On December 5, Leidos announced that it received three new awards from the Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) to begin the next phase of IT transformation and migrate an expanded user base to the Department of Defense Network (DoDNet) under the Defense Enclave Services (DES) program. DISA is working with Leidos through the single-award, $11.5 billion, 10-year indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity DES contract to optimize network services for Fourth Estate Defense Agencies and Field Activities (DAFAs) as they migrate from their legacy systems to the modernized, consolidated DoDNet.
“Under these awards, Leidos will begin to integrate new technologies and services into DoDNet with the goal of enabling DAFA migrations and enhancing user experience,” said Bryan Jolly, Leidos senior vice president of digital modernization for the DISA IT business area. “We are proud to continue our work with DISA to create a more efficient, modern, secure, and resilient common IT computing environment. This will help defense agencies focus on their mission and support our nation’s warfighters around the world.”
The first task order supports DoDNet Generation 2 Release 2, which positions the network for large-scale DAFA migrations, delivering data-driven, cloud-based management services, automation tools, Zero Trust cybersecurity enhancements, and an optimized user experience. These new capabilities aim to provide the DoDNet user community with access to highly reliable, available, secure, and scalable network operations to empower their unique missions.
The second and third awards launch the migration process to DoDNet for two DAFAs, the Defense Contract Management Agency and the Defense Contract Audit Agency.
In collaboration with DISA, Leidos is working with 14 DAFAs through various stages of DoDNet onboarding and expects to have approximately 100,000 users migrated to the new network by the end of 2025. DoDNet is projected to support approximately 370,000 DAFA users and endpoints once implementation is complete.
Source: Leidos
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