What Leidos Holdings (LDOS)'s Early G1 Security Wins Mean For Shareholders

• In late November 2025, Leidos and Quadridox announced they had integrated Leidos’ Examiner 3DX CT with Quadridox’s DELPHI XRDI into an advanced checked baggage screening system that has completed internal testing and is being prepared for airport trials planned in 2026.
• A separate announcement that Leidos’ B220-HT explosive trace detection system achieved G1 Standard certification ahead of stricter European aviation security rules highlights how its installed base of more than 750 units is already aligned with upcoming regulatory requirements.
• We’ll now explore how early G1 certification for the widely deployed B220-HT system could influence Leidos’ investment narrative around margins and resilience.

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Leidos Holdings Investment Narrative Recap

To own Leidos, you generally need to believe it can convert long term government security and modernization spending into dependable earnings, despite its reliance on public budgets and high debt. The new baggage screening and trace detection updates support its security technology positioning, but do not appear to alter the near term picture where contract wins and pricing pressure across IT and engineering services remain the key catalysts and risks.

The G1 certification of the widely deployed B220-HT explosive trace detection system is most relevant here, because it reinforces Leidos’ role in meeting tighter European aviation rules with an existing 750 unit installed base. That alignment with evolving security standards sits alongside its broader opportunity in multi year defense, border protection and infrastructure programs, which many investors currently view as central to the company’s ability to sustain margins and earnings.

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Leidos Holdings' narrative projects $18.6 billion revenue and $1.5 billion earnings by 2028. This implies 3.0% yearly revenue growth and an earnings increase of about $0.1 billion from $1.4 billion today.

Uncover how Leidos Holdings' forecasts yield a $218.08 fair value, a 16% upside to its current price.

Exploring Other Perspectives

Six fair value estimates from the Simply Wall St Community span about US$152 to US$298 per share, showing how far apart individual views can be. Against that backdrop, Leidos’ exposure to shifts in government funding priorities may meaningfully shape how those different expectations around future resilience and earnings play out, so it is worth comparing several of these perspectives before forming a view.

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