Companies

Space, defense and growth leadership moves across the market

Hires in the realm of technology innovation and operations also feature, along with a pair of additions to boards of directors.

Contracts

Army unveils second solicitation for $4B in R&D recompetes

This is for the unrestricted portion of the so-called D3I2 vehicle that focuses on research work in space, high-altitude and missile defense.

Contracts

Air Force chooses 23 for $12.5B network modernization vehicle

The Base Infrastructure Modernization program envisions a more modern network architecture involving both wired and wireless components.

Contracts

GSA to take second look at $582M military family support award

The General Services Administration's corrective action follows Leidos' protest that claimed GSA did not fully evaluate the impact of Accenture Federal's acquisition of Cognosante.

Contracts

Army chooses bundling to recompete billions in professional services, IT vehicles

The future Marketplace for the Acquisition of Professional Services contract is being designed to bring staff augmentation and technology support from industry into one procurement.

Companies

Leidos unveils 'small investment fund' to shape its vision

Both successes and failures from the use of that fund will feed into Leidos' next strategy and North Star vision that CEO Tom Bell is leading the development of.

Contracts

Leidos wants second chance at military family support contract

A proposal from Cognosante won the $582.8 million contract known as OneSource, but Leidos claims multiple mistakes happened in the evaluation.

Contracts

DOD keeps all incumbents for $1.5B CIO IT recompete

The Defense Department uses the contract to acquire support for its information enterprise and IT management functions.

Companies

Leidos captures $476M NASA spaceflight support recompete

Artemis and the International Space Station are among the programs Leidos will continue supporting

Contracts

Leidos retains $738M Air Force enterprise IT contract

The company has supported IT and telecommunications systems for this Air Force customer since 2003.

Companies

DISA's industry partners center their agendas around user experience

Our Power Breakfast event on working with the Defense Information Systems Agency turned the conversation toward its user base of between 3 million and 5 million users, and the tech integrators that serve them and DISA.

Contracts

DTRA chooses 9 for $4B counter-WMD tech contract

The Defense Threat Reduction Agency breaks out the awards in pools respectively focused on technology, operations and targeting.

Contracts

Leidos secures $631M Army sensor integration award

The so-called DIABLO program eyes a platform-agnostic approach and extensive relationships with original equipment makers.

Companies

Leidos CEO lays out the company's core technology priorities

Tom Bell describes to Wall Street some of the company's "seed corn" investments that will inform how it develops the North Star vision he often speaks of.

Contracts

Leidos books $267M Army C5ISR recompete

The company has supported the branch's Communications Electronics Command since 2011 and in the fielding of more than 9,000 systems to date.

Contracts

Agriculture chooses three dozen for cloud integration pacts

This is the initial batch of awards for Stratus, a centralized mechanism to further drive cloud computing adoption across the department.

Contracts

Army moves toward second solicitation for $4B in R&D services recompetes

This is for the full-and-open portion of a contract vehicle used to acquire research-and-development services for global space, missile defense and high-altitude missions.

Contracts

Energy chooses 14 companies for $900M data collection contract

Awardees will work with the agency responsible for compiling statistics and analysis on all aspects of energy for the federal government.

Companies

Leidos CEO touts $7.9B Army win as a model for its future

In talking with Wall Street, Tom Bell singles out the delivery model for this technology contract as something he wants Leidos to replicate for other programs.

Contracts

Army updates Common Hardware Systems program to streamline purchases

The Army overhauled the four-decade old program with the goal of making it easier for buyers to purchase ruggedized commercial technology for use in the tactical space.