Roger Krone, chairman and CEO of Leidos, has said his company’s impending merger with Lockheed Martin's information systems and global solutions business is part of Leidos' goal to pursue other market opportunities and expand its client base in an interview with Forbes posted Wednesday. “[W]e will use this transaction as an opportunity to redefine our swim …

Leidos and the National Institutes of Health have developed a website that aims to match unfunded biomedical research proposals with alternative funding opportunities through public-private partnerships. The team has created the Online Partnership to Accelerate Research portal, which works to assess proposals based on research priority areas and allow participating organizations to fund research …

Leidos was named among the employers in the 2016 edition of Military Times’ annual “Best for Vets” list that ranks companies based on hiring and retention programs for military veterans. The company, which ranked 43rd in the list, said Monday its Operation MVP program is designed to hire, train and support veterans and …

Robert Zitz, a senior vice president and strategic account executive at Leidos, will deliver a keynote address and serve as a judge at the Atlantic Council's Cyber 9/12 Student Challenge  that will take place Friday and Saturday in Washington. Zits will discuss the potential impact of cybersecurity threats on U.S. critical infrastructure during his speech, Leidos …

Leidos has landed a $9.8 million U.S Air Force contract to provide analytic, modeling and survivability studies centered on chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear threats. The Defense Department said Friday the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract seeks to gather data that could lead to technical and scientific answers regarding CBRN-related issues. Leidos will conduct studies in Reston, Virginia, …

Leidos (NYSE: LDOS) has received a potential $17 million task order to provide software development and technical support to the National Institutes of Health Center for Scientific Review. The company said Wednesday it will work on the maintenance of web-based, desktop and mobile-based applications, technical support for premise and remote access as …

Leidos sponsored the Washington Wizards' Military Night game versus the Miami Heat at Verizon Center on Wednesday. The Reston, Va.-based company donated $100 to the Special Operations Warrior Foundation for every blocked shot a piece during the season under the Defending the Rim program, Leidos said Tuesday. “We're excited that, through our continued …

Leidos has received a contract modification from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency that brings the value of its contract on the Adaptive Radar Countermeasures program to $33.2 million. The Defense Department said Monday the modification itself is worth $12.9 million and covers ARC work through December 2017. Leidos will perform work at …

Andy Strampach serves as vice president of business development for the global services group at Leidos, where he oversees the organization’s business pursuits, growth strategy and capture activities in the U.S. defense and intelligence markets. He joined the company in May 2015 after more than three years of work as a division vice president of …

A Leidos-integrated and Xsight Systems-developed automated runway management system has been deployed at the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport to detect foreign objects and debris at the airport’s new center runway. Leidos said Thursday the Port of Seattle selected RunWize to help bolster safety and efficiency in the runway’s daily operations through continuous video monitoring. The …

James Reagan, chief financial officer at Leidos, has said the Reston, Virginia-based company plans to submit a bid for a contract to provide logistics support to the U.S. Special Operations Command, the Washington Business Journal reported Wednesday. James Bach writes the potential contract could be part of what an analyst at Credit …

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 …

Leidos and the University of Southern California Viterbi School of Engineering's Information Sciences Institute have partnered for two research projects that seek to advance high-performance computing and network analysis. Leidos said Monday it will fund both projects through a five-year, $500,000 grant under the Strategic University Alliances Program. The program seeks to support science, …

Leidos has received an award from Victory Media for the company's program to hire veterans, soldiers that end their service and military spouses. Victory Media presented the 2016 Military Friendly Employer and Top 100 Employer recognition to Leidos for its Operation MVP military veteran outreach program, Leidos said Wednesday. “We recognize …

Leidos has partnered with Federated Wireless to build a technology for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to facilitate expansion of commercial wireless-radar spectrum sharing. DARPA awarded Leidos a potential one-year, $7.9 million contract under phase two of the agency’s Shared Spectrum Access for Radar and Communications program. Federated Wireless said Tuesday it aims to demonstrate the …