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Ross Wilkers
Senior Staff Reporter

Ross Wilkers is Washington Technology's senior staff reporter covering the business of government contracting, plus the companies and trends that shape the market. He joined WT in 2017 and works with Editor-in-Chief Nick Wakeman to host and produce our "Project 38" podcast featuring interviews with the market's leading executives and voices. Ross is a native of Northern Virginia and is an alumnus of George Mason University.
Contracts
DHS getting industry ready for professional services recompete
The current iteration of this multiple-award vehicle called PACTS has a $2 billion ceiling and runs to February 2025.
- By Ross Wilkers
Companies
Client Solution Architects hires new operations, growth chiefs
The digital transformation and consulting services provider adds these veterans to help lead its next growth phase.
- By Ross Wilkers
Contracts
Veteran-owned firm wins $341M ICE cloud services award
The Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency makes this award nearly a year after it started the procurement all over again.
- By Ross Wilkers
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Contracts
NNSA chooses 7 for $400M professional services contract
The National Nuclear Security Administration consolidates program management and other support work into this blanket purchase agreement.
- By Ross Wilkers
Companies
System High acquires identity management software outfit
The buyer is backed by the government market investment firm Enlightenment Capital.
- By Ross Wilkers
Contracts
Sealing Technologies wins $168M Marine Corps cyber contract
The veteran-owned small business will help develop new systems to analyze vulnerabilities.
- By Ross Wilkers
Companies
Satellite network firm's acquisition puts down roots in government
Anuvu is working on an eight-satellite constellation and evidently has federal users in mind.
- By Ross Wilkers
Contracts
LMI books $450M contract to extend DOD STEM scholarship program support
The Pentagon's SMART Program Office awards at least 400 scholarships a year and gave out 480 in 2021.
- By Ross Wilkers
Companies
CACI speaks to the other half of today's talent crunch
Acquisition teams inside federal agencies need workers too and are losing them, which has a knock-on effect that CACI International wants investors to consider.
- By Ross Wilkers
Companies
ICF's digital modernization strategy has two main legs
The global technology consultant is focusing on services centered around low-code/no-code and open source software, ICF's chief executive tells us.
- By Ross Wilkers
Companies
Groundswell hires new lead talent exec
She joins the digital transformation company as it looks to scale up its human resources infrastructure.
- By Ross Wilkers
Companies
Black Sage brings in new chief executive
The counter-unmanned aircraft tech firm was acquired three years ago by a middle market-focused private equity firm.
- By Ross Wilkers
Companies
Guidehouse brings together defense, national security segments
That realignment also means reassignments for some executive team members.
- By Ross Wilkers
Companies
Palantir blends government market uncertainty with ambitious self-labeling
The enterprise data software maker is looking to take on an identity similar to that of another large defense company.
- By Ross Wilkers
Contracts
NIH's cancer research arm awards $548M professional services contract
Five companies will vie for work to support the National Cancer Institute.
- By Ross Wilkers
Companies
Geospatial tech firm gets private equity backing
A team of scientists from Los Alamos National Laboratory founded Descartes Labs in 2014.
- By Ross Wilkers
Companies
QinetiQ's big-picture thinking with Avantus in the fold
The British defense tech maker explains to "Lombard Street" (London's Wall Street equivalent) why they see this $590 million transaction as making sense for the U.S. expansion strategy.
- By Ross Wilkers
Companies
Former Salient CRGT CEO to chair PM Consulting's board
The three-decade federal market veteran most recently led Salient CRGT through its sale to GovernmentCIO.
- By Ross Wilkers
Companies
HII touts big win for its tech business amid other delays
The $826 million Defense Department win came through its 2021 Alion acquisition but it is hard to predict when the next big win will come because of customer delays.
- By Ross Wilkers
Contracts
CIS Secure Computing acquires intelligence community IT firm
The buyer is seeking a greater presence in IT modernization and intelligence training programs, among others.
- By Ross Wilkers