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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Raytheon Secures $213M Contract to Produce More ‘StormBreaker’ Munitions for US, Foreign Military Clients

A Raytheon Technologies business unit will manufacture additional GBU-53/B StormBreaker glide bombs for the U.S. Air Force and the U.S. Navy under a $212.7 million lot 7 production contract. The contract to Raytheon's missile and defense group will also include classified foreign military sales of the precision-guided weapon technology, the Department of Defense said Friday.

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May 3, 2021, 7:24 am
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Maj. Gen. Scott Goldstein Takes Advanced Projects Lead Role at Anduril

TYSONS CORNER, VA, May 3, 2021 — Defense technology company Anduril Industries appointed three-decade defense sector veteran and U.S. Air Force Reserve Maj. Gen. Scott Goldstein as head of advanced projects, GovCon Wire reported April 19.

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May 3, 2021, 12:40 am
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ORock, Army Enter Cyber Software Factory Project’s 2nd Phase

ORock Technologies will help the U.S. Army develop cybersecurity training and mission tools for the second phase of a cloud-based software factory the military service is building to application deployment challenges. The Defensive Cyber Operations Resource for Updates, Innovation and Development system is intended to apply continuous integration/continuous delivery and DevSecOps workflow processes to the branch's cyber enterprise.

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April 29, 2021, 10:41 am
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Buchanan & Edwards Secures $80M DOL IT Support Contract; Eric Olson Quoted

Buchanan & Edwards has received a potential five-year, $80 million contract from the Department of Labor to help the Office of Job Corps manage data center information technology operations. The company said Tuesday it will provide maintenance support to the Job Corps data repository in Austin and an auxiliary facility.

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April 29, 2021, 2:55 am
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Martin UAV Wins Navy Prototype Project; Heath Niemi Quoted

Martin UAV has secured a project to develop an unmanned aerial system with vertical takeoff and landing capability for the U.S. Navy after the company won in a technology demonstration program run by the Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division's AIRWorks division. The Plano, Texas-based unmanned technology maker said Wednesday its V-BAT platform participated in the Mi2 Challenge, where both Martin UAV and L3Harris Technologies were the finalists for the merit-based competition.

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April 29, 2021, 12:54 am
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Hypori Receives ‘Gold’ Edison Award for Virtual Mobile Platform; Jared Shepard Quoted

A Hypori-built virtual mobility platform has been selected as the Gold trophy winner in the 2021 Edison Best New Product Awards competition's commercial technology category. Jared Shepard, CEO of Hypori, said the platform works to protect sensitive information across edge devices in a cloud environment.

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April 28, 2021, 1:39 am
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Sev1Tech Names Army Mission Solutions Business Lead; Robert Lohfeld Quoted

TYSONS CORNER, VA, April 28, 2021 — Sev1Tech appointed former Akima business development executive Michael Bosco as senior vice president of its Army mission solutions unit, GovCon Wire reported April 14. His career also includes leadership positions at Ops Tech Alliance, Altamira Technologies and BAE Systems.

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April 28, 2021, 1:03 am
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Think Tank Examines Private Sector AI Research Priorities

The public policy think tank Center for Security and Emerging Technology has found some differences and overlaps in the research agenda at six U.S. technology companies that pursue artificial intelligence and machine learning programs. CSET's "Mapping Research Agendas in U.S. Corporate AI Laboratories" report offers a look at AI/ML research topic areas prioritized by IBM, Microsoft, Amazon, Google, Apple and Facebook.

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April 27, 2021, 2:01 am
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Sev1Tech Hires Three-Decade USAF Vet for Advisory Role; Robert Lohfeld Quoted

TYSONS CORNER, VA, April 27, 2021 — Sev1Tech appointed Michael Taheri, a 31-year veteran of the U.S. Air Force and former director of staff at the National Guard Bureau, as a strategic board adviser, GovCon Wire reported April 13.

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April 27, 2021, 1:06 am
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Rolls-Royce, Two Universities to Collaborate on Engine Cybersecurity Research

Military aircraft engine maker Rolls-Royce has teamed up with Carnegie Mellon University and Purdue University to examine the potential of artificial intelligence technology to detect cybersecurity risks to propulsion and power systems. The partnership seeks to create AI-based intrusion detection approaches for embedded hardware in products such as aerospace engines as part of the Rolls-Royce Cybersecurity Technology Research Network, the company said Thursday.

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April 26, 2021, 1:00 am
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Six Companies Receive Army Grants to Design Electric Vehicle Power Tech

The U.S. Army selected six companies for an eight-week sprint to design power technology concepts for the military branch's future electric vehicles. Each participant will aim to develop an electric power system for potential use in remote areas as part of the Army's Power Transfer Cohort initiative.

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April 23, 2021, 7:29 am
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AceInfo to Help Manage Forest Service IT Systems; Mike Cosgrave Quoted

Ace Info Solutions has received a potential $37 million task order to help the U.S. Forest Service's natural resource manager directorate sustain agency information technology tools and applications. The Dovel Technologies subsidiary said Thursday it will perform operation and maintenance work on more than 70 systems that support agency business processes under the five-year task, as part of the Department of Agriculture IT Support blanket purchase agreement.

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April 23, 2021, 1:44 am