LDOS - Leidos awarded $918 million Department of Homeland Security network support contract | Benzinga
RESTON, Va., Sept. 7, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Leidos (NYSE:LDOS), a FORTUNE® 500 science and technology leader, was recently awarded the Homeland Enterprise Information Technology Secure Services and Support (HEITS) follow-on contract to support and enhance the Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) networks. The cost-plus-award-fee, single-award contract has a one-year base period of performance and six one-year options. The contract has a maximum value of $918 million if all options are exercised.
"This contract continues our strong relationship with DHS," said Roy Stevens, Leidos Intelligence Group president. "By supporting cross-agency intelligence sharing and secure collaboration for federal and civilian agencies, we'll help DHS accomplish their mission of safeguarding the homeland. Our team will be focused on delivering capabilities like quantum resistant cryptography, artificial intelligence (AI) operations, robotic process automation and classified cloud service integration."
Leidos will provide program management, operations and maintenance, systems engineering, training, information assurance and classified ...