AI can process information faster than ever, but speed alone doesn't lead to better decisions. That's why we're advancing cognitive security research, exploring how people and AI can work together to support better decision-making when the stakes are high, in national security, health care, and beyond 🧠
Leidos
Defense and Space Manufacturing
Reston, Virginia 601,432 followers
An industry & technology leader serving government & commercial customers with smarter, more efficient innovations
About us
Leidos is an industry and technology leader serving government & commercial customers with smarter, more efficient digital and mission innovations. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, with 47,000 global employees, Leidos reported annual revenues of approximately $17.2 billion for the fiscal year ended January 2, 2026. Leidos was cited for the meaningful work employees perform that is challenging, impactful, and aligned with our customers’ missions as reasons professionals want to work and stay at our company. Leidos has also been named to lists including Forbes’ Best Employers for Diversity, Forbes’ America’s Best Employers for Women, Military Times Best for Vets Employers, and Ethisphere Institute’s World's Most Ethical Companies®. Employees enjoy career enrichment opportunities available through mobility and development and experience rewarding relationships with supportive supervisors and talented colleagues and customers. Employees appreciate our flexible work environment, allowing for and encouraging a true work-life balance. Our professionals are also excited about our Employee Resource Groups, like the Collaborative Outreach with Remote and Embedded Employees (CORE), which strives to create an environment where every employee, regardless of location, feels fully engaged as a valued employee of Leidos. Your most important work is ahead, visit careers.leidos.com for our latest opportunities.
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https://www.leidos.com
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- Industry
- Defense and Space Manufacturing
- Company size
- 10,001+ employees
- Headquarters
- Reston, Virginia
- Type
- Public Company
- Founded
- 1969
- Specialties
- Defense, Intel, Sensors, Health Systems, Enterprise IT, Cyber, Systems Integration, Space, Healthcare, Digital Modernization, Cybersecurity, AI/ML, and Aviation
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Some jobs prepare you for the ordinary. Adam Harris trains people for the extraordinary. At the Chemical, Ordnance, Biological, and Radiological (COBRA) Training Facility, Adam helps responders train with actual lethal nerve agents and biological materials in realistic scenarios 🧪⚠️ His work helps prepare our nation’s responders for threats they hope they never face, one example of the expertise our people bring to critical missions every day. Ready for your next challenge? Visit ➡️ http://ms.spr.ly/6049aWPrt
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Protecting the homeland takes proven technology, mission knowledge, and strong partnerships. Our CEO Tom Bell joined U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin and other national security leaders at a recent Breitbart event, and discussed how we're helping advance cyber and critical infrastructure protection, border and port security, and counter-UAS in support of the homeland security mission.
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Preventing an attack is only part of the challenge. Cyber resilience is about what happens next: keeping systems running and the mission moving when networks are under attack. This #CybersecurityAwarenessMonth, we’re focused on detecting threats earlier, maintaining situational awareness and responding before cyber activity degrades the mission. Cyber Is Built to Endure. Explore Cyber Resilience ➡️ https://lnkd.in/esYBBKSX
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Ministry of Defence extends Leidos LCST contract, continuing critical logistics support to UK defence Leidos and its partners have received a one-year extension to its Logistics Commodities and Services Transformation (LCST) contract with the Ministry of Defence (MOD), continuing its critical logistics support to the UK Armed Forces through June 2029.
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Drone threats are evolving fast, and so is the way we defend against them 💪 Our AirShield is changing the response, working with MXR to bring layered counter-UAS protection that moves with the mission. Learn more from Charlie Pelham, senior director of Growth, Defense Sensors, at #AUSA2026 🎥
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👋 We're at #AUSA2026 showcasing how autonomous tracking and flexible effectors can help counter the growing drone threat with: 🔒 IFPC - our ground-based air defense capability that protects against cruise missiles and drones 🛡️ AirShield - our counter-drone system that detects, tracks, and defeats small unmanned aircraft systems even on the move 🚀 LCCM - our low-cost, modular cruise missile, designed to give U.S. warfighters affordable, scalable long-range strike capability
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While AI is moving faster, trust has to keep up ⚡ For #WorldAIWeek we're showing what it takes to put AI to work on critical missions: faster decisions, stronger operations, and security built in from the start 🔐 AI needs more than intelligence. It needs human judgment, strong governance, and cyber expertise at its core 🧠
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Airport security has changed dramatically over the past 25 years ✈️ The next challenge is making it more adaptive and efficient without losing sight of its core mission: keeping people safe. AI, digital identity, and connected screening systems are opening new possibilities for how travelers move through checkpoints and how security personnel make decisions 🔎
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