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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
Tech, strategy and financial leadership moves across the market
Within that realm of technology, one of the market's largest companies appoints a new leader for its artificial intelligence practice.
- By Ross Wilkers
Companies
Godspeed acquires spaceflight engineering company
Special Aerospace Services opened for business in 2007 and now becomes the private equity firm's vehicle for further investments in the government market's space vertical.
- By Ross Wilkers
Contracts
Army mulls bundling billions in professional services, IT vehicles
The service branch wants to create a consolidated and comprehensive marketplace that could replace two large vehicles with $49 billion in combined ceilings.
- By Ross Wilkers
Contracts
NOAA awards 'Oceans' block of $8B services vehicle
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration moves ahead on its ProTech 2.0 small business contract with this round focused on NOAA's coastal mission.
- By Ross Wilkers
Companies
With Apollo's investment, SMX looks to change the tech implementation model
OceanSound Partners continues as the lead partner in SMX's next phase of its strategy, which will lean more into a tech-intensive approach as one of the world's investment stalwarts is now involved too.
- By Ross Wilkers
Companies
Bernhard Capital Partners adds another Energy-focused contractor
The private equity firm now owns three companies focused on providing technical and other professional services to the Energy Department and its components.
- By Ross Wilkers
Contracts
DHA starts to preview $290M acquisition support recompete
The draft request for proposals is now available for small businesses to read through and weigh in on.
- By Ross Wilkers
Companies
How IBM blends AI and cyber for its federal clients
Artificial intelligence is one of the main priorities of Big Blue's corporate strategy and cybersecurity is a critical part of that.
- By Ross Wilkers
Contracts
Army launches $3B energy services recompete
Iteration number four of the Energy Savings Performance Contracts program continues the Army's efforts to use those alternative financing mechanisms.
- By Ross Wilkers
Companies
Bowman enters government market via acquisition
Surdex will bring to Bowman a line of business in digital orthoimagery, a technique that combines aerial photos with a map's geometric qualities.
- By Ross Wilkers
Companies
Accenture's federal arm to acquire Cognosante
Accenture Federal Services is also creating a new health portfolio through this addition of 1,500 people to its team.
- By Ross Wilkers
Podcasts
WT 360: The NDAA is both law and a business roadmap
RSM's government contracting gurus Luis Avila and Stephanie Smith highlight some key signposts in this annual piece of policy legislation that companies can and should use to shape their strategies.
- By Ross Wilkers
Companies
Finance, tech and growth leadership moves across the market
One of the U.S.' longstanding nonprofit research-and-development organizations features, as does a space company that fetched $1.4 billion in Series A capital in 2021.
- By Ross Wilkers
Contracts
Marine Corps chooses trio for $249M loitering munitions contract
The Corps wants to have these smaller aerial weapons in the field as soon as federal fiscal year 2027.
- By Ross Wilkers
Contracts
DHS lays out timeline for geospatial support recompete
The Homeland Security Department gives industry an idea of its plans to make these blanket purchase agreements available to bid on.
- By Ross Wilkers
Companies
Noblis' venture arm backs digital twin specialist
Sedaro is working with Space Force on how to use these replications of the physical world in the design of spacecraft.
- By Ross Wilkers
Companies
Washington Harbour invests in software engineering startup
Founded in 2018, Raft will put this new capital toward the research and development of new products for the digital battlefield.
- By Ross Wilkers
Companies
Software-defined radio maker gets Blue Delta's backing
Herrick Technology Laboratories will use this investment to accelerate the development of a new product line and make acquisitions in augmenting tech areas.
- By Ross Wilkers
Companies
RealmOne adds another software development business
RealmOne and its backers Enlightenment Capital are working to build a larger, midsized technology integrator for the intelligence community.
- By Ross Wilkers
Companies
Tyto Athene eyes space market growth via acquisition
The Arlington Capital Partners-owned technology integrator buys a company that designs software to control spacecraft and other systems while in-flight.
- By Ross Wilkers