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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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  • Philip Rizzi Appointed Managing Director at Wolf Den Associates - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in Executive Moves, News

    Philip Rizzi Appointed Managing Director at Wolf Den Associates

    Philip Rizzi, formerly chief operating officer at ARServices, has joined Wolf Den Associates as managing director responsible for supporting its customers’ growth efforts. He announced via a LinkedIn posting his new post at the Virginia-based business management consultant, where he will assist federal government agencies and contractors in identifying, preparing for and securing opportunities. At […] More

  • Sig Sauer to Produce Next Gen Rifles for Army Under $4.5B Contract - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Sig Sauer to Produce Next Gen Rifles for Army Under $4.5B Contract

    Sig Sauer will deliver next generation rifles and ammunition to the U.S. Army and provide the service branch with related equipment and services under a potential 10-year, $4.5 billion follow-on production contract. The Department of Defense said the Next Generation Squad Weapons System contract covers the XM5 NGSW rifle, XM250 NGSW automatic rifle and 6.8 […] More

  • Fujifilm to Continue Providing Imaging System for Pacific Military Heath Facilities - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Fujifilm to Continue Providing Imaging System for Pacific Military Heath Facilities

    Fujifilm‘s healthcare Americas business will employ its picture archiving and communications system at various medical treatment facilities of the U.S. Navy and Air Force in the Pacific region. The company said Wednesday it secured a delivery order for its Synapse PACS under a 2017 contract from the Defense Logistics Agency for the Digital Imaging Network-PACS […] More

  • Amentum Appoints Chico Moline as CIO Following PAE Acquisition - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in Press Releases

    Amentum Appoints Chico Moline as CIO Following PAE Acquisition

    TYSONS CORNER, VA, April 27, 2022 — Chico Moline, a former PAE business unit president, will now lead the enterprise transformation initiatives of Amentum as its chief information officer, GovCon Wire reported. Prior to Amentum’s acquisition of PAE, Moline worked at the latter company as president of its national security solutions arm. He is responsible […] More

  • BAE, Hadean Collaborating on Supercomputing-Powered Training Platform - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in Government Technology, News

    BAE, Hadean Collaborating on Supercomputing-Powered Training Platform

    BAE Systems has partnered with Hadean to identify opportunities where the former’s military training expertise could be applied to the distributed computing company’s unified platform. The collaboration looks to enable warfighters to train on a synthetic environment for air, land, sea, space and cyber operations for enhanced decision support and situational awareness, BAE said Tuesday. […] More

  • Walsh Federal Books $206M Navy Contract for Aircraft Hangar Construction in North Carolina - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Walsh Federal Books $206M Navy Contract for Aircraft Hangar Construction in North Carolina

    Walsh Group‘s U.S. federal business arm has secured a potential $206 million contract from the U.S. Navy to build a hangar at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point in North Carolina for maintenance work on the F-35B Lightning II aircraft. Chicago-based Walsh Federal will construct a two-story, low-rise aircraft maintenance hangar that will include a […] More

  • ICF to Support Development of Next Gen Transportation Management System - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in Contract Awards, News

    ICF to Support Development of Next Gen Transportation Management System

    ICF was tapped by the Federal Highway Administration to help modernize the national transportation system under a potential $94 million blanket purchase agreement. The consulting services company, along with other awardees of the five-year recompete BPA, will provide FHWA with technical assistance and other services in support of its development of the next generation system […] More

  • Esri Expands Workforce, Operations in Colorado - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    Esri Expands Workforce, Operations in Colorado

    Esri has moved its regional office to the Colorado Tech Center in Louisville to house an additional workforce focused on geospatial technology innovation and support its five-year growth initiatives. The location intelligence company said Monday the incoming 250 employees will help expand its operations in the region and be responsible for software development, training and […] More

  • DOE Extends Honeywell Subsidiary's Contract for Continued Management, Operation of Sandia Lab - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in Contract Awards, News

    DOE Extends Honeywell Subsidiary’s Contract for Continued Management, Operation of Sandia Lab

    A Honeywell International subsidiary will continue managing and operating the Sandia National Laboratories through April 30, 2027, under an extended Department of Energy contract. The National Nuclear Security Administration awarded contract option terms 1 to 5 to Honeywell’s National Technology and Engineering Solutions of Sandia to ensure the facility’s continuous management and operation, DOE said […] More

  • LMI to Provide Army Chemical Biological Center With Support Services; Doug Wagoner Quoted - top government contractors - best government contracting event
    in Contract Awards, News

    LMI to Provide Army Chemical Biological Center With Support Services; Doug Wagoner Quoted

    LMI will help a U.S. Army center research, develop and test capabilities related to chemical and biological defense as part of its spot on a potential 10-year, $869 million contract for scientific, technical, engineering and program support services. The consulting firm said Tuesday it will work with the Chemical Biological Center of the Army Combat […] More

  • HawkEye 360 Launches Maritime Association Analytics Capability; Alex Fox Quoted - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    HawkEye 360 Launches Maritime Association Analytics Capability; Alex Fox Quoted

    HawkEye 360 has introduced an analytics technology developed to provide naval law enforcement officials with insights into illicit maritime activity in global areas of interest. The company said Monday the new maritime association analytics capability uses radio frequency signal and automatic identification system geolocations from third-party sources to check if they match and confirm their Maritime […] More

  • NGA Posts Software Development, Delivery Guide; Alex Loehr Quoted - top government contractors - best government contracting event
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    NGA Posts Software Development, Delivery Guide; Alex Loehr Quoted

    The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency has outlined metrics and elements to ensure software products are being developed and delivered to users in a consistent, secure and speedy manner. The NGA Software Way is a 12-page document meant to inform developer teams from government and contractors about software product tracking metrics, including availability and deployment frequency, the […] More