Leidos Cyber

What Leidos Cyber does

Leidos Cyber is the AI-enabled cybersecurity capability line of Leidos, a Fortune 500 science and technology company headquartered in Reston, Virginia, that serves U.S. federal departments, the intelligence community, the Australian Federal Government and other allied governments. The business delivers offensive, defensive, and cyber resilience services, including threat intelligence, secure information sharing, and AI-driven cyber operations, to defense, intelligence, homeland security, and federal civilian customers.

Its core technology stack combines proprietary platforms — most notably the Imperium AI-powered information operations platform (generative AI, computer vision, multimodal text/image/video analysis co-developed with VML), the Calibrated Trust Framework for governing autonomous AI agents in cyber triage, the Mezzo AI border/customs inspection platform, and the B220-HT explosive trace detection system (EU ECAC G1-certified, 750+ units in European airports) — with integrated partner capabilities from Dropzone AI, Trustible, RegScale, Vast Data, and Second Front Systems. These sit inside Leidos' broader secure-cloud and DevSecOps environment, including the Cloud One managed cloud platform and the $11.5B/10-year DODNet program covering 100,000+ defense users.

The business model is B2B/B2G prime contracting: revenue is generated primarily through long-cycle, multi-year IDIQ and task-order contracts with government customers, complemented by managed services (e.g., Hawai'i Energy, State Department global IT), hardware sales (B220-HT ETD units), and channel partnerships (AWS Premier, Lockheed Martin Australia, Kongsberg, VML). Pricing is quote-based and contract-negotiated rather than published; program wins of $127M to multi-billion-dollar scale confirm a high-volume, relationship-driven enterprise/government sales motion supported by thought leadership, industry events, and partner co-marketing rather than transactional demand generation.

Name

Leidos Cyber

Legal name

Leidos, Inc.

Website

https://leidos.com

Company type

Public

Founded year

2013

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Leidos Cyber is the AI-enabled offensive, defensive, and cyber resilience capability line of Leidos, delivering generative-AI cyber platforms, autonomous threat triage, and secure cloud to U.S. federal, intelligence, defense, and allied Five Eyes government customers via long-cycle prime contracts.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Cybersecurity Services

NAICS

Security Systems Services (except Locksmiths) (561621), Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services (5182)

SIC

Finance Services (6199)

akta.pro primary industry

Cloud Network Security (Microsegmentation, Cloud Firewall) (HDADADAH)

akta.pro secondary industries

Identity, Access & Secrets Management for AI Systems (IAM for agents/models) (HDAAAKAJ), Responsible AI, Security & Privacy Platforms (Safety, Guardrails, PII) (HDAEANAG)

Keywords

• Cybersecurity services
• Cyber defense
• AI cybersecurity
• Federal cyber operations
• Threat intelligence

Headquarters

HQ city

Boxborough

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices4 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Government contracts (B2G): Primary revenue stream derived from long-cycle, multi-year contracts with U.S. federal agencies (DoD, Air Force, State Department, FAA) and international governments (Australian Defence Force, Kazakhstan air traffic control), including programs such as Cloud One ($454.9M), DODNet ($11.5B/10-year), Hawai'i Energy ($127M/3-year), and AMSA SAR extension.
2. Managed services and IT operations: Recurring managed services such as Hawai'i Energy program administration, State Department global IT operations (Evolve contract), and managed ICT services to Geoscience Australia.
3. Hardware and security detection systems: Sale and deployment of physical security products including the B220-HT explosive trace detection systems (over 750 units in European airports) and integrated CT/XRDI baggage screening systems co-developed with Quadridox.
4. Subscription / recurring program management: Multi-year program administration contracts (e.g., Hawai'i Energy) with recurring revenue characteristics and the company has administered the program since 2009.
5. Licensing and technology royalties: Licensing of proprietary technology platforms (e.g., TeraText suite) to enterprise and government customers for search, archival, and document management use cases.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels9 records

Core offering

Leidos Cyber provides AI-enabled offensive, defensive, and cyber resilience capabilities as a dedicated cyber capability line within Leidos, headquartered in Boxborough, Massachusetts. The line delivers cyber operations support, threat intelligence, AI-driven cyber defense, AI governance tooling, and trusted-AI frameworks for federal defense, intelligence community, federal civilian, and select allied government customers. Its flagship Imperium platform and Calibrated Trust Framework underpin these cyber services alongside managed security, cloud (Cloud One), and defensive networking offerings.

