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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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  • Defense Contractors Experiencing Staffing Challenges Amid Increasing Military Hardware Demand - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in Industry News, News

    Defense Contractors Experiencing Staffing Challenges Amid Increasing Military Hardware Demand

    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

  • John Moberly Named Space SVP at SpiderOak Mission Systems - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    John Moberly Named Space SVP at SpiderOak Mission Systems

    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

  • Valiant to Provide Army With Linguist, Cultural Services via $215M Task Order; Dan Corbett Quoted - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Valiant to Provide Army With Linguist, Cultural Services via $215M Task Order; Dan Corbett Quoted

    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

  • NOAA Taps Spire Global to Supply Space Weather Data; Chuck Cash Quoted - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NOAA Taps Spire Global to Supply Space Weather Data; Chuck Cash Quoted

    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

  • Verizon Public Sector Books $400M EIS Task Order to Support FBI; Maggie Hallbach Quoted - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Verizon Public Sector Books $400M EIS Task Order to Support FBI; Maggie Hallbach Quoted

    TYSONS CORNER, VA, Aug. 1, 2022 — Verizon‘s public sector business will provide the FBI with ethernet access capabilities, virtual private network services and other data and connectivity services under a more than $400 million task order awarded under the Enterprise Infrastructure Solutions contract vehicle, ExecutiveGov reported. Maggie Hallbach, senior vice president of Verizon Public […] More

  • BlueHalo Expanding Production, R&D Operations in New Mexico; Katie Selbe Quoted - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    BlueHalo Expanding Production, R&D Operations in New Mexico; Katie Selbe Quoted

    BlueHalo seeks to expand its operations in Albuquerque, New Mexico, with an additional 83,000 square feet of space near its facility located in the Sandia Science and Technology Park. The company said it signed a lease at 1300 Eubank Boulevard SE to increase its manufacturing, research and development capabilities that enable its production of advanced […] More

  • NOAA Taps Ball Aerospace to Study 2 Weather Satellite Instruments - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NOAA Taps Ball Aerospace to Study 2 Weather Satellite Instruments

    Ball Aerospace will help the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration study instrument designs for measuring atmospheric composition and ocean color as part of its Geostationary Extended Observations program. The company said Thursday it was selected for two 20-month studies to inform the development of next generation geostationary weather satellite constellation the agency is undertaking to […] More

  • Former Rubik Exec Tom Kennedy Named VP of Axonius Federal Systems - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Former Rubik Exec Tom Kennedy Named VP of Axonius Federal Systems

    Tom Kennedy, formerly vice president of public sector at Rubrik, has joined Axonius to serve as VP at the software company’s government-focused subsidiary. As VP of Axonius Federal Systems, Kennedy will be tasked to continue scaling the business following a 152 percent year-over-year growth in 2021 and to expand its federal marketplace footprint, the company […] More

  • Q&A With BT Federal President and CEO Mike Barthlow Tackles Company Focus Areas, Business Scaling Efforts - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Q&A With BT Federal President and CEO Mike Barthlow Tackles Company Focus Areas, Business Scaling Efforts

    In a recent Executive Spotlight interview, GovCon Wire spoke with Mike Barthlow, president and CEO of BT Federal, to discuss the company’s focus on providing secure global networks in support of government missions. He also talked about scaling the business and shaping the leadership team and workforce to further assist customers in their networking initiatives. […] More

  • Senate OKs $280B CHIPS Act; Sen. Mark Warner Quoted - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Senate OKs $280B CHIPS Act; Sen. Mark Warner Quoted

    A $280 billion funding bill that seeks to strengthen the U.S. semiconductor chip manufacturing capability is now awaiting approval from the House of Representatives following the Senate’s 64-33 vote on Wednesday to pass the bipartisan legislation. The CHIPS and Science Act of 2022 calls for over $52 billion in funding to support the domestic production […] More

  • Raytheon Business to Develop Automated Civil Affairs Field Tech - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Raytheon Business to Develop Automated Civil Affairs Field Tech

    A Raytheon Technologies business was tapped to build an automated tool for collecting civil affairs field data and disseminating information to ensure operational awareness of the Department of Defense and foreign partner organizations. Development work on the Civil Knowledge Integration – Tactical Assault Kit is under an 18-month contract and is aimed at cutting down […] More

  • NCCoE Soliciting Input on Draft Project Description for DevSecOps - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NCCoE Soliciting Input on Draft Project Description for DevSecOps

    The National Cybersecurity Center of Excellence is seeking public input on its recently published draft of a project description for an upcoming National Institute of Standards and Technology cybersecurity practice guidance document. NIST said Thursday comments on the release called Software Supply Chain and DevOps Security Practices: Implementing a Risk-Based Approach to DevSecOps will help […] More