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      Everything we do is built on a commitment to do the right thing for our customers, our people, and our community.

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    • Leadership

      Meet the executive team responsible for leading our forward-thinking employees toward a shared success.

      • Roger Krone
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      Meeting the challenges of an uncertain world.

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    • History

      Leidos has a long history of innovative problem-solving and customer service, dating all the way back to 1969 when Dr. J. Robert Beyster founded his "crazy little company".

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      Almost 50 years ago, visionary scientist J. Robert Beyster, Ph.D. founded the company that evolved into Leidos.

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    • Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion

      Our commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion is reflected in the way we engage our people, our customers, and our external partnerships through our innovative programs, sponsorships, and engagement.

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    • Responsibility & Sustainability

      We're equally committed to using our time and resources to support people, enrich communities, and protect the environment.

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    • Ethics & Compliance

      We have a strong history of performance that rests on our foundation of integrity.

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      Leidos named one of the World’s Most Ethical Companies for sixth consecutive year.

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    • Rankings & Awards

      Our innovative approach and the services and solutions we deliver frequently earn Leidos recognition from our industry and the media.

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      A frequent honoree on the corporate awards circuit, Leidos is proud of its many industry-specific and corporate-level achievements.

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    • Partners

      The Leidos Alliance Partner Network emphasizes connections through partnership and collaboration that drive innovation, advance technology, and build efficiency.

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    • Subsidiaries

      Our wholly owned and majority-owned subsidiaries attract and retain top talent motivated to deliver results for clients.

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      Leidos completes Gibbs & Cox acquisition, expanding maritime undersea, autonomous and cybersecurity capabilities.

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    • Contract Vehicles

      Whether you’re a potential government customer or a prospective supplier, through this listing you can find our technical and professional services under pre-negotiated terms and conditions.

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    • Global

      With more than 400 locations in 30 countries, we continue to expand our presence and strengthen our international relationships.

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      • Australia
      • Israel
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      • Canada
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      Leidos has announced the completed acquisition of Cobham Aviation Services Australia’s Special Mission business.

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    • Trust

      Cybersecurity and data privacy is central to what we do; protecting data, systems, and infrastructure that are critical to our employees, customers, communities, and stakeholders.

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      Today, tomorrow, and every day is Data Privacy Day.

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    • Aviation

      From sidewalk to sky, we've got you covered.

      • Air Traffic Management
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      • Security Solutions
      • Intelligent Approach
      • Scenario Planning & Forecasting
      • Passenger Flow Measurement
      • FODD & Fuels Management
      • Flight Management & Briefing
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      Safeguarding travel and trade at a global scale with fully-integrated security detection solutions.

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    • Defense

      From airborne work alerting warfighters to autonomous platforms protecting sea lanes and shores, we're enabling mission success across every domain.

      • Advanced Manufacturing
      • Airborne
      • Autonomy & Autonomous Solutions
      • Command & Control
      • Cyber
      • Digital Modernization
      • Force Protection
      • Hypersonics & Strike Systems
      • JADC2
      • Operations & Logistics
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      Gibbs & Cox-designed DDG-51 Arleigh Burke-class destroyer at sea

      Leidos completes Gibbs & Cox acquisition, expanding maritime undersea, autonomous and cybersecurity capabilities.

      Read Press Release

    • Energy & Industry

      Leidos is uniquely equipped to support your important work in critical industries such as energy, transportation, and manufacturing.

      • Power Delivery
      • Integrated Energy Management
      • Electrification & Clean Energy Services
      • Project Finance & Development
      • Advanced Communications Solutions
      • Manufacturing Systems
      • Site Management & Operations
      • Transportation
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      Leidos delivers a complex modeling project resulting in a clear view of bulk electric and sub-transmission systems for FirstEnergy.

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    • Government

      We support important programs that expedite identity theft recovery, protect electronic health records, streamline paper tax filings, enhance consumer fraud investigations, support census data collection, and enable scientific research.

