The US’ Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA) Science & Technology (S&T) Directorate has awarded defense, aviation, IT and biomedical research company Leidos (NYSE: LDOS) a $141 million open source intelligence (OSINT) contract.
Under the contract, Leidos will design and implement a Tasking, Collection, Processing, Exploitation and Dissemination (TCPED) system for the DIA’s Open Source Intelligence Integration Center (OSIC). Work will be performed in the National Capital Region with remote software development across Leidos facilities.
The new task order builds upon the agency’s ongoing success with the National Media Exploitation Center’s (NMEC) Data Discovery Platform (D3P) under the DTP IDIQ. D3P enhances the processing and enrichment of petabytes of unstructured, heterogeneous multi-modal data from across the Department of Defense, intelligence community and partners. This enables discovery, retrieval and sharing of vital intelligence data across multiple federal agencies.
“This award serves as an important investment to operationalize artificial intelligence / machine learning capabilities in support of a critical intelligence mission,” said Roy Stevens, Leidos National Security Sector President. “Our work is a testament to the Leidos legacy of innovative, mission-focused and data-driven solutions. We look forward to extending our technical and mission success at NMEC to OSIC and across the DIA S&T Directorate.”
The new program will bring together Leidos data science research and technology development teams from NMEC to expand collection and exploitation work at OSIC. This work will help OSIC address future national security challenges by operationalizing artificial intelligence and machine learning, enabling new insights from the nation’s most critical and sensitive data streams.
Leidos is a Fortune 500 innovation company active in the national security, defense, healthcare and engineering fields. Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, Leidos employs 47,000 globally and reported annual revenues of approximately $15.4 billion for the fiscal year ended December 29, 2023.
DIA is a specialized combat support and intelligence agency within the U.S. Department of Defense, focused on defense and military intelligence.
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Press release source: leidos.com