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Leidos Plans To Accelerate Takeover Of NGEN After Court Rejects Protest

By Cal Biesecker

Tuesday, December 22nd, 2020

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Leidos Plans To Accelerate Takeover Of NGEN After Court Rejects Protest

Gerry Fasano, president, Leidos Defense Group

Now that the path forward appears clear following a U.S. court’s rejection last week of a protest, Leidos [LDOS] is planning to accelerate its transition onto the Navy’s nearly $8 billion program to modernize its enterprise network. Leidos won the potential $7.7 billion Next Generation Enterprise Network (NGEN) Service Management, Integration and Transport (SMIT) contract in February but subsequent award protests, including two by incumbent contractor Perspecta [PRSP], delayed the start of full implementation until now. The U.S. Court of…

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