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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.
IT Infrastructure

Air Force awards $950 million JADC2 networking contract to more companies

Twenty-seven companies were added to facilitate in the creation of an open architecture for rapidly integrating new information and communications technologies.

  • By Ross Wilkers
IT Infrastructure

General Dynamics' $11B DOD 'Fourth Estate' IT protest denied

Barring more action, this lets Leidos proceed on its work for the 10-year Defense Enclave Services award and consolidate IT systems for 22 DOD agencies.

  • By Ross Wilkers
Emerging Tech

AT&T, Navy eye 5G to fast-track 'smart warehouse'

Their latest collaborative exercise involved high-definition video surveillance and augmented reality functions underpinned by 5G.

  • By Ross Wilkers
AI & Analytics

NRO finalizes imagery contract worth 'billions of dollars'

The National Reconnaissance Office is looking to support around 500,000 federal government users with this expanded program.

  • By Ross Wilkers
AI & Analytics

C3 AI hires new defense & intelligence leader

This retired Army major general was most recently chief operating officer for the military's lead artificial intelligence organization.

  • By Ross Wilkers
Personnel

Mitre's board adds intelligence community veteran Sue Gordon

The former principal deputy director of national intelligence joins nonprofit research-and-development firm's board.

  • By Ross Wilkers
Personnel

Former Army development command leader joins Leidos

Leidos' most recent leadership hire is a three-decade Army veteran who most recently oversaw its command responsible for several initiatives for science, technology and research-and-development initiatives.

  • By Ross Wilkers
IT Infrastructure

Leidos takes $11B DOD 'Fourth Estate' IT contract

Leidos wins yet another one of the largest defense IT services and systems integration contract opportunities out there with the award of this $11.5 billion program at the Defense Information Systems Agency.

  • By Ross Wilkers
IT Infrastructure

AT&T takes second piece of DISA telephony services program

AT&T can claim victories in both major pieces of a Defense Information Systems Agency program for broad telephony services across the U.S. military’s various combatant command regions.

  • By Ross Wilkers
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