Telos Corporation is an

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and

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company located in

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. Telos primarily serves government and enterprise clients, receiving a large number of its contracts from the

United States Department of Defense The United States Department of Defense (DoD, USDOD or DOD) is an executive branch department of the federal government charged with coordinating and supervising all agencies and functions of the government directly related to national secu ...

. Customers are primarily military, intelligence and civilian agencies of the US government and NATO allies.

History

Telos was founded in 1969 in Santa Monica, California and incorporated in

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in 1971. John B. Wood joined the company in 1992, and became president and chief executive in 1994. Today, Telos is headquartered in

. On 16 June 2020, Telos Corporation reported its

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(AMHS) service was granted an additional five years and $15.6 million contract by the

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(DISA). On 20 May 2020, Telos named retired general

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as its advisory board's inaugural leader. In November 2020, the company filed for an

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