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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
Integrated Data Services hires Olibah as CEO
Tammer Olibah most recently led Hexagon's U.S. government subsidiary and joins IDS one year after it was acquired by Arlington Capital Partners.
- By Ross Wilkers
Companies
SAIC backs satellite bus design startup
Science Applications International Corp.'s venture arm is undertaking this investment as part of its push to find more dual-use technologies that work in commercial and national security environments.
- By Ross Wilkers
Companies
FAST 50: How Blue Skies found its singular sweet spot in the market
Company No. 12 on our 2024 Fast 50 decided early on that the government market's ammunition and armaments corner was where it should be.
- By Ross Wilkers
Contracts
DARPA details its reach into private investing networks
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency especially wants to hear from angel investors, family offices, venture capital firms and private equity.
- By Ross Wilkers
Companies
Parsons acquires transportation engineering company for $230M
This represents Parsons' latest move to expand in a region where infrastructure spending is heavily concentrated.
- By Ross Wilkers
Contracts
IRS adds 5 to $1.9B program management pact
Whether this corrective action is enough to end the protest phase is an open question as one disappointed bidder did not get an award here either.
- By Ross Wilkers
Podcasts
WT 360: All about fiscal year 2025’s signposts and markers
John Caucis and James Wichert, public sector market analysts at Technology Business Research, explain where federal IT budget outlays are going and how some companies are looking to be both integrators and consultants.
- By Ross Wilkers
Contracts
BigBear books $165M award to proceed on Army automation program
The company will proceed to full production as part of this effort to consolidate a dozen legacy force management systems into a singular view.
- By Ross Wilkers
Contracts
NOAA starts the bidding for $8B services vehicle's 'Weather' domain
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is ready to start work on the last batch of awards for ProTech 2.0, its go-to vehicle for professional services from small businesses.
- By Ross Wilkers
Contracts
DIA previews small biz on-ramp for $17B vehicle
The Defense Intelligence Agency originally chose 16 companies for this global support contract in 2019.
- By Ross Wilkers
Companies
NewSpring adds third contractor to its federal holdings
Xpect Solutions provides engineering and network infrastructure services to the FBI and National Institutes of Health.
- By Ross Wilkers
Companies
Core4ce seeks greater tech development speeds via acquisition
The now-650 employee company further builds out its internal incubation team that works on hard defense and intelligence problems.
- By Ross Wilkers
Companies
Tech, operations and finance leadership moves across the market
A pair of technology startups also add high-profile veterans to their boards of directors.
- By Ross Wilkers
Contracts
CMMC resources for companies now that the rule is here
A pair of senior Pentagon leaders told attendees at a Professional Services Council conference where they should look to learn about their customer's new ways of information security.
- By Ross Wilkers
Contracts
NOAA sketches out blueprint for multi-cloud contract
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration needs more computing resources for its scientific research and data collection work.
- By Ross Wilkers
Contracts
Space Force finalizes $148M professional services award
Tecolote Research will work with the service branch's organization that acquires launch services and other capabilities for government agencies.
- By Ross Wilkers
Companies
Renovus closes fourth fund at $875M
The Small Business Administration contributed $50 million of that amount through this private equity firm's participation in a small business investment program.
- By Ross Wilkers
Companies
NewSpring acquires radar system provider
C Speed's primary customer is the Customs and Border Protection agency, for which the company operates and maintains air surveillance radars.
- By Ross Wilkers
Companies
Quantum startup stretches Series B round to $133M, adds Lockheed's venture arm
First launched in 2017, Q-CTRL is looking to further advance its quantum computing software for use in larger-scaled commercial and government deployments.
- By Ross Wilkers
Contracts
Air Force kicks off $3.7B business transformation recompete
Up to eight companies will win seats on this contract but must choose one path out of two to go down in their bids.
- By Ross Wilkers