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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.
Companies
Enlightenment Capital closes new $540M fund
Fund IV's final amount is double that of the last one the government market investment firm raised.
- By Ross Wilkers
Podcasts
PROJECT 38: Lumen's '4th Industrial Revolution' push in the public sector
The "Fourth Industrial Revolution" is about both technological advancement and rapid societal change. It is also in Lumen Technologies' corporate mission and drives its federal strategy as explained to our Ross Wilkers by Zain Ahmed, senior vice president of public sector at company no. 31 on our 2022 Top 100.
- By Ross Wilkers
Contracts
BAE wins $12B ballistic missile support recompete
The company has been the lead systems integrator for the nuclear triad's land portion since 2013.
- By Ross Wilkers
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Companies
Mercury Systems reaches pacts with activist shareholders
Two well-known government market executives will join the board as a result.
- By Ross Wilkers
Contracts
Acquisition shops inside government need workers too
Government contractors talk up the talent fight all the time as their watch-item, but what of the teams that award the work?
- By Ross Wilkers
Podcasts
PROJECT 38: How the convergence of digital and physical drive Parsons' growth
Parsons Corp. was born an engineering company in 1944 and still is. But software is also a core component in both federal and infrastructure markets as our Ross Wilkers heard from Peter Torrellas, president of the company's connected communities business.
- By Ross Wilkers
Top 100
TOP 100: Inside L3Harris' plan to disrupt the defense market
Company No. 10 on our 2022 Top 100 rankings is implementing a strategy it says askews a 'business as usual' approach in favor of doing things differently.
- By Ross Wilkers
Top 100
TOP 100: Lumen’s strategy goes beyond its network modernization base
The No. 31 company on our 2022 Top 100 is also focused on execution for the task orders it has booked under the EIS contract vehicle to transform agency networks.
- By Ross Wilkers
Companies
Leonardo DRS finds transaction partner to take it public
Interest in listing the DRS business on the stock market never wavered even after a planned IPO was nixed.
- By Ross Wilkers
Contracts
GSA issues final batch of STARS III awards
The potential $50 billion IT services and solutions vehicle feeds into the White House's larger procurement equity push.
- By Ross Wilkers
Companies
DMI appoints new growth chief
She joins the company within a year of its private equity owner joining the fold.
- By Ross Wilkers
Companies
SilverEdge hires new human resources leader
Private equity firm Godspeed Capital formed the company out of three acquisitions.
- By Ross Wilkers
Contracts
BAE wins $699M DOD supercomputing services contract
Work will support the Defense Department's network of centers that house high-performance computing capabilities.
- By Ross Wilkers
Companies
General Dynamics' $11B DOD 'Fourth Estate' IT protest denied
Barring more action, this lets Leidos proceed on its work for the 10-year Defense Enclave Services award and consolidate IT systems for 22 DOD agencies.
- By Ross Wilkers
Companies
Vectrus stockholders green-light merger with Vertex
The companies expect to close their transaction in the third quarter of this year.
- By Ross Wilkers
Companies
C2 Technologies adds new senior VP
Her new areas of responsibility at C2TI will cover customers, business operations and strategic growth
- By Ross Wilkers
Companies
BlackSky elevates new finance chief
The nearly three-decade industry veteran also held the CFO role at what was then DigitalGlobe and GeoEye.
- By Ross Wilkers
Companies
Ad Hoc makes acquisition for user experience footing
The digital services company wants to align with agencies' efforts to embrace techniques and tools found in the consumer technology landscape.
- By Ross Wilkers
Companies
Akima brings in new growth chief
The 16-year veteran of Jacobs helped that company carry out its acquisition of KeyW Corp. in 2019.
- By Ross Wilkers
Companies
CNSI stands up board of directors
The eight-member panel includes several executives from CNSI's private equity owner.
- By Ross Wilkers