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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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  • Intelligent Waves Receives Air Force Contract for Wireless Comms; Marqus Hutchinson Quoted - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in Contract Awards, News

    Intelligent Waves Receives Air Force Contract for Wireless Comms; Marqus Hutchinson Quoted

    Intelligent Waves has received a prime contract from the U.S. Air Force to create a 5G testbed to help the Department of Defense accelerate the deployment of advanced wireless communications in regions within and outside the continental U.S. The company said Monday the potential $8.4 million Information Warfare Research Project contract provides for the construction […] More

  • Sincerus Global Solutions Elevates Glen Schuhmacher to Chief Executive Post - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Sincerus Global Solutions Elevates Glen Schuhmacher to Chief Executive Post

    TYSONS CORNER, VA, July 30, 2021 — Sincerus Global Solutions has tapped Glen Schuhmacher, who currently serves as president, to replace Tony Smeraglinolo as CEO in a move to support the company’s strategic growth initiatives, GovCon Wire reported July 22. In his dual hat position, Schuhmacher will oversee the company’s operations and service offerings to […] More

  • Army Orders Additional Wavestream Block Upconverters for Tactical Comms - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Army Orders Additional Wavestream Block Upconverters for Tactical Comms

    Wavestream, a Gilat Satellite Networks subsidiary, will provide the U.S. Army with additional 50W Ka-band block upconverters under a multi-million-dollar program sustainment award to support the service branch’s communications requirements. Gilat said Thursday the Army initially used the Wavestream-built Matchbox 50Ka MIL in the Warfighter Information Network-Tactical Increment 1, which gives soldiers access to a […] More

  • RF Products Secures $92M Navy Contract for Ship Antenna Couplers, Control Power Supply Deliveries - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    RF Products Secures $92M Navy Contract for Ship Antenna Couplers, Control Power Supply Deliveries

    RF Products will develop and deliver ultra-high frequency antenna couplers and control power supply units to the Navy, Coast Guard and the Military Sealift Command under a potential six-year, $91.9 million firm-fixed-price, indefinite-delivery/ indefinite-quantity contract. The UHFAC and CPS equipment will be installed on new construction ships deployed by USCG, MSC and Navy to ensure […] More

  • Parsons Appoints Susan Balaguer as Chief HR Officer; Carey Smith Quoted - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Parsons Appoints Susan Balaguer as Chief HR Officer; Carey Smith Quoted

    TYSONS CORNER, VA, July 30, 2021 — Parsons has named Susan Balaguer, a human resources professional with over three decades of experience, as chief HR officer, responsible for driving talent acquisition and other workforce-related activities at the company, GovCon Wire reported July 20. She will join the leadership team and report to Carey Smith, president […] More

  • Esri Opens Geospatial Innovation Center Office in St. Louis - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Esri Opens Geospatial Innovation Center Office in St. Louis

    Redlands, California-based location intelligence provider Esri has expanded its footprint into the Geospatial Innovation Center at T-REX in St. Louis, Missouri, by opening a new office space that is meant to promote developer collaboration through a startup-focused initiative. Esri said Wednesday program participants in the center will gain access to its ArcGIS Developers tools and […] More

  • Charles River Analytics Receives More Army Funding for Vehicle Cybersecurity Breach Detection System - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Charles River Analytics Receives More Army Funding for Vehicle Cybersecurity Breach Detection System

    The U.S. Army has provided Charles River Analytics with additional funding for the development of a cybersecurity system for military ground vehicles equipped with a controller area network. The computer software company said Tuesday it will continue to build the Controller Area Network Defense in Depth system intended to give military platforms capabilities in detecting, […] More

  • LMI Eyes Government Service Expansion Through Suntiva Buy; CEO Doug Wagoner Quoted - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    LMI Eyes Government Service Expansion Through Suntiva Buy; CEO Doug Wagoner Quoted

    LMI has acquired Falls Church, Virginia-based business transformation and technology company Suntiva in a move to grow the consultancy’s digital and workforce-related offerings to federal government customers. Suntiva provides services to the Department of Agriculture, U.S. Army, Joint Artificial Intelligence Center and other public health and defense clients, and LMI seeks to gain new customers […] More

  • Intel's Steve Orrin on Use of Confidential Computing to Secure Agencies' Classified Information - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Intel’s Steve Orrin on Use of Confidential Computing to Secure Agencies’ Classified Information

    TYSONS CORNER, VA, July 26, 2021 — Steve Orrin, federal chief technology officer at Intel, has discussed how the use of confidential computing and other data encryption approaches could help government agencies safeguard classified information from breaches, GovCon Wire reported July 16. “Confidential computing works by having the CPU reserve a section of memory as […] More

  • ECS' George Wilson Comments on ASGN's Acquisition of IndraSoft - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    ECS’ George Wilson Comments on ASGN’s Acquisition of IndraSoft

    TYSONS CORNER, VA, July 26, 2021 — George Wilson, president of ASGN company ECS, has commented on ASGN’s acquisition of IndraSoft, a Reston, Virginia-based provider of cyber analytics, DevSecOps, cloud, cybersecurity, digital transformation and other enterprise information technology services in support of government agencies, GovCon Wire reported July 19. “The acquisition of IndraSoft deepens our […] More

  • CSG Government Solutions Adds IT Consulting Vet Kristin Sparks to Healthcare & Human Services Practice - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    CSG Government Solutions Adds IT Consulting Vet Kristin Sparks to Healthcare & Human Services Practice

    CSG Government Solutions has named Kristin Sparks, a certified project management professional, to join the Chicago-based company’s health care and human services practice as principal. She brings over two decades of government information technology consulting experience to her new role, including time as a program and project manager responsible for supporting initiatives in the states […] More

  • Parsons Wins AFRL Task Order on GARDEM Software Baselines IDIQ - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Parsons Wins AFRL Task Order on GARDEM Software Baselines IDIQ

    Parsons has secured a potential four-year, $26 million task order for the delivery of functional and technical support to the U.S. Air Force and other customers in the Department of Defense and intelligence community. The Air Force Research Laboratory awarded the task order on the Global Application Research, Development, Engineering and Maintenance indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract that […] More