Leidos

Leidos Holdings, Inc.
TypePublic
IndustryNational security, defense, healthcare, engineering
Predecessor
Founded
  • June 1969 (1969-06) in La Jolla, San Diego, California, U.S. (as SAI)
  • September 27, 2013 (2013-09-27) McLean, Virginia, U.S. (as Leidos)
FounderJ. Robert "Bob" Beyster
HeadquartersReston, Virginia, U.S.
Key peopleThomas Bell (CEO)
RevenueIncrease US$17.2 billion (2025)
Increase US$2.11 billion (2025)
Increase US$1.45 billion (2025)
Total assetsIncrease US$13.5 billion (2025)
Total equityIncrease US$4.92 billion (2025)
Number of employees
47,000 (2026)
Websiteleidos.com
Footnotes

Leidos Holdings, Inc. is an American defense, aviation, information technology, and biomedical research company headquartered in Reston, Virginia, that provides scientific, engineering, systems integration, and technical services. Founded as Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC), Leidos merged with Lockheed Martin's IT sector, Information Systems & Global Solutions (Lockheed Martin IS&GS), in August 2016 to create the defense industry’s largest IT services provider. The Leidos-Lockheed Martin merger is one of the biggest transactions thus far in the consolidation of the defense sector. Leidos contracts extensively with the Department of Defense, the Department of Homeland Security, and the Intelligence Community, as well as other U.S. government agencies and select commercial markets.