Leidos names new chief HR officer
Leidos has named Maureen Waterston as its new chief human resources officer, the Reston-based Fortune 500 federal contractor announced Tuesday. Waterston most recently served in the same position at Pratt & Whitney, a Connecticut-based subsidiary of Raytheon Technologies. At Leidos, Waterston will be responsible for implementing and enhancing human capital strategy for its 43,000-employee work[...]
Reston-based Leidos wins $11B defense contract
Reston-based Leidos Holdings Inc. has won an $11.5 billion contract to consolidate and streamline the Department of Defense’s Fourth Estate information technology into one common network, the Pentagon announced Monday. Under the contract, Leidos is expected to modernize, transform and unify nearly two dozen defense agencies and field activities — Defense Department organizations other than[...]
Leidos wins $531M Air Force task order
Reston-based Fortune 500 government contractor Leidos Holdings Inc. won a potentially $531 million task order from the Air Combat Command (ACC) Acquisition Management and Integration Center (AMIC), the company announced Monday. Under the single-award, firm-fixed price task order, Leidos will support ACC intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) operations, providing subject matter expert[...]
Leidos nabs $300M NSA contract
Reston-based Fortune 500 government contractor Leidos Holdings Inc. won a National Security Agency contract with a ceiling of $300 million, the company announced Wednesday. Under the five-year single award contract, Leidos will provide development and modernization efforts to support the NSA’s Technical Signals Intelligence (TechSIGINT) mission. “We’re proud to continue our support of th[...]
Leidos nabs $270M NASA contract
Reston-based Leidos Holdings Inc., a Fortune 500 government contractor, won a $270 million contract with NASA, according to the space agency. Leidos will provide program, science, engineering, operations and project management support at NASA’s Ames Research Center in California’s Silicon Valley. Work under the contract will include biosciences flight development projects, collaborativ[...]
Leidos wins $600M contract to support Army Geospatial Center
Reston-based Fortune 500 government contractor Leidos Holdings Inc. won a U.S. Army contract worth an estimated $600 million if all options are exercised, the company announced Monday. Under the single-award contract, which has a one-year base with three one-year options, Leidos will support the Army Geospatial Center’s (AGC) Buckeye program, an airborne surveying system that […]
Leidos subsidiary wins nearly $1B health care contract
A subsidiary company of Reston-based Fortune 500 government contractor Leidos Holdings Inc. won a U.S. Army contract potentially worth nearly $1 billion to provide commercial health services to all U.S. military reserve forces, Leidos announced this week. Leidos acquired QTC Management Inc., which is based in San Dimos, California, in 2016. The $999 million contract […]
Leidos lands $470M TSA contract
Reston-based Fortune 500 government contractor Leidos has landed a potential five-year, $470.7 million contract from the Department of Homeland Security, according to a contract award notice published June 3. The work is in support of checkpoint screening equipment deployment services for the Transportation Security Administration. The scope of the work is outlined by the request […]
Leidos’ Dynetics scores $90M NASA contract
Dynetics Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Reston-based Fortune 500 government contractor Leidos Holdings Inc., has received a potential $90 million contract from NASA to produce a laser air monitoring system (LAMS) for the agency’s Orion spacecraft, beginning with the Artemis III mission, which plans to return astronauts to the lunar surface for the first […]
Leidos completes $380M Gibbs & Cox acquisition
Reston-based Fortune 500 government contractor Leidos has completed its $380 million, all-cash acquisition of Arlington-based engineering and design firm Gibbs & Cox, Leidos announced Friday. Gibbs & Cox, which specializes in naval architecture, marine engineering, management support and engineering consulting, has offices throughout the United States and Australia. It will operate as a wh[...]
Leidos names new CFO
Longtime Leidos Holdings Inc. executive Christopher Cage has been named as the Reston-based federal contractor’s new chief financial officer. Cage will begin his role July 5. He currently serves as senior vice president and chief accounting officer for the Fortune 500 company, where he’s worked since 1999. Cage was director of financial planning and analysis […]
Leidos awarded $480M contract from U.S. Customs and Border Protection
Reston-based Fortune 500 company Leidos Holdings Inc. announced Tuesday it has been awarded a $480 million contract by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to provide multi-energy portal (MEP) systems for nonintrusive inspections of commercial vehicles at land and sea ports of entry. The award for the science and technology company includes a base period […]