From saic at vision.moundalexis.com Tue May 3 16:58:01 2005 From: saic at vision.moundalexis.com (saic at vision.moundalexis.com) Date: Tue, 3 May 2005 12:58:01 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [saic] Newbury Networks Teams with SAIC to Secure Government and Commercial Wireless Networks Message-ID: <20050503125624.X93447-100000@vision.moundalexis.com> May 02, 2005 Newbury Networks Teams with SAIC to Secure Government and Commercial Wireless Networks http://www.tmcnet.com/usubmit/2005/May/1139663.htm --- BOSTON, May 2 /PRNewswire/ -- Newbury Networks Inc., (http://www.newburynetworks.com/) the industry's first and only provider of location-based management and security solutions for wireless networks, today announced that it has signed a joint marketing agreement with Science Application International Corporation (SAIC), the largest employee-owned research and engineering company in the United States. Newbury Networks completed installation of its WiFi Watchdog(TM) solution at SAIC's Public Safety Integration Center (PSIC), a laboratory, testbed, and prototype demonstration facility, where it can be leveraged to illustrate SAIC's integration capabilities and expertise with vendors, service providers and the federal government. PSIC staff can leverage WiFi Watchdog, a server based software system that monitors and secures 802.11-based WLANs, as a solution for visitors with wireless network security needs in areas of: homeland security, homeland defense and national security. Through its patented location technology, WiFi Watchdog provides 24x7 wireless management and security capabilities, providing enterprises with the ability to effectively monitor, manage and secure WLANs. "As more government agencies and branches of the Department of Defense such as the U.S. Air Force and U.S. Navy adopt WLAN infrastructure, security becomes mission critical," said Michael Maggio, CEO of Newbury Networks. "This marketing agreement allows Newbury Networks and SAIC to highlight individual and complimentary business strengths to offer best-of-breed WLAN perimeter security solutions to shared business prospects in an efficient and credible way." "We welcome Newbury Networks' technology to the growing list of vendors who are demonstrating their capabilities in SAIC's PSIC," said James W. Morentz, SAIC vice president for Homeland Security Technology. "WiFi Watchdog's location-based security capabilities further extend SAIC's product consortium." About SAIC SAIC is the nation's largest employee-owned research and engineering company in the United States, providing information technology, systems integration and eSolutions to commercial and government customers. From science to solutions, SAIC engineers and scientists work to solve complex technical problems in national and homeland security, energy, the environment, space, telecommunications, health care and logistics. With annual revenues of $7.2 billion, SAIC and its subsidiaries have more than 42,000 employees at offices in more than 150 cities worldwide. More information about SAIC can be found on the Internet at http://www.saic.com/. About Newbury Networks Newbury Networks is the provider of the industry's first and only location-based management and security solutions that enable IT/Security professionals to locate, manage and secure WLANs. Newbury's products provide unprecedented security through its patented location-based tracking and perimeter security capabilities. Newbury's WiFi Watchdog and WiFi Workplace(TM) product have won numerous awards and accolades including Network World's Best of Tests(TM) and Datamation's 2005 Product of the Year Award. Newbury's products provide breakthrough capabilities for managing and securing WLANs by location -- ultimately resulting in enhanced security and system performance. Its server-based approach enables content and network provisioning, tracking, logging and analysis. Newbury Networks was founded in 2001 and is headquartered in Boston. Newbury Networks, WiFi Watchdog, and WiFi Workplace are trademarks of Newbury Networks, Inc. All other company and product names are property of their respective companies. From saic at vision.moundalexis.com Tue May 3 16:59:11 2005 From: saic at vision.moundalexis.com (saic at vision.moundalexis.com) Date: Tue, 3 May 2005 12:59:11 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [saic] Fairfax County adds 3,700 jobs in quarter Message-ID: <20050503125803.I93447-100000@vision.moundalexis.com> May 3, 2005 Fairfax County adds 3,700 jobs in quarter http://washington.bizjournals.com/washington/stories/2005/05/02/daily3.html?jst=b_ln_hl --- Washington Business Journal - 12:24 PM EDT Monday Jeff Clabaugh Staff Reporter Information-technology contractor SAIC led job creation in Fairfax County last quarter, helping boost job announcements to more than 3,700 in the first quarter. The Fairfax County Economic Development Authority says it worked with 28 companies during the quarter to expand or relocate in the county. IT engineering and research firm Science Applications International Corp., based in San Diego, planned to add 2,027 jobs at its Fairfax operations. Other big announcements came from IT integrator Gray Hawk Systems, adding 270 jobs and network security firm SteelCloud, which said it would hire 131. SAIC has almost 16,000 workers in Northern Virginia. The company's Fairfax County locations employ about 6,200. SAIC's current job openings are across the board, although spokesman Jared Adams says many are for professionals with IT backgrounds and security clearances. From saic at vision.moundalexis.com Tue May 3 16:59:52 2005 From: saic at vision.moundalexis.com (saic at vision.moundalexis.com) Date: Tue, 3 May 2005 12:59:52 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [saic] Telkonet Signs Co-Marketing Agreement with SAIC to Market Secure Powerline Networking Solutions to Defense and Federal Agencies Message-ID: <20050503125913.M93447-100000@vision.moundalexis.com> May 03, 2005 11:00 AM US Eastern Timezone Telkonet Signs Co-Marketing Agreement with SAIC to Market Secure Powerline Networking Solutions to Defense and Federal Agencies http://home.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/index.jsp?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20050503005737&newsLang=en --- TERMANTOWN, Md.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 3, 2005--Telkonet, Inc. (Amex:TKO), the leader in providing secure powerline networking solutions using existing electrical wiring, today announced that it has entered into a co-marketing agreement with Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) to jointly pursue business opportunities for the deployment of Telkonet powerline communications (PLC), the company's suite of secure, high-speed powerline networking products, with the Air Force, Department of Defense and Federal Agencies. To launch the new relationship, Telkonet will install its unique powerline networking solution set at SAIC's Public Safety Integration Center (PSIC). Located in the Washington, D.C. suburb McLean, Va., SAIC's PSIC is a laboratory, testbed, and prototype demonstration facility that is used to illustrate the successful integration of capabilities and expertise from SAIC with vendors, service providers and the federal government to suit specific customer needs. Presented with scenarios tailored to PSIC visitors' requirements in the areas of homeland security, homeland defense and national security, PSIC staff demonstrates various integrated solutions to suit visitors' needs in areas that include policy, enterprise architecture, systems engineering, information technology, training and prevention. Telkonet PLC is a networking platform designed for deployment in environments where traditional connectivity using hard-wired (Cat5) or wireless LAN technology is not economically or technically feasible. Telkonet's scalable and secure technology takes advantage of existing facility electrical wiring as the physical layer for high speed data, voice and video transmission, enabling any electrical outlet on the power grid to become a network access point. "We welcome Telkonet's technology to the growing list of vendors who are demonstrating their capabilities in SAIC's PSIC," said James W. Morentz, SAIC assistant vice president for homeland security. "Telkonet is pleased to be part of SAIC's PSIC and we look forward to fully integrating and demonstrating our capabilities to PSIC visitors and potential customers," said Ronald W. Pickett, president and CEO of Telkonet, Inc. "Working with SAIC and deploying at the PSIC are important components to Telkonet's plan for expanding its relationships and customer-base in the government and defense marketplace. With their strong record of IT systems integration success and an international portfolio of government and defense customers, SAIC brings a broad base of expertise and insight to the expansion of the Telkonet solution." About SAIC SAIC is the largest employee-owned research and engineering company in the United States, providing information technology, systems integration and eSolutions to commercial and government customers. From science to solutions, SAIC engineers and scientists work to solve complex technical problems in national and homeland security, energy, the environment, space, telecommunications, health care, and