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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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  • CGI Deploys Cloud-Based Enterprise Resource Planning System for Wyoming Agencies - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CGI Deploys Cloud-Based Enterprise Resource Planning System for Wyoming Agencies

    CGI has helped the government of Wyoming implement a cloud-based software suite to streamline agency payroll, human resources and financial processes. The company said Wednesday that the state government adopted the CGI Advantage enterprise resource planning system to modernize business processes at more than 90 executive, legislative and judicial agencies. Aleta Jeffress, senior vice president […] More

  • SpaceX, Kuiper, Aalyria Awarded SDA LEO Backhaul Study Contracts - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    SpaceX, Kuiper, Aalyria Awarded SDA LEO Backhaul Study Contracts

    The Space Development Agency has enlisted SpaceX, Kuiper Government Solutions and Aalyria Technologies to conduct three-month research on how to connect commercial low-Earth orbit systems to a planned layered network of U.S. military satellites and supporting platforms. SDA said Thursday in a LinkedIn post the awards, issued under the System, Technologies and Emerging Capabilities broad […] More

  • Northrop Books Air Force IR Sensor Development Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop Books Air Force IR Sensor Development Contract

    Northrop Grumman has booked a three-year, $8.1 million contract to develop infrared sensor technology for the U.S. Air Force. The company will support the Air Force Research Laboratory’s Advanced Staring Infrared Search and Track Technologies program under the cost-plus-fixed-fee contract worth $8.1 million, the Department of Defense said Tuesday. AFRL received one offer for the […] More

  • Joe Rohner: Booz Allen Gets Workforce Ready for AI - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Joe Rohner: Booz Allen Gets Workforce Ready for AI

    Joe Rohner, vice president of Booz Allen Hamilton‘s artificial intelligence business, said the company offers reskilling and upskilling programs to help its employees gain knowledge on artificial intelligence. “We would love for every Booz Allen employee to be AI-ready and have the technical skills to understand AI, interact with it on a basic level, and […] More

  • Raytheon's Space-Based Coastal Monitoring Tech Design Passes Final Review Under NASA Program thumbnail
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    Raytheon’s Space-Based Coastal Monitoring Tech Design Passes Final Review Under NASA Program

    Raytheon, an RTX business, has started to develop a space-based coastal monitoring instrument for NASA after completing a critical design review phase. RTX said Monday the Geostationary Littoral Imaging and Monitoring Radiometer is designed to help researchers gather data on coastal ecosystem conditions and is being built under a contract with the University of New […] More

  • Deloitte Expands AI Portfolio for Government Clients; Ed Van Buren Quoted thumbnail
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    Deloitte Expands AI Portfolio for Government Clients; Ed Van Buren Quoted

    Deloitte has updated its portfolio of artificial intelligence tools designed to help government and higher education institutions simplify business processes. The expanded CortexAI for Government suite applies Deloitte’s Trustworthy AI framework for public sector clients to consider ethical safeguards when adopting the emerging technology, the company said Tuesday. CortexAI, which debuted in the government market […] More

  • Tenable Releases Generative AI-Based Cybersecurity Platform; Glen Pendley Quoted - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Tenable Releases Generative AI-Based Cybersecurity Platform; Glen Pendley Quoted

    Tenable has introduced a cybersecurity product that employs generative artificial intelligence to help customers analyze attack paths in information technology environments and turn insight from the analysis into actionable actions. The ExposureAI platform offers preventive security tools that facilitate natural language search queries, exposure data-based mitigation guidance and risk action recommendations, Tenable said Wednesday. A […] More

  • Northrop Produces Rocket Motor Case Set for MDA's Missile Defense Interceptor Development Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop Produces Rocket Motor Case Set for MDA’s Missile Defense Interceptor Development Program

    Northrop Grumman has finished producing initial cases for the solid rocket booster that will power a next-generation interceptor being developed for the Missile Defense Agency as part of an industry competition. The company said Tuesday it will equip Next-Generation Interceptor motors with inert propellant and deliver the hardware to Redstone Arsenal in Alabama for integration […] More

  • Air Force, Northrop Demonstrate B-2 Airborne Mission Transfer With Digital Tech - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Air Force, Northrop Demonstrate B-2 Airborne Mission Transfer With Digital Tech

    Northrop Grumman has demonstrated the use of digital communications technology to facilitate mission data transmission between the U.S. Air Force’s B-2 Spirit bomber aircrew and a ground station. A B-2 plane, nicknamed Spirit of Kitty Hawk, was fitted with a Northrop-built multimission domain open architecture to support the communications process during the two-day integrated airborne […] More

  • Mercury Delivers Army Radar Processing Hardware to Raytheon - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Mercury Delivers Army Radar Processing Hardware to Raytheon

    Mercury Systems has supplied the final radar processing hardware that Raytheon, an RTX business, will integrate into an initial production batch of Lower Tier Air and Missile Defense Sensor systems for the U.S. Army. More than 160 processors have been delivered to support the first six sensors under a proof of manufacturing contract between the […] More

  • Navy, Sofar Ocean Partner on Ocean Data Collection Tech Research - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Navy, Sofar Ocean Partner on Ocean Data Collection Tech Research

    San Francisco-based technology startup Sofar Ocean and the U.S. Navy’s Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Command have identified three potential areas of collaboration to help the service branch expand data gathering and weather forecasting capabilities. Both parties formalized a five-year cooperative research and development agreement through which several Navy organizations will explore use cases for the […] More

  • Amentum, Jacobs Join Groundbreaking of DOE's Environmental Management Disposal Facility - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Amentum, Jacobs Join Groundbreaking of DOE’s Environmental Management Disposal Facility

    Amentum and Jacobs have broken ground on a waste disposal facility to support Department of Energy cleanup efforts in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, as part of an $8.3 billion contract the companies’ joint venture won in October 2021. United Cleanup Oak Ridge leads the $550 million Environmental Management Disposal Facility construction project in three phases and […] More