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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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  • USAF Performs Qualification Test on Raytheon's GPS OCX Launch, Checkout System - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    USAF Performs Qualification Test on Raytheon’s GPS OCX Launch, Checkout System

    Raytheon and the U.S. Air Force have conducted an initial qualification test on a ground-based satellite launch-and-checkout platform the company has built as part of the GPS Next-Generation Operational Control System. The company said Tuesday the LCS system is designed to help the military service manage the launch and early-orbit checkout phases of GPS III satellites. The Air Force tested the platform in […] More

  • BAE's Dave Gormley Outlines 6 Levels for Sophisticated Cyber Threat Mgmt - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    BAE’s Dave Gormley Outlines 6 Levels for Sophisticated Cyber Threat Mgmt

    Dave Gormley, a cybersecurity product specialist at BAE Systems, has recommended a six-level framework from research company Forrester he believes can help organizations to avoid advanced targeted attacks. He outlined three of six steps that comprise Forrester’s Targeted Attack Hierarchy of Needs in a blog entry posted Monday. Gormley said the first strategy in the framework calls for organizations […] More

  • ULA Launches CubeSat STEM Payload Competition For Universities; Tory Bruno Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    ULA Launches CubeSat STEM Payload Competition For Universities; Tory Bruno Comments

    United Launch Alliance has started the application process for a competition that aims to provide U.S. colleges and universities a chance to build payloads for ULA’s CubeSat rideshare program. ULA said Thursday that Tyvak Nanosatellite Systems will help evaluate and pick schools that can get free science, technology, engineering and math payload rides on Atlas V rockets as part of […] More

  • Kryptowire's Mobile Security Tech Added to GSA IT Schedule - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Kryptowire’s Mobile Security Tech Added to GSA IT Schedule

    Kryptowire has secured a position on the General Services Administration‘s Schedule 70 contracting vehicle to offer a tool the company designed to help agencies secure third-party applications in federally approved mobile devices. The company built its technology as part of a cybersecurity research and development program run by the Department of Homeland Security‘s science and technology directorate, DHS said Friday. DHS S&T […] More

  • Battelle to Help NSF Build, Implement Ecological Observation Infrastructure - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Battelle to Help NSF Build, Implement Ecological Observation Infrastructure

    The National Science Foundation has partnered with Battelle to build and implement a technology platform for scientists to examine climate change, invasive species and land use across U.S. states and territories. Battelle said Friday it will help establish the National Ecological Observatory Network for the agency and a system to facilitate data gathering at 81 NEON field sites. “This program aligns […] More

  • DARPA Christens Leidos-Built 'Sea Hunter' Autonomous Ship Demonstrator - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DARPA Christens Leidos-Built ‘Sea Hunter’ Autonomous Ship Demonstrator

    The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has christened an autonomous vessel demonstrator that a Leidos-led team designed and built for DARPA’s Anti-Submarine Warfare Continuous Trail Unmanned Vessel program. Leidos Chairman and CEO Roger Krone joined several DARPA and Defense Department officials during the christening of a prototype unit for the Sea Hunter ACTUV at a dockside ceremony held Thursday in Portland, Oregon, […] More

  • Navy Issues RFI on Portable Bomb Detector Tech - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Navy Issues RFI on Portable Bomb Detector Tech

    The U.S. Navy has begun its search for industry sources of technology designed to detect unexploded ordnance and improvised explosive devices. In a FedBizOpps notice published Monday, the military branch said its Naval Surface Warfare Center in Indian Head, Maryland is interested in detection systems that ordnance disposal personnel can stow in backpacks or cargo pockets. NSWC seeks a detector that […] More

  • Kevin McAleenan: DHS to Seek Silicon Valley Tech Partners for Trade, Travel Security Programs - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Kevin McAleenan: DHS to Seek Silicon Valley Tech Partners for Trade, Travel Security Programs

    The Department of Homeland Security will hold an event in the Silicon Valley, California region to discuss several opportunities for technology companies to support U.S. Customs and Border Protection missions. DHS’ Science and Technology Directorate and CBP aim to explore potential partnerships with startups, entrepreneurs and small businesses during the Silicon Valley Homeland Security Day on April 29, the department said Thursday. “Steady […] More

  • Report: DoD's Pacific Pivot, 3rd Offset Strategy to Drive Military UAS Demand - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Report: DoD’s Pacific Pivot, 3rd Offset Strategy to Drive Military UAS Demand

    A Govini report indicates the U.S. military unmanned aerial systems market has experienced a compound annual growth rate of about 6 percent over the past five fiscal years, Defense News reported Wednesday. Lara Seligman writes the research firm observed the Defense Department‘s strategic pivot  to the Asia-Pacific region and efforts to implement a third offset strategy have […] More

  • Serco Inc. to Resume Work on Navy C4I Support Contract; Dan Allen Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Serco Inc. to Resume Work on Navy C4I Support Contract; Dan Allen Comments

    The U.S. Navy has instructed Serco‘s North American subsidiary to resume its sustainment work for command, control, communications, computers and intelligence systems under a contract from the Naval Facilities Engineering Command. Serco Inc. said Thursday it will recommence services under the potential $131 million C4I lifecycle sustainment contract it won in late 2015 after the Navy resolved a protest that challenged the award of […] More

  • Northrop Bids for Follow-On GPS III Spacecraft, Payload Development - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop Bids for Follow-On GPS III Spacecraft, Payload Development

    Northrop Grumman has submitted a proposal to build a Global Positioning System III spacecraft and navigational payload for the U.S. Air Force‘s Space Vehicles 11+Phase 1 Production Readiness Feasibility Assessment program. The company said Wednesday it plans to offer the military branch a heritage spacecraft designed to operate in medium Earth orbit and a prototype of navigation technology that demonstrated military-code signal power […] More

  • CGI to Help Develop, Test Software for EPA's Research Org; Tim Hurlebaus Comments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CGI to Help Develop, Test Software for EPA’s Research Org; Tim Hurlebaus Comments

    CGI has secured contracts potentially worth $22 million to help develop, test and implement software applications for the Environmental Protection Agency‘s Office of Research and Development. The company said Wednesday it seeks to its apply agile development, database management and application maintenance experience to support ORD’s administrative and mission management systems. CGI has supported the agency over the past […] More