      • Cybersecurity
      • Digital Modernization
      • Health IT
      • Forms Processing
      • Operations & Logistics
      • Mission Software Systems
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      Leidos completes acquisition of 1901 Group, expanding digital modernization capabilities.

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    • Healthcare

      We draw on decades of success to deliver a range of solutions and services to meet the healthcare challenges of today.

      • Hospital Systems
      • Federal Health
      • Military & Veterans Health
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      Taking a strategic approach to experience true digital transformation in healthcare.

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    • Homeland

      Integrating, applying, and advancing IT to tackle the ever-advancing challenges of protecting our borders.

      • Biometrics
      • Mission Cyber & Network Defense
      • Integrated Systems
      • Digital Modernization
      • Data Analytics
      • Intelligence & Linguistic Services
      • CBRN Defense
      • Human Capital Services
      • Complex Logistics
      • Ports & Borders
      • Critical Infrastructure
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      Safeguarding travel and trade at a global scale with fully-integrated security detection solutions.

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    • Intelligence

      With expertise in cloud-enabled automation and augmentation and a team adept at harnessing machine learning, we’re applying powerful analytic tools for superior performance and protection despite a staggering breadth of data.

      • Intelligence Community Engineering
      • Collection, Analysis, & Reporting
      • Operational Support & Training
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      Our DevOps Lab is an advanced, unclassified, state-of-the-art center dedicated to software and hardware development and engineering.

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    • Science

      Providing groundbreaking scientific research and environmental management best practices that make headways in the defense, civilian, and health markets.

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      • Airborne & Ground ISR
      • Command & Control
      • Environmental Science
      • Modeling, Simulation, & Training
      • Sensors
      • Specialty Sciences
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      NCI's Frederick National Laboratory has launched three initiatives focused on SARS-CoV-2.

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    • Space

      Speed, security, and scale for your most critical space missions

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      • Human Exploration
      • ISR
      • Payloads
      • Domain Awareness
      • Propulsion
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    • Cyber Operations

      We use intelligent automation and AI/ML-driven analytics, combined with detection and mitigation, to protect and defend networks.

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      • Cyber Resiliency
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      • Accredited Testing & Evaluation
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      Outpacing adversaries through the application of IT, engineering, and science.

      From Castles to Cities with Zero Trust

    • Digital Modernization

      We deliver resilient IT solutions and managed services that leverage trusted AI and full-spectrum cyber to decrease vulnerabilities in complex IT operations.

      • Application Modernization
      • Cloud
      • Data Center Modernization
      • Digital Workplace
      • Mobility
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      • User Engagement
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      Leidos completes acquisition of 1901 Group, expanding digital modernization capabilities.

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    • Integrated Systems

      We deliver high-performing hardware and software systems to solve challenges in an array of specializations.

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      • Autonomous & Unmanned Systems
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      Leidos completes Gibbs & Cox acquisition, expanding maritime undersea, autonomous and cybersecurity capabilities.

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    • Mission Operations

      In-depth domain knowledge and mission understanding to provide cost-effective tools and enhanced processes that are secure, resilient, and support our customer's critical missions.

      • Antarctic Support Contract
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      • ISS Cargo Mission Contract
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      • StarTT®
      • Strategic National Stockpile
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      Each year, Leidos moves more than six million pounds of cargo and coordinates 100 flight missions to and from Antarctica.

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    • Mission Software Systems

      Through disciplined processes, common tools, reusable frameworks, automation, collaboration, and domain expertise, our mission software systems are designed to deliver secure, mission quality software.

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      Mission quality software. Silicon Valley speed.

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      Our enabling technologies are the backbone of our core capabilities, supporting our customer's important work from the front lines.

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      We partner with world-class technology providers to develop innovative solutions for our customer’s toughest challenges.

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      Pay and benefits are fundamental to any career decision, which is why our compensation packages reflect the importance of the work we do for our customers.

