Leidos awarded Joint Mission Planning Enterprise deal

Leidos has been awarded a $350 million Air Force prime contract to continue its support of the Joint Mission Planning Enterprise.

Under the 10-year indefinite-delivery, indefinite quantity contract, Leidos will "provide Joint Mission Planning System (JMPS) architecture design, program management, system integration, and independent validation, verification and evaluation (IVV&E) products required to field and sustain individual Mission Program Environments (MPEs), as well as systems engineering products required to procure and deliver integrated and interoperable MPEs to the U.S. warfighter and foreign military sales customers," the company said.

"Leidos will integrate systems engineering and innovative solutions that provide the USAF low-risk delivery, improved cost, and enhanced schedule and performance of each MPE across the enterprise," the company added.

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