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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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  • Kelli Jones-May Named Health Organizational Transformation Principal at Mitre - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in Executive Moves, News

    Kelli Jones-May Named Health Organizational Transformation Principal at Mitre

    Kelli Jones-May, formerly lead associate at Booz Allen Hamilton, has joined Mitre as principal of the Virginia-based information services and consulting’s health organizational transformation efforts, FedHealthIT reported Friday. The executive has almost two decades of health care related experience. At Booz allen, she initially worked as an associate or project manager, supporting the process modernization, […] More

  • Raytheon, Rafael & USMC Test Fire Cruise Missile Interceptor - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in Government Technology, News

    Raytheon, Rafael & USMC Test Fire Cruise Missile Interceptor

    A Raytheon Technologies business and Israeli company Rafael Advanced Defense Systems have demonstrated a cruise missile interceptor’s capability to integrate with the U.S. Marine Corps’ radar, command and control technology and weapon system components. Raytheon Missiles and Defense said Friday the Medium Range Interceptor Capability underwent a live fire test to showcase its ability to […] More

  • Jim Taiclet: Lockheed Looks to Ramp Up Weapon System Production - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in Government Technology, News

    Jim Taiclet: Lockheed Looks to Ramp Up Weapon System Production

    Jim Taiclet, president and CEO of Lockheed Martin and a 2022 Wash100 Award recipient, has shared the defense company’s goal of increasing its annual manufacturing capacity for Javelin missiles from 2,100 to 4,000 to meet U.S. and ally requirements. In an interview with CBS News, Taiclet said boosting production to its target numbers will take […] More

  • Aerojet Rocketdyne Joins Lockheed Team for DARPA OpFires Missile Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in Government Technology, News

    Aerojet Rocketdyne Joins Lockheed Team for DARPA OpFires Missile Program

    Lockheed Martin has tapped Aerojet Rocketdyne to provide its missiles and fire control business with a second stage booster that will be used to power a hypersonic weapon system being developed for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. Aerojet Rocketdyne said Thursday it will develop a solid rocket motor booster for DARPA’s Operational Fires initiative […] More

  • Former CollabraLink VP Jesus Jackson Named CTO at ArdentMC - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in Executive Spotlight, Executive Spotlights, News

    Former CollabraLink VP Jesus Jackson Named CTO at ArdentMC

    Jesus Jackson, formerly vice president for engineering at CollabraLink Technologies, has joined ArdentMC as chief technology officer responsible for driving the management consulting firm’s tech strategy and priorities. Ardent said Wednesday Jackson will also work to advance the firm’s digital transformation, location intelligence and data analytics offerings for government customers. Prior to joining Ardent, the […] More

  • BAE Intros LiteWave Digital Display for Commercial, Military Aircraft - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in Government Technology, News

    BAE Intros LiteWave Digital Display for Commercial, Military Aircraft

    BAE Systems has developed a new head-up display to provide commercial and military aircraft pilots with a lightweight and compact technology for flight situational awareness. The recently unveiled LiteWave platform is powered by the company-patented waveguide technology, allows for digital display adjustment to align with the pilot’s flying position and has the size of a […] More

  • NNSA, Cornelis Networks Partner on Next Gen High Performance Networking Development - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in Contract Awards, Government Technology, News

    NNSA, Cornelis Networks Partner on Next Gen High Performance Networking Development

    The Department of Energy has tapped Cornelis Networks to help develop next generation networking technologies that are envisioned to support future high performance computing systems at the laboratories of the National Nuclear Security Administration. The company was awarded an $18 million collaborative research and development contract for the Next-Generation HPC Network effort in support of […] More

  • Iteris to Support Smart Mobility & Accessibility Effort Under FHWA Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in Contract Awards, News

    Iteris to Support Smart Mobility & Accessibility Effort Under FHWA Contract

    Iteris was awarded a Federal Highway Administration task order to assess the architecture and standards environment and identify issues that could affect multimodal and accessible travel initiative. The company said Wednesday it will continue providing mobility consulting services as part of a potential five-year, $19.5 million indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract, with the latest award marking the third […] More

  • Palo Alto Public Sector SVP Dana Barnes on Cybersecurity Investment, OMB's Zero Trust Requirement - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in Cybersecurity News, Cybersecurity, News

    Palo Alto Public Sector SVP Dana Barnes on Cybersecurity Investment, OMB’s Zero Trust Requirement

    Dana Barnes, senior vice president for U.S. public sector at Palo Alto Networks and a 2022 Wash100 Award recipient, has shared that the company is continuing its investment in delivering integrated platform of capabilities to government agencies in an effort to help them gain a complete cybersecurity perspective. In an interview with CyberScoop, Barnes said […] More

  • Titan Technologies Books $80M Support Contract for DIA's MARS Initiative - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in Contract Awards, News

    Titan Technologies Books $80M Support Contract for DIA’s MARS Initiative

    Titan Technologies will support the development of the machine-assisted analytic rapid-repository system under a potential $80 million contract with the Defense Intelligence Agency. The company said its work on the DIA MARS Enterprise Agile Development Order of Battle contract is aimed at modernizing the Foundational Military Intelligence mission applications of the Department of Defense and […] More

  • Pueo-St. Michael's JV Wins $150M USSOCOM Contract for Enterprise Professional Services - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in Contract Awards, News

    Pueo-St. Michael’s JV Wins $150M USSOCOM Contract for Enterprise Professional Services

    A joint venture between Pueo Business Solutions and St. Michael’s Inc. has secured a potential $150 million contract from the U.S. Special Operations Command for enterprise professional services. The Pueo-St. Michael’s JV will provide special operations forces deployed within and outside the continental U.S. with services over a five-year ordering period that will conclude on […] More