Arthur Mabbett, vice president and deputy director of Leidos’ Innovation Center, and John Kovach, consultant at 2 Circle Consulting, have said that leadership, vision and incentives are key to driving cultural change in government acquisition.

Leidos has been awarded an approximate  five-year, $89 million Cost-Plus-Fixed-Fee (CPFF) task order by the U.S. Air Force's Installation Contracting Agency (AFICA/KD) to support energetics research and development for the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OUSD) and the Combat Capability Development Command, Armament Center (CCDC-AC).

Leidos and Rush University System for Health have entered into a two-year, partnership agreement to develop and implement an information technology application that would help medical personnel monitor an emergency department's patient flow in real-time.

Retired U.S. Army Lt. Gen. Darrell Williams has joined Leidos as vice president of defense group logistics, the company announced Thursday. He will support the planning, oversight and execution of logistics activities across the group, as well as drive innovation into corporate-wide logistics offerings. Williams most recently served as director of the Defense Logistics Agency (DLA).

TYSONS CORNER, VA, August 19, 2020 — Leidos (NYSE: LDOS) appointed acting health unit head Liz Porter to the post permanently, GovCon Wire reported Aug. 4.

Leidos has been awarded a $649 million task order under the U.S. Army's Responsive Strategic Sourcing for Services contract to provide follow-on operations and support services to the Special Operations Command's Tactical Airborne Multi-Sensor Platforms mission, the company announced Monday.

TYSONS CORNER, VA, August 10, 2020 — HP Inc. (NYSE: HPQ), Splunk (Nasdaq: SPLK), Palo Alto Networks (NYSE: PANW) and Dataiku became the newest members of Leidos' (NYSE: LDOS) alliance partner network to help drive innovation for government and commercial customers, ExecutiveGov reported July 27.

Leidos has been awarded a two-year, $58.5M contract to help the U.S. Army address requirements associated with an electronic system built to secure personnel and visitor access to military bases.

Leidos has secured a nearly $35M contract from the U.S. Army to operate and sustain an aerial system used to neutralize improvised explosive devices.

TYSONS CORNER, VA, July 13, 2020 — Leidos (NYSE: LDOS) will provide biometric software and associated special equipment for Customs and Border Protection personnel to process and verify data on travelers as part of a potential five-year, $960M blanket purchase agreement, GovCon Wire reported July 2.

Leidos has been awarded a potential five-year, $210 million task order by the U.S. Army Contracting Command – Aberdeen Proving Ground (ACG-APG) to provide intelligence, electronic warfare and sensors (IEW&S) system and software support, the company announced Tuesday.

TYSONS CORNER, VA, June 26, 2020 — Leidos (NYSE: LDOS) is moving forward with network services to the U.S. Navy and Marine Corps under the potential $7.7B Next Generation Enterprise Network Recompete contract after the Government Accountability Office addressed three bid protests of the NGEN-R award, GovCon Wire reported June 19.

Leidos has been awarded a potential $79 million contract to design and implement a regional consolidated mail outpatient pharmacy system for the Department of Veterans Affairs, the company announced Tuesday. 

Leidos has named Mary Nicole Lyons, a student at New York University's Tandon School of Engineering, as the fifth recipient of the company's annual scholarship that supports education in the science, technology, engineering and math fields.

Leidos has received a potential four-year, $53M contract to build and update software for the U.S. Army’s Unmanned Aircraft System Ground Control Station.