Leidos Receives $12.4 Million Modification: Strengthening F/A-18’s Countermeasure System with Latest Enhancements

Leidos Inc., Reston, Virginia, is awarded a $12,411,208 modification (P00022) to a previously awarded cost-plus-fixed-fee contract (N0001919C0051). This modification adds scope to provide for the integration of required updates to the systems requirements document critical to the functionality of the ALQ-214 system using the Adaptive Radar Countermeasure software in support of enhancing F/A-18 survivability against modern threats Work will be performed in Reston, Virginia (47%); Clifton, New Jersey (40%); and Goleta, California (13%), and is expected to be completed in September 2026. Fiscal 2025 research, development, test and evaluation (Navy) funds in the amount of $9,349,290 will be obligated at time of award, none of which will expire at the end of the current fiscal year. This contract action was not competed. Naval Air Systems Command, Patuxent River, Maryland, is the contracting activity.