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Leidos‍​​‍‍​‌‍​‌​​‍​‌‍‌​​

US defence IT contractor; health IT and intelligence
Tracked US defence IT contractor; health IT and intelligence · 10 documented connections
// Editorial summary — AI-generated from public records

Major US defence, intelligence, and health IT contractor. Revenue exceeds $15B annually. Like Palantir, Leidos has significant DHS and DoD contracts. Leidos acquired Lockheed Martin's IS&GS division in 2016, making it one of the top five US government IT contractors by revenue.

Facts on record45
Connections mapped10
Sources cited10
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No documented contradictions on file.
PATTERN company → [contractor] → government agency 19× PATTERN government agency → [contractor] → company 19× PATTERN company → [executive] → person 11× PATTERN person → [executive] → company 11× PATTERN company → [subsidiary] → company 7×
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Key Connections
→ Entity #6871
acquisition
Leidos acquired Abacus through reverse Morris trust merger
← Entity #6872
subsidiary
Lion Merger Co. was special purpose merger subsidiary of Leidos
← Entity #6874
executive
Chairman and CEO who continued post-merger
Facts (45)
Data Freshness
Fresh Last update: 23d ago · Avg age: 311d
Confidence Tiers: Primary Source — cross-referenced government/corporate filings Pending Review — sourced but not independently verified AI Inference — analytical hypothesis from cross-referencing
✓ Verified Findings (1)
These facts have been cross-referenced and confirmed against their source material.
Verified AI Inference Leidos has maintained consistent SEC filing activity from 2014-2019, indicating it has‍​​‍‍​‌‍​‌​​‍​‌‍‌​​ been a publicly traded company with ongoing disclosure obligations during this period
Date: 2014-2019 Added: 07 Apr 2026
Raw Filing Records (33) — unsourced metadata
Pending Review Leidos expected to complete financial system integrat‍​​‍‍​‌‍​‌​​‍​‌‍‌​​ion in first quarter of following year after July 2017
Date: 2017-07-01 Added: 14 Apr 2026
Pending Review On July 1, 2017, Leidos transitioned IS&GS employees into consolidated‍​​‍‍​‌‍​‌​​‍​‌‍‌​​ HR and payroll systems and moved purchasing into single procurement system
Date: 2017-07-01 Added: 14 Apr 2026
Pending Review Lockheed Martin stockholders received approximately 50.5% stake in Leidos (approximately 77 million shares)
Date: 2016-08-16 Added: 14 Apr 2026
Pending Review The transaction involved $1.8 billion special cash payment to Lockheed Martin and $2.8 billion in Leidos common stock distribution
Date: 2016-08-16 Added: 14 Apr 2026
Pending Review On August 16, 2016, Leidos completed the acquisition of Lockheed Martin's Information Systems & Global Solutions business through a Reverse Morris Trust transaction valued at $4.6 billion
Date: 2016-08-16 Added: 14 Apr 2026
Pending Review Federal securities regulations require Form 8-K disclosure within four business days of material definitive agreements, making consolidated or amended filings a likely compliance strategy for Leidos's overlapping acquisition and divestiture activities during 2016-2017
Date: 2016-2017 Added: 09 Apr 2026
Pending Review The Leidos-Lockheed Martin IS&GS transaction structure with two-phase equity divestiture (50.5% to sub-20%) created mandatory cross-company related-party disclosure obligations that would require coordination of SEC filing schedules between both corporations
Date: 2016-2017 Added: 09 Apr 2026
Pending Review The two-phase divestiture structure where Lockheed Martin retained 50.5% equity before reducing to below 20% would have created ongoing quarterly related-party disclosure obligations in both companies' 10-Q and 10-K filings throughout 2016-2017
Date: 2016-2017 Added: 09 Apr 2026
Pending Review Federal securities regulations mandate Form 8-K disclosure within four business days of material definitive agreements, making extensive SEC filings legally required for the $4.6 billion Leidos-Lockheed Martin IS&GS transaction regardless of corporate preference
Date: 2016 Added: 09 Apr 2026
Pending Review The Leidos-Lockheed Martin IS&GS acquisition likely generated extensive Form 8-K and proxy statement filings during 2016-2017 that would contradict any premise of reduced SEC disclosure activity during the corporate transformation period
Date: 2016-2017 Added: 08 Apr 2026
Pending Review The claimed 'gap in available SEC filing data' between 2015-2018 is contradicted by documented SEC filings on 2015-03-25 and 2018-02-23, indicating the issue is data collection methodology rather than missing corporate disclosures
Date: 2015-2018 Added: 08 Apr 2026
