A consortium of defense publications has recognized Leidos for its contributions to the industry and public sector. The company said Thursday it was selected for the industry innovator and public sector innovation categories in this year’s Government Innovation Awards. Leidos was bestowed the “Industry Innovator” award for its cloud-based Leidos Enterprise Application Framework system containing reusable software development applications. […] More

Leidos has earned the highest designation in Amazon Web Services‘ partner network for investing in cloud and technical services to support government and enterprise clients. The Premier Consulting Partner designation came two months after the Reston, Va.-based company received AWS Managed Service Provider status to help clients help design, build, migrate, operate and update cloud environments, Leidos said Wednesday. John […] More

Leidos will compete for task orders to develop analytic software and related platforms for the Army Research Laboratory’s sensors electron devices directorate under a potential five-year, $250 million contract the U.S. Army awarded in May. The company will design software platforms that work to facilitate integration of large data sets and sensor redeployment in order […] More

Leidos has received a potential three-year, $11 million task order to update and maintain the U.S. Army‘s Joint Integrated Air and Missile Defense simulator. The company said Thursday it will also provide technical support for the JIAMD hardware-in-the-loop test platform. “Leidos is proud to continue providing modeling and simulation services to the U.S. Army Space and […] More

Leidos sensor technology work on the Blue Devil program for the U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory has been recognized with the Joe Sciabica Innovation and Collaboration Award. The company was presented the prize at the recent Ohio Innovation Summit in Dayton, Leidos said Wednesday. The Blue Devil platform contributes to battle preparation, force protection, improvised explosive […] More

Leidos is building an Autonomous Continuous Trail Unmanned Vessel for long-term monitoring of submarines as part of an anti-submarine warfare program by the Defense Advanced Research Project Agency. ACTUV will be equipped with sensors, electro-optics and radars, as well as sensor control, navigation and status reporting features to support intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance missions, Leidos said Monday. “It would […] More

Leidos has been awarded an $87 million subcontract to produce, integrate and test combatant craft systems for the U.S. Special Operations Command. The award falls under a potential $400 million Combatant Craft Medium Mk-1 program, for which Oregon Iron Works is the prime contractor, Leidos said Wednesday. John Fratamico, Leidos group president, said the company […] More

Leidos will help the Defense Threat Reduction Agency research and develop measures to counter weapons of mass destruction under a potential 10-year, $7 billion contract. The company said Thursday it will compete for task orders to perform work under the Combating Weapons of Mass Destruction Research and Technology Development vehicle. DTRA seeks to acquire science and […] More

Leidos has received a potential $10 million prime contract to develop and deploy 14 common driver trainer systems for the U.S. Army‘s program executive office for simulation, training and instrumentation. Leidos said Tuesday it will produce the CDTs at the company’s Lee Vista Integration Facility in Orlando, Florida, and deliver the systems to Fort Leonard Wood in Missouri. The contract has a […] More

Thales has received a subcontract from Leidos to help validate NATO’s ballistic missile defense system. Thales will design and test interfaces with NATO’s sensors and weapons, provide integration services and evaluate the BMD system on the integrated test bed under the subcontract, Thales said Friday. The work is part of a potential $77 million contract […] More

A Parsons-led team has been awarded a task order of an undisclosed value to help the U.S. Missile Defense Agency engineer and integrate a weapon system against ballistic missile threats. Parsons said Thursday it will also provide architecture and technical baseline development, testing and verification services for the agency’s Ballistic Missile Defense System. “Our team […] More

Chris Alexander oversees Parsons’ efforts to pursue potential opportunities in the public sector market as executive vice president and director of global business development for the company’s government services segment. The 12-year company veteran was promoted to the global BD leadership role in 2013 and managed business development functions for the segment’s national security and defense division prior to […] More