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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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  • in Executive Moves, News

    Former SGT President & CEO Tina Dolph Named Chief Global Officer at CRDF Global

    Tina Dolph, formerly president and CEO of Siemens’ government-focused U.S. arm, has been appointed as chief global officer of independent nonprofit organization CRDF Global. She will use her decades-long experience in the federal government contracting industry to help CRDF expand global footprint and increase science and technology-driven work with U.S. and allied countries, the nonprofit […] More

  • in Government Technology, News

    HII’s Newport News Hosts Launch of Virginia-Class Submarine New Jersey

    The Newport News Shipbuilding division of HII has launched the U.S. Navy’s Virginia-class submarine New Jersey (SSN 796) into the James River in preparation for its final outfitting, testing and crew certification activities. HII said Thursday the construction of New Jersey, a 7,800-ton nuclear-powered fast attack submarine, is about 92 percent complete. General Dynamics‘ Electric […] More

  • in Government Technology, News

    MagniX Taps AeroTEC & Air Tindi to Support Electric Propulsion System Demo Program With NASA

    MagniX has added engineering company AeroTEC and Canadian operator Air Tindi to its industry team for a NASA demonstration program aimed at developing and testing commercial electrified propulsion systems. The Everett, Washington-based electric motor manufacturer said Thursday AeroTEC and Air Tindi will help it advance electric flight technologies for commercial aviation under the NASA Electrified […] More

  • in Government Technology, News

    NIST Kicks Off First Responder UAS Indoor Challenge

    The National Institute of Standards and Technology, through a prize challenge, seeks to provide first responders with unmanned aircraft systems tailored to enhance their indoor search and rescue operations. The First Responder UAS Indoor Challenge requires competitors to design, develop and demonstrate drones capable of assisting firefighters and first responders by increasing their situational awareness, […] More

  • in Executive Moves, News

    Former DIA Official Frank Miller Named Exovera’s Intelligence Integration VP

    Frank Miller, formerly director of partner engagements at the Defense Intelligence Agency, has joined Exovera to serve as vice president of intelligence integration and director of its Center for Intelligence Research and Analysis. The open source data-focused subsidiary of SOS International said Thursday Miller will be responsible for driving business planning, capability development, talent acquisition […] More

  • in Press Releases

    Andy Green Named President of HII Mission Technologies; Todd Borkey Quoted

    TYSONS CORNER, VA, April 28, 2022 — HII, formerly Huntington Ingalls Industries, has renamed its Technical Solutions division to Mission Technologies and tapped Andy Green, a company executive vice president, to lead the new division as its president, GovCon Wire reported. The rebranding effort and Green’s appointment followed HII’s expansion of national security capabilities and […] More

  • 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

  • in Contract Awards, Government Technology, News

    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

  • in Contract Awards, Government Technology, News

    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

  • 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

  • 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

  • in Contract Awards, News

    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