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Ross Wilkers

Senior Staff Reporter

Ross Wilkers
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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Companies

Markon acquires another cyber company

Markon is also looking to expand its independent research-and-development work across a wider customer base.

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.