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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
CACI details the tech and talent legs of its strategy
Investor day presentations like this newest one from CACI are an opportunity to go deeper into a company's strategy. Here are some main takeaways from two key portions of the event.
- By Ross Wilkers
Companies
How LMI incubated its own generative AI tool before going to market
LIGER emerged out of the company's technology studio and while data scientists built it, the grander goal was for everyone to use it.
- By Ross Wilkers
Companies
AeroVironment to acquire BlueHalo in $4.1B transaction
BlueHalo's strategy and vision since its inception can be seen through its tagline "Transforming the Future of Global Defense" and now it becomes a major building block for a large defense technology company.
- By Ross Wilkers
Companies
Enlightenment unveils fifth fund with $825M raised
Enlightenment Capital's reveal of its newest investment vehicle coincides with a rebrand of the workflow and regulatory software provider it acquired in the spring.
- By Ross Wilkers
Companies
NCR's federal arm wins $335M commissary tech support recompete
The effort covers grocery and household good stores at military facilities that have point-of-sale systems and software.
- By Ross Wilkers
Companies
WT 360: Where Amentum wants to go next following its big merger
Steve Arnette, chief operating officer at Amentum, explains how this new version of the company sees itself in the global government services landscape and what it means to have a “technology-enabled growth strategy.”
- By Ross Wilkers
Companies
For Your Information hires Sami as president
This woman-owned small business completed a merger in 2021 and is now charting the next phase of its strategy.
- By Ross Wilkers
Contracts
DOD adds trio to $48B tech research vehicle
The Defense Department now has 44 companies that support the preservation and sharing of information and knowledge related to military technology.
- By Ross Wilkers
Companies
Kepler promotes Conrad to lead US subsidiary
Kepler is pushing to grow the reach of its optical data relay network across federal agencies.
- By Ross Wilkers
Companies
Launch, the Moon and satellites mark the week in space investments
Each of these companies are in varying stages of maturity as a business, but all have high-profile backers behind them.
- By Ross Wilkers
Companies
Integral Federal acquires agile development specialist
By purchasing Pragmatics, Integral is pushing closer to its goal of $200 million in annual revenue by 2025.
- By Ross Wilkers
Contracts
General Dynamics wins $5.6B info sharing support contract
The Mission Partner Environment works to help partnership and coalition participants communicate and collaborate.
- By Ross Wilkers
Companies
Tria Federal's path in the middle tier centers on 2 core markets
The Sagewind Capital-backed company is acquiring Softrams and undertaking a reorganization to set itself up for the future, as Tria Federal's chief executive explains.
- By Ross Wilkers
Companies
Godspeed collects $675M for its third fund
The backer of Crimson Phoenix, SilverEdge and Special Aerospace Services unveils this new vehicle for more investments.
- By Ross Wilkers
Companies
Undersea drone startup fetches $16M to aid hiring, manufacturing push
Lockheed Martin Ventures, RTX Ventures, SAIC Ventures and In-Q-Tel are the GovCon names involved in this investment round.
- By Ross Wilkers
Companies
ICF hires former Labcorp exec to lead corporate development
Dr. Eric Hakimov will work with other senior ICF leaders on investments and strategies across its key growth markets.
- By Ross Wilkers
Contracts
Marine Corps picks 10 for $164M installation command support contract
Nine new companies are joining a program that supports at least 31,000 personnel across the world.
- By Ross Wilkers
Contracts
Space Force awards 12 seats on 'Hemisphere' advisory contract
The service branch hires a pool of companies to help it manage all phases of program lifecycles that include technology development and anomaly resolution, among others.
- By Ross Wilkers
Companies
ManTech stands up defense advisory board
This is the company's second such panel of former government officials tasked to help guide strategies with a certain client set.
- By Ross Wilkers
Companies
HHS eyes wider scope for small biz professional services recompete
The current iteration focuses on support for the National Institutes of Health, while the new version will be for the entire Health and Human Services Department.
- By Ross Wilkers