Miles Jamison 
- Leidos introduced HeadWay Dispatch for AI agent governance
- The tool provides monitoring, action controls and tamper-evident decision records
- The 2026 Artificial Intelligence Summit will be held on March 18
Leidos has introduced a tool designed to help organizations monitor artificial intelligence agents, manage their permissions and maintain human oversight of automated decisions. The company said Wednesday that HeadWay Dispatch will provide governance controls for AI agents developed by different vendors while allowing organizations to retain their existing technology investments.
The offering works to address the oversight requirements associated with AI agents that can perform tasks with limited human involvement by establishing operating boundaries and documenting their decisions.
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How Does Leidos’ HeadWay Dispatch Govern AI Agents?
HeadWay Dispatch organizes its governance functions around three capabilities: know, control and prove.
Know provides visibility into which AI agents are operating, their capabilities and the systems they can access. Control allows organizations to establish boundaries for agent activities by specifying which actions can proceed independently, require human approval or are prohibited. Prove enables the tool to generate tamper-evident records of agent decisions as they happen. These records allow organizations to examine automated activities and maintain documentation for accountability purposes.
Leidos Digital President Steve Hull, a 2025 Wash100 Award winner, said the offering is intended to provide oversight while allowing organizations to retain their existing AI investments.
“As AI agents operate with greater autonomy, organizations need to know when to trust them, when to intervene and how to account for their actions,” Hull said.
What Security & Management Functions Does the Tool Provide?
HeadWay Dispatch is designed to work with AI agents from different providers, allowing organizations to apply governance controls without rebuilding or replacing those agents. The approach also helps reduce reliance on a single vendor.
The tool provides operators with a consolidated view of agent activity, approval requests and alerts. This allows personnel to review automated operations and respond to items requiring attention without moving between separate management tools.
Credential protection is another component of the offering. HeadWay Dispatch routes AI agent requests through its own environment to protect passwords and application programming interface keys. This arrangement removes the need for agents to store those credentials, reducing their exposure to potential theft by malicious actors.
Leidos said the tool can also assist federal agencies in addressing Office of Management and Budget requirements under memoranda M-25-21 and M-25-22 that facilitate the responsible adoption of AI tools and drive efficient AI acquisition in the government. The former covers AI governance and human oversight, while the latter addresses competition and portability in AI procurement.
What Additional HeadWay Dispatch Capabilities Is Leidos Developing?
Leidos is working on two additional capabilities for HeadWay Dispatch: experience and intelligence.
Experience will customize the information presented to operators according to their roles and mission requirements. Intelligence will coordinate AI agents from different vendors under a shared policy.
The company is also extending the tool’s controls to remain effective when network connectivity is degraded or unavailable.
HeadWay Dispatch is part of Leidos’ broader HeadWay product suite, which combines enterprise data systems, advanced analytics and AI to provide operational insight and support decision-making.
HeadWay Dispatch is part of Leidos’ broader HeadWay product suite, which combines enterprise data systems, advanced analytics and AI to provide operational insight and support decision-making. The suite also includes HeadWay Mission OS, a modular AI system into which Leidos agreed in June to embed The Modern Data Company’s DataOS.
The launch follows Leidos’ September introduction of UpHold Effect Agentic SOC Automation, which uses AI agents to help security operations center teams identify cyberthreats requiring urgent response. Customers decide what the AI can investigate, recommend or act on.
In February, Leidos partnered with Trustible to automate AI governance processes. The companies said initial engagements compressed governance timelines from weeks to hours and, in some cases, minutes.
