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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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  • Air Force Picks Awardees of $220M General Supplies & Services 2.0 Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Air Force Picks Awardees of $220M General Supplies & Services 2.0 Contract

    The U.S. Air Force has awarded 14 companies spots on a potential $220 million multiple award, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract for general supplies and services. The GS&S 2.0 contractors will provide support across the various levels of the military hierarchy until Nov. 28, 2030, to ensure enhanced and shared situational awareness and decision making, the Department of […] More

  • BWXT Employees Undergo ANS Nuclear Ambassadors Training - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    BWXT Employees Undergo ANS Nuclear Ambassadors Training

    BWX Technologies and the American Nuclear Society partnered to provide company employees with customized ANS Nuclear Ambassadors training, which ran from February to April. BWXT said Tuesday it is the first company to undergo the newly refreshed ANS curriculum designed to train experts in K-12 learning through two virtual sessions. Ambassador training aims to equip […] More

  • Glen Ives to Succeed Mark Fuller as Castellum CEO - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Glen Ives to Succeed Mark Fuller as Castellum CEO

    Glen Ives will assume the CEO post at Castellum on July 1, taking over Mark Fuller’s role at the Vienna, Virginia-based cybersecurity, electronic warfare and software services company as the latter will step down to pursue other interests. In a statement published Wednesday, Bernie Champoux, chairman of the board of directors at Castellum, thanked Fuller […] More

  • Tarry Kirkland Named Business Development Executive at HII Mission Technologies - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Tarry Kirkland Named Business Development Executive at HII Mission Technologies

    Tarry Kirkland, a senior executive with over two decades of experience in business development and law enforcement, has joined the mission technologies division of HII as a business development executive, according to his LinkedIn announcement. He previously served as senior business development executive for the Department of Homeland Security at CACI International, vice president for […] More

  • Jennifer Dugan Appointed Operations VP at Tria Federal - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Jennifer Dugan Appointed Operations VP at Tria Federal

    Jennifer Dugan, a Washington, D.C.-based executive with over two decades of industry experience, was elevated to the role of vice president of operations at Tria Federal, where she most recently worked as director. She announced her promotion at the middle-market information technology and advisory services provider via LinkedIn post Thursday. Prior to joining Tria Federal, […] More

  • WorldWide Language Resources Awarded $138M SOCOM Contract for Linguist Support Services - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    WorldWide Language Resources Awarded $138M SOCOM Contract for Linguist Support Services

    WorldWide Language Resources, a Fayetteville, North Carolina-headquartered provider of operational linguist services, has secured the second iteration of a contract from U.S. Special Operations Command for linguist support services. The Department of Defense said Thursday WorldWide will support SOCOM’s overseas contingency operations under the LSSII contract, which has a maximum value of $138.2 million. The […] More

  • Lockheed Martin Board Welcomes Former Air Force Secretary Heather Wilson - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Lockheed Martin Board Welcomes Former Air Force Secretary Heather Wilson

    Heather Wilson, the 24th Secretary of the U.S. Air Force and a two-time Wash100 Award recipient, was elected to the board of directors of Lockheed Martin, effective May 22. In a statement published Wednesday, Jim Taiclet, chair, president and CEO of Lockheed, said the deep industry knowledge and extensive leadership experience of Wilson will be […] More

  • Mike McDermott Named Chief Growth Officer at 22nd Century Technologies - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Mike McDermott Named Chief Growth Officer at 22nd Century Technologies

    Mike McDermott, former chief operating officer at National Capitol Contracting, has joined 22nd Century Technologies as chief growth officer, ExecutiveBiz has learned. 22nd Century Technologies CEO Anil Sharma shared that McDermott will have oversight of all business development efforts and will support proposal development, marketing, mergers and acquisitions and congressional outreach. “He is an accomplished […] More

  • CACI Books $54M SSC Contract Modification for Satellite Control Network Support - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CACI Books $54M SSC Contract Modification for Satellite Control Network Support

    CACI International‘s national security solutions business has secured a $54.2 million contract modification from the Space Systems Command to continue supporting the Satellite Control Network for another year. The Department of Defense said Monday the extension covers for services as the follow-on contract for Satellite Control Network tracking station operations, remote site, and mission partner […] More

  • GM Defense Adds UVision & Mistral Loitering Munition to Utility Vehicle for Enhanced Tactical Capability - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    GM Defense Adds UVision & Mistral Loitering Munition to Utility Vehicle for Enhanced Tactical Capability

    General Motors‘ defense business arm has collaborated with Mistral to equip GM Defense’s light tactical utility vehicle with the latter’s Hero-120 loitering munition, a system co-developed with UVision to engage targets without exposing warfighters to direct enemy fire. GM Defense said Monday its Chevrolet Colorado ZR2-based utility concept vehicle with Mistral and UVision’s medium-range, anti-armored […] More

  • Microchip Unveils SAMD21RT Radiation-Tolerant Microcontroller - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Microchip Unveils SAMD21RT Radiation-Tolerant Microcontroller

    Microchip Technology, a Department of Commerce-backed semiconductor manufacturer, has expanded its product portfolio with the launch of SAMD21RT, a radiation-tolerant Arm Cortex-M0+ based 32-bit microcontroller. SAMD21RT is designed for space-constrained applications and features up to 48 MHz processing rate, an Analog-to-Digital Converter with up to 20 channels, a Digital-to-Analog Converter and analog comparators, Microchip Technology […] More

  • Concetta Yates Joins Red River as Head of Data Analytics & AI - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Concetta Yates Joins Red River as Head of Data Analytics & AI

    Concetta Yates, an executive with 25 years of information technology sector experience, was named head of data analytics and artificial intelligence at Red River, a provider of technology transformation services for government and enterprise customers. The company said Thursday Yates' career was centered on AI and intelligent automation, software, hardware and multicloud platforms.

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