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Leidos Wins U.S. Army Analytics Software Contract

By TechTaffy Desk

Leidos, a national security, health, and infrastructure solutions company, was awarded a prime contract by the U.S. Army to provide Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Research and Development – analytic software  to the Army Research Laboratory (ARL) Sensors Electron Devices Directorate (SEDD). The multiple-award indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity cost-plus fixed-fee contract has a one-year base period of performance, four one-year options, and a total contract value of approximately $250 million for all awardees, if all options are exercised. Leidos is one of four contractors eligible to compete for task orders under the contract.

SEDD is the principal Army organization for basic and applied research in sensors, electron devices, and power and energy to ensure U.S. military superiority.

Under the contract, Leidos will develop a suite of analytic software and tools to encompass the integration of large sets of data, and the redeployment of new and existing sensors.

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