The Leidos Altaris joint venture, formed with investment firm Altaris, has completed its merger of Leidos Security Enterprise Solutions with Analogic, launching under the Analogic brand, with Leidos chief executive Tom Bell calling it “an American innovator with the technology, talent and scale” to meet global screening demand.
Leidos and Altaris have completed a joint venture that merges Leidos Security Enterprise Solutions with Analogic, launching under the Analogic brand. The new US-based company combines Leidos’s checkpoint and hold-baggage screening technology with Analogic’s CT and X-ray manufacturing and engineering base, operating immediately under the Analogic name, with Leidos retaining what the companies describe only as a significant minority ownership stake.
For procurement teams, the detail that matters is continuity, not branding. Airports running Leidos or Analogic CT and X-ray units for checkpoint and hold baggage screening now deal with a single combined entity rather than two separate suppliers, which should simplify spares, software updates and service contracts rather than disrupt them. Bell said the move “reinforces our commitment to the important national security missions and markets we serve” and that Leidos will keep working across airport and air traffic modernisation separately from the JV.
Airports elsewhere weighing their own checkpoint refresh, such as the UK’s approved explosive detection systems list, will want to know whether Analogic equipment stays on existing national approval lists under the new corporate structure, since re-certification delays are the main way a brand change costs an airport time.
The deal also lands as screening and identity procurement is converging. Buyers running biometric and identity programmes, including the five-firm coalition IDEMIA and IATA have built around EU biometric rules, increasingly expect checkpoint hardware vendors to integrate with wider security networks rather than sit as standalone boxes. Airports that have moved security onto dedicated networks, such as Ontario International’s private 5G build with Boldyn Networks, will be watching whether Analogic’s new ownership changes integration support or pricing on existing contracts.
Neither Leidos nor Altaris has disclosed deal value, workforce numbers at the new entity, or a timetable for rebranding equipment already installed at airports. The companies describe the combination as complete and operating now, with further detail expected as contracts transfer.
For heads of security and procurement, the practical step is to contact existing account managers now to confirm whether support, spares and software agreements transfer automatically to Analogic or require renegotiation, and to check national approval lists for any equipment affected by the rebrand. This news was first reported by Passenger Terminal Today.
