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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

Impulse Space closes $300M Series C round

RTX Ventures and Airbus Ventures are returning as investors to support the next phase of this startup's strategy for revolutionizing space transportation.

Companies

Where SAIC's attention is now following GSA, other customer dialogue

In talking with Wall Street, CEO Toni Townes-Whitley emphasizes the commercial-like delivery model for enterprise and mission IT solutions as key to Science Applications International Corp.'s future. Which is the kind of model its customer set wants anyway.

Contracts

Amentum wins $4B Space Force range contract

Space Force officials set up this recompete to support its ongoing work on transforming a pair of ranges into spaceports for government and commercial operators.

Contracts

GSA expands contract reviews to resellers

The General Services Administration is seeking price breakdowns and other information from 10 technology product suppliers as part of GSA's OneGov push to streamline procurement.

Companies

Voyager sets the size, specs of its IPO

The space and defense systems manufacturer quantifies what it hopes to achieve in the pending initial public offering.

Companies

Infleqtion closes $100M Series C round

The 18-year-old quantum tech company now counts Science Applications International Corp.'s ventures arm as an investor and go-to-market partner.

Podcasts

WT 360: All roads lead back to GSA in this ‘Editor’s Summit’ episode

Frank Konkel, editor-in-chief for GovExec’s publications including us, joins Nick and Ross to unpack the General Services Administration’s newest moves to be the central agency for all things GovCon and some other major storylines.

Contracts

Pentagon heightens scrutiny on IT, management consulting contracts

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's newest directive for the department zeroes in on providers of “system IT integration, implementation, or advisory services."

Contracts

The acquisition rule (re)writers really want you to have your say

Industry will get visibility into and be able to weigh in on efforts by the GSA, Defense Department and NASA to reform the Federal Acquisition Regulation.

Companies

How GRVTY centers its vision around the automated intelligence enterprise

The defense tech industry is being forced to be more creative than it has been in recent times. But as GRVTY's CEO Katie Selbe explains to us, this new company is just fine with that.

Contracts

DHS' $10B commodity IT contract remains on pause

The protests surrounding FirstSource III are one factor, but the bigger issue at-hand now is where this contract fits into the government's larger push to centralize civilian contracting.

Contracts

Sigma Defense wins $102M Navy shipboard engineering contract

The service branch set up this contract to aid in its rolling baseline approach for integrating commercially available products and systems into networks.

Contracts

NOAA keeps 3 incumbents for $250M coastal mapping contract

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration uses this program to aid in decisions regarding flood risks and transportation, among other uses.

Companies

Growth, tech and finance leadership moves across the market

A pair of veteran Defense Department technology leaders line up new roles in the industry, among other key hires to note.

Updated Companies

Booz Allen plans 7% workforce cut

The civil business is where Booz Allen will focus most of these layoffs as part of broader “resetting and restructuring” of that business, the company's CEO and finance chief told investors.

Companies

Quiet Professionals acquired by McNally Capital

The private equity firm adds another founder-led company to its portfolio of companies in the government market, the newest of which focuses on helping intelligence operators work with data.

Contracts

CACI wins $855M Army intelligence support contract

The Army Intelligence and Security Command set up this contract to cover engineering, maintenance and other types of non-personal services.

Contracts

CBP previews traveler vetting software recompete

The U.S. Customs and Border Protection agency has obligated $556.9 million in order volume against the current pact, which is aligned to CBP's larger cloud migration effort.

Contracts

Air Force opens proposal window for $485M cyber training contract

Work will support a squadron charged with providing initial and advanced information operations and cyber training across the Air Force.

Companies

Red River appoints Christie as CEO

Anthony Christie has been on the board of directors since 2021, when Cerberus Capital Management acquired the company.