John Thomas joined Leidos as the Reston, Va.-based national security, health and engineering contractor’s chief strategic officer after Leidos’ 2013 separation from the legacy SAIC organization, where he most recently led close-to-13,000 analysts, scientists, engineers, and business professionals as acting president of SAIC’s National Security Sector. Thomas joined SAIC as an executive focused on military […] More

Leidos has been awarded three separate contracts to provide two municipal utilities and an electric services cooperative with a cloud-based technology designed to manage power grid infrastructures. The company’s smart grid-as-a-service platform is comprised of software and hardware systems that work to help utilities install metering systems as well as track customers’ energy usage, Leidos […] More

Leidos has completed level three of the Capability Maturity Model Integration appraisal for the company’s logistics services operation. The company’s logistics solutions operation provides integrated logistics services and logistics systems management, Leidos said Wednesday. Larry Hill, a Leidos group president, said the certification is intended to validate the company’s effort to comply with industry standards […] More

Leidos’ health business unit has partnered with Medworxx Solutions on a program to help healthcare providers utilize patient flow tools. Medworxx and Leidos Health have been implementing a patient flow platform for Alberta Health Services since 2012 and the team seeks to expand the partnership to the patient flow performance and analytics area, Medworxx said […] More

Rob Zitz joined Leidos in August 2011 – when it was known as Science Applications International Corp. – as senior vice president and chief ISR systems architect after a three-decade government career that culminated in a deputy director role at the National Reconnaissance Office. The Wash100 inductee and former senior Secret Service deputy associate director leads Leidos’ work to help intelligence […] More

The Council on Cybersecurity, which includes Leidos, has updated its security control framework intended to help security practitioners mitigate risks within their networks. The 20 critical security controls were made to serve as guidelines for organizations to build up their security posture, Leidos said Monday. Sam Gordy, Leidos ‘integrated systems group president, said the company […] More

Leidos will provide technical and program management support to the Department of Veterans Affairs for healthcare information technology operations under three contracts worth $16 million combined. The VA’s office of information and technology for product development awarded two contracts for IT and project management services to support the agency’s blood bank and MyHealtheVet online health record access programs,, […] More

Sarah Allen serves as Leidos‘ chief human resources officer and is an executive vice president at the GovCon firm, where she works to use recruitment and retention efforts to generate competitive advantage and help the firm grow. Allen had been with SAIC for around four years when it separated into national security, engineering and healthcare technology […] More

Leidos will help the Defense Threat Reduction Agency research and develop measures to counter weapons of mass destruction under a potential 10-year, $7 billion contract. The company said Thursday it will compete for task orders to perform work under the Combating Weapons of Mass Destruction Research and Technology Development vehicle. DTRA seeks to acquire science and […] More

Leidos has won a five-year prime contract worth an estimated $16 million from Boston Properties and Konterra Realty to support information technology, help desk services, security and facilities management at a multi-tenant facility. Work under the contract, which is part of the Facility Mega Center Operations and Maintenance vehicle, will be performed at Annapolis Junction, Md., Leidos said Monday. Sam Gordy, Leidos group […] More

Leidos will work with LSB Industries under three contracts worth $82.7 million combined to manage construction of nitric acid and nitric acid concentrator plants, as well as to operate outside battery limits utilities. Engineering, procurement and construction support work will occur at the El Dorado Chemical Company facility in Arkansas until mid-2015, Leidos said Wednesday. James […] More

Leidos, a spinoff from SAIC, has signed a multi-year agreement with D.C. United to serve as the team’s presenting partner and official sponsor. Under the agreement, the logo of the security, health and engineering solutions company will be displayed in the team’s jerseys, D.C. United announced Monday. Leidos and D.C. United will also partner for […] More