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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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  • Dave Shrum: QinetiQ NA Extends Two Decades of Naval Research Office Mission Support - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Dave Shrum: QinetiQ NA Extends Two Decades of Naval Research Office Mission Support

    QinetiQ North America has been awarded a five-year, $16 million contract to provide engineering, program management and technical support services to a U.S. Navy battlefield science and technology organization. QNA will lead a team of eight contractors to support work in the Office of Naval Research’s expeditionary maneuver warfare and combating terrorism department, QNA said Tuesday. The […] More

  • MITRE Enters Dubai Air Traffic Mgmt R&D Partnership; Lillian Ryals Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    MITRE Enters Dubai Air Traffic Mgmt R&D Partnership; Lillian Ryals Comments

    MITRE Corp. and Dubai Air Navigation Services will jointly research and develop tools to help manage the aviation infrastructure and air traffic control system in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The collaborative undertaking includes airspace design, technology sharing, safety evaluation and perfomance-based navigation procedures development, MITRE said Tuesday. Both parties signed a five-year framework agreement at an […] More

  • Jack Dorsett: Northrop Extends Three Decades of Navy Combat Training Systems Design Work - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Jack Dorsett: Northrop Extends Three Decades of Navy Combat Training Systems Design Work

    Northrop Grumman has been awarded a potential $33 million task order to design and build training systems for the U.S. Navy to prepare sailors for navigation and weapons launching activities. The Naval Undersea Warfare Center selected Northrop for the order under the SeaPort-e contract vehicle, Northrop said Tuesday. Work will also include system analysis, product assurance, […] More

  • SpaceX to Test Thales-Built Simulators for Iridium NEXT Satellites; Scott Smith Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    SpaceX to Test Thales-Built Simulators for Iridium NEXT Satellites; Scott Smith Comments

    Thales Alenia Space has developed simulation systems that will be used by Space Exploration Technologies Corp. in the testing phase of communications satellites for Iridium Communications‘ next-generation constellation. SpaceX was chosen to help launch Iridium NEXT satellites into space with a Falcon9 rocket under a $453.1 million contract between both companies, Iridium said Tuesday. “With […] More

  • Jim McCoy: Raytheon-PASSUR Team to Help Air Traffic Managers Use Data Analytics - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Jim McCoy: Raytheon-PASSUR Team to Help Air Traffic Managers Use Data Analytics

    Raytheon has signed a cooperative agreement with PASSUR Aerospace to jointly develop analytics-based tools for airline, airport and control tower operators to manage air traffic data. The alliance seeks to combine Raytheon’s ATM systems and PASSUR’s decision support software that is built with business intelligence and predictive analytics technology, Raytheon said Monday. “We are using […] More

  • Razorsight Adds 4 Execs to Advisory Board in Cloud Analytics Push - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Razorsight Adds 4 Execs to Advisory Board in Cloud Analytics Push

    Razorsight has appointed four communications industry veterans to its board of advisers as the company looks to grow its cloud analytics offerings in the communications and media market. Geoffrey Axton, Norman Fekrat, Patricia Gottesman and Don Upson are the newest members of Razorsight’s advisory board, the company announced Tuesday. Axton currently serves as chief operating […] More

  • Insurance Services Provider Uses Kofax Platform to Capture Mobile Images, Files - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Insurance Services Provider Uses Kofax Platform to Capture Mobile Images, Files

    A health insurance and medical assistance services provider has adopted a Kofax-built technology platform to extract large volumes of claims data from mobile devices. HTH Worldwide uses the Kofax Mobile Capture platform to help customers submit documents and manage transactions through an HTH application, Kofax said Tuesday. The platform works to capture, process and secure […] More

  • Hovig Safoian: LA Schools Aim to Transform Education Through Microsoft Cloud Email - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Hovig Safoian: LA Schools Aim to Transform Education Through Microsoft Cloud Email

    A Los Angeles public school district has implemented Microsoft‘s Office 365 cloud computing platform for administrators and faculty members to access, organize and share documents from multiple devices. Microsoft partner SADA Systems worked to help the Los Angeles Unified School District adopt the cloud email system, Microsoft said Thursday. Office 365 includes privacy and security […] More

  • Indus' EPA Water Quality App Wins ACT-IAC Top Innovation Award - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Indus’ EPA Water Quality App Wins ACT-IAC Top Innovation Award

    An online waterway monitoring tool developed by Indus Corp. for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has won an innovation award from The American Council for Technology and Industry Advisory Council. Indus and EPA received the Top Innovator award for their How’s my Waterway application through the ACT-IAC Igniting Innovation Awards Program, Indus said Wednesday. The […] More

  • Yasmine Winkler: UnitedHealthcare Helps Consumers Pay Medical Bills Through Online Service - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Yasmine Winkler: UnitedHealthcare Helps Consumers Pay Medical Bills Through Online Service

    A UnitedHealthcare electronic bill-payment service has processed more than $20 million in medical payments to more than 20,000 providers to date. UHC’s myClaims Manager platform is built with an InstaMed technology to help plan participants across the U.S. manage their medical claims and help member organizations receive healthcare-related payments, United Healthcare said Monday. “By enabling consumers […] More

  • Kay Kapoor: AT&T to Work With FDIC IT Division on Data, Voice Networking Services Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Kay Kapoor: AT&T to Work With FDIC IT Division on Data, Voice Networking Services Contract

    An AT&T business unit will provide managed network connectivity services to Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. offices throughout the U.S. under a $12 million contract. AT&T Government Solutions — the telecommunications company’s federal business organization – will support private wide area networks and voice communications at 95 FDIC locations nationwide, AT&T said Thursday. Kay Kapoor, president of AT&T Government Solutions, […] More