logistics. With annual revenues of $7.2 billion, SAIC and its subsidiaries have more than 42,000 employees at offices in more than 150 cities worldwide. More information about SAIC can be found at www.saic.com. About Telkonet Telkonet's products provide connectivity over existing electrical wiring and do not require the costly installation of additional wiring or major disruption of business activity. In many situations, the Telkonet system can be implemented more quickly and less expensively than adding dedicated wiring or installing a wireless system. The Telkonet PLC suite of networking and internetworking products offers a viable and cost-effective alternative to the challenges of hardwiring and wireless local area networks (LANs). Telkonet products are designed for use in commercial and residential applications, including multi-dwelling units and the hospitality and government markets. For more information, please visit www.telkonet.com. From saic at vision.moundalexis.com Fri May 6 12:43:10 2005 From: saic at vision.moundalexis.com (saic at vision.moundalexis.com) Date: Fri, 6 May 2005 08:43:10 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [saic] SAIC Awarded Air Force Mission Planning System Engineering and Integration Contract Message-ID: <20050506084223.S93447-100000@vision.moundalexis.com> Thursday May 5, 3:28 pm ET SAIC Awarded Air Force Mission Planning System Engineering and Integration Contract http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/050505/dcth074.html?.v=6 --- ORLANDO, Fla., May 5 /PRNewswire/ -- A team led by Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) announced today a contract award from the U.S. Air Force's Electronic Systems Center, Mission Planning Systems Group, to be the System Engineering and Integration Contractor (SEIC), providing system engineering and integration support of the Joint Mission Planning System (JMPS). The SEIC single award cost plus award fee contract is for a period of performance of 12 years. The award value of the contract is $184,748,113, and the total value with unexercised options is $219,156,057. Work will be performed at Hanscom Air Force Base, Bedford, Mass.; Orlando, Fla.; and Fort Walton Beach, Fla. "SAIC is honored to have been selected for this important contract. SEIC/JMPS products will be used in actual operational missions by the men and women of America's Air Force, as well as pilots and operators from other services," said Beverly Kitaoka, SAIC senior vice president and general manager of the Training and Simulations Solutions business unit. "Our experience in building and integrating software-intensive systems will assist the Air Force in fielding the most effective mission planning systems possible, today and into the future." As the system engineering and integration contractor, SAIC and its team members will execute technical and management tasks associated with integrating the JMPS framework of architecture and infrastructure, common capabilities across multiple aircraft models and unique planning components specific to certain aircraft models. The SAIC team will also support operations and maintenance as well as life cycle upgrades of designated legacy mission planning systems. In addition, SAIC will support the technical and management tasks of migrating legacy mission planning systems to the new JMPS environment. SAIC team members include OASIS Systems, Bedford, Mass.; Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, Wash.; ARINC, Annapolis, Md.; Robbins-Gioia, Alexandria, Va.; Modern Technology Solutions, Inc. (MTSI), Alexandria, Va.; Syracuse Research Corporation (SRC), Syracuse, N.Y.; All Points Logistics, Gainesville, Ga.; Solidus Technical Solutions, Leominster, Mass.; SRA International, Fairfax, Va.; Data Management Services Joint Venture (DMSJV), Silver Spring, Md.; and Westech International, Albuquerque, N.M. From saic at vision.moundalexis.com Fri May 6 22:27:49 2005 From: saic at vision.moundalexis.com (saic at vision.moundalexis.com) Date: Fri, 6 May 2005 18:27:49 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [saic] SAIC wins joint mission support work Message-ID: <20050506182713.O93447-100000@vision.moundalexis.com> Friday May 6, 2005 SAIC wins joint mission support work http://www.washingtontechnology.com/news/1_1/daily_news/26124-1.html --- By Roseanne Gerin Staff Writer Science Applications International Corp. won a 12-year, $219.2 million contract from the U.S. Air Force.s Electronic Systems Center, Mission Planning Systems Group, to provide systems engineering and integration support for the Joint Mission Planning System. The Joint Mission Planning System program provides automated mission planning support for Air Force, Navy and Marine Corps aircraft, weapons and sensors. The initial award is worth $184.7 million and will reach the full amount if all options are exercised. Under the contract, SAIC will perform technical and management work associated with integrating the system framework of architecture and infrastructure, common capabilities across various aircraft models and the planning components specific to certain aircraft models. .Our experience in building and integrating software-intensive systems will assist the Air Force in fielding the most effective mission planning systems possible, today and into the future,. said Beverly Kitaoka, SAIC senior vice president and general manager of the training and simulations solutions business unit. SAIC.s team includes Oasis Systems Inc., Microsoft Corp., Arinc Inc., Robbins-Gioia LLC, Modern Technology Solutions Inc., Syracuse Research Corp., All Points Logistics Inc., Solidus Technical Solutions Inc., SRA International Inc., Data Management Services Joint Venture and Westech International Inc. The contract work will be performed in Orlando, Fla., at Hanscom Air Force Base in Bedford, Mass., and at Fort Walton Beach, Fla. Based in San Diego, SAIC is an employee-owned research and engineering company. It employs about 42,400 people and had revenue of almost $7.2 billion for the fiscal year ended Jan. 31. The company is No. 5 on Washington Technology.s 2004 Top 100 list of federal prime contractors. The 2005 Top 100 list will be published May 9. From saic at vision.moundalexis.com Sun May 8 14:43:33 2005 From: saic at vision.moundalexis.com (saic at vision.moundalexis.com) Date: Sun, 8 May 2005 10:43:33 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [saic] Antiterrorism screen gear to be replaced Message-ID: <20050508104244.J93447-100000@vision.moundalexis.com> May 8, 2005 Antiterrorism screen gear to be replaced http://www.startribune.com/stories/484/5391264.html --- Eric Lipton, New York Times WASHINGTON, D.C. -- After spending more than $4.5 billion on screening devices to monitor the nation's ports, borders, airports, mail and air, the federal government is moving to replace or alter much of the antiterrorism equipment, concluding that it is ineffective, unreliable or too expensive to operate. Many of the monitoring tools -- intended to detect guns, explosives and nuclear and biological weapons -- were bought during the blitz of spending after the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. In its effort to create a virtual shield around America, the Department of Homeland Security now plans to spend billions of dollars more. Although some changes are being made because of technology that has emerged in the last couple of years, many of them are planned because devices currently in use have done little to improve the nation's security, according to a review of agency documents and interviews with federal officials and outside experts. "Everyone was standing in line with their silver bullets to make us more secure after September 11," said Randall Larsen, a retired Air Force colonel and former government adviser on scientific issues. "We bought a lot of stuff off the shelf that wasn't effective." Federal officials say they bought the best available equipment. They acknowledge that it might not have been cutting-edge technology but said that to speed installation they bought only devices that were readily available instead of trying to buy promising technology that was not yet in production. The department says it has created a layered defense that would not be compromised by the failure of a single device. Even if the monitoring is less than ideal, officials say, it is still a deterrent. "The nation is more secure in the deployment and use of these technologies versus having no technologies in place at all," said Brian Roehrkasse, a spokesman for the Department of Homeland Security. Poor choices Some critics say that even though federal agencies were pressed to move quickly by Congress and the administration, they made some poor choices. In some cases, agencies did not seek competitive bids or consider cheaper, better alternatives. And not all the devices were tested to see how well they worked in the environments where they would be used. "After 9/11, we had to show how committed we were by spending hugely greater amounts of money than ever before, as rapidly as possible," said Rep. Christopher Cox, R-Calif., who is the chairman of the Homeland Security Committee. "That brought us what we might expect, which is some expensive mistakes. This has been the difficult learning curve of the new discipline known as homeland security." In preparing to spend