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Navy/USMC

Leidos Takes Over Responsibility For Navy IT Network Management

By Cal Biesecker

Monday, August 2nd, 2021

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Leidos Takes Over Responsibility For Navy IT Network Management

Leidos [LDOS] said on Monday that it has assumed full responsibility for operating the Navy’s and the Marine Corps’ information technology (IT) networks following its win in February 2020 of potential $7.7 billion Next Generation Enterprise Network (NGEN) Service Management, Integration and Transport (SMIT) contract. Work under the potential eight-year, six-month contract was delayed due to protests that ultimately were decided in the Navy’s favor in December 2020, with Leidos given permission in February 2021 to move full-speed ahead on…

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