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Leidos, Lockheed Martin, Raytheon Nab $450M TSA Award for Services

By Cal Biesecker

Tuesday, August 25th, 2015

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The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has selected Leidos [LDOS], Lockheed Martin [LMT] and Raytheon [RTN] to help with the deployment of security equipment in three regions across the U.S. under a potential $450 million contract.Under the five-year Transportation Security Equipment Services (TEDS) program contract, Lockheed Martin has responsibility for the West Region, Leidos the East Region, and Raytheon the Central Region.The contract covers the deployment of all the agency’s security capabilities although the companies will primarily deploy checkpoint technologies for…

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