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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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  • Federal IT Market Vet Gayle Grasso Joins Sierra7 as Business Development Director - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in Executive Moves, News

    Federal IT Market Vet Gayle Grasso Joins Sierra7 as Business Development Director

    Gayle Grasso brings her over three decades of experience in information technology sales to management consulting firm Sierra7, where she will serve as director of business development. Sierra7 said Monday Grasso will support the Falls Church, Virginia-based consultant’s work with the Department of Veterans Affairs under the Transformation Twenty-One Total Technology Next Generation, the Veterans […] More

  • Jacobs Supports Mirror Module Assemblies on New NASA X-Ray Telescope - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in News, Space News

    Jacobs Supports Mirror Module Assemblies on New NASA X-Ray Telescope

    Jacobs has conducted engineering, manufacturing and testing efforts in support of the assemblies equipped on a new NASA telescope for collecting X-rays of neutron stars, stellar and supermassive black holes and other objects. The company said Monday it supplied components of the Mirror Module Assemblies that the space agency’s Imaging X-Ray Polarimetry Explorer uses to […] More

  • ManTech Buys IC Services Provider TMAC; CEO Kevin Phillips Quoted - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in M&A Activity, News, Wash100

    ManTech Buys IC Services Provider TMAC; CEO Kevin Phillips Quoted

    ManTech International has closed its purchase of Technical and Management Assistance Corp., a Columbia, Maryland-based provider of system engineering, software engineering and information technology services in support of intelligence community customers. Kevin Phillips, chairman, CEO and president of ManTech and a previous Wash100 Award recipient, said in a statement published Monday the acquisition is aimed […] More

  • Executive Spotlight With Noblis VP Rich Jacques Highlights Emerging Tech's Impact on Law Enforcement Operations - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in Executive Spotlight, News

    Executive Spotlight With Noblis VP Rich Jacques Highlights Emerging Tech’s Impact on Law Enforcement Operations

    ExecutiveBiz featured Rich Jacques, corporate officer and vice president of intelligence and law enforcement at Noblis, in an Executive Spotlight interview published Wednesday on its sister publication, ExecutiveGov. He talked about reaching a three-year milestone in his current role at Noblis, the emerging technologies’ impact on law enforcement operations, cybersecurity’s influence at the state and […] More

  • Roy Stevens: Leidos to Provide CISA With Emergency Preparedness Support Services - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in Press Releases

    Roy Stevens: Leidos to Provide CISA With Emergency Preparedness Support Services

    TYSONS CORNER, VA, Dec. 28, 2021 — Leidos will provide support services for the nationwide safety efforts of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency under a potential $61.5 million Priority Services Scientific, Engineering and Technical Assistance prime contract, GovCon Wire reported Dec. 15. Roy Stevens, president of intelligence group at Leidos, said the company will […] More

  • ManTech Wraps Up $350M Cash Acquisition of Gryphon; Kevin Phillips Quoted - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in Press Releases

    ManTech Wraps Up $350M Cash Acquisition of Gryphon; Kevin Phillips Quoted

    TYSONS CORNER, VA, Dec. 27, 2021 — ManTech International has completed its $350 million cash acquisition of digital and systems engineering company Gryphon Technologies from private equity firm AE Industrial Partners and added new programs and professionals to its defense business, GovCon Wire reported Dec. 13. “The addition is highly complementary and builds upon our […] More

  • SPY-6 Radar-Equipped Destroyer Kicks off Combat System Training - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in Government Technology, News

    SPY-6 Radar-Equipped Destroyer Kicks off Combat System Training

    USS Jack H. Lucas, a Huntington Ingalls Industries-built guided missile destroyer for the U.S. Navy, started its combat system testing more than half a year after it was launched from the shipbuilder’s location in Pascagoula, Mississippi. The destroyer being integrated with AN/SPY-6(V)1 air and missile defense radar from a Raytheon Technologies business recorded Aegis system […] More

  • Maxar Secures $100M in Satellite Imagery Access Agreements, 2nd WorldView Legion Commitment; Tony Frazier Quoted - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in Contract Awards, News, Space News

    Maxar Secures $100M in Satellite Imagery Access Agreements, 2nd WorldView Legion Commitment; Tony Frazier Quoted

    Maxar Technologies has booked over $100 million in three agreements that extend the company’s work of delivering satellite imagery to international defense and intelligence customers. The company said Wednesday its Direct Access Program will continue to enable the unnamed clients to download 30 cm-class data from Maxar’s constellation of Earth imaging satellites to their ground […] More

  • Raytheon Subsidiary Awarded $67M Space Force OTA for Weather Satellite Prototyping, Demo Efforts - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in News, Space News

    Raytheon Subsidiary Awarded $67M Space Force OTA for Weather Satellite Prototyping, Demo Efforts

    A Raytheon Technologies subsidiary will prototype an electro-optical infrared weather system and demonstrate its operational data delivery ability under a $67 million contract from the U.S. Space Force. Raytheon Intelligence & Space will build a satellite prototype in an effort to help Space Systems Command deliver cloud characterization and weather imagery observations to warfighters, the […] More

  • Elbit Systems‘ US Arm Opens Innovation Center in Cambridge - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in News

    Elbit Systems‘ US Arm Opens Innovation Center in Cambridge

    Elbit Systems‘ U.S. subsidiary has opened a new center in Cambridge, Massachusetts, where it plans to accommodate additional software, mechanical and electrical engineers as part of the company’s expansion efforts. The Cambridge Innovation Center will have a stand-up laboratory, virtual reality collaboration area and space for up to 60 engineers who will be based in […] More

  • Cognosante to Implement Cloud Fax Service at VA Under $110M Task Order; Erick Peters, Philip Dietz Quoted - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in Contract Awards, News

    Cognosante to Implement Cloud Fax Service at VA Under $110M Task Order; Erick Peters, Philip Dietz Quoted

    Cognosante was tasked with the implementation and maintenance of a cloud-hosted electronic faxing service at the Department of Veterans Affairs as part of a $110 million award under the Transformation Twenty-One Total Technology Next Generation acquisition vehicle. The company said Tuesday having Enterprise Cloud Fax services across the VA is aimed at enhancing the department’s […] More

  • BAE's Tom Arseneault on Military’s Potential Adoption of Electronic Vehicles - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in Government Technology, News

    BAE’s Tom Arseneault on Military’s Potential Adoption of Electronic Vehicles

    Tom Arseneault, CEO of BAE Systems‘ U.S. business arm, has expressed certainty over the military adding electronic vehicles to its fleet as the Biden administration focuses on clean energy initiatives, including the use of hybrid-electric vehicles to lessen carbon emissions and help address climate change, Breaking Defense reported Monday. Speaking at a recent forum, the […] More