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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.
Contracts
Navy finalizes 11 awards for $496M electrical, mechanics contract
The Navy expands its pool of companies that provide hull, mechanical and electrical systems for vessels.
- By Ross Wilkers
Contracts
Akima subsidiary books $563M Army facility support contract
Redstone Arsenal is home to approximately six dozen tenant agencies that run operations there.
- By Ross Wilkers
Companies
ManTech looks to expand its tech view through Marque Ventures partnership
The alliance will give ManTech a role in finding and then helping promising tech firms to bridge the so-called "valley of death."
- By Ross Wilkers
Companies
Accenture's federal arm elevates Ash to CEO post
Ron Ash first joined Accenture Federal Services in 2002 after six years in other roles across the corporation.
- By Ross Wilkers
Contracts
Energy sticks with first choice for $377M training support contract
Nine companies bid as part of this corrective action for the five-year award focused on Energy's National Training Center.
- By Ross Wilkers
Companies
WT 360: NextGov/FCW's Edward Graham on generative AI across Defense, Homeland Security
Edward Graham, our NextGov/FCW colleague who covers national security technology and policies, jumps in to update us on where the Defense and Homeland Security departments are at with generative artificial intelligence.
- By Ross Wilkers and Edward Graham
Companies
Tech, roadmap and talent leadership moves across the market
One of the aerospace-and-defense sector's blue chip players also undertakes a leadership transition for one of its business segments.
- By Ross Wilkers
Companies
Saronic fetches $175M in Series B round
The two-year-old autonomous surface vessel maker has big plans for the production and research-and-development legs of its strategy.
- By Ross Wilkers
Contracts
Serco secures $238M PBGC customer service follow-on
The Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation first chose Serco Inc. for the program in 2019 and is looking to build upon that work.
- By Ross Wilkers
Contracts
Magee Technologies wins $175M Navy prototyping support contract
Navy officials sought to hire a small business that could work help the branch in activities such as manufacturing and demonstration for aircraft.
- By Ross Wilkers
Contracts
CIO-SP3 now stretches into 2025 amid recompete's holding pattern
Technical issues related to the large volume of records surrounding the CIO-SP4 contract are getting in the way of the court case moving ahead.
- By Ross Wilkers
Contracts
Deloitte wins $2.4B submarine industry development contract
The Navy, submarine makers and the latter's suppliers need more than 100,000 workers over the next decade to build more subs.
- By Ross Wilkers
Companies
KBR to acquire LinQuest for $737 million
This is KBR's latest in a multi-year series of moves to build out its space business.
- By Ross Wilkers
Contracts
Army chooses small business for $370M payroll system update contract
The Army's Integrated Personnel and Pay System both helps soldiers get paid and leaders track other aspects of their service.
- By Ross Wilkers
Contracts
Cognosante bid wins $583M Military OneSource support contract
Accenture's U.S. federal subsidiary has acquired Cognosante and is poised to take over the operation of a round-the-clock resource directly tied to military life.
- By Ross Wilkers
Podcasts
WT 360: KBR's Top 100 footprints extend across the globe
Byron Bright, president of U.S. government solutions at KBR, describes how Company No. 17's work for that particular client set extends well beyond America to include its allies and where technology fits into the bigger picture.
- By Ross Wilkers
Companies
One new president and more leadership moves across the market
Growth, human resources, and the national security sector also get mentions in this compilation.
- By Ross Wilkers
Contracts
Yulista awarded $219M Army aviation support contract
The Army sought an 8(a) small business to work with one of its air integration and engineering teams.
- By Ross Wilkers
Companies
AI and rockets mark the week's space investments
The venture capital arms of Boeing, Booz Allen Hamilton and Lockheed Martin are among those involved in the deals.
- By Ross Wilkers
Companies
AE Industrial Partners unveils its third investment fund
Fund III has already seen around one-fourth of its $1.28 billion size deployed into new platform acquisitions and add-ons.
- By Ross Wilkers