Leidos awarded $35M contract by DoD
Leidos (LDOS) will help accelerate decision making across the Department of Defense, or DoD, by modernizing the Defense Information Systems Agency, or DISA, tools that transfer critical data between classified and unclassified networks. Under a five-year, $35M award for the Cross-Domain Enterprise Services program, Leidos will integrate the design, engineering and operations of DISA's data-sharing platform to enable faster, more agile mission performance. The award is part of a Systems Engineering Technology and Innovation indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contract.
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