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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.

Latest stories

  • Viasat's Craig Miller: SDA's Transport Layer Discussion Should Highlight Network, System Interoperability - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in News, Space News

    Viasat’s Craig Miller: SDA’s Transport Layer Discussion Should Highlight Network, System Interoperability

    Craig Miller, president of government systems at Viasat, said that discussions about the Space Development Agency’s upcoming satellite network should focus on how spacecraft from different manufacturers could be interoperable and support a “highly complex, multi-band and multi-network system” together. In an opinion piece SpaceNews published Friday, Miller noted that the Transport Layer’s network and […] More

  • Dell's Cameron Chehreh Calls on Agencies to Create Digital Workplace, Launch Employee Reskilling Programs - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in Press Releases

    Dell’s Cameron Chehreh Calls on Agencies to Create Digital Workplace, Launch Employee Reskilling Programs

    TYSONS CORNER, VA, Sept. 7, 2021 — Cameron Chehreh, chief technology officer and vice president of engineering at Dell Technologies‘ federal systems business, has recommended the creation of a digital workplace that could enable government employees to support agencies’ missions while working from anywhere, GovCon Wire reported Aug. 19. In a guest piece, he also […] More

  • Raft, Space Force's Software Factory to Engineer Platform for Space Operations Command - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in Contract Awards, News

    Raft, Space Force’s Software Factory to Engineer Platform for Space Operations Command

    Raft will collaborate with a software factory within the Catalyst Campus for Technology and Innovation on a platform development effort as part of a prime contract the U.S. Space Force awarded to the Reston, Virginia-based technology consulting firm. The company and USSF’s Space Camp will engineer a continuous integration/continuous delivery platform to provide Space Operations […] More

  • ManTech Secures $476M USSF Engineering & Integration Contract for Space Launch Programs; Andrew Twomey Quoted - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in Contract Awards, News

    ManTech Secures $476M USSF Engineering & Integration Contract for Space Launch Programs; Andrew Twomey Quoted

    Mantech International has secured a 10-year, $476 million prime contract award to support the space launch programs of the U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command, formerly the Space and Missile Center. The company said Tuesday it will provide launch service integration, fleet surveillance and certification and other engineering services in support of space and missile […] More

  • Navy Taps Leidos to Work on Multi-Domain Radar Effort - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in Contract Awards, News

    Navy Taps Leidos to Work on Multi-Domain Radar Effort

    The U.S. Navy has selected Leidos for an effort that seeks to provide the Marines with a multi-domain radar for a contested environment as the current radio frequency radar assets are limited in mobility and prone to detection and attacks. Leidos will work under a potential $49.4 million cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for the MuDRaCE effort during […] More

  • Coras' Cloud-Based Decision Management Platform Receives FedRAMP High Provisional Authority - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in Government Technology, News

    Coras’ Cloud-Based Decision Management Platform Receives FedRAMP High Provisional Authority

    Coras‘ software as a service offering for enterprise decision management has been granted a provisional authority to operate at the high level under the Federal Risk and Authorization Management Program. The FedRAMP High P-ATO authorization allows low code/no code Coras Federal to be used by the Department of Defense and federal agencies to address challenges […] More

  • Lockheed to Produce F-16 Aircraft Parts at Johnstown Facility - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in News

    Lockheed to Produce F-16 Aircraft Parts at Johnstown Facility

    Lockheed Martin plans to use its facility in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, to manufacture parts for new F-16 aircraft in response to global customer demands, and early work at the site is expected to begin this year. The aerospace and defense company said Thursday the facility will produce F-16 engine components, F-1 fuel tank, inlet and other […] More

  • Southwest Research Institute Books $79M Air Force Research & Engineering Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in Contract Awards, News

    Southwest Research Institute Books $79M Air Force Research & Engineering Contract

    Southwest Research Institute has received a $78.8 million sole-source contract from the U.S. Air Force for research and engineering services in support of a Program Executive Officer directorate within the Air Force Life Cycle Management Center. Under the 10-year indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract, the nonprofit research and development organization will work with the AFLCMC Agile Combat Support […] More

  • Boeing to Mature Hypersonic Missile Tech Under Air Force Deal - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in Contract Awards, News

    Boeing to Mature Hypersonic Missile Tech Under Air Force Deal

    Boeing has received a potential one-year, $39.7 million contract modification from the U.S. Air Force for the maturation of an “air-breathing” weapon system in support of the development of a hypersonic conventional cruise missile. The cost-plus-fixed-fee award is for preliminary design review, the first phase of the Southern Cross Integrated Flight Research Experiment project, the […] More

  • NetImpact Hires Praveen Kosgi as Technical Solutions VP - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in Executive Moves, News

    NetImpact Hires Praveen Kosgi as Technical Solutions VP

    Praveen Kosgi, former enterprise solutions director at VMD Corp., was appointed as vice president of technical solutions at NetImpact Strategies where he will help optimize technology portfolio by overseeing and advising on the company’s digital transformation delivery roadmap and go-to-market strategies. He brings more than two decades of experience in government technology transformation and will […] More

  • Navy Taps General Dynamics to Consolidate IT Help Desk Operations; Leigh Palmer Quoted - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in Contract Awards, News

    Navy Taps General Dynamics to Consolidate IT Help Desk Operations; Leigh Palmer Quoted

    General Dynamics‘ information technology business will use cloud-based artificial intelligence to modernize and consolidate the U.S. Navy’s IT help desks under a potential four-year, $136.5 million indefinitely-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract. Work will focus on building a knowledge-based platform out of the service branch’s Tier-1 service desks to ensure continuous warfighter operations, General Dynamics Information Technology said. Leigh […] More