Christine Thropp

oversees day-to-day content production for ExecutiveBiz, a publication under Executive Mosaic's media group covering government contracting industry news. She also writes about executive movements and commentaries, M&A activities, contract awards and technology and service offerings of medium-sized businesses and other GovCon companies. Prior to assuming her current responsibilities with EBiz, Thropp produced daily competitive intelligence briefings for the company's GovCon customers.

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in News, Wash100

Microsoft Federal Leader Candice Ling Debuts on Wash100 for Driving AI Innovation

Candice Ling, federal sector leader at Microsoft, was inducted into Executive Mosaic's 2024 roster of Wash100 awardees for driving innovation in artificial intelligence and other emerging technologies. 2024 marks Ling’s debut on Executive Mosaic's annual selection of 100 government and government contracting industry leaders.

Vote for Ling as one of your favorite awardees at Wash100.com. This year's popular vote competition runs through April 30, so cast your 10 votes now!

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March 27, 2024, 10:59 am
in News, Wash100

Serco Inc. CEO Tom Watson Secures 1st Wash100 Award for Customer Mission Support Leadership

Executive Mosaic is honored to announce Tom Watson, CEO of Serco Group‘s North American business arm, as a recipient of the 2024 Wash100 Award for his leadership in the delivery of professional, technology and management services to U.S. military service branches and federal civilian agencies. This is the first time that Watson was named among Executive Mosaic's annual list of Wash100 awardees.

Vote for Watson as one of your favorite awardees at Wash100.com. This year's popular vote competition runs through April 30, so cast your 10 votes now!

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March 26, 2024, 11:05 am
in Contract Awards, News

ECS Awarded $120M CMS Contract for Managed Cybersecurity Services; John Heneghan Quoted

ECS, through its wholly owned subsidiary Iron Vine Security, will provide the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services with comprehensive cybersecurity support under a $120 million award. The CMS Cybersecurity Integration Center Operations contract will extend ECS' support for the agency and the CMS Healthcare Marketplace through 2029, the company said Tuesday.

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March 26, 2024, 10:26 am
in Cloud, News

FAA Conducting Market Research for Follow-on Cloud Services Contract

The Department of Transportation is seeking information from providers of cloud services that could support the operational mission of the Federal Aviation Administration, according to a SAM. gov sources sought notice. With the current FAA Cloud Services contract expected to be completed by August 25, 2025, the agency is conducting a market research to determine the best acquisition approach for the follow-on effort.

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March 26, 2024, 9:00 am
in Financial Reports, News

GovCon Index Finished Flat Last Week

Executive Mosaic’s GovCon Index, which tracks the stock performances of 30 major government contractors, finished at $4,880.65 during the week ending March 22, marking a $0.20 increase from the week prior. The week's notable gainer was Flour, which recorded a 6.36% hike overall.

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March 25, 2024, 10:57 am
in Contract Awards, News

Lockheed Books Navy Order for Submarine Electronic Warfare System

Lockheed Martin will deliver a submarine electronic warfare system to the U.S. Navy under a $27.1 million order awarded against an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract. The delivery order covers modernization kits, equipment and installation, the Department of Defense said Friday.

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March 25, 2024, 10:34 am
in Executive Moves, News

Dave Calhoun to Step Down as Boeing CEO in Series of Leadership Changes

Dave Calhoun, president and CEO of Boeing, will step down as chief executive of the Arlington, Virginia-based aerospace company at the end of 2024. Boeing announced on Monday a number of board and management changes including Calhoun's, Steve Mollenkopf's election to succeed Larry Kellner as board chair and Stephanie Pope's appointment as president and CEO of the company's commercial airplanes business.

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March 25, 2024, 9:37 am
in Government Technology, News

Parry Labs to Deliver Edge Computing Hardware to General Atomics for MQ-9A Aircraft Modernization

Parry Labs will provide an Intel server-class edge computing hardware to General Atomic for use in the modernization of the U.S. Air Force's MQ-9A aircraft, a remotely piloted aircraft built by GA's aeronautical systems business. The delivery of Edge Compute Hyper and Edge Compute Autonomy systems to General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. will be made under a potential $13 million subcontract award, Parry Labs said Thursday.

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March 22, 2024, 11:01 am
in Executive Moves, News

PSC Board Adds Oracle’s Kim Lynch, 2 Other Industry Leaders; David Berteau Quoted

Kim Lynch, executive vice president of government defense and intelligence at Oracle and a 2024 Wash100 awardee, and two other industry leaders were added to the board of directors of the Professional Services Council, ExecutiveBiz has learned. Lynch, whose term runs through Dec. 31, 2026, will serve on the PSC board with Ricardo Michel, executive director of Palladium International; Jennifer Welham, senior vice president of health, people and human services at ICF; and other previously elected members.

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March 22, 2024, 9:48 am
in News

Raytheon Demos LTAMDS Radar’s IBCS Integration, Target Detection Capability

An RTX business has completed another live-fire demonstration of Lower Tier Air and Missile Defense Sensor, the advanced, 360-degree air and missile defense radar it is developing for the U.S. Army. The defense contractor said Thursday Raytheon conducted a series of exercises showcasing LTAMDS' integration with the Integrated Battle Command System, the radar's tracking of a cruise missile surrogate and its relay of target track information to IBCS to guide a missile to intercept the target.

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March 22, 2024, 6:31 am
in Contract Awards, News

DMI Joint Venture Books Treasury Contract for Enterprise Mobility Management; Amy Rall Quoted

A joint venture between DMI and Dynamic Solutions Technology will assist the Department of the Treasury with enterprise mobility management under a $14.5 million contract from its Office of the Comptroller of the Currency. DMI, through its Dynamic Digital Transformation JV, will be responsible for supporting and managing the enterprise mobility management services of the bureau.

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March 21, 2024, 10:26 am
in Artificial Intelligence, Cybersecurity, News, Wash100

DISA Director Lt. Gen. Robert Skinner Secures 3rd Consecutive Wash100 Award for AI, Cybersecurity Leadership

Lt. Gen. Robert Skinner, director of the Defense Information Systems Agency, was included in Executive Mosaic’s esteemed roster of 2024 Wash100 Award winners for spearheading DISA efforts focused on artificial intelligence and cybersecurity. This is the third time that the DISA leader was named among Executive Mosaic’s annual list of 100 elite leaders in the government and government contracting space.

Vote for Skinner as one of your favorite awardees at Wash100.com. You could also hear insights from him and other government and industry leaders who are speaking at the Potomac Officers Club's 5th Annual CIO Summit on April 17. Register here for the in-person event.

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March 19, 2024, 11:06 am