A Leidos sign hangs above a booth in a convention center. (Justin Katz / Breaking Defense)
WASHINGTON — Leidos will provide the Army with tactical information technology (IT) hardware solutions to help build out a unified network and support its Joint All Domain Command and Control (JADC2) efforts under a new contract worth up to $7.9 billion, the company announced today.
Under the Common Hardware Systems 6th Generation contract, awarded by Army Contracting Command-Aberdeen Proving Ground, the company “will enhance mission readiness through the Leidos Intelligent Logistics Platform.”
“This will help enable better-informed, timely decision-making throughout the [command, control, computers, communications, cyber, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance] and mission IT lifecycle in support of more than 120 Army, DoD and federal government program offices and agencies,” according to the announcement. “Equipment and services procured under the terms of this contract will be used to support a unified network for Multi-Domain Operations (MDO) and JADC2.”
As part of the work performed under the contract, the company will also leverage commercial technologies and “support a proven digital infrastructure with intuitive AI/ML-enabled analytics and automation to help increase speed, accuracy, resiliency and cost-efficiency.”
“Leidos will also work to deploy a logistics platform to proactively manage supply chain and cybersecurity risks while minimizing total lifecycle costs,” the announcement says.
“Recent events highlighted the devastating effect of supply chain disruptions, making resilience a national priority,” Gerry Fasano, Leidos Defense Group president, said. “By combining flexible solutions with artificial intelligence and predictive analytics to increase visibility into operations, we will work to provide a uniquely resilient rapid fulfillment model. We look forward to providing an innovative level of transparency and flexibility to help enhance the Army’s ability to meet their Joint All Domain Command and Control (JADC2) objectives.”
The single-award indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity (IDIQ) contract has a base period of performance of four years with two three-year options, Leidos said.
Building out a consolidated unified network for enhanced network security is one of the Army’s top modernization priorities. The Army earlier this year announced that by October, the start of the next fiscal year, the service will have officially restructured a few of its offices responsible for enterprise and tactical network and cyber operations in an effort to streamline the service’s current set up.
Under the reorganization, the program executive office (PEO) for command, control, communications-tactical, the service’s main network modernization hub, will take the integrated network portfolio from PEO enterprise information systems, which is responsible for more than 100 projects across the Army.
