Wilson Ariza, former vice president of health information management at Leidos (NYSE: LDOS), has been appointed VP of the veteran and military health business at OptumServe, G2Xchange Health reported Thursday. He brings healthcare program management experience in the departments of Defense and Veterans Affairs to his new role at OptumServe. …

Valerie Baldwin, formerly vice president of legislative affairs for Army and Special Operations Forces programs at Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT), has been named senior VP of government affairs at Leidos (NYSE: LDOS). Baldwin will represent Leidos on Capitol Hill to help advocate for government health research, patient care and other …

Jeff Johnson, a more than two-decade public and private sector veteran, has joined Leidos (NYSE: LDOS) as senior director for veterans affairs business development, FedHealthIT reported Friday. He previously worked as a senior manager for Grant Thornton‘s global public sector healthcare practice. Before he joined industry, Johnson served in the …

Leidos (NYSE: LDOS) has received a one-year, $94M contract modification to provide information management and technology support to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The award extends the company’s services that started in 2018 under a $64.5M initial contract. Work under the modification will take place in Vicksburg, Miss., through …

Leidos (NYSE: LDOS) has received a potential five-year, $85.5M contract to support adaptive maintenance of nine applications for the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency. The company said Thursday it will sustain legacy applications NGA analysts use to map imagery, manage structured observations and analyze data under the restructured follow-on Sustainment for Analysis …

TYSONS CORNER, VA, February 26, 2019 — James Reagan, executive vice president and chief financial officer of Leidos (NYSE: LDOS), has indicated during a recent earnings call that the company is more interested in potential acquisitions of products companies rather than those that offer services only, ExecutiveBiz reported Wednesday. Reagan, …

Leidos (NYSE: LDOS) has received a potential five-year, $278M task order to help the U.S. Army field weapon systems, equipment, computers and communication systems. The task order has a one-year base period, followed by four one-year options, and is the first award the company won through the $37.4B Responsive Strategic …

TYSONS CORNER, VA, February 11, 2019 — Leidos (NYSE: LDOS) will supply a digital video surveillance system for the U.S. Navy’s guided-missile destroyers under a potential $33M contract in support of the service’s DDG modernization effort, ExecutiveBiz reported Friday. The Department of Defense said Thursday the Naval Surface Warfare Center – Philadelphia …

Leidos (NYSE: LDOS) has won a potential 10-year, $2.9B contract to provide information technology platforms and services to IT end-users at NASA’s headquarters and facilities. The company will deliver and manage computers, software, mobile IT support, accessories and peripherals and supporting infrastructure under the NASA End-user Services & Technologies contract, the space …

TYSONS CORNER, VA, February 7, 2019 — Leidos (NYSE: LDOS) participated in an Office of Naval Research-facilitated extended testing activity to demonstrate the autonomy capabilities of the company’s Sea Hunter unmanned surface vessel, ExecutiveBiz reported Friday. The company said Jan. 31 the Sea Hunter was able to navigate autonomously without a …