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Leidos layoff history

With a Leidos notice in hand, or one you're bracing for, the most useful thing to pin down is which customer your work was billed to, or whether it was billed to one at all. That's an ugly question to sit with, and it's the line Leidos's 2026 record draws. Our WARN tracker holds 10 filings covering 511 jobs since the start of 2025, all in Maryland and Virginia, out of 25 Leidos filings all time, at a company that had about 47,000 employees in January 2026. Each of the three 2026 filings points at a federal customer. The Ashburn notice for 93 jobs was headed "Leidos CBP SOC Contract," and Customs and Border Protection had announced in August 2025 that it would recompete a possible $100 million contract Leidos held as incumbent. Leidos didn't immediately respond to a reporter's request for comment.

For the two April filings in Maryland, Leidos gave the reasons itself. A spokesperson said the 71 cuts at Fort Meade, where Leidos worked out of the Defense Information Systems Agency, reflected contract changes and the agency bringing some work in-house. The spokesperson said the 156 in Windsor Mill came from the Social Security Administration expanding from a contract with Leidos to a multi-contractor program, which would include "transitioning part of the current work to other vendors." The same street address, 3300 Lord Baltimore Drive, also carried a 20-job Leidos notice in March 2025 that the state log gives no reason for.

The June notices went to people whose time wasn't charged to any customer, and the stated reason was organizational change. On the February 17 earnings call, CFO Chris Cage said Leidos expected to "drive indirect cost efficiencies through the enterprise transformation initiative." In June, Leidos told 305 employees in indirect positions that their roles were being eliminated, which a spokesman described as organizational changes meant to "help us to operate more efficiently." The 10-Q for the quarter ended July 3 shows restructuring costs of $27 million, against $1 million a year earlier. Nothing in the reporting we track ties the notices by name to the transformation initiative or to that cost line. Washington Technology also reported unverified posts on online discussion boards complaining of little warning and impersonal communications.

Which side you were on shapes what to ask for. The April statements came with a promise to reassign as many people as possible to open Leidos positions in Maryland, Virginia or Washington, D.C., and the June round came with word that several dozen people had been or were being placed in direct roles. Leidos QTC said something similar in 2025. So ask for internal openings in writing before your separation date, and look past the Beltway, since CEO Tom Bell said in August that the Huntsville workforce had grown 13% since the start of the year. If your work is moving to another vendor, ask the vendors picking it up whether they're taking on the people who did it.

Then read the notice itself. In Maryland, the state's rules require a covered employer to give at least 60 days' written notice and to say whether a reduction is expected to be permanent or temporary, and the state typed both April 2026 Leidos rows Mass Layoff - No Recall. The Ashburn notice said no bumping rights exist. Our tracker lists every Leidos filing behind the counts here, so you can match your notice to its row.

Reporting on previous Leidos layoff rounds

• June 2026, indirect roles · 305 employees in indirect positions were told their roles were being eliminated. The reporting we track names no state or site. Leidos said several dozen had been or were being placed in direct roles.

  Severance payments and outplacement assistance, per a Leidos spokesman. Amounts not published.

• April 2026, Fort Meade and Windsor Mill, Maryland · 71 jobs at 6910 Cooper Ave in Fort Meade and 156 at 3300 Lord Baltimore Drive in Windsor Mill, effective May 31 and June 5, both typed Mass Layoff - No Recall. Leidos tied Fort Meade to contract changes and DISA bringing some work in-house, and Windsor Mill to Social Security moving part of the work to other vendors.

• January 2026, Ashburn, Virginia · 93 employees at 22001 Loudoun County Parkway, to be laid off "temporarily/permanently" beginning March 23, under a notice headed "Leidos CBP SOC Contract." The notice said Leidos didn't expect to close the facility and that no bumping rights exist.

• 2025, Maryland and Virginia · 77 at Leidos QTC, mostly remote roles assigned to its Reston headquarters, which Leidos called an internal initiative, and 29 in Alexandria. Maryland logged 20 at 3300 Lord Baltimore Drive in March, 16 and then 7 at Presidents Court in Frederick, 23 at Leidos Biomedical Research in Frederick and 19 in Gaithersburg.

How Leidos's layoffs compare to other companies

Leidos wasn't the only contractor filing at Fort Meade that day. Maryland's log shows Tyto Athene filing for 39 jobs at the same 6910 Cooper Ave address on the same April 2 date as Leidos's 71, with the same May 31 effective date. Nothing in the reporting we track names a contract the two shared.

What to do after being laid off from Leidos

1. File for unemployment in the state where you worked. Benefits run from your filing date, and severance usually doesn't block you. Leidos's biggest hubs: Maryland, Virginia. Somewhere else? Every state is here.
2. Apply for financial and hardship assistance. Unemployment supplements income, but food benefits, health coverage and utility help are often available as well. Here's some of what Leidos's hub states run: Maryland, Virginia, and every other state is here.
3. Mind the health insurance window. Losing coverage opens a 60-day special enrollment period, and an ACA plan usually beats unsubsidized COBRA. Compare your options before the employer coverage lapses, and read how the COBRA clocks run if you are weighing it seriously.
4. Get your real runway number. Severance plus savings divided by reality. The calculator takes five minutes.
5. Know which clocks are already running. Severance review windows, COBRA election, visa grace periods, and 401(k) rollovers all run on federal deadlines that started at termination. All five deadlines are here.