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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
Acclaim Technical Services buys cloud, virtualization specialist
The employee-owned ATS expands its workforce to 600 staffers with this acquisition.
- By Ross Wilkers
Companies
Tech startup enters federal IT landscape via acquisition
Irys Technologies' goal is to become a more formidable competitor in data protection and digital safety.
- By Ross Wilkers
Companies
SAIC's new CEO gives first glimpse at her short-term focus
In her first conversation with Wall Street, Toni Townes-Whitley points to the scale of Science Applications International Corp.'s portfolio and business development as where most of her initial attention is.
- By Ross Wilkers
Companies
Space Force keeps incumbent for $350M training support contract
The service branch's Training and Readiness Command also uses this contract to acquire industry support for its acquisition and IT functions.
- By Ross Wilkers
Companies
L3Harris hires former Epirus CEO as finance chief
Epirus' board of directors moves to promote its next CEO from within and continue the startup's emphasis on prototyping in its defense technology programs.
- By Ross Wilkers
Contracts
CRL wins $247M Navy aircraft office support recompete
The company has held this particular program for five years that focuses on aircraft.
- By Ross Wilkers
Companies
Tech, integration and strategy mark the week in exec movement
Four companies feature in this roundup of key leadership appointments across the market.
- By Ross Wilkers
Contracts
Veterans Affairs launches $2.4B recompete of user experience vehicle
A final solicitation is now live for this multiple-award effort known as SPRUCE, which seeks more modern and commercial-like software development services.
- By Ross Wilkers
Companies
Could hydrogen help overcome today's battery limitations?
The four-year-old startup HevenDrones sees hydrogen as what will power the vehicles for longer durations, helping them enter new mission fields, such as contested logistics.
- By Ross Wilkers
Companies
Madison Dearborn Partners acquires tech research provider
The private equity firm adds another government contractor to its portfolio of investments in the market.
- By Ross Wilkers
Companies
BlueHalo purchases software-defined radio maker
The Arlington Capital Partners-backed company adds to its library of defense technology products.
- By Ross Wilkers
Contracts
NASA unveils draft for $226M safety support recompete
The Safety and Mission Assurance Services III contract supports one of NASA's main scientific spacecraft and instrument development teams.
- By Ross Wilkers
Companies
System One acquires federal tech consultancy
System One entered the market in 2017 and this latest purchase represents a foray into Energy Department programs.
- By Ross Wilkers
Companies
L3Harris to sell commercial aviation business
L3Harris Technologies' 2023 acquisition activity centered on the purchases of Aerojet Rocketdyne and the former Viasat secure data product business.
- By Ross Wilkers
Contracts
IRS starts the bidding for $1.9B IT services recompete
The tax collection agency is undertaking this recompete amid its broader push to overhaul the entire tech environment, which includes systems first stood up in the 1960s.
- By Ross Wilkers
Podcasts
WT 360: A roadmap to knowing the customer's buyer profile
Brian Lindholm, founder and managing principal of FedSavvy Strategies, provides the steps for companies to gain greater understandings of how federal agencies buy is just as important as what they buy.
- By Ross Wilkers
Contracts
DHS previews timeline for SETA vehicle recompete
This will be the fourth iteration of a go-to contract for the Homeland Security Department to acquire industry support for its science and technology team.
- By Ross Wilkers
Companies
New Jacobs, Amentum creation puts focus on large enterprise contracts
The as-yet-named entity from the merger of Amentum and two of Jacobs' government-facing business units will hit the market with plans to be a global systems integrator.
- By Ross Wilkers
Contracts
DISA finalizes $1B testing support award
The Defense Information Systems Agency goes with a newcomer for this much-protested contract that evidently now has the green light to get going.
- By Ross Wilkers
Companies
Jacobs, Amentum unveil transaction to form a new public company
Jacobs agrees to merge two of its government-facing business units with Amentum to create this new government services provider.
- By Ross Wilkers