Company to provide enhanced biometrics
applications for 92 additional CONUS and OCONUS locations
RESTON,
Va., Oct. 9, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Leidos (NYSE:
LDOS), a FORTUNE ® 500 innovation company, was recently awarded the
Automated Installation Entry (AIE) Next Generation contract to
enhance security at 92 additional Army and select Joint-Service
installation access control points located around the world. The
single award IDIQ was awarded by the Army Contract Command for the
Program Executive Office Intelligence, Electronic Warfare &
Sensors. The follow-on contract has a six-year period of
performance with a total ceiling value of $249 million.
"We are proud to be the Army's solution of choice for access
control and security for all Army installations worldwide," said
Mike Diggins, Senior Vice President,
Homeland and Force Protection Solutions at Leidos. "Our use of
cloud technology and biometrics applications is intended to enable
secure, frictionless pedestrian and vehicle throughput at military
access control points."
As the AIE prime contractor, Leidos has transformed the Army's
enterprise Physical Access Control System to a fully extensible
cloud-based solution with advanced biometrics modalities. Leidos
develops its biometric systems, including those for AIE, to
validate digital identities and to incorporate evolving
cybersecurity protections. The cloud deployment is designed to
provide near real-time updates to authentication requirements in
response to changing force protection conditions.
AIE is the Army's program of record to expedite access control
for authorized personnel and vehicles, validating identification
credentials against authoritative and law enforcement databases.
Leidos will perform work on site at Army and Joint-Service
installations, with systems engineering and test activities
primarily executed at their Edgewood,
Maryland facility.
"In collaboration with the Army customer, we've been able to
demonstrate cloud-scale and persistent innovation to advance force
protection solutions," Diggins said. "We're excited to apply this
success to the next generation of the program."
About Leidos
Leidos is a Fortune 500® innovation company rapidly
addressing the world's most vexing challenges in national security
and health. The company's global workforce of 48,000 collaborates
to create smarter technology solutions for customers in heavily
regulated industries. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, Leidos reported annual
revenues of approximately $15.4
billion for the fiscal year ended December 29, 2023. For more information,
visit www.leidos.com.
Certain statements in this announcement constitute
"forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the rules and
regulations of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
(SEC). These statements are based on management's current
beliefs and expectations and are subject to significant risks and
uncertainties. These statements are not guarantees of future
results or occurrences. A number of factors could cause our actual
results, performance, achievements, or industry results to be
different from the results, performance, or achievements expressed
or implied by such forward-looking statements. These factors
include, but are not limited to, the "Risk Factors" set forth in
Leidos' Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended
December 29, 2023, and other such
filings that Leidos makes with the SEC from time to time. Readers
are cautioned not to place undue reliance on such forward-looking
statements, which speak only as of the date hereof. Leidos does not
undertake to update forward-looking statements to reflect the
impact of circumstances or events that arise after the date the
forward-looking statements were made.
Media Contacts:
Alyssa Pettus
(571) 526-6743
alyssa.t.pettus@leidos.com
Greg Hellman
(571) 526-7592
greg.hellman@leidos.com
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