billions of dollars more on equipment, the Department of Homeland Security is moving carefully. In Nevada, contractors are being paid to build prototypes of radiation-detection devices that are more sensitive and selective. Only those getting passing grades will move on to a second competition in New York. Similar competitions are underway to evaluate new air-monitoring equipment and airport screening devices. That approach contrasts with how the federal government typically went about trying to shore up the nation's defenses after the 2001 attacks. Government agencies often turned to their most familiar contractors, including Northrop Grumman, Boeing and SAIC, a technology giant based in San Diego. The agencies bought devices from those companies, at times without competitive bidding or comprehensive testing. Documents prepared by customs officials in an effort to buy container inspection equipment show that they were so intent on buying an SAIC product, even though a competitor had introduced a virtually identical version that was less expensive, that they placed the manufacturer's brand name in the requests. The agency has bought more than 100 of the machines at $1 million each. But the machines often cannot identify the contents of ship containers, because many everyday items, including frozen foods, are too dense for the gamma ray technology to penetrate. Billions more The federal government will probably need to spend as much as $7 billion more on screening equipment in coming years, according to government estimates. Some experts say that this high-priced push for improvements is necessary, saying the war against terrorism may require the same sort of spending on new weapons and defenses as the Cold War did. "You are in a game where you are continually upgrading, and you will be forever," said Thomas Hartwick, a physicist who evaluates aviation-screening equipment. But given the inevitable imperfection of technology and the vast expanse the government is trying to secure, some warn of putting too much confidence in machines. "Technology does not substitute for strategy," said James Jay Carafano, senior fellow for homeland security at the Heritage Foundation, a conservative think tank. "It's always easier for terrorists to change tactics than it is for us to throw up defenses to counter them. The best strategy to deal with terrorists is to find them and get them." From saic at vision.moundalexis.com Tue May 10 12:33:16 2005 From: saic at vision.moundalexis.com (saic at vision.moundalexis.com) Date: Tue, 10 May 2005 08:33:16 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [saic] Global Science & Technology (GST) Member of Winning Team for NASA Evaluation and Support Contract Message-ID: <20050510083303.Q93447-100000@vision.moundalexis.com> 5/9/2005 3:22:00 PM Global Science & Technology (GST) Member of Winning Team for NASA Evaluation and Support Contract http://releases.usnewswire.com/GetRelease.asp?id=47068 --- To: National Desk, Science and Technology Reporters Contact: Michael Mulcahy of the Global Science & Technology, Inc., 240-542-1154 (Direct) or 301-474-9696 (Main), Michael.mulcahy at gst.com GREENBELT, Md., May 9 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Global Science & Technology, Inc. (GST) is a member of the Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) team selected by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to receive the Earth and Space Science Evaluations, Assessments, Studies, Services and Support (ESSSO) contract. The five-year, $110-million, indefinite- delivery/indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contract supports the NASA Langley Research Center Science Support Office (SSO), Hampton, VA, and the Science Mission Directorate, NASA Headquarters, Washington, D.C. The SSO contract will require management, scientific, and technical studies, as well as assessments used in evaluating current and potential NASA programs. SAIC will provide information management services including Web-based systems, databases, reference documents, and Web site development. GST President Chieh-san Cheng said, "For well over a decade, GST has supported NASA in the fields of meteorology and other science, engineering, and IT services. We look forward to working with SAIC again to support this important work of the NASA Science Support Office." GST is a $40-million small, disadvantaged business (SDB), and one of five subcontractors supporting SAIC in the ESSSO contract. GST has supported NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, since GST's inception in 1991. The company was formed to provide Earth and space science, engineering, and information technology (IT) services to the Federal Government, industry, and academic clients. GST offers an experienced, highly qualified team of professionals with a broad range of domain and discipline expertise performing full life-cycle development, engineering services and technical support. >From 2000-2005, GST served as prime contractor (with SAIC its principal subcontractor) for the NASA Peer Review Services (NPRS) contract. Under the contract the GST team managed for NASA the scientific proposal and grant request review and award process. In 2004 GST was a member of the joint venture that won the NPRS recompetition, under the contract's new name, Sponsored Research and Education Support Services (SRESS). GST is a recent awardee of a Department of Commerce COMMITS NexGen Contract. The company received the 2003 Goddard Space Flight Center Contractor Excellence Award for Small Business Services, and was listed in Inc. Magazine's 500 Fastest Growing Companies in 2002 and 2003, Deloitte and Touche's Fast 500 for 2002 and 2003, and Maryland Fast 50 for the last five years. For more information, visit the GST Web site at http://www.gst.com. From saic at vision.moundalexis.com Wed May 11 23:48:25 2005 From: saic at vision.moundalexis.com (saic at vision.moundalexis.com) Date: Wed, 11 May 2005 19:48:25 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [saic] SAIC awarded $500 million NOAA technical services contract Message-ID: <20050511194745.X93447-100000@vision.moundalexis.com> Wednesday, May 11, 2005 SAIC awarded $500 million NOAA technical services contract http://www.sddt.com/News/article.cfm?SourceCode=20050511czi --- By Transcript Staff Report NOAA's National Data Buoy Center has announced the selection of Science Applications International Corporation of San Diego for the award of its Performance-Based Technical Services contract. From saic at vision.moundalexis.com Wed May 11 23:52:02 2005 From: saic at vision.moundalexis.com (saic at vision.moundalexis.com) Date: Wed, 11 May 2005 19:52:02 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [saic] 3. No slowdown in growth at SAIC Message-ID: <20050511195002.K93447-100000@vision.moundalexis.com> 05/09/05 3. No slowdown in growth at SAIC http://www.washingtontechnology.com/news/20_9/special-report/26107-4.html --- Vol. 20 No. 9 12th Annual Top 100 3. No slowdown in growth at SAIC By Alice Lipowicz It's a giant defense contractor without a tank or an aircraft to its name. Yet Science Applications International Corp., whose specialty is developing and integrating military IT systems, is growing at an unusually fast clip. SAIC saw its revenue jump by 23 percent last year, reaching a record $7.2 billion . an especially high rate of increase considering only 4 percent of the growth came from acquisitions. SAIC's growth trajectory is likely to remain upward, with federal IT budgets set to rise by 7 percent on average next year and as high as 25 percent in the Homeland Security Department. "We see more and more emphasis on data mining, command and control, intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance . the kinds of areas in which our company is either in a leadership position or plays a significant role," said Duane Andrews, chief operating officer. "There will be less emphasis on the heavy metal bending because it's now a more information-oriented world." For intelligence, defense and homeland security, "more and more of these sectors are growing in the types of IT systems work that SAIC does," said John Pike, director of Globalsecurity.org., an online information service company in Alexandria , Va. . SAIC's growth is due in large part to its success in winning competitively bid contracts. Of the 10 largest Pentagon prime contractors, SAIC had the highest percentage of contracts, 74 percent, won with "full and open competition" from 1998 to 2003, according to a recent study by the Center for Public Integrity, a non-profit investigative journalism organization. None of the other Pentagon primes even came close to SAIC's percentage of competitively won contracts, including Boeing Co. at 40 percent, Northrop Grumman Corp. at 33 percent, and Lockheed Martin Corp. at 25 percent, the study said. Those companies had much higher percentages of sole-source contracts. San Diego-based SAIC, with more than 45,000 employees, is the largest employee-owned research and engineering firm in the country. Its successful growth, without large acquisitions or sole-source contracts, demonstrates the company's great strengths as a competitor, said John Allen, co-director of defense and government services for Reston , Va. , investment banker BB&T Capital Markets/Windsor Group. "Few companies are