Pending Review The systematic absence of Leidos from federal lobbying databases despite $15B+ revenue and top-5 contractor status indicates high probability of subsidiary-based political engagement, consistent with documented corporate structure fragmentation following major acquisitions
Added: 08 Apr 2026
Pending Review Lockheed Martin's retention of majority equity stake (50.5%) immediately post-transaction created dual corporate control that may have delayed federal contract database updates pending full divestiture
Date: 2016 Added: 08 Apr 2026
Pending Review Lockheed Martin retained a 50.5% equity stake in Leidos immediately post-transaction before divesting to below 20%, creating ongoing related-party disclosure obligations that may have complicated standard SEC reporting cycles
Date: 2016 Added: 08 Apr 2026
Pending Review Leidos's concurrent divestiture of health and engineering businesses while acquiring IS&GS created overlapping disclosure obligations that may have resulted in consolidated or amended filings not captured in standard SEC searches
Date: 2016-2017 Added: 08 Apr 2026
Pending Review The Leidos-Lockheed Martin IS&GS transaction required shareholder approval and regulatory clearances that would mandate specific SEC disclosure filings, making their apparent absence in available datasets a data collection or access issue rather than non-filing
Date: 2016 Added: 08 Apr 2026
Pending Review Leidos appears to follow a calendar year fiscal cycle (December 31 year-end) based on consistent February/March SEC filing timing, which is standard for most defense contractors but creates potential reporting timeline misalignments with federal government fiscal year cycles
Added: 07 Apr 2026
Pending Review Major defense contractors like Leidos increasingly conduct lobbying through subsidiary entities to obscure parent company political engagement, explaining the absence of direct 'Leidos' lobbying registrations while maintaining significant federal influence
Added: 07 Apr 2026
Pending Review The systematic absence of Leidos from federal transparency databases despite $15B+ revenue likely reflects deliberate corporate structure fragmentation following the 2016 Lockheed Martin IS&GS acquisition, where inherited contracts and lobbying activities may operate under subsidiary DUNS numbers
Added: 07 Apr 2026
Pending Review Leidos's 2016 acquisition of Lockheed Martin's IS&GS division may have created contract data visibility issues if inherited contracts maintained original corporate identifiers or DUNS numbers in federal systems
Date: 2016 Added: 07 Apr 2026
Pending Review The systematic absence of Leidos from federal transparency databases (USASpending, lobbying disclosures) despite documented $15B+ annual revenue and top-5 contractor status indicates potential data fragmentation across subsidiary entities or special classification handling
Added: 07 Apr 2026
Pending Review The concentration of Leidos SEC filings on 2014-03-27 likely represents the company's initial public disclosure obligations as an independent entity following the SAIC corporate restructuring, rather than coincidental routine filings
Date: 2014-03-27 Added: 07 Apr 2026
Pending Review The apparent gap in SEC filings between 2015-2018 may correspond to the period of major corporate transformation including the Lockheed Martin IS&GS acquisition, potentially indicating intensive merger-related SEC activity not captured in the current dataset
Date: 2016-2017 Added: 07 Apr 2026
Pending Review Leidos' SEC filing pattern shows concentrated activity in March 2014, suggesting this represents the company's initial filings as an independent public entity following the SAIC corporate split
Date: 2014-03 Added: 07 Apr 2026
Pending Review Annual report filings appear in February/March timeframe (2015-03-25, 2018-02-23, 2019-02-19) consistent with fiscal year-end reporting cycles
Added: 07 Apr 2026
Pending Review No lobbying disclosure results were returned despite Leidos being a major defense and IT contractor that typically engages in federal lobbying activities, indicating incomplete data capture that requires verification through OpenSecrets or direct lobbying database searches
Added: 07 Apr 2026
Pending Review The absence of results from USASpending contract searches is notable given Leidos is known as a major government contractor, suggesting potential data retrieval limitations or search parameter issues that warrant further investigation through alternative sources
Added: 07 Apr 2026
Pending Review Multiple SEC filings in close proximity (March 2014 shows two filings on the same date 2014-03-27) may indicate significant corporate events such as the SAIC/Leidos split that occurred around that time
Date: 2014-03-27 Added: 07 Apr 2026
Pending Review No court records found for "Leidos" in public databases as of 2026-04-07.
