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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

  • in Government Technology, News

    Venus Aerospace Unveils Conceptual Design of ‘Stargazer’ Mach 9 Hypersonic Spaceplane

    Venus Aerospace, an early-stage, deep technology company, has showcased its first conceptual hypersonic vehicle design envisioned to achieve one-hour global travel at Mach 9 speed. The Houston, Texas-based hypersonic aircraft developer said Tuesday its vehicle engineering team is working on Stargazer, a Mach 9 hypersonic spaceplane whose concept was unveiled during a transportation- and mobility-focused […] More

  • in News

    CGI Federal Backs VA Business Transformation With Momentum Acquisitions Contract Writing System

    CGI has implemented a contract writing system at the Department of Veterans Affairs as part of the latter’s efforts to modernize its financial and acquisition management platforms and transform business operations. The implementation of the CGI Federal-developed Momentum Acquisitions system is the third under the VA’s Financial Management Business Transformation program and works to enable […] More

  • in Government Technology, News

    Raytheon Intros GhostEye Radar Variant for Medium-Range Air Defense

    Raytheon Technologies‘ missiles and defense business has expanded its GhostEye family of radars with the addition of a variant designed for medium‐range air defense operations. The new GhostEye MR radar is developed by Raytheon Missiles & Defense in collaboration with Kongsberg Gruppen’s defense and aerospace unit and is available for integration with the National Advanced […] More

  • in Executive Moves, News

    ADS Elevates Ryan Angold to CEO Post, John Dunn to COO Role

    Ryan Angold, a veteran naval special warfare officer with the U.S. Navy, was promoted to the role of CEO at ADS, where he has served in several ranks of increasing responsibilities for more than a decade now. He took the company helm from Jason Wallace, who has been with the defense contractor for almost 25 […] More

  • in Executive Moves, News

    Ward Melhuish Joins Government & Public Sector Advisory Services Leadership Team at Cherry Bekaert

    Ward Melhuish, who has more than two decades of government consulting experience, was named federal government sector advisory leader and managing director in the advisory services practice at assurance, tax and advisory firm Cherry Bekaert. The executive will work with other government and public sector advisory services leaders to support customer agencies in their accounting, […] More

  • in Government Technology, News

    BAE Migrates Mobility Air Forces Automated Flight Planning Service to Cloud

    BAE Systems has started moving its automated flight planning service to the cloud in line with the transformation objectives of the U.S. Air Force, which employs the system for agile airspace planning and mission management efforts. Migrating the Mobility Air Forces Automated Flight Planning Service to Cloud One is aimed at boosting the operational availability […] More

  • in Executive Moves, News

    Former Air Force CSO Nicolas Chaillan Named to Exovera Advisory Board

    Nicolas Chaillan, former chief software officer of the U.S. Air Force and Space Force, was appointed to the advisory board of Exovera, where he will contribute his DevSecOps and zero trust expertise to help government customers. The Vienna, Virginia-based software developer said Wednesday Chaillan, in his previous CSO role, provided assistance to the Department of […] More

  • in News

    Viasat Opens New Office in Maryland; Craig Miller Quoted

    Viasat has opened a new office near the U.S. Army’s Aberdeen Proving Ground installation to expand its presence in Harford County, Maryland, and further support the military’s network transformation efforts. The company said Wednesday the office will house employees of its government systems business developing satellite communication and networking capabilities for defense customers. A laboratory […] More

  • in News, Space

    Kratos to Provide OpenSpace Satellite Ground Platform to Support Intelsat Network

    Kratos Defense & Security Solutions will provide its software-defined satellite ground system for use in support of operating Intelsat’s ground and space systems to help deliver network services to customers. The OpenSpace Platform of Kratos is eyed to enable deployment of carrier-grade services to Intelsat clients in minutes rather than the usual weeks-long duration, the […] More

  • in News, Space

    Sierra Space Partners With Spirit AeroSystems on Cargo Module Production

    Sierra Nevada Corp.‘s space business and a Spirit AeroSystems subsidiary have teamed up to boost the production of cargo modules for a space transport vehicle aimed at supporting NASA resupply missions. Sierra Space said Tuesday it will work with Spirit Defense & Space on Shooting Star cargo module system design, fabrication, assembly, integration and test […] More