as .pure play' as SAIC as a service-oriented business," Allen said. "They have a tremendous amount of talent. And financially, you don't get much stronger. Their growth rate historically has been very high, and it will be sustained." SAIC jumped up two places to No. 3 on this year's Washington Technology Top 100 list, showing a prime contracting revenue gain of 32 percent. SAIC had federal prime contract revenue of $3.78 billion, up from $2.86 billion a year ago. The figures don't include intelligence work, subcontracts or non-IT revenue. J. Robert Beyster, who retired as chief executive in November 2003, founded the company. Kenneth Dahlberg, who formerly held high-level positions at General Dynamics Corp., Raytheon Co., and Hughes Aircraft Corp., replaced him. Dahlberg has been reorganizing SAIC's many units to avoid overlaps. "A year ago we consolidated a number of groups and business units to be better aligned to key customers and markets, and created a unified corporate team with clear roles among senior executive staff," Andrews said. "Overall, this has been a success, and improved customer focus has supported strong growth." In March, SAIC completed the sale of the Telcordia Technologies division, which had been a large portion of SAIC's commercial sales. The company's balance sheet now shows roughly $2 billion in cash. Considering the leading role that Dahlberg played in General Dynamic's $1.5 billion buyout of Veridian Corp. in 2003, the expectation is that he'll be shopping for more targets for SAIC. The largest purchase thus far is ProcureNet Holdings Inc., a procurement technology firm in Fairfield , N.J. , with annual revenue of $250 million. Smaller purchases were Fairfax, Va.-based Presearch Inc. and Trios Associates Inc. Ninety-four percent of SAIC's business now is with the government, and about 65 percent is with the Defense Department, much of it classified intelligence work. The company has been in the headlines for problems with the FBI's $104 million Virtual Case File System to track terrorists, part of the agency's huge Trilogy modernization program. FBI has all but scrapped SAIC's software and is planning to start over. SAIC, while receiving some pointed criticism over the project, has come through it relatively unscathed, Allen said. "I don't think you'll see any long-term impact from it." Most of SAIC's recent growth has been in government business, including the Army's $21 billion Future Combat Systems modernization program, along with the prime contractor, Boeing Co. of Chicago. SAIC also has large contracts with the Air Force and several longstanding contracts with NASA, among others. The company in April won a sole-source contract for research and development of a nuclear countermeasures systems architecture, to interact with nuclear detection systems. Although that award was from the Navy's Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command, it could give SAIC a leg up on contracts for the new Domestic Nuclear Detection Office to be created at the Homeland Security Department in 2006. In April, the Army's FCS came under fire from Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), who recommended that it be reconfigured as a conventional weapons-buying contract. On April 11, the Army agreed to convert the agreements it had signed with SAIC and Boeing. The combat system is likely to continue to be scrutinized, Pike said, because of the troubled history of similar giant contracts and Boeing's recent procurement troubles. "SAIC would have to be watching Boeing very closely," Pike said. For now, SAIC looks to keep on growing as more federal agencies turn to IT to solve their problems. "They're continuing to grow organically, which is tougher and tougher," Allen said. "They are such a sizeable platform, and they are looking at how to take advantage of all the assets they have." From saic at vision.moundalexis.com Wed May 11 23:53:05 2005 From: saic at vision.moundalexis.com (saic at vision.moundalexis.com) Date: Wed, 11 May 2005 19:53:05 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [saic] Cracking IT Top 20 Takes More Revenue in 2005 Message-ID: <20050511195205.T93447-100000@vision.moundalexis.com> Monday, May 9, 2005; Page E04 Cracking IT Top 20 Takes More Revenue in 2005 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/05/08/AR2005050800683.html --- By Nick Wakeman Special to the Washington Post Monday, May 9, 2005; Page E04 Fiscal 2004 was a stellar year for government information technology contractors, as documented by Washington Technology's annual Top 100 rankings. To crack this year's top 20, a company needed $638.7 million in revenue from prime government contracts, about $180 million more than last year. There are 14 companies with more than $1 billion in Top 100 revenue, compared with eight last year. Moving into the top 20 continues to be tough. Only two companies -- Motorola Inc. of Schaumburg, Ill. (No. 20) and MCI Inc. of Ashburn (No. 18) -- were not in the top 20 last year. Both companies were in the top 20 in previous years and have never fallen far from that group. The Top 100 tracks more than the numbers in the federal market. For example, while it may seem that many of the companies are entrenched at the top, changes are afoot. Six of last year's Top 100 companies disappeared after being acquired, though they continue to make an impact. Lockheed Martin Corp. of Bethesda, No. 1 for the 11th year in a row, showed that it is not veering from its acquisition strategy, despite last year's failed attempt to buy Titan Corp. of San Diego (No. 12). In March, Lockheed acquired Sytex Group Inc. of Doylestown, Pa., which ranked No. 39 last year. Northrop Grumman Corp. of Los Angeles, the No. 2 company for the fifth year in a row, also acquired another Top 100 company when it bought Chantilly-based Integic Corp., last year's No. 59. DigitalNet Holdings Inc. of Herndon, last year's No. 34, gave a tremendous boost to BAE Systems North America Inc. (No. 11), when the Rockville company acquired it last October. BAE now has more than $1 billion in prime IT contracting revenue, with more likely as it makes more acquisitions. The Top 100 is based on an analysis of federal government procurement data by Federal Sources Inc. of McLean. Nick Wakeman is senior editor of Washington Technology. Its annual Top 100 report, with analysis and detailed data, can be found at http://www.washingtontechnology.com. From saic at vision.moundalexis.com Wed May 11 23:55:11 2005 From: saic at vision.moundalexis.com (saic at vision.moundalexis.com) Date: Wed, 11 May 2005 19:55:11 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [saic] VAIO surge into the lead in the second week of Leg 5 Message-ID: <20050511195315.K93447-100000@vision.moundalexis.com> 05/11/05 VAIO surge into the lead in the second week of Leg 5 http://www.yachtinguniverse.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=2998&mode=thread&order=0&thold=0 --- - VAIO lies comfortably in 1st place - Crew now working as a team - The teams near completion of their laps of the planet as they move closer to crossing their own track - Sun, azure waters and cloudless skies greet the crews The group cohesion which VAIO were looking for has been found as they surge into the lead in Leg 5 of the Global Challenge and carve out a 7nm advantage at the top. The team is finally working as a cohesive unit, as reflected in their daily log today, written by Crew Volunteer Alex Medhurst: "Last night we did some great sailing - it felt fantastic and we worked as a unit, effectively and efficiently speeding the yacht on the 2am - 6am watch.the course was perfect, the speed was excellent and the kite didn't collapse once, the positions we received at 07.42 this morning also reflected a good nights work and further backed the signage emblazoned across the galley of VAIO 'race as one, win as one'!" Their turnaround from a team with inter crew concerns to competitive leaders will provide a massive psychological boast for VAIO who have proved they can do it but slightly lost their way in the middle of the race. Their current lead is the largest lead at the head of the fleet that any team has developed since SAIC La Jolla was 12nm ahead of Barclays Adventurer over a week ago. Now BP Explorer is in second place with SAIC La Jolla and Spirit of Sark both 11nm behind VAIO in third and fourth respectively. Barclays Adventurer has slipped back to eighth place and 31nm behind the leader having decided to move back towards the fleet and go east towards St Helena. Their recent tactical decisions have resulted in more miles sailed tracking across the course so they will be hoping their latest decision ultimately lifts them back up the leaderboard. "Wind is now gradually filling in," said skipper Stuart Jackson, "so we have gone on the northern gybe to join the rest of the fleet after losing miles being south. Now staying on making gybe and watching the ITCZ [doldrums] for the best crossing point." Andy Forbes and his team aboard BG SPIRIT have successfully moved back towards the middle line without sacrificing miles to the finish. In fact they are now in sixth place and 21nm from the leader having made small but significant gains on their way in from the eastern flank. "BG SPIRIT has made loads of ground and threatens us from the right," explained BP Explorer.s John Bass this