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Supplier & Small Business Relationships

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We are united with our suppliers and small businesses to make a difference in the world.

Maintaining strong and committed relationships with approximately 8,400 active suppliers, as well as continuing our award-winning small businesses advocacy programs, is essential to our mission of providing outstanding support to our customers. Our diverse customer base, requirements for services, and need for varied materials, require us to work with suppliers both large and small who can offer capabilities and unique solutions while providing the best value.

Learn more about our commitment to responsible purchasing

As a company specializing in technology, engineering, and science solutions and services, Leidos has a supply chain that varies based on the types of contracts we can win from diverse markets of global importance to commercial, local, state, and federal government entities. Our major commodity areas consist of engineering services, IT hardware, software, communications technology and transportation. We strive to source from local and domestic suppliers whenever possible, with 45% of our $4.5 billion in sourcing expenses going to US-based small businesses. We are also committed to sourcing from veteran-owned firms, realizing the value they deliver to our customers, our company and the country at large. Helping veteran-owned firms succeed and grow advances our goal of helping veterans' transition successfully to the civilian workforce.

45% of our sourcing goes to small businesses

Our downstream products consist predominately of services rendered to U.S. government entities within the areas of defense and intelligence, civil services and infrastructure, healthcare, and cyber services. Our physical products tend to come in the form of defense solutions, IT hardware and infrastructure for civil projects.

Supply Chain Management Approach

It is the mission of Leidos’ Strategic Sourcing program to utilize our robust mix of people, leadership practices and tools to enhance the value for Leidos customers while keeping Leidos competitive in the marketplace. Our sourcing practices allow our programs to drive and deliver innovative solutions and services that matter most for meeting tomorrow’s demands. Our Strategic Sourcing program enables us to find the right products and services at the right price, all while ensuring that our suppliers meet our ethical standards. Our supplier expectations with regards to sustainability, social responsibility, and ethics are outlined on our supplier portal home page and are included in our standard contract terms and conditions.

Abiding by the highest standards of business ethics is an essential component of all of our supplier relationships. Leidos maintains a Defense Contract Management Agency (DCMA) approved purchasing system and adheres to the Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) when purchasing direct-charge, non-commercial items or services. Our system is governed by a number of policies and procedures addressing use of consultants, contracts, procurement and international business – see our GRI Standards Index for a list. Supplier compliance is mandated with certain regulations and laws, including clauses that address:

  • Gratuities
  • Cancellation, Rescission, and Recovery of Funds for Illegal or Improper Activity
  • Price or Fee Adjustment for Illegal or Improper Activity
  • Whistleblower Protections Under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009
  • Utilization of Small Business Concerns
  • Notice to the Government of Labor Disputes
  • Equal Opportunity (Only Paragraphs (b)(1) through (c)(11)
  • Combating Trafficking in Persons
  • Hazardous Material Identification and Material Safety Data
  • Contractor Policy to Ban Text Messaging While Driving
  • Conflict Minerals Policy
  • Information Security
  • Organizational Conflict of Interest.

Leidos is regularly solicited by our customers to complete supplier questionnaires. These questionnaires are part of supply chain sustainability programs that our customers are operating in an effort to improve their own sustainability. By complying, we provide valuable information on our environmental performance, but also a wide range of sustainability areas, including human rights, fair labor practices and health and safety issues.

Supplier Selection

Our supplier selection criteria are based on specific customer requirements, with an emphasis on suppliers that offer strategic and competitive pricing, quality products and services, focus on continuous improvement and commitment to performance in delivery of goods or services. For customers with greater Environment, Health and Safety requirements those applicable suppliers complete the Leidos Contractor Safety Questionnaire as part of supplier evaluation prior to final supplier selection for award. 

