Leidos will help the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) automate virtual private networking services in support of our nation's defense.

DISA awarded a Task Order to Leidos to help it take the first key steps toward transforming the Department of Defense Information Network (DoDIN) to a software-defined network.

DISA's goal is a software-defined enterprise. A software-defined enterprise supports a high degree of automation and synchronization across networking, hosting and related IT systems. It is more flexible, agile, and highly secure. It can help warfighters achieve their missions more effectively.

Leidos and team member AT&T will engineer and deliver software-defined networking controller technology into the DoDIN backbone. The solution uses an open framework developed by AT&T that supports the automation of network services. It is a critical foundation for a complete software-defined enterprise.

Leidos announced that Karoom Brown, Leidos Health senior vice president Business Development & Strategy, won the Executive Leadership Award for Industry – Large Business by the Association for Federal Information Resources Management (AFFIRM) at the organization’s AFFIRM Annual Leadership Celebration. Brown earned this award for his contributions to the healthcare information technology (IT) field, and his dedication to community service.

Leidos was awarded a prime position on the Strategic Partners Acquisition Readiness Contract (SPARC) vehicle by the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). The multiple-award indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contract has a five-year period of performance and a total contract value of $25 billion for all awardees, if all options are exercised. Leidos is one of 62 contractors eligible to compete for task orders under the contract. Work will be performed primarily in Windsor Mill, Md.