TYSONS CORNER, VA, May 11, 2016 ” Leidos (NYSE: LDOS) has pledged to hire 3, 000 military veterans and spouses through 2021 in support of the White House’s Joining Forces initiative, GovCon Executive reported Friday. The company said Thursday it has several programs that work to support employees who are veterans, such as the Mi...
The merger of Leidos Holdings (NYSE: LDOS) with Lockheed Martin‘s (NYSE: LMT) information systems and global solutions business involves “one or two” contracts for systems engineering and technical assistance service work that has largely been spun out of the latter company, Leidos CEO Roger Krone told investors Tuesday. ...
Lockheed Martin (NYSE: LMT) has one pending regulatory review remaining in the U.K. over the merger of its information systems and global solutions business with Leidos Holdings (NYSE: LDOS) ahead of the deal’s intended closure in either the third or fourth quarter, Lockheed CEO Marillyn Hewson told investors Tuesday. Both compa...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, April 13, 2016 ” The Leidos-built (NYSE: LDOS) Sea Hunter autonomous ship demonstrator has been christened at a dockside ceremony Thursday in Portland, Oregon, ExecutiveBiz reported Friday. The company said Thursday the ship will be used for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency™s Anti-Submari...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, April 11, 2016 ” Leidos (NYSE: LDOS) will work with Immunovaccine to develop a vaccine that aims to prevent the spread of the mosquito-borne Zika virus, ExecutiveBiz reported Friday. The companies will integrate Immunovaccine’s DepoVax platform and Leidos’ Virtual Pharmaceutical Development Pro...
April 4 – April 8 2016 Click here to see Real-Time GovCon Sector Quotes A Note From Our President & Founder Jim Garrettson The global effort to combat the spread of mosquito-borne Zika virus in the Western Hemisphere now will include the company soon to become the largest U.S. government services contractor. Reston, Virginia-base...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, April 1, 2016 ” Roger Krone, chairman and CEO of Leidos (NYSE: LDOS), has said the company aims to further market expansion efforts through its merger with Lockheed Martin‘s (NYSE: LMT) information systems and global solutions business, ExecutiveBiz reported Thursday. Krone told Forbes in an interview pub...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, March 29, 2016 ” Leidos (NYSE: LDOS) has worked with the National Institutes of Health to build a website that works to facilitate public-private funding opportunities for biomedical research proposals, ExecutiveBiz reported Monday. The company said Thursday the Online Partnership to Accelerate Research po...
TYSONS CORNER, VA, March 29, 2016 ” Leidos (NYSE: LDOS) has been included in Military Times’ “Best for Vets” employer list for 2016 in recognition of the company’s veteran hiring and retention efforts, GovCon Executive reported March 22. The company said March 21 its Operation MVP program and internal Military ...
Executive Mosaic, Tysons Corner, VA March 17, 2016 — Leidos Holdings CEO Roger Krone has been inducted into Executive Mosaic’s Wash100 list of the most influential leaders in GovCon for his leadership in growth strategy and financial performance. The Wash100 is the premier group of private and public sector leade...