morning, "and our constant companions on this leg so far, Spirit of Sark, we can see on the horizon behind us. A new nav light appeared on the horizon to our left overnight - that of Team Stelmar. With this company the stage is set for a battle royal and we are going to have to be an exceptional team to be sure to come out in front of this formidable pack." Despite the tension of close quarter sailing in this highly competitive group, John went on to say that, "The last 24 hours have been quite exciting, enjoyable and rewarding." He joins many others reporting on the pleasant conditions of this leg, going on to explain the effect it is having on board: "The sailing is now so much better and we are constantly energised and boosted knowing that we are sailing well. We have been gybing the spinnaker in close to three minutes, a procedure that took in excess of twenty minutes in our early training days. "There is a genuine enthusiasm when we go on deck unlike some other legs, namely the southern ocean, where it was an obvious struggle." The yachts which have damaged their spinnakers are still suffering the most in the downwind sailing conditions, namely Me To You, Pindar, Imagine It. Done. and Team Save the Children. However, the yachts which are sailing with the full compliment of sails continue to race exceptionally close, within sight of one another which causes frustrations for the skippers as Duggie Gillespie, skipper of Spirit of Sark explains: "We're still waiting for the trade winds to kick in from the south east which means it is a balancing act between heading north towards Boston and getting west for the best course if and when the trades arrive. We are still accompanied by what feels like our sailing partner BP Explorer, connected by elastic to us and have been rejoined overnight by another familiar friend, Stelmar, to once again make up the trio!" VAIO 4,794 (distance to finish) BP Explorer 7 (miles to leader) SAIC La Jolla 11 Spirit of Sark 11 Team Stelmar 13 BG SPIRIT 21 Me to You 22 Barclays Adventurer 31 Imagine It. Done. 66 Samsung 89 Pindar 96 Team Save the Children 150 From saic at vision.moundalexis.com Thu May 12 22:39:31 2005 From: saic at vision.moundalexis.com (saic at vision.moundalexis.com) Date: Thu, 12 May 2005 18:39:31 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [saic] SAIC Acquires Object Sciences Corporation Message-ID: <20050512183854.D93447-100000@vision.moundalexis.com> May 12, 2005 SAIC Acquires Object Sciences Corporation http://www.mysan.de/article103075.html --- SAN DIEGO and MCLEAN, Va., May 12 /PRNewswire/ -- Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) today announced that it has completed the acquisition of Object Sciences Corporation (OSC), based in Alexandria, Va. OSC provides an array of information technology solutions to the federal government. -- SAN DIEGO and MCLEAN, Va., May 12 /PRNewswire/ -- Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) today announced that it has completed the acquisition of Object Sciences Corporation (OSC), based in Alexandria, Va. OSC provides an array of information technology solutions to the federal government. The acquisition enhances SAIC's capability to support some of its key customers in the areas of intelligence, systems integration and analysis. It also helps position the company to offer total systems solutions within the national security market. "Joining SAIC will allow the broader impact of OSC technology to serve our combined customers during this time of necessary intelligence transformation," said Russell Richardson, OSC former president and chief executive officer, and SAIC operations manager. "Our combined strengths can provide more resources and capability to our customers." The acquisition of OSC will add approximately 133 employees to SAIC's Operational Intelligence Solutions Business Unit. OSC's involvement in reshaping how intelligence surveillance and reconnaissance information is processed and analyzed has provided critical assistance to the warfighter in Iraq, Korea, and in the global war on terrorism. "OSC's expertise and capabilities complement SAIC's core competencies," said John Thomas, SAIC general manager of the Operational Intelligence Solutions Business Unit. "OSC provides us with an array of technical capabilities that will assist in our ability to offer end-to-end solutions for our customers. These new capabilities will allow SAIC to provide full service support to a broad range of key customers. We are proud to have OSC's talented employees as part of the SAIC team." SAIC is the largest employee-owned research and engineering company in the United States, providing information technology, systems integration and eSolutions to commercial and government customers. From science to solutions, SAIC engineers and scientists work to solve complex technical problems in national and homeland security, energy, the environment, space, telecommunications, health care, and logistics. With annual revenues of $7.2 billion, SAIC and its subsidiaries have more than 42,000 employees at offices in more than 150 cities worldwide. More information about SAIC can be found at http://www.saic.com/. From saic at vision.moundalexis.com Thu May 12 22:40:26 2005 From: saic at vision.moundalexis.com (saic at vision.moundalexis.com) Date: Thu, 12 May 2005 18:40:26 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [saic] SAIC completes Object Sciences acquisition Message-ID: <20050512183932.M93447-100000@vision.moundalexis.com> Washington Business Journal - 8:51 AM EDT Thursday SAIC completes Object Sciences acquisition http://washington.bizjournals.com/washington/stories/2005/05/09/daily28.html?jst=b_ln_hl --- Jeff Clabaugh Staff Reporter Science Applications International Corp. has completed another local acquisition, paying an undisclosed sum for Object Sciences in Alexandria. The San Diego-based company says Object Sciences will become part of its Operational Intelligence Solutions Business unit. Object Sciences, which has 133 employees, specializes in systems integration and analysis for government intelligence agencies. Last fall, SAIC paid an undisclosed sum for Lanham-based Trios Associates, which develops surveillance and communications systems. Trios has 225 employees and has customers that include NASA, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the Federal Aviation Administration. SAIC is in the process of adding more than 2,000 employees to its Northern Virginia operations through expansion and acquisitions. From saic at vision.moundalexis.com Fri May 13 12:31:54 2005 From: saic at vision.moundalexis.com (saic at vision.moundalexis.com) Date: Fri, 13 May 2005 08:31:54 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [saic] SAIC finishes Object Sciences buy Message-ID: <20050513083054.V93447-100000@vision.moundalexis.com> 05/12/05 SAIC finishes Object Sciences buy http://www.washingtontechnology.com/news/1_1/daily_news/26179-1.html --- By William Welsh Senior Writer Science Applications International Corp. has completed its acquisition of Object Sciences Corp., the company announced today. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. The acquisition enhances San Diego-based SAIC's ability to support some of its key customers in intelligence, systems integration and analysis. Further, it positions SAIC to offer total systems solutions within the national security market. The acquisition of OSC of Alexandria, Va., will add about 133 employees to SAIC's Operational Intelligence Solutions Business Unit. OSC's involvement in reshaping how intelligence surveillance and reconnaissance information is processed and analyzed has provided critical assistance to combat forces in specific theaters, such as Iraq and Korea, as well as the war on global terrorism in general, SAIC said. SAIC, a provider of IT, systems integration and e-solutions to the government and commercial sectors, has more than 42,000 employees and annual sales of $7.2 billion. The company ranks No. 3 on Washington Technology's 2005 Top 100 list, which measures federal contracting revenue. From saic at vision.moundalexis.com Sat May 14 13:40:11 2005 From: saic at vision.moundalexis.com (saic at vision.moundalexis.com) Date: Sat, 14 May 2005 09:40:11 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [saic] SAIC acquires government-focused IT firm Message-ID: <20050514093900.U93447-100000@vision.moundalexis.com> 13 May 2005, Computer Business Review Online SAIC acquires government-focused IT firm http://www.cbronline.com/article_news.asp?guid=99EC1E68-42F5-4B2A-8B0F-11D1AE1F8B04 --- by CBR Staff Writer San Diego, California-based Science Applications International Corporation has acquired Object Sciences Corporation, a provider of IT to the federal government. Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) says the acquisition will enhance its offerings to customers in the intelligence, systems integration and analysis markets. It is also expected to increase the company's provision of total systems software within the national security market. "Joining SAIC will allow the broader impact of Object Sciences Corporation (OSC) technology to serve our combined customers during this time of necessary intelligence transformation," said Russell Richardson, OSC former president. "Our combined strengths can provide more resources and capability to our customers." The acquisition will add 133 employees to SAIC's Operational Intelligence Solutions Business Unit. From saic at vision.moundalexis.com Sun May 15 21:54:48 2005 From: saic at vision.moundalexis.com (saic at vision.moundalexis.com) Date: Sun, 15 May 2005 17:54:48 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [saic] Never a dull moment aboard Team SAIC La Jolla Message-ID: <20050515175243.R93447-100000@vision.moundalexis.com> 15 May 2005 Never a dull moment aboard Team SAIC La Jolla http://www.ybw.com/auto/newsdesk/20050415191347globalchallenge05.html --- Those who've taken a quick look at the weather files on internet will probably be thinking that we are enjoying a steady 15-20 knots spinnaker run, sun tanning our almost perfect bodies and zipping an icy sundowner on the deck. Well... close. It's just that the wind is most of the time exactly behind us making the decision on making gybe almost a joke. Gybing these boats occupies a full morning shift of a tractor factory and even with a bit of exercise and routine by now it takes a good 20 minutes to complete the manoeuvre. When wind is up to 25 knots as it has been most of the time the last 36 hours, driving becomes quite a sweaty job - especially when two poles are up and mainsail is being centered. Part of the sweating happens from physical exercise (I think I will have a neck and arms like Senator Arnie by the end of this leg) the rest is purely fear. Fearing that the boat goes out of control, dips the pole, crash gybes the main, shreds the spinnaker and possibly gets someone injured. But naturally we never see that happening... Honestly the line between under and out of control is so fine that it's impossible to say how close we have been, but close anyway. Most of the time we feel that we are either on the wrong gybe or we should drop the kite, and when it's down we feel that we should go for the hoist. Last time I had a relaxed sleep was probably 5 days ago! Oh yes, and we don't have gin or tonic onboard, neither any refrigeration. And, as a matter of fact, our bodies are perfect... Tactically we have given up on our long lasted "western approach" and interestingly the boats that were holding the more radical eastern plots have now moved furthest west. I am slowly getting a picture that some boats just don't want to be where the others are, but we don't mind as long as they are not much faster. We joined BP for a close ride together through last night after first shaking Me To You and Spirit of Sark off our heels as they were under poled out yankees while we and BP were rolling away with flankers. We were delighted to find out that our on the edge flanker performance was good enough to pull away from the so-far-race-leaders through all night and morning. Then BP had a problem with their spinnaker halyard blocks (thanks for warning us for it, we have had same problem but we discovered it before anything broke and changed the shackle at the mast top) and we pulled away a bit more. Then we gybed and they continued into a heavy rainy patch and we lost contact. But since then we have had a 32kn squall, a panic kite drop, a lull, hoist again, three gybes and some other little activities, so who knows who's been gaining since then. We are anyway very focused, loving the close racing and very proud of our great performance so far. We have no intention to lose focus or slow down until we are pumping fenders in Boston Harbour. Whatever King Neptune has got to offer for us after Equator is another issue. We trust that good sailors have good luck. Last time (leg one) we didn't and lost our lead, we are still bitter about that and hence we only brought two rookies with us this time to cool of Neptune's party at the crossing. By the way, it's slightly warm on board. Sea water was 28 degrees yesterday when the thermometer failed on our B&G instruments, inside with oven, stove and generator in use the temperature rises to mild sauna conditions. And it's only getting warmer still. Bye for now Eero Eero Lehtinen/Yachting World From saic at vision.moundalexis.com Tue May 17 22:27:13 2005 From: saic at vision.moundalexis.com (saic at vision.moundalexis.com) Date: Tue, 17 May 2005 18:27:13 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [saic] 2004/2005 Global Challenge Message-ID: <20050517182559.P93447-100000@vision.moundalexis.com> 17 May 2005 2004/2005 Global Challenge http://www.sailing.org/default.asp?ID=j6fFhy?12&format=popup --- Dan Wedgwood (As Amended By ISAF). Image, Boom repairs on leader, BP Explorer: Challenge Business, 17 May 2005 BP Explorer was the first of the Global Challenge yachts to cross the equator yesterday and re-enter the Northern Hemisphere, seven months after they left it. They continue to lead this morning, just ahead of VAIO and BG SPIRIT, as the fleet approaches the area where the doldrums traditionally strike. The lead yachts are now 3 north of the equator just short of the typical doldrums area of 5-8 north, but they are still bowling along at an average of ten knots in winds from the southeast. However, those at the front have seen the wind start to shift to the west and reduce in strength, which will be slowing them down this morning. The teams towards the back of the fleet will have been hoping the doldrums prompted a 'concertina effect', dramatically reducing the distance between the first and last yacht. Unfortunately for them, there is a chance the leading yachts could break into the northeast trade winds relatively quickly, while those further back are hindered by the doldrums for longer. For now, the first four yachts have forged ahead. They are 11nm from one another in terms of distance to finish, then there is a gap of 28nm between fourth place SAIC La Jolla and fifth place Spirit of Sark. BP Explorer has a 4nm advantage over second place VAIO and a 7nm advantage over third place BG SPIRIT. 'We are currently at 2 north,' wrote SAIC La Jolla's Greig TAYLOR (GBR) this morning, 'and so are well into doldrums territory according to Brazilian and French weather sources . we're carefully monitoring both. However, neither has predicted that we would be maintaining 11-13 knots VMG in what is supposed to be the most windless area on the planet!' 'Having covered 245 miles in the last 24 hours this could be one very quick skip through the doldrums,' continued TAYLOR, 'but it is never that easy or straightforward so we are expecting to become becalmed very shortly. With VAIO and BP Explorer directly in front of us, and BG SPIRIT losing ground, watch this space.' BP Explorer skipper David MELVILLE (GBR) is all too aware of the fragile nature of their lead and is looking forward to pushing beyond the uncertainty and ongoing threat of becoming becalmed, 'Until we pass through the ITCZ [Intertropical Convergence Zone . Ed] and see what losses and gains are made during that period, I suppose I feel a little bit vulnerable.' Top of the overall results table by two points, consistency has been the key to BP Explorer's success. 'Stop the race now,' joked MELVILLE, 'Give us the cup! There's no prize for reaching the equator, there's nothing. As Imagine It. Done. found out none of it matters until the end and I think you can gurantee that things will change as we go into the Northern Hemisphere and through the ITCZ.' 'We're bound to slow up at the front and then the other boats will crowd in on us, but I think its how we react to the second half of the race that will dictate things. I take nothing for granted!' The next psychologically significant milestone for the crews is fast approaching . the small matter of the point at which they have circumnavigated the world under sail. 'We are also due to cross our outbound track in a day or so,' writes Paula REID (GBR) from Team Stelmar today, 'and that will mean that 15 of us will have circumnavigated the world - another huge milestone in our lives. It's difficult to believe, the fact that we will have sailed all the way round the world!' From saic at vision.moundalexis.com Wed May 18 00:22:58 2005 From: saic at vision.moundalexis.com (saic at vision.moundalexis.com) Date: Tue, 17 May 2005 20:22:58 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [saic] Making the Team: SAIC Message-ID: <20050517202037.L93447-100000@vision.moundalexis.com> 05/17/05, Washington Technology Making the Team: SAIC http://www.washingtontechnology.com/news/1_1/daily_news/26195-1.html --- "We have created a monster," said George Otchere, laughing. Otchere, Science Applications International Corp.'s director of small business development, is referring to Indus Corp., which was an SAIC subcontractor with five employees just over a decade ago. "Now, they compete with us quite a bit and beat us sometimes," he said. Vienna, Va.