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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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  • Fortem Adds Former DOD Chief Data Officer David Spirk to Government Advisory Board - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Fortem Adds Former DOD Chief Data Officer David Spirk to Government Advisory Board

    David Spirk, former chief data officer at the Defense Department and a previous Wash100 Award winner, has been appointed to the government advisory board of counter-drone technology maker Fortem Technologies. The U.S. Marine Corps veteran joins other former military and federal officials who advise Fortem’s management team on its strategic efforts to address customer defense […] More

  • Catalyst Accelerator Hosts GovCon Boot Camp for Small Businesses - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Catalyst Accelerator Hosts GovCon Boot Camp for Small Businesses

    Catalyst Accelerator hosted a two-week event that sought to help a cohort of businesses connect with subject matter experts on government contracting. Six companies that have not yet worked with any public sector organization took part in the Government Business Boot Camp, which featured panel discussions and question-and-answer sessions, Catalyst Accelerator said Monday. Executives at […] More

  • Sagewind Invests in Data Protection Software Startup Code-X - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Sagewind Invests in Data Protection Software Startup Code-X

    St. Petersburg, Florida-based security software developer Code-X has raised new capital through a Series B funding round led by private equity firm Sagewind Capital. Raj Kanodia, managing director of Sagewind, will serve on the board of directors at CodeX, along with government market veterans Bob Donahue Jr. and Deborah Dunnie as part of the financing […] More

  • Former Jacobs Program Director Michael Hollis Appointed Civil Sector VP at Stellar Solutions - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Former Jacobs Program Director Michael Hollis Appointed Civil Sector VP at Stellar Solutions

    Michael Hollis, formerly a Jacobs program director focused on intelligence community systems and a 16-year Northrop Grumman veteran, has been appointed vice president of the civil sector at Stellar Solutions. Stellar said Thursday that Hollis brings two decades of industry experience to the woman-owned company that offers systems engineering services to the government and commercial […] More

  • General Atomics Conducts UAS Payload Tests for Navy Exercise Preparations - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    General Atomics Conducts UAS Payload Tests for Navy Exercise Preparations

    A General Atomics affiliate has tested communication and electronic intelligence systems on an MQ-9B unmanned aircraft system to prepare for the U.S. Navy-led Rim of the Pacific Exercise. The company said Thursday its aeronautical systems unit equipped the SeaGuardian UAS payloads from L3Harris Technologies and Sierra Nevada Corp. for the flight test series that took […] More

  • Army, Kostas Research Institute Partner to Develop AI System Evaluation Framework - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Army, Kostas Research Institute Partner to Develop AI System Evaluation Framework

    The U.S. Army and Northeastern University’s Kostas Research Institute will collaborate to develop a framework for analyzing systems powered by artificial intelligence and assistive automation technology.  The Army’s Combat Capabilities Development Command Analysis Center said Wednesday it will work with KRI under a five-year cooperative agreement aimed at creating a metrics system to measure the […] More

  • Boeing, Raytheon Named Primes for State Department-Cleared Munition Sale to NATO - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Boeing, Raytheon Named Primes for State Department-Cleared Munition Sale to NATO

    Boeing and Raytheon Technologies have been named principal contractors for the U.S. government’s possible foreign military sale of precision guided munitions to NATO. The State Department approved the potential $22.7 million government-to-government deal as NATO aims to grow the international alliance’s munition inventory for countering ground threats and address weapons transfer requirements among member nations, […] More

  • Iron Bow's SLED Business Adds Former Virginia CIO Nelson Moe - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Iron Bow’s SLED Business Adds Former Virginia CIO Nelson Moe

    Nelson Moe, who served as the Commonwealth of Virginia’s chief information officer from June 2015 to January 2021, has joined Iron Bow Technologies as sales strategy principal for the state, local and education segment. He will act as Iron Bow’s subject matter expert for SLED customers and help them address enterprise information technology requirements, the […] More

  • State Department Clears Australia's Anti-Radiation Guided Missile Procurement Request - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    State Department Clears Australia’s Anti-Radiation Guided Missile Procurement Request

    The State Department has approved Australia’s request to procure Advanced Anti-Radiation Guided Missile systems and related equipment under a potential $94 million foreign military sales deal. Australia intends for the missiles to increase the country’s ability to address threats by countering enemy radar emitters on land or at sea and to improve tactical aircraft survivability, […] More

  • AWS' Wickr Messaging Platform Reaches FedRAMP Ready Status - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    AWS’ Wickr Messaging Platform Reaches FedRAMP Ready Status

    Amazon Web Services has completed a readiness assessment for Wickr, a technology offering designed to help government users exchange encrypted messages, under the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program. Wickr for Government has been granted the FedRAMP Ready designation in the moderate baseline after the platform underwent an evaluation against a set of federal security […] More

  • Integrated Systems Solutions to Help Review NOAA's Earth Observation Requirements - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Integrated Systems Solutions to Help Review NOAA’s Earth Observation Requirements

    Virginia-based consultative services provider Integrated Systems Solutions has received a four-year, $7.5 million task order to evaluate and analyze Earth observation requirements at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The company said Thursday it will provide professional and technical support to NOAA portfolio analysts and help the agency develop an Earth Observation Requirements Evaluation System […] More

  • NASA, Northrop Put JPSS-2 Satellite Through Vacuum Thermal Test - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NASA, Northrop Put JPSS-2 Satellite Through Vacuum Thermal Test

    Northrop Grumman and NASA have tested the next Joint Polar Satellite System inside a thermal vacuum chamber to assess whether the spacecraft could work in simulated extreme temperatures. Engineers had to modify the testing environment for JPSS-2, which will support the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration‘s weather-forecasting mission, after they discovered thermal deformation due to an […] More