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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.
NASA has tapped Ball Aerospace and Raytheon Technologies‘ intelligence and space business to study the ocean color instrument for a new National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Earth observation satellite system. Each was awarded an approximately $5.2 million contract that covers the twenty-month Phase A Study under the Geostationary Extended Observations Program of NOAA, the space […] More
United Semiconductors, a New York-based small business that earlier received research sponsorship from the Air Force Research Laboratory, was awarded a spot on a three-year, $21 million contract from NASA for in-space manufacturing efforts. AFRL said Thursday United Semiconductors was tasked to create advanced materials or technologies under microgravity conditions to expand semiconductor crystal size […] More
Peraton has received a $51.8 million bridge contract from the Defense Health Agency to continue managing its Global Service Center while optimizing the performance of its infrastructure over a one-year period. The sole-source, firm-fixed-price contract will provide for non-personal services in support of the Defense Health Agency Global Service Center until May 14, 2023, to […] More
Five companies have won in the preliminary event of the 5G Challenge hosted by the Department of Defense and the National Telecommunications and Information Administration’s Institute for Telecommunication Sciences. The initial stage of the multi-level prize competition was focused on Radio Access Network subsystem interoperability, DOD said Wednesday. Radisys Corp., Signal System Management, Capgemini Engineering, […] More
By Light Professional IT Services has received a five-year, $82 million contract from the Department of Veterans Affairs to continue supporting the development and expansion of its electronic health portal for former military service members. The company said Thursday its help under the My HealtheVet DevSecOps contract is aimed at ensuring that veterans have access […] More
The State Department has cleared a potential $117 million purchase request of the government of the Netherlands for additional Raytheon Technologies-made AIM-9X Block II missiles and related equipment. The NATO ally is seeking to procure 95 AIM-9X Block II tactical missiles, 43 AIM-9X Block II+ systems and one tactical guidance unit for the latter missile […] More
GitLab has expanded its comprehensive DevOps platform with the release of a major iteration designed to support users’ development and collaboration on business-critical code for secure software delivery. GitLab 15, starting with the 15.0 first release version, works to modernize the capabilities of The One DevOps Platform and is planned to enhance a user-customer’s continuous […] More
Pavilion Data Systems will employ its HyperOS storage operating system with HyperParallel Flash Array to help Los Alamos National Laboratory offload analytics functions from storage servers and move them to the array in an effort to minimize data movement. LANL looks to enable use of big data- or analytics community-made tools to perform data analytics […] More
Northrop Grumman has achieved positive and consistent results during the B-21 Raider bomber aircraft’s loads calibration test that validated its structural integrity and reaffirmed the company’s manufacturing approach and digital design capabilities. Calibrating aircraft instrumentation is part of the three-pronged ground test phase that seeks to ensure the B-21 flight readiness, Northrop said Wednesday. The […] More
Perikin Enterprises has won a five-year, $49.3 million contract from the U.S. Air Force to provide advisory and assistance services in support of the service branch’s hypersonic test and evaluation activities. The technical A&AS will be used on the High Speed Systems Test and Hypersonic Central T&E Investment Program portfolios, the Department of Defense said […] More
Jim Moran, formerly congressman of Virginia, was appointed to the advisory board of Castellum, where he will work with other business executives and senior cybersecurity or information technology professionals to support company growth. Castellum said Tuesday Moran pushed for technology and defense advocacies during his over two decades of congressional service in addition to becoming […] More
Balaji Tamirisa, formerly vice president of research and development at Itron, has joined Dedrone as chief technology officer, responsible for supervising continued tech portfolio expansion and ensuring that the company maintains its position in the airspace security market. He brings to his new role at Dedrone more than 20 years of experience in engineering, program […] More
