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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
V2X to acquire QinetiQ's US data, services business
This 70-employee unit provides data engineering, intelligence mission support and cyber solutions to national security agencies.
- By Ross Wilkers
Companies
Amentum shows part of its hand for Golden Dome and nuclear power
In talking with Wall Street, Amentum executives detail some work the company is doing today on missile defense and data center energy with an eye toward larger opportunities.
- By Ross Wilkers
Contracts
CACI wins $1.6B Transportation Command software contract
The company is tasked with helping TRANSCOM stand up a new platform and based it on commercially-available tools for supply chain management.
- By Ross Wilkers
Companies
Maximus hopes its Air Force cyber win is just a starting point
In talking with Wall Street, CEO Bruce Caswell explained how the company's opportunity pipeline for defense work led it to the $77 million award.
- By Ross Wilkers
Companies
How CACI views DOD's push for more commercial and consolidated software buys
In talking with Wall Street, CEO John Mengucci also describes how the company's portfolio in networks is driven by work on software.
- By Ross Wilkers
Podcasts
WT 360: One founder’s guide to making hard pivots and picking the right investor
Sophia Harris, founder and chief executive of ODRG, charts the path her company has taken since its inception in 2013 and how a full change in approach positioned it for an investment from Advantage Capital.
- By Ross Wilkers
Companies
Tech, growth and operations leadership moves across the market
One global commercial software provider brings in a new U.S. public sector leader, while USPTO's now-former chief information officer heads to the private sector.
- By Ross Wilkers
Companies
Software holding company acquires Monster's public sector business
Monster Government Solutions gets a new owner following a bankruptcy process undertaken by its former parent company.
- By Ross Wilkers
Companies
Firefly captures $868M in IPO proceeds
This is the second space-focused initial public offering in as many months with both exceeding original expectations on the proceed and valuation fronts.
- By Ross Wilkers
Companies
Intuitive Machines to acquire navigation software provider for $30M
The space exploration company is bringing in-house one of its partners, which has supported two flights to the moon.
- By Ross Wilkers
Contracts
GSA, Amazon sign onto new centralized cloud pact
The General Services Administration's newest agreement under its OneGov procurement strategy also includes education and training services for employees on how to use the cloud-based tools.
- By Ross Wilkers
Companies
How Guidehouse's $1.5B AI investment will bring others in too
Building out a partner ecosystem and training Guidehouse's 18,000 employees on using artificial intelligence tools are key to how the company will work with clients to adopt them.
- By Ross Wilkers
Contracts
NASA starts 2nd on-ramp for $476M Earth data contract
A total of 15 providers are involved in the Commercial SmallSat Data Acquisition program, which NASA uses to support its Earth science research and application activities.
- By Ross Wilkers
Companies
Leidos CEO: cost, efficiency conversations with customers are shifting
In talking with Wall Street, Tom Bell says the customer dialogue tide is turning from "simply slash-and-burn" and more toward what the longer term should look like.
- By Ross Wilkers
Companies
Special Aerospace Services unveils new name, identity
The space- and missile defense-focused company employs 250 people that work on systems and technologies for emerging priorities, of which the Golden Dome initiative is one.
- By Ross Wilkers
Companies
Finance, growth and tech leadership moves across the market
Our newest compilation of key hires and promotions features a trio of former government leaders taking up new private sector roles.
- By Ross Wilkers
Podcasts
WT 360: Defense One’s Lauren Williams on reindustrialization and its underlying ecosystem
Lauren Williams, our Defense One colleague and a senior editor there, jumps in to help connect some dots between the defense industrial base and the U.S.’ efforts to regain global manufacturing leadership.
- By Lauren C. Williams and Ross Wilkers
Contracts
V2X wins $4.3B T-6 logistics contract
The contract covers support of 739 total planes across the Air Force, Army and Navy.
- By Ross Wilkers
Contracts
Teledyne subsidiary wins $127M Navy health IT recompete
Teledyne Brown Engineering helps the Naval Health Research Center develop and iterate software for use in modeling care flow and larger-scale operations.
- By Ross Wilkers
Companies
Northrop unveils first cohort for autonomous flight tech program
Beacon is also a way for the blue chip defense hardware maker to share what it has learned over the years about autonomous flight with other companies.
- By Ross Wilkers