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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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  • Sterling Global Helps Clear Afghan Province of Unexploded Mines; Alan Weakley Comments
    in Industry News, News

    Sterling Global Helps Clear Afghan Province of Unexploded Mines; Alan Weakley Comments

    Stability operations contractor Sterling Global Operations (SGO) recently executed the site work of a two-year project funded by the United Arab Emirates that helped locate and destroy more than 11,000 unexploded bombs left over from wars in Kandahar Province, Afghanistan. The United Nations Mine Action Service administered the project in Kandahar, which borders Pakistan for […] More

  • Adnan Ahmed: CNSI to Continue IT Support Work for Maryland Highway, Port Agencies
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    Adnan Ahmed: CNSI to Continue IT Support Work for Maryland Highway, Port Agencies

    CNSI has been awarded a five-year task order to create and maintain cloud computing applications for the Maryland State Highway Authority. The agency selected CNSI to build Salesforce-based cloud apps and support enterprise systems such as Microsoft Access, Net Technology and Power Builder, CNSI said Tuesday. Under a separate five-year contract extension, the company will manage […] More

  • General Atomics, Northrop Demo UAV Electronic Warfare Tech at Marine Corps Exercise
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    General Atomics, Northrop Demo UAV Electronic Warfare Tech at Marine Corps Exercise

    General Atomics Aeronautical Systems demonstrated its Predator B/MQ-9 Reaper drone equipped with a Northrop Grumman-built electronic warfare system at a biannual flight training exercise hosted by the U.S. Marine Corps. GA-ASI’s Reaper worked to operate across an electromagnetic spectrum during the USMC Weapons and Tactics Instructor event held Oct. 20 in Yuma, Ariz., GA-ASI said […] More

  • GCS, Global Touchpoints to Offer Geoanalytics Tech in State, Local Govt Markets
    in Big Data & Analytics News, News

    GCS, Global Touchpoints to Offer Geoanalytics Tech in State, Local Govt Markets

    GCS and Global Touchpoints have partnered to build a portfolio of integrated analytics and intelligence offerings intended to manage location-based information. The companies intend for their integrated geoanalytics technology to help state and local government organizations process data in real time, GCS said Tuesday. Rob Kinnear, director of strategic partnerships at GCS, said GCS aims […] More

  • Oracle to Help LA County Healthcare Analytics Platform; Dave Watson Comments
    in Healthcare IT, News

    Oracle to Help LA County Healthcare Analytics Platform; Dave Watson Comments

    Oracle is working with Los Angeles County’s Department of Health Services to implement an enterprise analytics platform intended to help the agency monitor clinical resources and manage patient records. LA County DHS wants to use Oracle technology as the baseline for the department’s integrated warehouse containing medical, utilization and financial data, Oracle said Tuesday. According […] More

  • Swiss Rail Operator Deploys HP Threat Prevention Appliances
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    Swiss Rail Operator Deploys HP Threat Prevention Appliances

    Hewlett Packard‘s intrusion prevention systems have been selected by Switzerland’s national railway company to defend its infrastructure against security threats. Swiss Federal Railways adopted HP’s TippingPoint 7500NX and Security Management System XL platforms as part of the operator’s routing network modernization effort, HP said Tuesday. “Even with strong security measures already in place, the highly […] More

  • Leidos, UCSD Supercomputer Lab Partner for Microgrid Security Project; Brian Russell Comments
    in Cybersecurity News, News

    Leidos, UCSD Supercomputer Lab Partner for Microgrid Security Project; Brian Russell Comments

    Leidos has teamed up with a supercomputer laboratory at the University of California, San Diego to design an information technology architecture for managing and securing electrical microgrids. The Leidos-funded research project’s goal is to analyze cybersecurity aspects of a microgrid system operated by UCSD on campus and develop methods for reducing cyber risks to critical […] More

  • Cubic Inks Japan Air Combat Training Equipment Contracts
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    Cubic Inks Japan Air Combat Training Equipment Contracts

    Cubic Defense Systems has been awarded more than $12 million in contracts to supply equipment for training fighter pilots to Japan’s military. Japan ordered additional Cubic-made rangeless air combat training systems for the Asian nation’s airmen to practice tactical air-to-air and air-to-ground maneuvers, Cubic said Tuesday. The Cubic ACTS is built with GPS technology that works to […] More

  • Brad Antle, Tony Smeraglinolo: Budget Deals Could Boost Contractors’ Prospects
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    Brad Antle, Tony Smeraglinolo: Budget Deals Could Boost Contractors’ Prospects

    Some contracting executives believe that recent budget deals in Congress could provide investment certainty to federal agencies and contractors in the near term, the Washington Post reported Monday. “My expectation is that we’ll see a lot more money being put to projects and programs over the next couple of quarters,” said Brad Antle, CEO of […] More

  • Savvis Is Renamed ‘CenturyLink Technology Solutions;’ Jeff Von Deylen Comments
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    Savvis Is Renamed ‘CenturyLink Technology Solutions;’ Jeff Von Deylen Comments

    CenturyLink has changed the name of its data hosting business Savvis with the goal of reflecting a collective offering of enterprise information technology services. Savvis has been renamed CenturyLink Technology Solutions and will led by President Jeff Von Deylen, CenturyLink announced Tuesday. “Though our name is changing, our customers will continue to be served by the same […] More

  • Ellen Lord: Textron Systems Eyes Change in Defense Market Picture
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    Ellen Lord: Textron Systems Eyes Change in Defense Market Picture

    Ellen Lord, president and CEO of Textron Systems, said last week the company is investing in technology and talent development in order to stay competitive amid market and fiscal pressures. “We have the ability to scale, and we have a commercially minded workforce,” Lord told an Atlantic Council-hosted event. Marjorie Censer writes that Lord predicts that […] More

  • Dusty Wince: KCG to Offer DHS McAfee Tools Under $6B Cyber Vehicle
    in Cybersecurity News, News

    Dusty Wince: KCG to Offer DHS McAfee Tools Under $6B Cyber Vehicle

    Knowledge Consulting Group has won an $8,543,986 task order to supply a range of McAfee and BDNA security platforms for a Department of Homeland Security initiative aimed at safeguarding government networks. This is the first order KCG has received under the potential $6 billion DHS Continuous Diagnostics and Mitigation program, KCG said Friday. “Continuous monitoring […] More