Leidos (NYSE: LDOS) will work with the Naval Health Research Center to establish policies and adapt prevention programs for HIV and AIDS under a potential five-year, $14 million contract. The Defense Department HIV/AIDS Prevention Program aims to help U.S. allies reduce the number of cases in their military forces...

Louis Berger has bought the water and waste resource division of Leidos (NYSE: LDOS) for an undisclosed amount in a move aimed at expanding Louis Berger’s water practice. Thomas Lewis, group president at Louis Berger, said Tuesday the company also intends to further grow its market presence through the sale. “This acquisition...

Leidos (NYSE: LDOS) has been awarded a potential three-year, $20 million contract to build products and other tools to help the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency produce digital navigation planning charts and other documents. NGA also contracted Leidos to help implement process flow changes at the agency for the product...

Leidos (NYSE: LDOS) has been awarded a potential five-year, $44 million task order to support a web-based infection surveillance system at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The company said Wednesday it will perform applications development, testing, maintenance and other technical support work the CDC’s National Healthcare ...

Rob Zitz, senior vice president and chief systems architect at Leidos (NYSE: LDOS), has observed that the Department of Homeland Security is moving toward a proactive model to secure cyber systems, he told Federal News Radio in an interview Thursday. Zitz highlighted DHS’ continuous monitoring and diagnostics initiative during a question-and-a...

Roger Krone, president of the network and space systems business unit at Boeing (NYSE: BA) for nearly six years, will join Leidos (NYSE: LDOS) as CEO on July 14 to succeed the retiring John Jumper, Leidos said Tuesday. This announcement comes nearly five months after Jumper announced his plans to retire from the chief executive...

Craig Cooning, the former vice president and general manager of space and intelligence systems within Boeing‘s [NYSE: BA] network and space business, has succeeded Roger Krone as president of the N&SS, Boeing said Tuesday. Krone has joined Reston, Va.-based Leidos, where he will serve as the company’s second C...

Medical information technology firm Cerner is partnering with Accenture Federal Services (NYSE: ACN) and Leidos (NYSE: LDOS) in pursuit of health IT system work at the Defense Department, Modern Healthcare reported Thursday. Joseph Conn writes the Defense Healthcare Management Systems Modernization contract’s total value is estimated to be $11...

Sam Gordy, a Leidos (NYSE: LDOS) group president, said the company will continue its work to help U.S. Army achieve missions through two task order awards under the Rapid Prototyping and Technology Insertion Support contract. The task orders involve support services for the service’s information ...

Leidos (NYSE: LDOS) will help the Department of Homeland Security plan programs to develop countermeasures such as vaccines that work to prevent the introduction and spread of foreign animal diseases to U.S. livestock. The company will perform the planning, program management and oversight work under a potential five-year, $1...