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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.
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Oct. 1, 2021 — Jacobs will support the Geospatial-intelligence Enterprise OpenDataStore of the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency by providing mission-driven and data-centric tools under a seven-year, $302 million contract, GovCon Wire reported Sept. 16. Caesar Nieves, senior vice president of cyber and intelligence at Jacobs’ critical mission solutions unit, said digital services, modern […] More
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Oct. 1, 2021 — Riverbed Technology has promoted Shaun Bierweiler to the role of chief revenue officer, responsible for the global sales, services and partner strategy of the San Francisco-based information technology company, GovCon Wire reported Sept. 16. Bierweiler previously served as senior vice president of public sector at Riverbed. He joined […] More
Cognosante has helped establish a new consortium focused on delivering Health Information Exchange as a managed service to support health care improvement efforts. The company said Wednesday it is one of the founding members of Collabrity Health, an alliance of HIEs and health care vendor partners that seek to share among consortium members interoperability resources, […] More
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Sept. 30, 2021 — Capgemini will acquire VariQ and integrate the cybersecurity, cloud and software development support service provider into its government solutions business in a push to expand its federal marketplace footprint and increase information technology offerings, GovCon Wire reported Sept. 15. Doug Lane, CEO of Capgemini Government Solutions and a […] More
TYSONS CORNER, VA, Sept. 30, 2021 — Raytheon Technologies plans to integrate SEAKR Engineering into its intelligence and space business once its acquisition of the Centennial, Colorado-based space electronics supplier is completed, GovCon Wire reported Sept. 15. Roy Azevedo, president of Raytheon Intelligence and Space and a previous Wash100 awardee, said the company aims to […] More
Kathleen Kiernan, a federal law enforcement veteran, will formally serve as president of NEC Corporation of America‘s national security systems business after holding the post on an interim basis for more than two months. NEC said Wednesday Kiernan drove the company’s Foreign Ownership, Control or Influence-mitigated subsidiary as it moved to a new phase of […] More
Computing services provider EDJX has teamed up with Cubic on the development of an edge platform intended to provide military and civilian first responders with an end-to-end internet of things technology to support decision making from base to battlefield. The Internet of Military Things edge platform will be built to deliver increased data security and […] More
Aerojet Rocketdyne has test fired a solid rocket motor at its Camden, Arkansas location to demonstrate the preparedness of the site to meet large solid rocket motor requirements in support of national security. The company said Wednesday the activity was the culmination of its efforts to transfer its rocket motor mix, cast and test work […] More
B&A announced on Wednesday that the contributions of two of its executive leaders in their respective leadership communities were recently recognized, with Shana Hammond-Adler, VP of capture and proposal, winning Virginia Business Magazine’s Virginia Business Women in Leadership Award, and Kelly Baltz, VP of talent and operations, receiving the 2021 HR Leadership Award from DCA […] More
Sedgwick has acquired Bethesda, Maryland-based government contracting firm Managed Care Advisors in an effort to expand business opportunities in the U.S. federal government. MCA provides compensation case and claims management services in support of federal agency workers and the deal is expected to broaden its public sector offerings, Sedgwick said Wednesday. Commenting on the acquisition, […] More
Northrop Grumman has won a four-year, $82.6 million cost-plus-fixed-fee contract from the U.S. Army for services in support of the Planning Programming Budgeting Business Operating System. The Army Contracting Command selected Northrop following an online solicitation that gathered two proposals, the Department of Defense said Friday. Northrop will conduct work in Washington, D.C., through Sept. […] More
A Textron subsidiary has handed over additional AH-1Z aircraft to the U.S. Marine Corps, marking the 100th consecutive on-time delivery of the twin-engine attack helicopter under a production contract with the service branch. Bell Textron started the aircraft delivery almost four years ago and is expected to manufacture the H-1 helicopter series consisting of AH-1Z […] More
