Leidos Holding Inc. provides a variety of defense, engineering, and information technology-related solutions. The company regularly provides cyber security solutions that promote online safety and physical security items that aid in the protection of key infrastructure to its main customer — the federal government. These are Leidos Holdings’ executives who are shaping the future of […] More

Lockheed Martin has tapped Aerojet Rocketdyne to provide its missiles and fire control business with a second stage booster that will be used to power a hypersonic weapon system being developed for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. Aerojet Rocketdyne said Thursday it will develop a solid rocket motor booster for DARPA’s Operational Fires initiative […] More

Dan Voce, senior vice president for enterprise cyber and solutions at Leidos, recently spoke with  ExecutiveBiz regarding the challenges to drive digital modernization across the defense, civil and health markets across the federal landscape. In addition, he discussed the impact that recent acquisitions have enhanced Leidos’ portfolio and capabilities to drive growth and innovation for its customers. […] More

Leidos‘ Dynetics subsidiary has selected Benchmark Electronics to produce electronic components of a ground-based weapon system meant to help the U.S. Army deter aerial threats. Benchmark said Thursday it will manufacture advanced electronics for the Enduring Shield system at a Huntsville, Alabama-based facility near locations of Dynetics and U.S. Army missile defense projects. Enduring Shield, […] More

Leidos has been awarded a prime contract by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to support a program intended to provide military and health care personnel with adaptive personal protection equipment. Under the potential five-year, three-phase, $19.3 million cost-plus-fixed-fee contract, Leidos will work to develop advanced protective technologies that reduce the need for bulky equipment […] More

Leidos reported $3.4 billion in revenue for the second quarter of its 2021 fiscal year, 18 percent higher than the same period last year, and quarterly earnings of $1.52 per share. The Reston, Virginia-based contractor also held to its 2021 sales outlook in the $13.7 billion-$14.1 billion range, and earnings of between $6.35 and $6.65 […] More

NASA has allocated $45 million to fund upcoming contracts that will provide for activities to help reduce the risks of its future human lander system, which astronauts will ride in regular trips to the Moon’s surface as part of the Artemis program. The space agency said Thursday it seeks commercial partners and will award risk […] More

Gerrit Burke, former business development lead for enterprise information technology and cybersecurity at Dynetics, has been appointed director of MartinFederal Consulting‘s engineering and technical solutions group. Burke has more than one decade of experience supporting multiple defense software development and engineering projects in the defense sector, MartinFederal said Monday. His work included support for customers […] More

TYSONS CORNER, VA, May 3, 2021 — Defense technology company Anduril Industries appointed three-decade defense sector veteran and U.S. Air Force Reserve Maj. Gen. Scott Goldstein as head of advanced projects, GovCon Wire reported April 19.

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Leidos' Dynetics subsidiary has finished the preliminary design review of a technology meant to help astronauts land on the moon as part of an upcoming NASA lunar mission. Dynetics said Thursday the PDR effort informed the space agency of the Human Landing System's design that complies with system requirements for NASA's Artemis program, which aims to revive manned space exploration.

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TYSONS CORNER, VA, February 24, 2021 — Roger Krone, chairman and CEO of Leidos (NYSE: LDOS) and a 2021 Wash100 Award recipient, shared his views about pursuing complementary merger and acquisition deals and competing for big information technology contracts in the current federal market landscape, GovCon Wire reported Feb. 16.

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The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has awarded contracts to five research and industry entities to develop manned and unmanned aerial combat maneuvering concepts as part of the agency’s Air Fight Evolution initiative.

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