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Cyber

DISA Awards Potential $11.5 Billion Defense Enclave Services Contract To Leidos

By Matthew Beinart

Monday, February 28th, 2022

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DISA Awards Potential $11.5 Billion Defense Enclave Services Contract To Leidos

DISA headquarters at Ft. Meade, Md. Photo: Army.

Leidos [LDOS] said Monday the company has won over several competitors DISA’s potential $11.5 billion Defense Enclave Services contract to consolidate the Pentagon’s ‘Fourth Estate’ agencies’ network capabilities. Under the deal, which could cover a 10-year work period, Leidos is tasked with bringing together the department’s 22 defense support agencies and nearly 400,000 users onto a single modernized networking platform. "We are honored that DISA has entrusted our team to establish the modern infrastructure foundation that will deliver critical combat…

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