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Ross Wilkers
Senior Staff Reporter
Ross Wilkers covers the business of government contracting, 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 WT 360 podcast that features discussions with the market's leading executives and voices. Ross is a native of Northern Virginia and is an alumnus of George Mason University.
Companies
Inadev appoints former Attain exec Agarwal as CEO
Inadev's strategy highlights artificial intelligence, analytics, cloud engineering and other emerging technologies as core focus areas.
- By Ross Wilkers
Companies
DCS acquires research and development firm
DCS is using this transaction to grow a portfolio of applied R&D and tech transition efforts at the Air Force, plus other agencies involved in aviation and space.
- By Ross Wilkers
Companies
B/Core acquires another intelligence community specialist
NewSpring Holdings first entered its investment in B/CORE in 2023 and has since supported a handful of acquisitions to build a larger IT and digital transformation provider.
- By Ross Wilkers
Companies
Sierra Space and Vast detail their Series C investment rounds
National security space opportunities are a common thread between both companies as In-Q-Tel continues its involvement in one of them.
- By Ross Wilkers
Companies
Noda AI, Smack Technologies detail their Series A capital rounds
Autonomous system management and frontier artificial intelligence are the key tech areas of focus here.
- By Ross Wilkers
Contracts
CMS launches effort to unify Medicare claims processing systems
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services releases a final solicitation in search of software vendors that could participate in a challenge-based competition.
- By Ross Wilkers
Companies
XTec acquired by Germany-headquartered security tech firm
Giesecke+Devrient is using this transaction to establish a larger foothold in North America and add a company that supports 105 agencies in credentialing employees and contractors.
- By Ross Wilkers
Companies
DIA starts the bidding for $14B analysis, support contract
The Defense Intelligence Agency is hiring a group of companies to aid in the research, development and sustainment of new and existing systems that feed into military intelligence efforts.
- By Ross Wilkers
Companies
How ICF views its return to federal growth
In talking with Wall Street, CEO John Wasson also explains how commercial energy has been a bright spot for the company.
- By Ross Wilkers
Companies
V2X's partnerships with the hyperscalers center on data and processes
In talking with Wall Street, CEO Jeremy Wensinger highlights smart warehousing and artificial intelligence as core focus areas for V2X's collaborations with the cloud giants.
- By Ross Wilkers
Companies
L3Harris hires former Peraton CFO as new finance chief
Ken Bedingfield, who first joined L3Harris as CFO in December 2023, will focus exclusively on leading its missile solutions business that is preparing to go public later in the year.
- By Ross Wilkers
Podcasts
WT 360: Enabled Intelligence’s blueprint for the data labeling challenge
Peter Kant, founder and chief executive of Enabled Intelligence, explains how the company works with the U.S. government to better grasp the data agencies have and tailoring large language models for them to use.
- By Ross Wilkers
Companies
Sierra Space's new CEO and more leadership moves across the market
One chief financial officer at a publicly-traded company plans to retire and a former CIA cyber leader joins industry, among other key hires and promotions.
- By Ross Wilkers
Contracts
Booz Allen wins $697M Army training support contract
The service branch's Mission Command Training Program falls under the direction of the Army chief of staff.
- By Ross Wilkers
Companies
Space, energy and software coding investment rounds to note
Aalyria, Chariot Defense, Code Metal and the publicly-traded Intuitive Machines also detail what they plan to do next with their new capital infusions.
- By Ross Wilkers
Contracts
Air Force Research Lab seeks more national approach for innovation
Lab officials give a first glimpse at how they want to expand on a pilot program for turning dual-use technology into operational capability.
- By Ross Wilkers
Companies
CTEC stays with Upchurch, appoints her full-time CEO
Audra Upchurch stepped into the interim CEO role after then-leader Joel Willett announced his bid for the Senate.
- By Ross Wilkers
Companies
IonQ hires trio of Dell vets to lead federal push
The quantum computing and networking technology provider's current customer base includes the Air Force Research Laboratory and Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency.
- By Ross Wilkers
Companies
Markon acquires another cyber company
Markon is also looking to expand its independent research-and-development work across a wider customer base.
- By Ross Wilkers
Contracts
GSA finalizes first round of Polaris woman-owned pool awards
The General Services Administration goes with nearly four dozen as official winners for this portion of the massive government-wide IT vehicle.
- By Ross Wilkers