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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

Ridgeline, System High to join forces

The new, larger company will bring together data privacy, managed attribution and protection offerings under one roof.

Companies

EnCharge AI collects $100M in Series B capital

This chipmaking startup's network of backers includes In-Q-Tel and RTX Ventures, a fact worth highlighting given their connections to potential government end users.

Podcasts

WT 360: Tariff talk is for GovCon too

Larry Sher, a government contracts attorney and partner at Winston & Strawn, lays out what government contractors should understand regarding how the prices of imported goods and services matter to them and their customers.

Companies

K2 Space closes $110M Series B round

The three-year-old startup will work to scale up its manufacturing capacity and team ahead of a planned Space Force mission for 2026.

Contracts

Bowhead wins $103M Army classroom support contract

The Army Training and Doctrine Command is using this contract as a means for shifting into a digital training environment.

Contracts

Naval Research Lab seeks bids for $244M radio frequency tech contract

The Navy wants to enhance its ability to use radio frequency systems in transmitting energy.

Companies

Four promotes Stewart to chief executive

David Stewart will lead the technology distributor's new phase of its strategy as a portfolio company of Sverica Capital Management.

Companies

Leidos eyes missile defense, border security tech as growth avenues

In talking with Wall Street, CEO Tom Bell said the company has "prepared some big ideas" in both areas for the new Trump administration and other senior stakeholders to consider.

Companies

PSI wins $156M Veterans Affairs testing recompete

Planned Systems International conducts tests and manages projects related to the rollout of the new Oracle Cerner electronic health record.

Companies

SMX acquires budget management tech provider

CBEYONData started in 2010 to help agencies implement new processes and tech tools for their business functions.

Companies

Pyramid hires former HUD CIO Chow as chief executive

David Chow joins the company in a year that marks its 30th in business.

Companies

Onebrief captures $50M in Series C capital

Founded in 2019, Onebrief is pushing to further develop its software for military staff in their planning and other operational activities.

Podcasts

WT 360: NextgovFCW’s Natalie Alms on GSA and Musk’s moves there

Natalie Alms, who covers federal technology policy and tech workforce matters at our partner publication NextgovFCW, jumps in to update us on General Services Administration happenings that involve Elon Musk.

Companies

Tech, BD and energy leadership moves across the market

This edition of our weekly executive movement list begins with one company's realignment and ends with a pair of appointments involving boards of directors.

Companies

DMI sells part of its commercial portfolio

The OceanSound Partners-backed contractor makes this divestiture following a trio of acquisitions that concentrated on government work.

Companies

Cisco acquires Booz Allen cyber spinout

Booz Allen Hamilton retained a minority stake in SnapAttack, which was started to bring together threat intelligence and mitigation processes.

Companies

Peerless Technologies acquires spectrum tech specialist

Peerless is using this transaction to also further expand the research-and-development posture of its innovation center.

Contracts

Leidos wins $149M Air Force IT sustainment contract

Project Night Owl focuses on how the Air Force works in a secure cloud environment based on Microsoft's Azure offering.

Companies

Govplace gets new private equity owner

Jay Sunny Bajaj's DigiCap firm completes its first acquisition in the federal market.

Companies

Parsons acquires environmental cleanup tech provider for $36M

Parsons is looking to enhance its offerings for government and infrastructure customers looking to remove hazardous and toxic materials.