The US Navy has awarded Leidos a $56-million contract to conduct data-driven behavioral health research and operational evaluations to improve the psychological health and readiness of warfighters.
The US Navy has awarded Leidos a $56-million contract to conduct data-driven behavioral health research and operational evaluations to improve the psychological health and readiness of warfighters.
The agreement covers analytical processes to determine risk factors, protective measures, and health interventions in support of the Naval Health Research Center (NHRC).
The organization handles behavioral health, operational readiness, epidemiology, and disease surveillance. It operates as one of the eight major laboratories under the Navy Medical Research & Development Enterprise.
According to the company, the project aims to develop evidence-based strategies that bolster resilience, assist military leadership in delivering optimized strategies, and cut negative mission outcomes.
Work will be conducted for 66 months at the NHRC’s site in San Diego, California.
“This program reinforces the need for mission-critical health research in the military community,” said Sarah McNichol, vice president of behavioral health and readiness at Leidos Health.
“It is vitally important we work to improve warfighter readiness by studying the various psychological factors that can impact military populations.”
Other Support Projects
The deal follows a $456-million effort awarded to Leidos earlier this year to manage the US Department of Defense’s primary assistance platform for soldiers and their families.
This initiative retains the firm’s position as the key operator of Military OneSource, which provides counseling, relocation, spouse employment assistance, tax monitoring, and related deployment processes.
Leidos also worked on a separate project that replaced the US Defense Health Agency’s legacy virtual meeting tool that connects clinical experts with service members
