prototyping, logistics, systems engineering and software support services, CACI said Monday. The Army uses the battle command system to manage […] More

  • Air Force Sends Boeing's Sixth GPS IIF Satellite Into Space; Craig Cooning on Future Launches - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Air Force Sends Boeing’s Sixth GPS IIF Satellite Into Space; Craig Cooning on Future Launches

    A Boeing GPS satellite launched Friday morning aboard a Delta IV rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. GPS IIF-6 will work to facilitate real-time transfer of position, timing and navigation data globally for commercial, scientific and civil use, the Air Force said Friday. Craig Cooning, vice president and general manager for Boeing’s space and intelligence systems […] More

  • SpaceX's Unmanned Capsule Returns From ISS Resupply Mission - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    SpaceX’s Unmanned Capsule Returns From ISS Resupply Mission

    A SpaceX-built cargo ship has landed in the Pacific Ocean on Sunday after delivering nearly 5,000 pounds of experiments and supplies to the International Space Station, Military Times reported Sunday. James Dean writes that SpaceX’s Dragon unmanned capsule left the ISS at 9:26 a.m. Eastern time and then came down approximately 300 miles off the […] More

  • Mike Fey: Verizon Report Fingers Cyberespionage as Cause Behind 22% of Security Breaches - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Mike Fey: Verizon Report Fingers Cyberespionage as Cause Behind 22% of Security Breaches

    A Verizon security research report indicates that cyberespionage was the motive behind 22 percent of breach incidents over the past year. Mike Fey, chief technology officer for Intel‘s security business, discusses the findings of Verizon’s “2014 Data Breach Investigations Report” in an article published Thursday on the Verizon website. Fey writes the research cited manufacturing, […] More

  • Kevin Service: Verizon Invests $3B to Build Fiber Optic Network in NYC - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Kevin Service: Verizon Invests $3B to Build Fiber Optic Network in NYC

    Verizon has completed almost 17,000 miles of fiber optic work in New York City in an effort to meet data and voice communication needs of residential and business customers throughout the city. The company’s goal is to deliver high-speed connectivity by building an all fiber infrastructure  that encompasses the city’s five boroughs, Verizon said Thursday. […] More

  • AWS Public Sector Lead Teresa Carlson Discusses Communications, Social Media at Forum - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    AWS Public Sector Lead Teresa Carlson Discusses Communications, Social Media at Forum

    Teresa Carlson, vice president of Amazon Web Services‘ worldwide public sector, participated in a panel discussion Thursday at the FOSE Conference and Exposition and shared her insights on balancing the role of technology,  the Washington Journal reported Thursday. Jill Aitoro writes that Carlson considers herself an “old school” person who puts emphasis on business communications. […] More

  • Ball Aerospace to Ship DigitalGlobe Satellite for August Launch - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Ball Aerospace to Ship DigitalGlobe Satellite for August Launch

    Ball Aerospace & Technologies expects to deliver a commercial Earth-observing satellite at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California in June, approximately two months ahead of the spacecraft’s scheduled launch in August. The company said Tuesday that it is close to completing post-environmental baseline tests and ground segment assessments on DigitalGlobe‘s WorldView-3 remote sensory spacecraft . WorldView-3’s initial launch […] More

  • Bill Boyd: Hygeia Solutions Partners to Update NIH Clinical Center's Decision Support System - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Bill Boyd: Hygeia Solutions Partners to Update NIH Clinical Center’s Decision Support System

    The Hygeia Solutions Partners joint venture will help the National Institutes of Health update, maintain and run an executive information system for the agency’s clinical research organization under a $3.4 million contract. NIH awarded the multi-year EIS support contract to the venture through the Chief Information Officers – Solutions and Partners 3 contract vehicle, IntelliDyne said Wednesday. Hygeia […] More

  • Lockheed, SABIC Form JV for Carbon Nanostructures; Dale Bennett Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed, SABIC Form JV for Carbon Nanostructures; Dale Bennett Comments

    Lockheed Martin and Saudi Basic Industries Corp. have agreed to establish a joint venture that will develop and sell carbon nanostructure materials and infused products to various industries in Saudi Arabia. SABIC, a petrochemical manufacturer partly owned by the Saudi Arabian government, aims to expand into specialty-based markets by teaming up with Lockheed Martin, SABIC […] More

  • FireEye's Nart Villeneuve: Hacker Group 'Ajax' Targets Dissidents in Iran - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    FireEye’s Nart Villeneuve: Hacker Group ‘Ajax’ Targets Dissidents in Iran

    FireEye has uncovered evidence of a hacking organization that has been operating since 2009 and has primarily targeted both Iranian dissidents and U.S. defense businesses. Dubbed “Ajax Security Team,” the hacker group intensified the level of its cyber activity from defacing several websites to conducting espionage operations, FireEye said Tuesday. Hackers also took aim at […] More

  • Unisys Releases Air Cargo Accounting Platform; Christopher Shawdon Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Unisys Releases Air Cargo Accounting Platform; Christopher Shawdon Comments

    Unisys has unveiled a cloud-based platform designed to help airlines process invoices, payables, receivables, waybills and agent commissions for their freight business. The Cargo Revenue Accounting system works to integrate with Unisys’ Logistics Management System or other cargo management tools, Unisys said April 9. Unisys wants airfreight carriers to share relevant business data in real […] More