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Leidos has received a recognition from the Tennessee Veterans Business Association for the company’s work to hire and retain veterans. TVBA will present the Veterans Work award to Leidos at the 2015 TVBA business and education exposition at the Holiday Inn Knoxville Downtown World’s Fair Park on Jan. 26 and 27, the company said Tuesday. […] More
Rob Zitz, chief systems architect at Leidos, said he hopes that President Barack Obama would urge public and private organizations to bolster sharing of cyber threat intelligence, the Washington Business Journal reported Monday. Jill Aitoro writes President Obama was scheduled to discuss his administration’s cyber defense strategies on Tuesday during a speech at the National […] More
A new NanoMarkets report predicts that the radiation detection device market will reach a value of $1.92 billion for domestic security applications and $868 million for military applications by 2020. The company said Jan. 5 that the military and security sectors are the fastest-growing markets for radiation detection devices due to an increase in terrorist activity and demand […] More
Gulu Gambhir, a senior vice president and chief technology officer of Leidos, will represent the company at the Raymond James Government Solutions & Technology Summit on Tuesday, Leidos said Monday. The conference will focus on growth areas such as geospatial intelligence, big data and cloud in the government and commercial markets. According to the event agenda, Gambhir will talk about […] More
David Silberstein, formerly a senior partner at Teradata‘s healthcare providers practice, has joined Leidos‘ health business as service line director for analytics. Leidos said Tuesday that Silberstein will work with colleagues, partners and clients to develop strategies that help hospitals leverage their data to bolster healthcare and business outcomes. “With significant experience in business development and […] More
Dr. S. Gulu Gambhir serves as a senior vice president and chief technology officer at Leidos, where he manages technology products and innovation programs intended to drive company growth. He joined the company in 2009 when it was known as Science Applications International Corp. and has also directed TASC‘s science and technology subsidiary when that […] More
Leidos has received a potential three-year, $11 million task order to update and maintain the U.S. Army‘s Joint Integrated Air and Missile Defense simulator. The company said Thursday it will also provide technical support for the JIAMD hardware-in-the-loop test platform. “Leidos is proud to continue providing modeling and simulation services to the U.S. Army Space and […] More
Leidos has been awarded a potential $38 million contract to help the U.S. Defense Logistics Agency develop software designed to manage fuel requirements at military bases worldwide. The company said Monday its Varec subsidiary will provide FuelsManager Defense software development and applications support to DLA’s energy organization. Mary Craft, a group president at Leidos, said […] More
Robert Zitz is a senior vice president and chief systems architect at Leidos, tasked to help oversee development efforts on the company’s business, technology and technical plans, concepts and strategies. He has more than three decades of experience in the intelligence community space, previously filling leadership roles at the Department of Homeland Security, Secret Service, […] More
Leidos has concluded a 42-day test of its maritime autonomy system under the Anti-Submarine Warfare Continuous Trail Unmanned Vessel program for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency. The company said Tuesday it equipped a surrogate vessel with the autonomy software and associated sensors to perform maneuvers and ACTUV mission functions to evaluate its compliance with the International Maritime Organization’s collision regulations. Leidos conducted […] More
Melissa Koskovich serves as vice president for communications and marketing at Leidos, where she oversees the company’s communications, branding and advertising activities. Koskovich joined Leidos in 2006 — when it was known as Science Applications International Corp. — and helped to execute the company’s initial public offering. She later acted as lead communicator for Project Gemini — the separation of SAIC into two publicly-traded […] More
Leidos (NYSE: LDOS) has been selected to develop and install a condensate splitter for Magellan Midstream Partners. Leidos will provide engineering, procurement and construction services to Magellan’s Corpus Christi, Texas-based processing and storage terminal through a portfolio of DesignBuild services, Leidos said Monday. James Moos, president of Leidos engineering services group, said the company will work to advise Magellan on the expansion […] More
