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WT 360: The market from all angles

Nick Wakeman, Ross Wilkers

WT 360 is where the conversation takes place on what’s driving the federal government market now and where the sector is going. Editor-In-Chief Nick Wakeman and Senior Staff Reporter Ross Wilkers look at the market from all angles through interviews with industry executives and informed observers of the sector.

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#339
Monday · 31 min
SPA and the widening nature of technical advisory services
Rich Sawchak, chief executive of Systems Planning & Analysis, describes how companies like SPA have incorporated faster timelines into their analysis and operational work as artificial intelligence increasingly enters the equation.
#338
October 26 · 34 min
WT 360: Defense One’s Lauren Williams on shipbuilding, counterdrone and quantum tech matters
Anduril and the Navy are co-investing in a submarine component production plant that the service branch is hoping can be a boost to the country’s shipbuilding capacity. Lauren Williams, business editor at Defense One, has extensively covered the Navy’s challenges regarding its efforts to increase shipbuilding throughput and joins for this episode to explain how this new shipyard is a part of that push. What keeps Navy leaders up at night on the shipbuilding front? In talking with our Ross Wilkers, Lauren goes over the constraints that have built up over time and recommendations government auditors made to address them. Lauren also takes listeners through a $4 billion Army counterdrone contract that includes a mix of known and lesser-known names, why the Air Force is talking about a large unmanned aerial tanker when that tech is years away, and how the military is looking at quantum. Lauren authors Defense One’s Business Brief newsletter that goes out every Thursday. Click this link to subscribe.
#337
October 19 · 37 min
Entarian and the market’s solution development paradigm
Mark Lee, chief executive of Entarian, breaks down the key differences he sees between technology integration and mission integration as the federal ecosystem largely evolves away from focusing squarely on point solutions.
#336
October 12 · 45 min
WT 360: Fiscal year 2027's key features include contract scrutiny and tech differentiation
John Caucis and James Wichert, public sector market analysts at Technology Business Research, overview an environment for contractors that looks replete with opportunity in defense and a civilian market “slowly inching towards recovery.”
#335
October 5 · 29 min
Nextgov/FCW’s Christian Robles on OneGov, AI, Medicaid tech and Flock cameras
Christian Robles, who reports on technology policy and service delivery at Nextgov/FCW, jumps in to detail the federal government’s newest set of centralized artificial intelligence tech agreements and other key storylines.
#334
September 28 · 26 min
JPMorgan Chase’s gameplan to help boost economic, national security
Sara O’Rourke, managing director for SRI solutions at JPMorgan Chase, takes us through all the moving parts of the global banking giant’s Security and Resiliency Initiative for supporting critical industries.
#333
September 21 · 36 min
Small businesses face ‘seismic’ change to their rules of the road
Stephanie Kostro, president of the Professional Services Council, explains to Nick and Ross why that word “seismic” reflects how the Small Business Administration wants to revamp government contracting’s rules for these companies.
#332
September 14 · 35 min
Digital Infuzion and its shepherding approach to transformation
Hemant Virkar, founder and chief executive of Digital Infuzion, goes over how the company has extended beyond its initial healthcare roots and still leans on that heritage to help agencies on their modernization journeys.
#331
August 3 · 33 min
Sagewind Capital’s thesis for adaptation and fast decisions
Steve Lefkowitz and Raj Kanodia, co-founders and leaders of Sagewind Capital, overview how the investment firm’s portfolio companies make technology core to their strategies and adjust when the landscape moves quickly.
#330
July 27 · 40 min
Our breakdown of the federal CIO’s departure, OneGov’s future and whatever CMMC will look like
NextGov/FCW’s executive editor Jessie Bur joins Nick and Ross to go around the world of Fed Tech, starting with the federal chief information officer’s pending exit and ending with the CMMC security standard’s murky future.
#329
July 20 · 35 min
LMI’s approach to ‘commercial-grade, mission-ready technology’ and innovation cultures
Alex Adamczyk – vice president of sales, engineering and rapid prototyping at LMI – explains how Company No. 73 seeks to bring together its technology and business blueprints so it can bring innovations to agencies.
#328
July 13 · 36 min
Odyssey Systems and the landscape’s shifts in speed, decision authorities
Matt Kasberg, chief executive of Company No. 73 on our 2026 Top 100, explains how Odyssey Systems works with the defense acquisition community amid a period of so much change in that function.
#327
June 29 · 30 min
All about Constellis’ approach for extending security perimeters
Constellis CEO Dan Gelston explains how the risk management services provider is looking to infuse analytics and artificial intelligence-driven technologies into an arena long defined by “Guards, gates, guns and dogs.”
#326
June 22 · 39 min
Our breakdown of the 2026 Top 100 and everything it illustrates
Nick and Ross huddle up to overview the 33nd annual edition of WT’s flagship research project, the major takeaways and talking points it presents, and whether or not it looks noticeably different from the 2025 ranking.
#325
June 15 · 39 min
Key points (and questions too) from Trump’s fixed-price contracting and AI orders
Stephanie Kostro, president of the Professional Services Council, overviews how industry is looking at what President Trump’s executive orders on fixed-price contracts and artificial intelligence mean for them, among other burning GovCon topics.
#324
June 8 · 38 min
All about AE Industrial’s place in the market's private capital action
Kirk Konert, managing partner at AE Industrial Partners, describes his firm’s approach of aligning investment decisions with government priorities and tells the story of how two portfolio companies hit the public markets.
#323
June 1 · 33 min
Defense tech investing is cool again, but can it stay that way?
Steve Brotman, founder and managing partner of Alpha Partners, explains what has led to venture and other investors “wanting in” on defense tech companies and key markers for watching future movements in the ecosystem.
#322
May 18 · 35 min
A pulse check on GovCon’s capital market landscape
Dave Khalsa, head of mid-cap defense and government technology investment banking at J.P. Morgan, overviews the conditions and decisions shaping public offerings and all other transaction types across the sector.
#321
May 11 · 33 min
NextGov/FCW’s David DiMolfetta on CISA’s catchup, federal AI policy and offensive cyber
David DiMolfetta, cyber reporter at NextGov/FCW, jumps in to break down the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency’s path forward after an 11-week funding lapse and other major storylines in his coverage universe.
#320
May 4 · 39 min
NextGov/FCW’s Edward Graham on the world’s AI and robotics leadership race
Edward Graham, managing editor at NextGov/FCW, jumps in to take us through how a new White House memo on artificial intelligence security helps illuminate the competition between the U.S. and China.

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