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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.
Lockheed Martin‘s rotary and mission systems business has received a $62.1 million contract modification from the U.S. Navy for Aegis combat system modernization and ship construction efforts over a three-year period. The Department of Defense said Friday Lockheed Martin Rotary and Mission Systems will work on meeting fiscal 2022 Aegis modernization needs as well as […] More
Cast Specialty Transportation will provide the Department of Energy with transportation services under a potential five-year, $100 million contract for the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant operations. DOE said Thursday the trucking company is tasked to collect defense-related transuranic wastes and hazardous constituents from waste generator sites and transport them to the WIPP, where they will […] More
General Atomics‘ electromagnetic systems business has demonstrated procedures it developed to help the U.S. Navy securely dismantle and dispose of obsolete submarine propellers and related hardware while enabling reusable metal recovery. The company said Thursday the recent activities were part of a task order the Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division awarded to General Atomics […] More
Ball Aerospace has passed the critical design review for a space weather monitoring satellite it is developing to support the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s mission objectives. The company said Tuesday completing the CDR for NOAA’s Space Weather Follow On-Lagrange 1 spacecraft meant it can now move to production, integration and test phases. SWFO-L1 is […] More
John Hyten, a retired U.S. Air Force general who served as vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, has joined Blue Origin as strategic adviser to senior leadership and executive director for its Club for the Future foundation. The aerospace company said Wednesday Hyten, a two-time Wash100 Award recipient, will be responsible for driving […] More
Cherokee Federal‘s nation management and consulting organization was presented with the Vanguard Award for Superior Corporate Leadership in recognition of its support of critical humanitarian missions. The award from the International Stability Operations Association highlighted Cherokee Nation Management & Consulting’s work with the departments of State and Health and Human Services and other government agencies […] More
BlueHalo has received an $11 million contract from the U.S. Air Force to provide optical laser communications flight terminals and ground station that the service branch’s research arm will use on satellite service demonstration. The company said it will help the Air Force Research Laboratory develop and test several technologies for on-orbit processing of satellite […] More
Raytheon Technologies‘ intelligence and space business tested a next generation Troposcatter system designed to provide the U.S. Army with beyond-line-of-sight communications capability for command and control operations. Several modernized AN/TRC-244(V)1 Troposcatters were demonstrated by Raytheon Intelligence & Space over a five-week period to verify long range BLOS connectivity in multiple operational environments, the company said […] More
SpaceX will have to perform over 75 environmental impact mitigating actions as part of the Federal Aviation Administration’s environmental review that is required for the company’s proposed spacecraft launch from Boca Chica, Texas. The agency said Monday the actions related to the SpaceX Starship/Super Heavy vehicle program will be undertaken for FAA’s Programmatic Environmental Assessment, […] More
Aptima will equip the U.S. Navy with a data-driven tracking and training management system designed to support surface warfighter readiness through the collection and synthesizing of sailor performance and qualifications information. The Surface Combat Systems Training Command placed a delivery order for the Aptima-made Surface Training and Readiness Management System to help assess, monitor and […] More
Collins Aerospace has expanded the capabilities of its Monroe, North Carolina campus with a new additive manufacturing center built to support the Raytheon Technologies subsidiary’s aircraft maintenance, repair and overhaul work. The center was from a series of investments Collins has made, including the most recent $15 million as part of an economic development incentive […] More
Jennifer Utting, formerly vice president and corporate counsel at Netsmart Technologies, was named general counsel at artificial intelligence platform provider Torch.AI. The company said Thursday Utting has more than two decades of legal experience in the health care information technology sector and is now responsible for helping Torch.AI navigate complex matters through legal guidance. “We’re […] More
