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Leidos Takes DHS Secure Data Network Contract From Northrop Grumman

By Cal Biesecker

Wednesday, September 20th, 2017

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Leidos [LDOS] on Sept. 12 won a potential $684 million contract from the General Services Administration (GSA) to support the Department of Homeland Security’s secure data network used to share classified information across government agencies involved in homeland security missions.Leidos unseated Northrop Grumman [NOC], which won a contract in 2004 to develop and implement the Homeland Security Data Network (HSDN). In 2011 Northrop Grumman won another contract, potentially worth $1.1 billion, to upgrade and continue operating the HSDN.Under the new Secure Enterprise Network…

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