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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.
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
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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