-based Indus - with annual revenue nearing $80 million - is a small player compared to SAIC and its $2.8 billion in government contracts. Otchere said that Indus used its SAIC introductions at the Environmental Protection Agency, the Justice Department, the Immigration and Naturalization Service and other agencies to build its business since the mid-1990s. The relationship is a valuable example of SAIC's protg program, which encourages small business development, he said. SAIC also is "the only large company that has an incentive to our business units . to exceed, not just meet, our goals" for small business involvement in government contracts, Otchere said. SAIC annually allots 50,000 stock options "that we distribute to business units to incentivize them to exceed" contractual obligations for small business partnering, Otchere said. The options pool for the whole company is available to be split among individuals and groups that surpass SAIC's commitments. At today's stock price, the pool represents options valued at about $1 million. Otchere, who has overseen SAIC's small business program for eight years, cites those commitments as emblematic of SAIC's efforts to encourage partnering. He said SAIC spends "in excess of $5 million yearly to support small business" contractors, spread among the company's 25 business units. "In the last two to three years, we're seeing more small business participation, based on the total revenue of contracts," Otchere said. SAIC also has mentoring programs, funded with at least $100,000 per year to train small businesses in how to win government contracts. Some of those funds go to training conferences. SAIC hosted one program in Virginia for representatives from about six historically black colleges and universities and minority institutions plus several federal agencies, including NASA, Army, Navy and Health & Human Services. These sessions offered guidance on proposal development and marketing training. Beyond such targeted initiatives, SAIC has brought small business subcontractors into most of its IT projects. Otchere said the company has worked with more than 500 small firms in recent years on a variety of contracts. Among its recent flagship projects are the UNITeS (Unified NASA Information Technology Services) effort, centered in Huntsville, Ala., which required 30 percent of revenues go to small businesses. That proportion was unusually high compared to a more typical 10 percent ratio. Otchere said that the ratio may continue to climb in future contracts. "In today's environment, we're seeing higher participation requirements for small business," he said. Getting Connected to SAIC Otchere said SAIC talks to about 20 to 30 companies every week to screen prospective new small business partners. "Some come in for meetings," he said. "We . screen them to see how they can augment our skills to win contracts." Otchere's team also attends conferences hosted by federal clients to meet prospective partners and uses information in its database, which is supplied by potential partners. Candidates can fill out a profile via the SAIC Web site, and that information is available to all of SAIC's business managers seeking specialized skills or support on contracts. "Any project over $100 million comes through this office," Otchere said. "The smaller the contract, the chances are it will be handled by the line organization without our involvement." Skills, Experience and "Value" SAIC's historic focus on security continues to top its current agenda. "Information security is very key, so the small businesses that have good past performance in information security really do have opportunities with us," Otchere said. Beyond that fundamental opportunity, SAIC's major activities is in network administration, software development and business process engineering. A primary credential for selecting small business partners is "the value a company brings to us," Otchere said. "They have to bring value. We don't choose small businesses because they are small. We choose [them] because they bring value and make us more competitive. We're competing against Northrop Grumman, Booz Allen, Lockheed Martin and the rest." Otchere said that SAIC looks at small and medium sized partners as bringing "price competitiveness and innovation." He said SAIC will "probably double in revenue in the next five years," and it looks toward small partners as helping in that growth. "The more competitive they are, the more competitive it makes us," he said. SAIC expects subcontractors to do plenty of preparation before seeking a relationship. "Knowing the customer is important," Otchere said. "If they [small business companies] know the customer, then they know the problems the customer is facing." SAIC relies on subcontracting to companies it has used on previous projects, but encourages new companies to find their way into SAIC, starting at the Web site page devoted to small business partnering (www.saic.com/sbp). At that Web site, prospective partners can fill out a profile. Otchere said company should "tell us what you do best" and include information about past performance. "Companies that have worked with us know our culture," Otchere said. "If they are new to our system or don't know who is handling a specific procurement, they can call my office and we can hook them up." Because many of SAIC's defense contracts require security clearances, subcontractors must obtain such credentials. Otchere said SAIC has helped small partners go through the clearance process. Getting in Early Reflecting its expectation that subcontractors do their homework about prospective jobs, SAIC itself claims it is very proactive about procurement objectives. "We know which procurements are coming out," Otchere said. "We form strategies of what the team is going to be. We know we're going to bring in small businesses." He said the small business alliances are developed up to six months before a request for proposal is released. "Customers want us to identify up front who are the small business partners," Otchere said. As a result, the subcontractors "know what responsibilities they'll be covering within the teaming agreement. Once the contract is awarded, we do the teaming agreements." As part of the preparation, SAIC prepares a project matrix that includes the names of partner companies, their levels of expertise and commitment. "You've got to do that upfront or you're not going to win contracts. Customers want to see your small business-subcontracting plan," he said. "Our philosophy is that for companies to team with us, they have to team with us upfront." SAIC also looks for financial stability in partners, he said. "Our subcontractors have to have the ability to maintain their employees," he said. "It's important that they have the infrastructure to support the organization: that they're set up to do government business, which means to comply with rules and regulations. They have to understand the idea of program management and marketing." Geographic presence is vital in some SAIC projects. The bi-coastal company's main offices in suburban Washington and San Diego are augmented by several site-specific locations, with the Huntsville, now seen as among its fastest growing facilities. Commitments SAIC said it has more than doubled its compliance with federal statutory mandates on special categories of small business partnering. "Ten percent of our contracts are going to small and disadvantaged businesses and women-owned businesses," Otchere said. In 2004, SAIC awarded $105 million in subcontracts to veteran-owned business (about 5.5 percent of its subcontractor commitments). But SAIC fell slightly short of its 3 percent goal for disabled veteran contracts - reaching only 2.7 percent in fiscal 2004, he said. Otchere dismissed concerns that SAIC takes advantage of its small partners. "We don't take companies to win contracts then dump them," he said. But he warns that small businesses "must know what your responsibilities are" and must have a teaming agreement. "Ours is a real effort truly to [develop] teammates, truly partners," Otchere said. He said that SAIC eschews the term "supplier diversity," because it does not fully reflect the company's goal to create widespread partnering agreements. The scale of SAIC's ventures are evidence of its small business commitment, Otchere said. Typically, SAIC spends about 15 percent of total revenues on small business subcontracts . and that translates into nearly a billion dollars this year. That leaves room for some companies, such as Indus, to grow their own business. Gary Arlen is president of Arlen Communications Inc., a Bethesda, Md. research firm. His e-mail address is GaryArlen at columnist.com. From saic at vision.moundalexis.com Thu May 19 00:40:15 2005 From: saic at vision.moundalexis.com (saic at vision.moundalexis.com) Date: Wed, 18 May 2005 20:40:15 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [saic] SAIC Conducts Intrusion Detection Tests at USS Midway Message-ID: <20050518204004.H93447-100000@vision.moundalexis.com> 18 May 2005, PR Newswire SAIC Conducts Intrusion Detection Tests at USS Midway http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=109&STORY=/www/story/05-18-2005/0003636153&EDATE= --- SAN DIEGO, May 18 /PRNewswire/ -- Science Applications International Corporation's (SAIC) Naval and Maritime Solutions Business Unit announced today that it will conduct engineering field tests for the Harbor Fence and Underwater Sentry System, deployed around the perimeter of the Carrier Museum, USS Midway, located at the Broadway Pier in San Diego. The Harbor Fence and Underwater Sentry are systems developed to detect the intrusion of divers, swimmers and small craft in the vicinity of high value ships or shore facilities. Both projects are sponsored by the Department of Defense and have been under development since 2003. The Harbor Fence is designed to provide a visible line of demarcation around a ship-moored pierside. The