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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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  • Orbital ATK to Expand Arizona Space Tech Production Facility; Rick Kettner Comments
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    Orbital ATK to Expand Arizona Space Tech Production Facility; Rick Kettner Comments

    Orbital ATK has announced plans to expand the engineering operations of its space systems business in Gilbert, Arizona, and expects the project to create up to 155 new jobs. The company said Friday the project will add roughly 60,000 square feet of engineering space to its manufacturing complex for civilian and military satellites. “Orbital ATK has been developing satellites in the Gilbert area for […] More

  • Johns Hopkins APL Develops Multi-Mission Submersible UAV
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    Johns Hopkins APL Develops Multi-Mission Submersible UAV

    A team of Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory researchers has developed an unmanned aerial vehicle the research team designed to submerge into or launch from deep waters to perform various missions. APL said Thursday its force projection sector and research and exploratory development unit collaborated to build a Corrosion Resistant Aerial Covert Unmanned Nautical System prototype. Lab researchers used […] More

  • Report: UK Defense Ministry Eyes Extension of MBDA’s ‘SPEAR’ Missile Tech Contract
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    Report: UK Defense Ministry Eyes Extension of MBDA’s ‘SPEAR’ Missile Tech Contract

    A committee of the U.K. Ministry Defense is considering extending the agency’s contract with MBDA for continued work on a new air-launched missile technology for the British military, Defense News reported Thursday. Andrew Chuter writes MoD seeks permission from the agency’s investment approvals committee to move to the next phase of the agency’s Selective Precision Effects at Range Capability 3 program. The program is currently focused on missile technology assessment, Chuter […] More

  • DARPA to Seek Industry Participants for Neuroplasticity Learning Research Program
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    DARPA to Seek Industry Participants for Neuroplasticity Learning Research Program

    The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency plans to enlist scientific professionals to help explore how peripheral nerves of the human body may facilitate cognitive learning. DARPA said Wednesday its Targeted Neuroplasticity Training project aims to develop a technology platform that can help accelerate extensive trainings across the Defense Department. “Recent research has shown that stimulation of certain peripheral nerves, easily and […] More

  • Iron Mountain to Buy Power from NJR Wind Farm; Mark Kidd Comments
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    Iron Mountain to Buy Power from NJR Wind Farm; Mark Kidd Comments

    Iron Mountain has agreed to procure energy from a new wind farm in Ringer Hill, Pennsylvania, to help address current electricity requirements of the information technology firm’s facilities in the mid-Atlantic region. Iron Mountain said Tuesday it aims to save up to $500,000 annually through a 15-year wind power purchase agreement the company signed with New Jersey […] More

  • Cyphort-Ponemon Study: 34% of Senior Execs Unaware of Their Firms’ Cybersecurity Challenges
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    Cyphort-Ponemon Study: 34% of Senior Execs Unaware of Their Firms’ Cybersecurity Challenges

    A Cyphort-commissioned survey indicates about 34 percent of C-level corporate executives lack awareness about cyber threats to their companies’ information technology systems. Ponemon Institute polled 597 IT leaders across the U.S. private sector for Cyphort’s “State of Malware Detection & Prevention” report and found that 39 percent of respondents said their firms do not have intelligence data they can use to convince […] More

  • Cisco’s Data Center Mgmt Platforms Available on Avnet’s GSA Schedule
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    Cisco’s Data Center Mgmt Platforms Available on Avnet’s GSA Schedule

    Avnet Government Solutions has added Cisco‘s portfolio of computing, storage and networking technologies for data centers to its General Services Administration schedule contract. Avnet said Wednesday the company and its partner resellers can now offer agencies Cisco platforms designed to manage information technology applications, virtual machines and cloud-based systems. Cisco and Avnet have partnered on multiple data center offerings over the […] More

  • Boeing Unveils ‘Echo Voyager’ Autonomous Underwater Vehicle
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    Boeing Unveils ‘Echo Voyager’ Autonomous Underwater Vehicle

    Boeing has unveiled a new unmanned undersea vehicle the company designed to operate autonomously and to launch and recover without support from vessels. Echo Voyager will work to gather information while deployed at sea and transmit collected data to users in real time, Lance Towers, director of sea and land at Boeing’s Phantom Works subsidiary, […] More

  • Randy Fuerst: Oceus Receives 5 Patents for LTE Tactical Comms Platform
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    Randy Fuerst: Oceus Receives 5 Patents for LTE Tactical Comms Platform

    Oceus Networks has obtained five patents from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office for a wireless networking technology designed to integrate with ground, aerial and maritime tactical vehicles. The company said Thursday it patented the 4G LTE-based Xiphos communications platform along with its mission management and network control software and tools built to help military users gain […] More

  • Russell Granzow: DoD Certifies Philips’ Digital Pathology Tech
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    Russell Granzow: DoD Certifies Philips’ Digital Pathology Tech

    A Royal Philips-built digital pathology technology has been certified by the Defense Department as security compliant under the DoD Information Assurance Certification and Accreditation Process. DoD granted Philips a DIACAP certification and an authorization to operate for the company’s IntelliSite platform that is designed to manage pathological workflows, facilitate multisite collaboration among clinicians and secure electronic protected health information, Philips said Thursday. “This latest […] More

  • Hughes to Help Indonesian Firm Install Satellite Broadband Gateway, Terminals
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    Hughes to Help Indonesian Firm Install Satellite Broadband Gateway, Terminals

    Hughes Network Systems has secured a contract to supply a satellite broadband  gateway and very small aperture terminals to Lintasarta as the companies seek to help address a demand for managed enterprise networks in Indonesia. The Indonesian communications firm plans to install Hughes’ JUPITER System gateway and up to 5,000 VSATs designed to facilitate high-bandwidth connectivity for clients, […] More

  • DOE: Sandia Labs Seeks Collaboration with Counter-UAS Equipment Vendors
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    DOE: Sandia Labs Seeks Collaboration with Counter-UAS Equipment Vendors

    Sandia National Laboratories is looking for potential partners who will lend equipment designed to detect, track and intercept potential threats from adversaries’ unmanned aerial systems. The research laboratory aims to help interested vendors evaluate the capabilities and limitations of their counter-UAS technologies and assess the system’s potential in securing various facilities, DOE said March 1 in a […] More