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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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  • Honeywell to Acquire CAES for $1.9B in Cash; Vimal Kapur & Mike Kahn Quoted - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in M&A Activity, News

    Honeywell to Acquire CAES for $1.9B in Cash; Vimal Kapur & Mike Kahn Quoted

    Honeywell will purchase CAES Systems Holdings from private equity firm Advent International for approximately $1.9 billion in an effort to enhance its defense technologies in air, land, sea and space domains. The all-cash transaction will bring CAES’ radio frequency technologies, skilled engineers and automated facilities to Honeywell and help the latter expand aerospace expertise and […] More

  • Tod Brindlinger Joins Mercury as Operations SVP - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Tod Brindlinger Joins Mercury as Operations SVP

    Tod Brindlinger, former vice president at L3Harris Technologies, was appointed senior vice president of operations at Mercury Systems. The company said Tuesday Brindlinger, a senior executive with three decades of experience, will oversee Mercury’s global manufacturing, facilities and supply chain and report to Chief Operating Officer Roger Wells. “[Brindlinger’s] leadership will be instrumental in our […] More

  • Kaitlyn Webster Promoted to Chief Solutions Architect at RS21 - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Kaitlyn Webster Promoted to Chief Solutions Architect at RS21

    Kaitlyn Webster, former director of data analytics at RS21, was elevated to the role of chief solutions architect at the Albuquerque, New Mexico-located data science company. RS21 said Monday Webster will now be responsible for driving the development of the company’s innovative products and services to meet customer requirements. Webster, as part of RS21’s executive […] More

  • Northrop Delivers Initial Set of Integrated Battle Command System Equipment to Army - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Northrop Delivers Initial Set of Integrated Battle Command System Equipment to Army

    Northrop Grumman has handed over to the U.S. Army the first full set of Integrated Battle Command System equipment with the recent delivery of the IBCS Engagement Operations Center and Integrated Fire Control Network Relay. The company said Monday this follows the December 2023 delivery of the IBCS Integrated Collaborative Environment under the low-rate initial […] More

  • STRIKEWERX, Specular Theory Developing B-52 Air Refueling Trainer - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    STRIKEWERX, Specular Theory Developing B-52 Air Refueling Trainer

    STRIKEWERX and Specular Theory are collaborating on the development of a technology meant to help Air Force Global Strike Command fast-track pilots’ air-to-air refueling training. The team aims to create a simulator to hone the fine motor skills and visual perception necessary for B-52 pilots to conduct AAR, STRIKEWERX said Thursday. EARL, STRIKEWERX’s small-footprint sled […] More

  • Aerojet Rocketdyne Marks THAAD Solid Rocket Boost Motor Delivery Milestone - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Aerojet Rocketdyne Marks THAAD Solid Rocket Boost Motor Delivery Milestone

    Aerojet Rocketdyne, an L3Harris Technologies company, has delivered to Lockheed Martin the 1,000th solid rocket boost motor and Liquid Divert and Attitude Control System for the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense system of the Missile Defense Agency. The milestone highlights Aerojet Rocketdyne’s history of providing propulsion and precision systems that support U.S. missile defenses, L3Harris […] More

  • Core4ce Receives $90M NIWC Atlantic Contract for Cybersecurity Service Provider Support - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Core4ce Receives $90M NIWC Atlantic Contract for Cybersecurity Service Provider Support

    Core4ce will help the Naval Information Warfare Center Atlantic provide the Department of Defense with full-scale Cyber Security Service Provider services over a five-year period. The company said Tuesday it received a $90 million other transaction authority production contract to support CSSP operational environments across the NIWC network. Core4ce will provide NIWC Atlantic with engineering, […] More

  • Jim Lee Named Seagate SVP, Chief Legal Officer & Corporate Secretary - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Jim Lee Named Seagate SVP, Chief Legal Officer & Corporate Secretary

    Jim Lee, a former executive at Maxar Technologies, was named senior vice president, chief legal officer and corporate secretary at Seagate Technology. The data storage innovator said Monday Lee was SVP, general counsel and corporate secretary during his five-year stint at Maxar and will now lead Seagate’s legal team in his new role. He will […] More

  • Patrick Roddy Joins J&J Worldwide Services as Operations EVP - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Patrick Roddy Joins J&J Worldwide Services as Operations EVP

    Patrick Roddy, former president of American Facilities Professionals, was appointed executive vice president of operations at J&J Worldwide Services, a CBRE government and defense business. The company said Tuesday Roddy, a retired U.S. Army infantry colonel, brings to the role over two decades of military service experience, having led Army units across the globe. He […] More

  • Kepler Demonstrates Optical Inter-Satellite Links Between 2 Spacecraft - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Kepler Demonstrates Optical Inter-Satellite Links Between 2 Spacecraft

    Kepler Communications has validated optical inter-satellite links between two Pathfinder data relay satellites in low Earth orbit. The company said Tuesday the satellites equipped with Space Development Agency-compatible Tesat SCOT80 optical terminals were able to create links during a commissioning and early operations phase. Kepler sent the two satellites into space in November 2023 and […] More

  • VTG Eyes Accelerated IC-Focused Growth Strategy With Clear Cloud Acquisition - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    VTG Eyes Accelerated IC-Focused Growth Strategy With Clear Cloud Acquisition

    VTG looks to strengthen its digital transformation capabilities with its recent acquisition of Clear Cloud, a provider of software, cloud and data engineering products and services for intelligence community customers. The Chantilly, Virginia-based national security company said Monday its purchase of Clear Cloud is also an effort to accelerate VTG’s IC-focused growth strategy. “The acquisition […] More

  • Scott Gibbons Appointed Operations VP at L3Harris - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Scott Gibbons Appointed Operations VP at L3Harris

    Scott Gibbons has transitioned to the role of vice president of operations at L3Harris Technologies, an aerospace and defense company where he previously served as VP of space operations, he announced via LinkedIn post. The executive is a veteran of the former Harris company, which became L3Harris in 2019 after completing its all-stock merger deal […] More