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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in Government Technology, News

Boeing-Saab Team Applies Digital Method to 1st Red Hawk Trainer Splice

A Boeing and Saab partnership completed the first digital splice of the forward and aft sections of a new trainer aircraft the two companies are building for the U.S. Air Force. Saab assembled the T-7A Red Hawk's aft fuselage in Sweden and delivered the hardware to a Boeing facility in St. Louis, where aircraft mechanics completed the joining process in less than 30 minutes, the Chicago-based aerospace and defense company said Thursday.

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May 14, 2021, 1:08 am
in Cybersecurity News, News

Zscaler’s Stephen Kovac: Executive Order Could Move National Cybersecurity Into ‘Cloud Secure’ Era

Some technology industry leaders said President Joe Biden's recent executive order offers a new paradigm for the public sector to expand cyber threat information sharing initiatives with the private sector and update cloud service cybersecurity requirements. "The Executive Order on Improving the Nation’s Cybersecurity moves us into the era of Cloud Secure,” Stephen Kovac, vice president of global government and head of corporate compliance at Zscaler.

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May 14, 2021, 1:01 am
in Industry News, Press Releases

Leidos Names Next Finance Chief

TYSONS CORNER, VA, May 13, 2021 — Leidos (NYSE: LDOS) has appointed Chief Accounting Officer Christopher Cage to serve as its chief financial officer when James Reagan steps down from the CFO position on July 5, GovCon Wire reported May 5.

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May 13, 2021, 4:41 am
in Industry News, M&A Activity, Press Releases

Peraton Implements New Structure Upon Perspecta Deal’s Closure

TYSONS CORNER, VA, May 12, 2021 — John Kavanaugh, most recently chief financial officer at Perspecta, joined Peraton as CFO in a series of leadership appointments resulting from the combination of the two government contractors via a $7.1 billion all-cash transaction backed by private equity firm Veritas Capital, GovCon Wire reported April 30.

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May 12, 2021, 12:30 am
in Contract Awards, News

CAES, Raytheon Partner to Connect Military Aircraft, Commercial Satellite Internet; Mike Kahn Quoted

Raytheon Technologies' intelligence and space business has teamed up with CAES to develop a connectivity platform for U.S. Air Force aircraft to access commercial satellite internet services. CAES said Monday it will build a radio frequency signal converter for integration into a phased array antenna Raytheon is developing to support the Air Force Research Laboratory-led Defense Experimentation Using Commercial Space Internet program.

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May 11, 2021, 9:16 am
in Contract Awards, News

General Dynamics to Produce Missile Seeker Components for Raytheon SM-3 Interceptor

Raytheon Technologies has awarded General Dynamics a pair of contracts worth $43 million combined to manufacture seeker components for two new variants of the Standard Missile-3 system. General Dynamics said Monday its mission systems unit will provide optical hardware to Raytheon's missiles and defense business for integration into the SM-3 Block IB and IIA interceptors.

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May 11, 2021, 9:07 am
in M&A Activity, News

Voyager Takes Stake in XO Markets for Commercial Space Market Push; Dylan Taylor Quoted

Voyager Space Holdings has completed its majority investment in X.O. Markets, the parent company of small satellite deployment system provider Nanoracks, to establish a footprint in the commercial space services market. Denver-based Voyager said Tuesday the move is part of efforts to position itself to offer an integrated space exploration platform that could support various missions.

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May 10, 2021, 10:31 am
in News

Boeing Receives Initial Redwire Solar Arrays for Space Station

Redwire has built and supplied a pair of roll-out solar arrays to Boeing for installation on the International Space Station as part of a NASA initiative to modernize the orbiting laboratory's power system. Boeing, the prime contractor for NASA ISS operations, received two of the six iROSAs after the hardware completed the acceptance testing phase, Redwire said Thursday.

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May 7, 2021, 11:50 am
in Contract Awards, News

Palantir, Coast Guard Renew Software Contract; Doug Philippone Quoted

The U.S. Coast Guard will continue to use Palantir-made data management and analytics software for another nine months under a potential $11.25 million contract renewal. Palantir said Thursday it has provided the military service access to its technology over the past year to help the branch manage resource data amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

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May 7, 2021, 12:12 am
in Contract Awards, News

SES Receives Military Satcom Support Contract; Pete Hoene Quoted

An SES subsidiary will provide satellite communications support to a U.S. combatant command as part of a $35 million contract. Pete Hoene, president and CEO of SES Government Solutions, said the company aims to help military personnel transmit tactical data in real time using both GEO and medium earth orbit satcom platforms.

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May 6, 2021, 6:04 am
in Government Technology, News

FAA Certifies uAvionix Drone Transponder; Christian Ramsey Quoted

UAvionix, an autonomous technology provider backed by Airbus' venture capital arm, has received certification from the Federal Aviation Administration for an unmanned aircraft system communications technology product. The ping200x technology became the world's first drone transponder approved for FAA TSO performance standard compliance, Airbus Ventures said Tuesday.

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May 5, 2021, 2:48 am
in Contract Awards, News

GSA Gives Green Light for Agencies to Proceed on Second-Generation IT BPA

The General Services Administration has declared its five-year, $5.5 billion Second-Generation Information Technology blanket purchase agreement as ready for business, two months after the agency re-awarded more than 70 positions on the governmentwide acquisition vehicle.

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May 3, 2021, 10:10 am