Supplier Code of Conduct

In 2021, Leidos published our first Supplier Code of Conduct (the Code), which outlines our expectations for our suppliers and their staff. The Code includes sections on Human Rights, Employment Practices, Business Integrity, Information Protection, Environmental Considerations, Global Trade Compliance, Quality, and our Ethics Program. Our suppliers are contractually obligated to comply with the Code, which is included in every purchase order and subcontract. Compliance with the Code, other applicable laws and regulations is the starting point to ensure all our partners are held to the same high ethical standards we hold ourselves too.

Leidos requires suppliers to conduct themselves in a manner consistent with the principles of our Code of Conduct. In addition, we strongly encourage our suppliers to establish proactive and meaningful ethics and compliance programs within their organizations. We want our suppliers to understand, foster, and mirror the ethical conduct we expect from our employees in all business transactions, and maintain a restricted supplier list, which is updated on a quarterly basis, to ensure our programs are sourcing from suppliers who meet our ethical and technical standards.

Strategic Sourcing Initiatives

Our Strategic Sourcing program undertakes initiatives in order to support the Leidos strategy that enable development of differentiating capabilities. Leidos’ Sourcing program has implemented effective enterprise processes, best practices and tools for execution excellence in business operations and risk management that enable efficient and secure supply chain sourcing and management. We additionally pursue, establish, and maintain mutually beneficial external partnerships to help continually enhance our Sourcing program.

Examples of practices that enable us to execute efficient and secure supply chain management include the provision of enterprise-wide supply chain engineering, material cost estimating, material planning, purchasing, logistics and category management for internal procurement and bid proposals; implementation of automation for cost efficiencies, and implementation of cyber best practices to ensure security and resilience in our operations.

To enhance our implementation of cybersecurity best practices, we have sponsored research at the University of Tennessee on the fundamentals of managing cyber risks in global supply chains. We are both increasing our understanding of, and implementing, industry-leading cybersecurity practices in order to reduce related risks in our product and service offerings.

In order to manage mutually beneficial external partnerships that support our Group and Functional strategies, we maintain executive relationships with Leidos’ major suppliers, subcontractors and strategic partners, including the Leidos Alliance Partner Network (LAPN).

Additionally, our sourcing program maximizes leverage and utility of our Strategic University Alliances to ensure we bring in the best and brightest talent for our program, and continually works to cultivate relationships with private equity and venture capital firms to gain access to emerging technologies.

Supply Chain Risk and Resiliency Program

Leidos’ Supply Chain Risk and Resiliency Program continues to build a flexible supply chain that can rapidly adjust to risks and disruptions by bending to stress without breaking. An integral part of this program is our Supply Chain Sustainability initiative in which we review and focus on environmental, social and governance practices within the entire value chain. We expect our suppliers to share our commitment by responding to challenges posed by climate change and working to protect the health and safety of their people and the environment.

Leidos has a holistic program that combines close relationships with our key partners, small businesses, and a diverse set of industry-leading tools to maintain a focus on proactive protections to minimize disruptions while accelerating recovery and promoting environmental and social action.

Through management of a core supply base, tight collaboration with partners across the industry, and sharing information across cross-functional internal teams, the Leidos Supply Chain Risk & Resiliency program combines industry best-practices with real- time data to anticipate disruptions and adjust as the threats evolve.

These initiatives complement our goals of delivering exceptional service, value, and expertise to internal stakeholders through efficient and compliant processes, as well as helping to establish a high performing, innovative and diverse supply base.

Small Businesses

Leidos has a proud history of providing maximum opportunities for small businesses to engage with us as we support our customers in the vital areas of National Security, Health, and Engineering. The commitments we have made to our customers in supporting the Nation's small business program are key to distinguishing us as a small business advocacy leader.

We work closely with all categories of small businesses, including small disadvantaged, women-owned, veteran-owned, service-disabled veteran-owned, and historically underutilized business zone (HUBZone) companies, as well as historically black colleges and universities and minority institutions (HBCU/MIs). We continue to exceed the statutory goals for small disadvantaged, women-owned and service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses, as we believe that our success is strengthened by our legacy of commitment to small business engagement.