Product overview

Leidos Cyber's offering is a platform-plus-modules architecture spanning defensive cyber operations, AI-driven information operations, secure cloud platforms, and specialized detection hardware. The flagship AI offering, Imperium, is an AI-powered information operations platform combining generative AI, computer vision, and multimodal analysis. This sits alongside Cloud One (a managed cloud platform supporting U.S. Air Force workloads), DODNet (defense networking), the Sea Archer unmanned surface vessel, and the B220-HT explosive trace detection system, which together comprise a portfolio of cybersecurity, secure infrastructure, and threat-detection products.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Leidos Cyber: AI-enabled offensive, defensive, and cyber resilience capabilities marketed as a dedicated capability line within Leidos, covering federal agency cyber operations, threat intelligence, and AI-driven cyber defense.
• Imperium
• TeraText

Products and services

• Imperium AI-powered information operations platform from Leidos, designed for federal agency cyber operations, threat analysis, and mission planning. It supports cyber, defense, and intelligence customers with AI-driven information operations tooling.
• Calibrated Trust Framework AI trust, governance, and assurance framework from Leidos that supports federal customers in deploying, validating, and governing trustworthy AI systems in cyber, defense, and civilian missions.
• Leidos Cyber Operations and Cyber Resilience Services Professional and managed cyber services delivering AI-enabled offensive, defensive, and cyber resilience capabilities to federal defense, intelligence community, federal civilian, and allied government customers. Includes threat intelligence, cyber operations support, and managed detection and response.
• Cloud One Managed defense cloud platform from Leidos providing secure cloud infrastructure, platform services, and mission-application hosting for DoD, intelligence, and federal civilian customers. Underpins Leidos Cyber's secure-cloud cyber offerings.
• DODNet Enterprise defense networking capability from Leidos providing secure networking infrastructure and services for DoD and federal customers, supporting cyber mission traffic and mission-IT operations.
• B220-HT Explosive Trace Detection High-throughput explosive trace detection hardware from Leidos used for aviation, border, and critical-infrastructure security screening, including Leidos' quantum-grade detection work.
• Leidos Australia Cyber and Mission Services Localized cyber, intelligence, and mission system services delivered through Leidos Australia to Australian Commonwealth customers, including ASC, the Australian Army, and the Royal Australian Air Force.

Quantifiable outcome

• $7 billion+ in energy savings delivered to the State of Hawai'i since 2009 through the Hawai'i Energy program
• +5 more outcomes

Named customers12 records

Segments10 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration4 records

AI capability13 records

Feature11 records

Scale indicators15 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights7 records

Direct peers

• Dragos: Dragos is a leading pure-play industrial control systems (ICS) and OT cybersecurity vendor; directly comparable to Leidos Cyber's industrial control systems and critical infrastructure focus, though Dragos is product-led and private whereas Leidos Cyber operates inside a federal-services giant.
• Nozomi Networks: Nozomi Networks specializes in OT and IoT visibility and security for critical infrastructure and industrial operators, competing directly with Leidos Cyber on the asset visibility and anomaly detection capabilities cited in Leidos' cyber resilience positioning.
• Claroty: Claroty provides cybersecurity for industrial control systems and the Extended IoT, with a comparable focus on protecting critical infrastructure (energy, water, manufacturing); a direct competitor in the OT/ICS cyber market.

Broad incumbents

• CACI International: CACI provides federal IT, cyber, and intelligence services to defense and civilian agencies, overlapping Leidos Cyber's federal cyber and mission-system delivery capabilities as a similarly positioned government services prime.
• Parsons Corporation: Parsons provides federal solutions in defense, intelligence, and critical infrastructure, including cyber and critical-infrastructure protection; comparable to Leidos Cyber as a mid-to-large federal services and infrastructure security prime.
• Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC): SAIC is a federal IT and engineering services prime serving defense, intelligence, and civilian agencies with cyber and digital modernization capabilities, overlapping significantly with Leidos Cyber's federal cyber and mission-system offerings.
• Booz Allen Hamilton: Booz Allen Hamilton is a large federal services and consulting prime with a substantial cyber practice serving defense, intelligence, and civilian agencies; competes for the same federal cyber programs as Leidos Cyber but as a much broader consultancy.
• ManTech International (now Constellis/ManTech): ManTech delivers federal cyber, intelligence, and systems engineering services for defense and intelligence community customers, making it a directly comparable government cyber and mission-IT prime.

Emerging players

• CrowdStrike: CrowdStrike is a leading enterprise endpoint and cloud-native cybersecurity platform; increasingly relevant as an emerging competitor in OT/cyber-physical protection and a likely co-delivery partner or rival for federal cyber contracts.
• Palo Alto Networks: Palo Alto Networks provides a broad cybersecurity platform, including OT security via its Industrial IoT solutions, making it an emerging competitor in the same critical-infrastructure cyber space as Leidos Cyber.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat7 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/leidosinc
• YouTubeyoutube.com/user/LeidosInc
• Facebookfacebook.com/LeidosInc
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/leidos
• Instagraminstagram.com/leidosinc

Compliance4 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles9 records

Subsidiaries12 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A1 record

Investments

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