We work with customers across the defense market to enhance their airborne capabilities. We have extensive experience in airborne operations, maintenance, intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance with all the Armed Services.
Defense
Science for a safer world
From Seafloor to Cyberspace
With proven expertise in autonomy, networks, ship design, hypersonics, and multi-domain maritime solutions, we’re helping conceive, prepare, and protect the fleet of the future. Learn more about some of the integrated solutions that are enabling our defense customers to achieve global mission success across every domain.
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Advanced Manufacturing
Our team of experts collaborates throughout the design, prototyping, and manufacturing process to create manufactural designs, decreasing costs and saving time. Our collocated facilities provide us with agility to rapidly tackle tough technical challenges from concept analysis and development through testing and production — in one location.
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Air & Missile Defense
Drones, cruise missiles and unmanned aerial systems (UAS) pose growing threats to warfighters across the globe. Leidos develops a range of air and missile defense systems, creating a layered defense strategy with flexible and diverse capabilities to protect the Joint Force and our critical assets from evolving aerial threats.
Autonomy
With proven autonomous solutions already in the water, Leidos is setting the pace when it comes to the most challenging aspects of Medium Class Unmanned Vessels (MUSV) requirements — leaving others in our wake.
Command and Control
We deliver the next generation of cohesive mission command solutions that enable decision-making functions for defense, intelligence, and the DHS.
Cyber
We support our DoD and intelligence customers across the entirety of their cyber missions. Our Full-Spectrum Cyber capabilities support the entire cyber lifecycle, from network architecture design to operational, hands-on-keyboard analysts and cyber training.
F-16 Capabilities
We support global defense partners in sustaining and advancing F-16 capabilities. Our team delivers proven expertise across maintenance, modernization, mission readiness, and system integration to ensure F-16 remains a highly capable platform for today's operational demands.
The specialized plane that advances aerial ISR
What started as a technology demonstrator for the Army is now a fully integrated aircraft operating in-theater and surpassing performance metrics. The Leidos Special Mission Aircraft (LSMA) team leads the way in integrating and operating commercial derivative aircraft for evolving high-accuracy ISR missions.
Digital Modernization
Driven by our diverse and talented workforce, we help our customers achieve their missions and IT business goals by delivering purpose-built solutions with cybersecurity as a standard, efficient project delivery, and end-user satisfaction.
Hypersonics and Strike Systems
Leidos is leading the way in developing new classes of weapons and hypersonic glide vehicles to support our warfighters and defend our nation.
CJADC2
Using an open-architecture approach, Leidos is partnering with the best of Silicon Valley and the technological world to bring commercial technology and capabilities to the warfighter quickly.
Operations and Logistics
We understand that every dollar spent on logistics is one less dollar spent on your mission. Our logisticians take pride in orchestrating the moving parts so that you can go about your important work more efficiently.
Training
We develop, deliver, and maintain holistic live, virtual, and constructive (LVC) training systems to support force protection for fixed, semi-fixed, and expeditionary sites resulting in improved information management, operational performance, and efficiency.
Why space situational awareness is key to maintaining U.S. preeminence
More than
6,500
of our employees are veterans of the U.S. Armed Forces
Key Australian defence projects
Joint Command Support Systems
Command and control for the Australian Headquarters Joint Operations Command, providing operational management and situational awareness capabilities.
Geospatial Systems
Numerous geospatial and imagery-related programs for the Australian Defence Force, leveraging a coherent pictured of GIS products from provider agencies across the Defence network
Tactical Information Exchange
Supporting the Tactical Data Link Authority at the ADF through specialised support, systems engineering, and sustainment services.
Complex Logistics Solutions
Software and field engineering services for vital ADF logistics information systems beyond the platform, including on programs like SEA 1770 Ph 1
Products
We offer a broad set of proven and affordable products and services for new and existing customers in defense markets.
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