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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.
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Aug. 9, 2022 — HII’s mission technologies division has secured a potential five-year, $826 million task order for decisive mission actions and technology services in support of military services, research laboratories and other Department of Defense organizations, GovCon Wire reported. “We are proud to partner with the Department of Defense and its […] More
GovCIO and the Food and Drug Administration have updated a data dashboard platform to support an agency program that seeks to have uniform standards and strengthen oversight of participating laboratories to enhance the accuracy and reliability of certain food testing efforts. The company said the GovCIO FDA Data Dashboard platform now has a new dashboard […] More
David Spirk, formerly chief data officer of the Department of Defense, has joined Palantir Technologies to serve as the software company’s senior counselor. In a LinkedIn post, Spirk said his role is focused on U.S. government and international organizations. “I’ve dedicated my career to ensuring the U.S. government has a data strategy that protects against […] More
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Aug. 5, 2022 — General Dynamics’ information technology business has secured a potential five-year, $65 million contract for Agile development and transformation services in support of the Integrated Data Repository of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, GovCon Wire reported. “CMS has made incredible progress as it moves its enterprise systems […] More
Paperless Innovations has started testing with the Immigration and Customs Enforcement to demonstrate the compliance of its Actus procurement management platform with cybersecurity standards under the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program. The Fairfax, Virginia-based information technology company said Friday ICE granted it an authority to test Actus for the 104 security controls placed to […] More
Sierra Nevada Corp. has wrapped up a critical design review of a 35,000 lbf thrust upper stage engine its Sierra Space subsidiary co-developed with the Air Force Research Laboratory. The Vortex upper stage engine or VR35K-A demonstrated safe operation on the test stand, with Sierra Space also showcasing engine and equipment technical readiness, concept of […] More
Raytheon Technologies‘ missiles and defense business will support the build up of Fuse Integration‘s networking and other engineering capabilities under a recently formalized Mentor-Protege agreement. Jennifer Brower, director of advanced technology maritime at Raytheon Missiles & Defense, said in a statement published Wednesday the company seeks to help the Department of Defense enable joint force […] More
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Aug. 3, 2022 — Siemens‘ government technologies business will help NMR Consulting boost capability and capacity for national security mission support under a Small Business Administration Mentor-Protege agreement, ExecutiveGov reported. Siemens Government Technologies and NMR will provide support and equipment modernization services at Department of Defense installations through a joint venture. “NMR […] More
Lockheed Martin, Raytheon Technologies, L3Harris Technologies and other U.S. defense contractors are facing workforce challenges that mostly resulted from pandemic-driven layoff and furlough activities and are seeing supply chain problems compounded by staffing issues, The Wall Street Journal reported Saturday. The downturn in employment numbers in the defense industry persists amid expectations of higher demand […] More
Jim Moberly, formerly president of LeoLab’s government-focused business, was appointed as senior vice president for space at software development company SpiderOak Mission Systems. The executive, who made the announcement through a LinkedIn post, brings to his new role at SpiderOak years-long experience in working in defense, intelligence and space industries as well as in serving […] More
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Aug. 2, 2022 — Valiant Integrated Services was awarded a potential $215 million task order under the Department of Defense Language Interpretation and Translation Enterprise II contract for services in support of the U.S. Army Intelligence and Security Command, GovCon Wire reported. The linguist and cultural services will assist servicemembers across Africa […] More
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Aug. 1, 2022 — Spire Global is among the contractors of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration on a pilot program for demonstrating commercial data impact on weather forecast models over a 12-month period, GovCon Wire reported. The company was awarded a Commercial Weather Data Pilot contract and will support the NOAA’s […] More
