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Leidos announced that the Defense Enclave Services contract awarded by the Defense Information Systems Agency was upheld by the Government Accountability Office after a thorough and disciplined review. The single-award, indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity contract was initially awarded in February 2022 and holds a total estimated value of $11.5B if all options are exercised. It includes a four-year base period of performance followed by three two-year option periods.

KBR announced that its SOCAR-KBR joint venture has been awarded a front-end engineering design, turnaround engineering, and procurement support services contract by BP Exploration for the Shah Deniz Alpha platform in Azerbaijan. This project will significantly reduce SDA's overall carbon footprint and increase operational efficiency, providing a robust, long-term, high-availability power supply. SOCAR-KBR will be responsible for the FEED services for decommissioning the existing five main power generators on the SDA platform. They will then create a power supply from the KBR-designed Shah Deniz Bravo platform through subsea cables and a back-up power generator. This project will be delivered from SOCAR-KBR's Baku office to maximize local execution, with specialist subject matter expert support provided from KBR's London operations.

Leidos was selected by the Dominican Republic's Punta Cana International Airport, or PUJ, to upgrade their security checkpoints. The airport will utilize Leidos' technologies to keep passengers and staff safe while enhancing operational efficiencies and increasing passenger throughput.

KBR announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire U.K.-based VIMA Group, a provider of digital transformation solutions to defense and other public sector clients, for up to GBP 75M, inclusive of earn-out opportunities. VIMA Group delivers solutions across a number of large-scale, high priority digital transformation programs to support its clients in ensuring availability of effective digital and information technology as guided by the U.K.'s Digital Strategy for Defence.

Booz Allen Hamilton announced it was awarded the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, NASA, Cybersecurity and Privacy Enterprise Solutions and Services, CyPrESS, contract-a hybrid indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity, IDIQ, single award contract with a total potential value of $622.5M-to provide a complete range of cybersecurity and privacy enterprise solutions and services for NASA's Office of the Chief Information Officer, OCIO. For the first time, this contract brings together all aspects of cybersecurity across the NASA enterprise under one contract to include IT systems, operational technology systems, and mission systems. Work will support all NASA centers and facilities from May 31, 2022 through September 30, 2023, with four option periods running through September 2030. "We're honored that NASA has awarded Booz Allen with the groundbreaking CyPrESS IDIQ contract, which seeks-for the first time-to centralize NASA's cybersecurity posture under one strategic line of work," said Andrea Inserra, executive vice president at Booz Allen Hamilton. "We recognize that NASA's current cyber needs must advance and evolve to protect its more complex missions of the future, and we look forward to building on our long-standing partnership to support NASA's important research, missions, and operations-paving the way to send humans beyond the Moon to Mars-while protecting its people, assets, and information from threats."