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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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  • Criterion Announces SAGE Black as Subsidiary Following Acquisition; Promod Sharma, Steve Mast Quoted - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Criterion Announces SAGE Black as Subsidiary Following Acquisition; Promod Sharma, Steve Mast Quoted

    TYSONS CORNER, VA, Oct. 19, 2021 — Criterion Systems established SAGE Black as its wholly-owned subsidiary operating under its intelligence solutions business unit after the cybersecurity and information technology company completed its acquisition of the software engineering services provider, GovCon Wire reported Sept. 29. Promod Sharma, president and CEO of Criterion, said both companies’ core […] More

  • NGA Taps HawkEye 360 to Provide RF Energy Data for Analysis; Alex Fox Quoted - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NGA Taps HawkEye 360 to Provide RF Energy Data for Analysis; Alex Fox Quoted

    TYSONS CORNER, VA, Oct. 18, 2021 — HawkEye 360 will provide the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency with radio frequency energy data collected by the company’s satellite constellation to help NGA map, characterize and detect RF emissions in non-state and transnational locations, GovCon Wire reported Sept. 28. “This program is an excellent example of agile acquisition rapidly […] More

  • Space Force Selects Sev1Tech for Data Transport Prototype Development Effort; Robert Lohfeld Quoted - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Space Force Selects Sev1Tech for Data Transport Prototype Development Effort; Robert Lohfeld Quoted

      TYSONS CORNER, VA, Oct. 18, 2021 — Sev1Tech will prototype a data transport-as-a-service capability under a $47.5 million contract awarded by the U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command under the Space Enterprise Consortium’s other transaction authority agreement for the meshONE-Terrestrial initiative, GovCon Wire reported Sept. 28. The prototype mesh network will be developed and […] More

  • DLA Looks to Procure Patriot Missile Engineering Services From Raytheon - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    DLA Looks to Procure Patriot Missile Engineering Services From Raytheon

    The Defense Logistics Agency intends to procure from Raytheon Technologies engineering services and other technical requirements needed to support the Patriot weapon system program efforts in the U.S. and international locations. According to its presolicitation notice posted Friday on SAM.gov, the anticipated sole-source action onto Raytheon’s current indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract, which has an $8 billion ceiling […] More

  • Clarifai Eyes Workforce Expansion With $60M Series C Funding - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Clarifai Eyes Workforce Expansion With $60M Series C Funding

    Clarifai plans to drive international expansion, develop new artificial intelligence technologies and grow its AI community through the $60 million investment it secured during a New Enterprise Associates-led Series C funding round. The AI platform provider said Friday it now has a total funding of $100 million following the close of the financing round, which […] More

  • Sarcos to Expand Testing, Demo of Guardian DX Robot for Navy-Specific Tasks - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Sarcos to Expand Testing, Demo of Guardian DX Robot for Navy-Specific Tasks

    A Sarcos Technology and Robotics subsidiary will continue working on a teleoperated dexterous robotic system for the U.S. Navy after the service branch executed an option on its Guardian DX contract with the company. Sarcos Defense will further its Guardian DX testing, evaluation and demonstration efforts to focus on Navy-specific tasks, such as maintenance, modernization […] More

  • CareView, S3 Partner to Deliver Patient Safety Offerings to VHA Facilities - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CareView, S3 Partner to Deliver Patient Safety Offerings to VHA Facilities

    CareView Communications will provide the Veterans Health Administration with information technology offerings through the company’s partnership with a joint venture between Decisive Point Consulting Group and Booz Allen Hamilton. Shore Systems and Solutions is a service-disabled veteran-owned small business that has a spot on the Department of Veterans Affairs’ TeleCare indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract, which will be […] More

  • SpaceLink Expands HQ in Northern Virginia; David Bettinger Quoted - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    SpaceLink Expands HQ in Northern Virginia; David Bettinger Quoted

    SpaceLink is increasing its presence in Northern Virginia with its expansion in Fairfax County amid the satellite communications company’s ongoing efforts to advance space commerce, exploration and security as well as environmental awareness. David Bettinger, CEO of SpaceLink, said in a statement published Thursday the region is the “natural choice” considering its pool of technology […] More

  • Comtech President, COO Michael Porcelain to Succeed Fred Kornberg as CEO - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Comtech President, COO Michael Porcelain to Succeed Fred Kornberg as CEO

    Michael Porcelain, president and chief operating officer at Comtech Telecommunications, was selected to succeed Fred Kornberg as the company’s chief executive by the end of the year. The executive move will complete the CEO succession plan of Comtech and will see Porcelain also joining the board of directors and Kornberg potentially continuing as a director […] More

  • Saab Provides Aircraft Component for Boeing's T-7A Red Hawk Program - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Saab Provides Aircraft Component for Boeing’s T-7A Red Hawk Program

    Saab has delivered an aft airframe section to Boeing that the latter will use for the development of trainer aircraft under a potential 16-year, $9.2 billion contract from the U.S. Air Force. The company is in partnership with Boeing to provide the service branch with up to 475 T-X trainer aircraft and 120 ground-based training […] More

  • Caesar Nieves: Jacobs to Provide NGA With Geospatial Data Support Services - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Caesar Nieves: Jacobs to Provide NGA With Geospatial Data Support Services

    TYSONS CORNER, VA, Oct. 1, 2021 — Jacobs will support the Geospatial-intelligence Enterprise OpenDataStore of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency by providing mission-driven and data-centric tools under a seven-year, $302 million contract, GovCon Wire reported Sept. 16. Caesar Nieves, senior vice president of cyber and intelligence at Jacobs’ critical mission solutions unit, said digital services, modern […] More

  • Riverbed Elevates Shaun Bierweiler to Chief Revenue Officer Role - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Riverbed Elevates Shaun Bierweiler to Chief Revenue Officer Role

    TYSONS CORNER, VA, Oct. 1, 2021 — Riverbed Technology has promoted Shaun Bierweiler to the role of chief revenue officer, responsible for the global sales, services and partner strategy of the San Francisco-based information technology company, GovCon Wire reported Sept. 16. Bierweiler previously served as senior vice president of public sector at Riverbed. He joined […] More