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 …

TYSONS CORNER, VA, January 28, 2018 — Leidos (NYSE: LDOS) has received recognition for its programs to support the female workforce as well as its transparency in corporate gender reporting, ExecutiveBiz reported Jan. 17. The company said Jan. 16 Bloomberg’s 2019 Gender-Equality Index gave “best in class” rankings for the number of …

A Leidos (NYSE: LDOS) subsidiary has secured positions on four multiple-award contracts worth up to $7B combined to help the Department of Veterans Affairs create medical disability examinations. QTC Medical Services said Wednesday it will continue to perform work for the Veterans Benefits Administration under the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contracts, which have one base year …

TYSONS CORNER, VA, January 15, 2018 — Leidos (NYSE: LDOS) will work to build a submarine-based acoustic device designed to counter torpedo threats, under a potential $36M contract from the U.S. Navy, ExecutiveBiz reported Friday. The company said Thursday the Naval Sea Systems Command awarded the contract for the development and …

TYSONS CORNER, VA, January 8, 2018 — The Leidos (NYSE: LDOS) life sciences business unit has been awarded a patent for peptide-based PD-1 checkpoint inhibitors via the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office‘s accelerated application review process for cancer immunotherapy-related discoveries, ExecutiveBiz reported Friday. The company said Thursday the Leidos Health Life Sciences team …

Sharon Watts, formerly an executive at Leidos (NYSE: LDOS) and Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT), has joined Constellis as chief administrative officer. Constellis CEO Tim Reardon said in a statement released Monday Watts brings to the company “a strong background in information systems, human resources, staffing and optimizing merger and acquisition synergies.” She …

TYSONS CORNER, VA, December 27, 2018 — Leidos (NYSE: LDOS) has received a Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) gold competency certification to offer the latter’s cloud offerings in support of customers’ cloud migration and modernization efforts, ExecutiveBiz reported Dec. 12. The Microsoft Gold Partner designation serves to validate Leidos’ technical capability to …