Leidos, Inc.

Leidos, Inc. is a prominent defense contractor headquartered in Reston, Virginia, with a registered facility in Ridgecrest, California. The company specializes in providing advanced technological solutions and mission-critical services to the Department of the Navy, with a particular focus on electronic warfare capabilities, test and evaluation infrastructure, and systems integration. As a child entity of Leidos Holdings, Inc., the company operates as a for-profit organization with extensive experience delivering complex systems and engineering solutions across defense and intelligence sectors. Leidos has established itself as a key provider of research, development, test, and evaluation (RDT&E) range infrastructure and services supporting naval aviation operations.

Through its federal contract awards, Leidos has demonstrated substantial expertise in delivering electronic warfare threat systems, simulators, instrumentation, software, hardware, and infrastructure solutions tailored to naval aviation platforms. The company has received multiple delivery orders from the Naval Air Warfare Center, all funded by the Department of the Navy, totaling over $76 million in awarded contract value. Notable programs include the Airborne Early Warning Test and Training Range II (AEWTTR-II), for which Leidos provided accreditation boundary engineering and product sustainment valued at $17.8 million; the FURY Electronic Protection System program worth $17.4 million; the Tactical Training Ranges Lifecycle Management program valued at $27.4 million; and the Electronic Warfare Test Systems Support Activity (EWTS SSA) program worth $12.8 million. Additionally, Leidos received delivery orders for Range Signal Density Enhancement II ($488,794) and FURY Products ($1.6 million). All contract awards have been issued on a cost-plus-fixed-fee basis with no set-aside designations. Leidos has engaged an established network of subcontractors including woman-owned and minority-owned small businesses such as Pulse Systems, Inc., Applied Systems Engineering Inc., Space Coast Intelligent Solutions Inc., Cornic Technologies Inc., GC Micro Corporation, and Ellis & Watts Global Industries, Inc., to support specialized technical requirements including radar transmitters, microwave components, IT solutions, and shelter systems.

Leidos holds a $249.96 million multiple-award indefinite delivery contract with the Department of the Navy's Naval Air Systems Command Naval Air Warfare Center, awarded on February 17, 2022, with an ultimate completion date of February 15, 2027. This contract vehicle serves as the foundational mechanism for issuing task orders across multiple naval aviation support programs. The IDV is specifically designed to provide electronic warfare threat systems, simulators, instrumentation, software, hardware, and infrastructure solutions supporting RDT&E ranges for naval aviation platforms. To date, Leidos has successfully executed six task orders under this IDV totaling $71.54 million, which have been issued as both firm fixed price and cost-plus-fixed-fee delivery orders. These task orders encompass critical programs including AEWTTR-II, FURY, and EWTS SSA, with performance primarily conducted at Leidos's Ridgecrest, California facility. The contract carries no set-aside designation and represents Leidos's ongoing partnership with the Naval Air Warfare Center to support the Navy's mission to enhance electronic warfare capabilities and advance naval aviation testing and training infrastructure.