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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

Cyber, tech and operations leadership moves across the market

One major market player featured in this listing adds a trio of vice presidents to its ranks.

Companies

HawkEye 360 hires Lockheed vet to lead US government biz

John Monahan joins the commercial satellite operator a handful of months after its initial public offering.

Companies

Autonomy, space and logistics startups detail their newest capital raises

The venture investment arms of Booz Allen Hamilton and RTX Corp. are among those involved in the action here.

Companies

Chickasaw Nation's contracting arm buys network engineering provider

CNI Federal Services business adds a technology services portfolio that includes an alternative method for speeding up connections and delivering data.

Contracts

Census Bureau partially sketches out timeline for $2.5B in digital transformation pacts

Two pacts for the Census Bureau Transformation & Application Modernization effort are nearly ready to go as the agency keeps working on the other pair.

Companies

Edgewater acquires scientific computing provider

Edgewater is looking to enhance its posture for helping agencies in missions that involve converged technologies.

Contracts

Air Force Research Laboratory permanently deletes $10B vehicle

The lab decides instead that its industry partnerships "are best served by using flexible, agile, and immediately available acquisition pathways.”

Contracts

DHS kicks its network, cloud and cyber consolidation vehicle down the road

Industry will have an undetermined amount of extra time to gear up for this contract to centralize IT operations across the entire Homeland Security Department.

Companies

Operations, finance and tech leadership moves across the market

Also included in this listing: the Navy's Task Force 59 founder starts a new role and AT&T's chief operating officer takes up a board seat at a major federal IT provider.

Companies

WT 360: Nextgov/FCW’s Christian Robles on OneGov, AI, Medicaid tech and Flock cameras

Christian Robles, who reports on technology policy and service delivery at Nextgov/FCW, jumps in to detail the federal government’s newest set of centralized artificial intelligence tech agreements and other key storylines.

Companies

General Dynamics names Nedzbala interim IT president as Gilliland departs

Amy Gilliland's nine-year run as GDIT president began with the integration of CSRA and included the rollout of a new tech strategy.

Contracts

Blackstone's new defense tech company and more capital markets action to highlight

This roundup of transactions across the landscape also includes three venture rounds and two "SPAC" arrangements to take companies public.

Contracts

NASA makes 16 awards for $1.4B consolidated logistics pact

The space agency set up this blanket purchase agreement to move away from 10 separate center-level contracts.

Contracts

Leidos wins $672M airport security equipment recompete

Leidos won the original iteration of this Transportation Security Administration contract in 2021.

Contracts

Navy picks 7 for $828M business support recompete

The Navy uses this contract to acquire business management support services for its personnel, manpower and training initiatives.

Contracts

Navy takes first step to craft NGEN network hardware recompete

The service branch wants to incorporate commercial supply chain practices into its IT product delivery function that must support a user base of 1 million personnel.

Contracts

ICE starts to explore AI, data strategy support contract

Immigration and Customs Enforcement's production environment now needs ongoing operations-and-maintenance support and continued enhancement.

Contracts

Amentum wins $572M NORAD warning system contract

The North American Aerospace Defense Command uses this system to determine the nature of launches and attacks from adversaries.

Companies

Tetra Tech's new government leader and 3 CEO transitions to note

Tetra Tech has integrated federal technology work into its portfolio over the past several years.

Contracts

DHA embarks on health data management contract strategy

The Defense Health Agency wants industry's ideas for working with clinical, administrative, operational, financial, scheduling, encounter, assessment, document and analytics data.