TYSONS CORNER, VA, March 31, 2020 — Roger Krone, chairman and CEO of Leidos (NYSE: LDOS) and a recipient of the 2020 Wash100 award, has said the company will pair Dynetics with an innovation center that focuses on exploring emerging technology, ExecutiveBiz reported March 18.

Dynetics -- now officially part of Leidos (NYSE: LDOS) -- has secured a potential five-year, $93M contract to help the U.S. Air Force update a range of equipment and systems used to simulate weapons. The company will modernize Guided Weapons Evaluation Facility systems, provide vehicle hardware for Air Force Research Laboratory's loop simulators and develop a combat identification multiplatform for joint use, the Department of Defense said Friday.

Leidos (NYSE: LDOS) finalized its purchase of Huntsville, Ala.-based technology services contractor Dynetics for approximately $1.65B in cash a month after the transaction was initially announced.

Leidos (NYSE: LDOS) has agreed to acquire Huntsville, Ala.-based technology services contractor Dynetics for approximately $1.65B in cash to further build up its position in the intelligence, civil and defense markets. "The addition of Dynetics will significantly increase our capabilities for rapid prototyping and agile system integration and production, enhancing our overall offerings and services to customers," said Roger Krone, chairman and CEO of Leidos and a 2019 Wash100 winner.

General Atomics’ aeronautical systems business tested a Dynetics-built small glide munition aboard a long-range variant of the MQ-1C Gray Eagle unmanned aircraft system during a flight demonstration at a military test range in California.

Dynetics has secured a potential 10-year, $737.9M contract for support services to a facility where the Defense Intelligence Agency assesses data on foreign weapons systems.

A team led by Dynetics’ technical solutions business will develop prototypes of the Common-Hypersonic Glide Body system under a potential three-year, $351.6M other transaction agreement with the U.S. Army.

A team led by Dynetics’ technical solutions business will develop prototypes of the Common-Hypersonic Glide Body system under a potential three-year, $351.6M other transaction agreement with the U.S. Army.

The U.S. Army has awarded a Dynetics-led industry team a potential $130M contract to build and demonstrate a 100-kilowatt-class laser weapons system. Dynetics said Wednesday its partners for the High Energy Laser Tactical Vehicle Demonstrator program are Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT), Rolls-Royce and MZA Associates. “High energy laser weapons have been …

Dynetics has promoted Kim Doering, Mike Durboraw and Keith McCollum to vice president roles to lead the company’s space systems, intelligence and spectrum warfare, and systems technologies divisions. Doering, a three-decade aerospace veteran, will serve as VP of space systems division with oversight on space programs for NASA, Defense Department and …