Leidos has secured a $301 million, five-year U.S. Army contract to help defend military networks against cyber threats, adding another major cyber award to the Reston, VA-based contractor’s portfolio.
Under the follow-on contract, Leidos will provide 24/7 cyber monitoring and defensive operations across the Department of War Information Network, the global network used by U.S. military organizations. The company will also develop new cyber capabilities aimed at improving threat detection, situational awareness and response times.
The work puts a particular emphasis on resilience. Rather than simply identifying threats as they appear, Leidos says it will combine cyber operations, engineering and technology development with AI-enabled capabilities designed to help its cyber teams identify increasingly sophisticated threats and respond faster.
“Resilience is the real measure of cyber defense,” said Steve Hull, president of Leidos Digital, who said the company’s work includes anticipating threats while keeping critical missions operating.
Leidos said the new award continues its existing work supporting the Army mission and delivering defensive cyber capabilities for the U.S. and its allies.
Military Networks Are Getting Bigger and More Connected
The award comes as defense agencies continue a broader effort to consolidate networks and strengthen cybersecurity across the military’s sprawling IT environment.
One of the largest pieces of that modernization is DoDNet, the Defense Information Systems Agency’s modern network environment. While separate from the newly announced $301 million Army contract, the effort provides a look at the scale of network modernization and cybersecurity work underway across the department.
Leidos has been leading operations for the DoDNet program since February 2022 as part of the $11.5 billion, 10-year Defense Enclave Services program. The effort has included consolidating 26 separate networks and 12 help desks into a single environment.
That work is expanding significantly in 2026.
In February, Leidos announced that it was accelerating the migration of eight additional Defense Agencies and Field Activities to DoDNet. Over an 18-month period, the company expects to transition more than 100,000 users from organizations including the Defense Finance and Accounting Service, Defense Logistics Agency, Defense Manpower Data Center, Defense Media Activity, Defense Threat Reduction Agency and Missile Defense Agency.
The goal is not simply to put more users on one network. Leidos said the migration is intended to improve user experience, advance Zero Trust compliance and strengthen mission readiness while helping consolidate enterprise IT.
That makes cybersecurity increasingly important as more users, organizations and missions move into consolidated environments.
Cyber Is Becoming a Bigger Piece of Leidos’ Growth Strategy
The $301 million award also supports Leidos’ NorthStar 2030 strategy, which places digital infrastructure and cyber among the company’s primary growth areas.
Recent financial results suggest the company is seeing momentum across those targeted markets.
Leidos reported $4.6 billion in revenue for the second quarter of 2026, up 7% from the same period last year, while booking approximately $5 billion in contract awards during the quarter. CEO Tom Bell said the company is seeing meaningful growth emerge across several areas, including cyber.
For the cleared workforce, the continued investment is another sign of how central cyber operations, network engineering, Zero Trust, automation and AI-enabled security are becoming to defense IT.
As more military organizations consolidate users and missions onto modern enterprise networks, contractors aren’t just being tasked with building those environments. They also have to keep them secure and operational around the clock.
