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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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  • Bernie Guerry: General Dynamics' IT Unit Eyes Industrial Control Tech Security Market Entry - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in Cybersecurity News, News

    Bernie Guerry: General Dynamics’ IT Unit Eyes Industrial Control Tech Security Market Entry

    General Dynamics plans to offer a cyber monitoring service to industrial control system operators through the company’s information technology business unit as part of a push to expand into the ICS market. Bernie Guerry, senior vice president of the intelligence solutions division in General Dynamics’ IT unit, said Tuesday the company aims to bring its military-grade cybersecurity services into the commercial sector in […] More

  • Naval Research Lab, General Atomics to Collaborate on Radar Tech Integration Project - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in C4ISR News, News

    Naval Research Lab, General Atomics to Collaborate on Radar Tech Integration Project

    The Naval Research Laboratory has partnered with a General Atomics subsidiary to embed NRL-built inverse synthetic aperture radar imaging software into the company’s Lynx multimode radar system. NRL and General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. will work to build integrated radar technology for joint warfighter missions under a cooperative research and development agreement, according to an article published Tuesday on the U.S. Navy website. Thomas Pizzillo, […] More

  • Study: 781 Data Breaches Occurred in Public, Private Sectors During 2015 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in Cybersecurity News, News

    Study: 781 Data Breaches Occurred in Public, Private Sectors During 2015

    The Identity Theft Resource Center found during a study that there were 781 publicly reported data breaches across the U.S. public and private sectors during 2015. Forty-percent of those breaches tracked by ITRC occurred in the business sector, an 8.1 percent increase from 2014 figures, the center said Jan. 25. Healthcare organizations had the second highest percentage of data security incidents last […] More

  • L-3 Revives 'Vertex Aerospace' Brand; Ed Boyington Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in Industry News, News

    L-3 Revives ‘Vertex Aerospace’ Brand; Ed Boyington Comments

    L-3 Communications‘ aerospace sustainment and support business has re-adopted the “Vertex Aerospace” name in a move to highlight the unit’s specialized services for the public sector. The business is part of L3’s aerospace systems segment and provides a wide range of  aviation services to military and government customers, L-3 said Monday. “The name Vertex Aerospace resonates with our customers and employees because […] More

  • BAE, Emirates Defense Technology Team to Explore UAE Artillery Market Opportunities - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in News, Products & Service

    BAE, Emirates Defense Technology Team to Explore UAE Artillery Market Opportunities

    BAE Systems and Emirates Defense Technology have formed a partnership with the intent to offer BAE-built M777 howitzers in the United Arab Emirates’ defense market and develop their self-propelled artillery concept further. The companies aim to develop a self-propelled artillery system that would integrate the British contractor’s 155mm towed howitzer technology with EDT’s Enigma 8×8 armored fighting vehicle platform, BAE said Monday. […] More

  • Report: US Foreign Military Sales Hit $29B in First Half of FY 2016 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in Industry News, News

    Report: US Foreign Military Sales Hit $29B in First Half of FY 2016

    Guggenheim Securities has found that foreign military sales of U.S.-built platforms and weapon systems amounted to $29 billion after six months of the government’s 2016 fiscal year, Defense News reported Friday. Aaron Mehta writes the investment banking and capital markets company said in its report obtained by Defense News that Lockheed Martin is the largest beneficiary of FMS deals for the first half of fiscal […] More

  • Ad Hoc Team to Build, Secure Consolidated VA Services Website - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in Healthcare IT, News

    Ad Hoc Team to Build, Secure Consolidated VA Services Website

    Silver Spring, Maryland-based software engineering company Ad Hoc LLC will collaborate with three other technology companies to help the Department of Veterans Affairs design, build and maintain an online portal of various agency services under a $12.9 million contract. The contract also covers website application development, content creation, identity authentication and testing services, the department said in a FedBizOpps […] More

  • Kent Optronics Secures Navy Night-Vision Tech Ordering Agreement - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in C4ISR News, News

    Kent Optronics Secures Navy Night-Vision Tech Ordering Agreement

    Kent Optronics has received a potential five-year, $47.6 million basic ordering agreement to produce wide field-of-view night vision technology for the U.S. Navy. The Defense Department said Friday the company will also provide night vision systems and associated retrofit and data services to the Navy Expeditionary Combat Command as well as to the U.S. Special Operations Command, […] More

  • Air Force Picks Boeing, Lockheed, Northrop for Follow-On GPS III Readiness Assessment Contracts - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in Industry News, News

    Air Force Picks Boeing, Lockheed, Northrop for Follow-On GPS III Readiness Assessment Contracts

    Boeing, Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman have received separate contracts to conduct readiness feasibility studies for the development of an 11th and succeeding GPS III space vehicles for the U.S. Air Force. Each GPS III SV11+ Phase 1 Production Readiness Feasibility Assessment contract has a 26-month base value of $5 million and two six-month options worth up to $1 million combined, […] More

  • CBP Seeks Sources for Management Support to Network Operations Center - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in Industry News, News

    CBP Seeks Sources for Management Support to Network Operations Center

    The U.S. Customs and Border Protection is seeking information on potential vendors that can help run and maintain an agency facility built to support up to 17,000 enterprise network devices. CBP needs support personnel to ensure continuity of operations at the agency’s Network Operations Center, the Department of Homeland Security said in a FedBizOpps notice published Thursday. Task areas listed in the notice include program […] More

  • NASA Opens Access to 56 Agency Tech Patents; Daniel Lockney Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in Industry News, News

    NASA Opens Access to 56 Agency Tech Patents; Daniel Lockney Comments

    NASA has opened up its intellectual property for 56 agency-built technological platforms to the commercial space industry as part of the agency’s technology transfer efforts. “By releasing this collection into the public domain, we are encouraging entrepreneurs to explore new ways to commercialize NASA technologies,” Daniel Lockney, NASA’s technology transfer program executive, said in a statement released Friday. The agency […] More

  • Linden Blue: General Atomics Tests Fuselage Structure of Predator B Variant - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in Industry News, News

    Linden Blue: General Atomics Tests Fuselage Structure of Predator B Variant

    General Atomics‘ aeronautical systems business has finished rigorous tests on the fuselage structure of  a new variant of its Predator B remotely piloted aircraft. “Completion of this testing signifies that the design of the new fuselage will be able to meet the strict requirements for type-certification and routine operations in national airspace,” Linden Blue, CEO of General Atomics […] More