Leidos awarded over $2 billion in contracts to small businesses

During government fiscal year 2021, Leidos awarded over $2 billion in contracts to small businesses. The Leidos Inc. Small Business Program holds a rating of “Exceptional” from the Defense Contract Management Agency (DCMA). These statistics illustrate the importance of small businesses to Leidos success, customer success and the dedication of the Leidos Small Business Development Program to promoting strategic teaming with a variety of small businesses.

In 2021 Leidos announced its Next Level Leidos goals which includes increasing the number of supplier contracts awarded to diverse suppliers. To support this goal, the small business office has broadened its scope to increase supplier diversity initiatives.  

To support continued company success and growth opportunities to small businesses, Leidos focuses on the following:

  • A proactive corporate-led “Small Business Development Program” responsible for marketing and outreach/ awareness activities
  • Fostering strategic relationships with small businesses that lead to subcontracting as well as prime contracting opportunities

Leidos has been recognized for well over a decade for its efforts and work with small businesses of all categories. We have received notable recognition from the Small Business Administration as well as awards from the National Veterans Small Business Coalition’s Veterans Champion Award, The DoD NUNN Perry award recognition for Excellence in the DoD Mentor Protégé Program, and The Reston Chamber of Commerce Member of the Year Award.  In May 2022, Leidos and our protégé SureSecure Solutions received the FY21 Agency-Level Mentor Protégé Agreement of the Year Award from the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).   

Outreach Activities

Leidos participates in a variety of outreach programs that provide small business opportunities for every socio-economic category including partnerships with Historically Black Colleges & Universities (HBCUs) and Minority Institutions (MIs). During COVID we transitioned to hosting virtual events for small business interested in teaming opportunities as well as specific subcontracting opportunities. These “matchmaking” forums have proven extremely successful in providing potential small business partners with exposure to Leidos business developers, program managers, and procurement personnel to increase opportunities for capability briefings and relevant discussions on active opportunities.

Similarly, Leidos holds similar events for specific major programs and proposals. We frequently participate in industry and client small business events enabling small businesses to learn about current and future opportunities with Leidos. Over the years, we have participated in numerous supplier symposiums and industry forums sponsored by various federal agencies, including the Department of Defense (DoD), the Small Business Administration (SBA), and industry associations such as the National Defense Industrial Associate (NDIA) and Armed Forces Electronics Association (AFCEA). Leidos is proud of our corporate commitment and ongoing relationships with organizations supporting small businesses in a variety of socio-economic categories.

Mentor-Protégé Program

Leidos was one of the first contractors to be selected for DoD's pilot Mentor-Protégé Program in 1991. Since that time, Leidos formally mentored nearly 100 small businesses and is one of the most active participants in the federal agency program, and we currently maintain 6 active agreements with government agencies and third-party organizations to provide mentor services to small businesses. Some examples of our activities include:

  • Offering certification programs for individuals, including Project Management Professional Certifications
  • Certification for whole programs in Network+, Ethical Hacker, and Security+
  • Assistance and support for our small business partners in preparing for the DCAA audit process

In addition to formal agreements, Leidos informally mentors many small businesses by providing assistance in disciplines such as marketing, task order response, human resources (HR), technology transfer, and administration. This approach helps develop our small business teammates while ensuring the highest levels of technical and programmatic performance.

Veteran-Owned Small Businesses

Leidos is an active supporter and sponsor of numerous veteran targeted events, which is not surprising considering almost 20% of Leidos' employees are veterans themselves. Leidos maintains a program aimed at enhancing the growth of Veteran-Owned Small Businesses (VOSBs) of all types in the government contracting arena through cooperative efforts with veteran advocacy bodies, and we directly supported VOSBs with approximately $412 million in spending in 2021.
 

Leidos supported VOSBs with $412 million in 2021

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