Added: 07 Apr 2026
Pending Review No lobbying disclosures found for "Leidos" in public databases as of 2026-04-07.
Added: 07 Apr 2026
Pending Review No corporate registrations found for "Leidos" in public databases as of 2026-04-07.
Added: 07 Apr 2026
Pending Review No usaspending contracts found for "Leidos" in public databases as of 2026-04-07.
Added: 07 Apr 2026
Pending Review Leidos filed filing with the SEC on 2014-03-27. Accession number: N/A.
Date: 2014-03-27 Added: 06 Apr 2026
All Connections (10)
→ Entity #106
corporate_spinoff, spin-off secondary since 2014
Leidos was created from the split of SAIC in 2013. The documented facts note multiple SEC filings on 2014-03-27 which 'may indicate significant corporate events such as the SAIC/Leidos split that occurred around that time.' This explains the intensive filing activity in early 2014 as the newly independent company established its separate SEC reporting obligations. · SAIC spun off in 2013, with parent company becoming Leidos
→ Entity #105
industry_competitor, competitive_relationship inferential since 2014
Both Leidos and Booz Allen Hamilton operate as major government contractors in the defense and IT services sector. The documented facts note Leidos is 'known as a major government contractor' and 'a major defense and IT contractor,' placing it in direct competition with Booz Allen Hamilton for similar federal contracts. · Both are major publicly traded federal contractors competing for similar government contracts in defense, intelligence, and homeland security. Their parallel SEC filing histories reflect similar business models.
→ Entity #108
industry_competitor inferential since 2014
Both companies operate in the government contracting space for defense and IT services. The documented facts characterize Leidos as 'a major defense and IT contractor,' which places it in the same competitive market segment as CACI International.
→ Entity #6871
acquisition confirmed
Leidos acquired Abacus through reverse Morris trust merger
→ Entity #4182
contractor secondary
NGA awarded Leidos a $206 million contract (May 2024) to modernize legacy software for exploiting incoming data, an $85.5 million follow-on contract for mission applications, and a $107 million GEOINT products contract. Leidos inherited much of SAIC's legacy NSA-NGA contracting portfolio.
← Entity #24
defense_contractor_ecosystem inferential since 2015
Both are federal contractors with Department of Defense contracts. Leidos integrates advanced computing solutions that often incorporate Nvidia GPU technology for defense applications.
← Entity #85
intelligence_contractor secondary since 2013
Leidos (formerly part of SAIC) provides technology and analysis services to the intelligence community including the CIA under classified procurement arrangements.
← Entity #129
industry_peer inferential since 2011
Both compete in the federal IT services and defense contracting space, with overlapping customer bases in the Pentagon and intelligence community
← Entity #6872
subsidiary confirmed
Lion Merger Co. was special purpose merger subsidiary of Leidos
← Entity #6874
executive confirmed
Chairman and CEO who continued post-merger
Sources (10)
2016-08-16 ↗ Transaction documents and SEC filings web_search Processed
2016-08-16 ↗ SEC filings and company announcements detailing transaction structure web_search Processed
2016-08-16 ↗ Multiple SEC filings and press releases confirming transaction closure web_search Processed
2026 AI ANALYSIS government_disclosure Processed
2026 UNVERIFIED Research: Leidos — Parliamentary records (no results) parliamentary_record Processed
2026 UNVERIFIED Research: Leidos — Court records (no results) court_document Processed
2026 UNVERIFIED Research: Leidos — Lobbying disclosures (no results) government_disclosure Processed
2026 UNVERIFIED Research: Leidos — Corporate registrations (no results) government_disclosure Processed
2026 UNVERIFIED Research: Leidos — USASpending contracts (no results) contract Processed
2014-03-27 ↗ SEC EDGAR: filing — Leidos (2014-03-27) discovery_scope_note Processed