fence consists of a string of lightweight "smart" buoys incorporating multiple embedded sensors. If the barrier is breached, information is transmitted to a security watchstander control console so forces can take appropriate action. "The response from the general public touring the USS Midway has been very favorable," said Dave Weeks, SAIC program manager. "Citizens are well-aware of the necessity for solid port security and homeland defense measures. Many of the volunteers conducting tours are former SAIC employees who have expertise in these areas and they are doing an excellent job explaining the security systems." The Harbor Fence was designed for intrusion sensing under zero visibility conditions and does not require constant monitoring. In addition, the security fence restricts access and provides force protection for naval, commercial and cruise ships. The spar buoys extend two feet above the waterline and are spaced approximately 10 feet apart. The design incorporates a counterweight to maintain the posts in vertical positions during high wind conditions and rough seas. Flashing lights on the post tops provide excellent nighttime visibility and enhance visibility during rain, snow, or fog. The Underwater Sentry is a diver/swimmer detection and barrier system for use in harbors and shallow coastal areas to protect ships and waterside facilities. It consists of a series of small, very low power, active sonar transducers attached to the Harbor Fence or another existing boom. The system provides automated detection, alerting and localization of a subsurface intruder to the security watchstander's control console. The Underwater Sentry system complements the Harbor Fence, providing protection below the waterline. The two systems will remain deployed around the USS Midway for the next two months. The next field test will be held June 9, 2005, 10 a.m. at the Broadway Pier, San Diego. Interested parties are invited to attend. From saic at vision.moundalexis.com Thu May 19 00:42:05 2005 From: saic at vision.moundalexis.com (saic at vision.moundalexis.com) Date: Wed, 18 May 2005 20:42:05 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [saic] SAIC Awarded Homeland Security Preparedness Technical Assistance Contract Message-ID: <20050518204016.Y93447-100000@vision.moundalexis.com> 18 May 2005, PR Newswire SAIC Awarded Homeland Security Preparedness Technical Assistance Contract http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=109&STORY=/www/story/05-18-2005/0003636528&EDATE= --- MCLEAN, Va., May 18 /PRNewswire/ -- Science Applications International Corporation's (SAIC) Integrated Security and Systems Solutions (ISSS) Business Unit has been selected to provide professional consulting services for the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Office of State and Local Government Coordination and Preparedness (SLGCP), Office for Domestic Preparedness (ODP). The technical assistance contract will enhance state and local critical infrastructure preparedness to prevent, respond and recover from terrorism incidents. The single award is for a period of performance of one base year plus two option years for a potential cumulative value near $20 million. One of the primary objectives of this contract is to enhance the ability of state and local governments, as well as port authorities and mass transit agencies, to develop, plan and implement effective strategies for weapons of mass destruction (WMD) preparedness. Specifically, the Port/Mass Transit Technical Assistance program requires the application of a methodology developed by SAIC to compare relative risk between critical assets in order to identify and prioritize needs in terms of security countermeasures, as well as response and recovery capability enhancements. "SAIC has supported ODP since its inception in 1998, by providing technical assistance to improve the ability of state, local and special needs jurisdictions to deter, prevent, respond and recover from acts of WMD terrorism," said Phil Lacombe, senior vice president and general manager of the ISSS Business Unit. "SAIC security, risk and emergency response and recovery specialists will combine their knowledge of the WMD terrorism response domain with their understanding of the needs of emergency responders to develop effective preparedness and response strategies compliant with Homeland Security Presidential Directive-8, National Preparedness." SAIC's team will be led by Phil Lacombe's ISSS Business Unit, with support from Jim Cuff's Logistics and Engineering Solutions (LES) Business Unit and Ray Johnson's Advanced Concepts Business Unit. SAIC's team members for this contract include Parsons Brinckerhoff Quade & Douglas, Inc., Herndon, Va.; Digital Sandbox, Inc., Herndon, Va.; The Lafayette Group, Vienna, Va.; Transportation Resource Associates, Philadelphia, Pa.; and MILVETS Systems Technology, Inc., Lanham, Md. From saic at vision.moundalexis.com Thu May 19 00:43:40 2005 From: saic at vision.moundalexis.com (saic at vision.moundalexis.com) Date: Wed, 18 May 2005 20:43:40 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [saic] Tech revises its agreement with SAIC research firm Message-ID: <20050518204206.W93447-100000@vision.moundalexis.com> 18 May 18 2005, El Defensor Chieftain Tech revises its agreement with SAIC research firm http://www.dchieftain.com/news/51217-05-18-05.html --- George Zamora New Mexico Tech Top officials from New Mexico Tech and Science Applications International Corp. recently signed off on a revision and extension of a strategic agreement forged in 2003 between the public university and the private company to continue jointly pursuing research and educational opportunities in new and expanding areas of mutual interest. New Mexico Tech President Daniel H. Lopez signed the document on behalf of the university, and Charles Zang, senior vice president and general manager of SAIC's Engineering, Test and Analysis Unit, signed on behalf of the employee-owned research and engineering company. The formal signing ceremony for the addendum to the original strategic agreement was held May 5 at Brown Hall, the university's main administration building. One of the immediate objectives as outlined in the revised agreement calls for New Mexico Tech and SAIC to collaborate on increasing the university's U.S. Sen. Pete V. Domenici Endowed Faculty Professorship in Science and Technology for National Security into a fully endowed chair. Establishment of the Domenici Endowed Professorship was made possible last year through a donation provided by SAIC. Other mutual goals agreed to by New Mexico Tech and SAIC include expanding efforts, programs and facilities related to Homeland Security technology and training, international law enforcement and counter-terrorism training, cyber-security issues, and scientific research related to astronomy and directed energy topics. Established in 1889, New Mexico Tech is a state-supported research university that was recently ranked by "The Princeton Review" as the nation's second-best overall value available for a college education. Founded by a small group of scientists in 1969, SAIC, a Fortune 500 company with current revenues of more than $7 billion per year, now ranks as the largest employee-owned research and engineering firm in the United States. From saic at vision.moundalexis.com Thu May 19 22:21:06 2005 From: saic at vision.moundalexis.com (saic at vision.moundalexis.com) Date: Thu, 19 May 2005 18:21:06 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [saic] SAIC wins preparedness work Message-ID: <20050519182012.P93447-100000@vision.moundalexis.com> Thursday, May 19, 2005 SAIC wins preparedness work http://www.fcw.com/article88907-05-19-05-Web --- BY Dibya Sarkar Homeland Security Department officials have awarded a $20 million contract to a team led by Science Applications International Corp. to help enhance infrastructure preparedness at the state and local levels. SAIC will provide technical assistance to the department's Office of State and Local Government Coordination and Preparedness, which helps states, municipalities, port authorities and mass transit agencies develop, plan and implement effective strategies for weapons of mass destruction (WMD) preparedness. The program requires application of a SAIC-developed methodology to "compare relative risk between critical assets in order to identify and prioritize needs in terms of security countermeasures, as well as response and recovery capability enhancements," according to a press release. "SAIC security, risk and emergency response and recovery specialists will combine their knowledge of the WMD terrorism response domain with their understanding of the needs of emergency responders to develop effective preparedness and response strategies compliant with Homeland Security Presidential Directive 8, National Preparedness," said Phil Lacombe, senior vice president and general manager of SAIC's Integrated Systems and Security business unit, in the release. SAIC's team also includes Parsons Brinckerhoff Quade and Douglas, a planning, engineering, and program and construction management firm; Digital Sandbox, which has developed risk management and analytics software; the Lafayette Group, a consulting firm; Transportation Resource Associates, a security and safety consulting and software firm; and MILVETS Systems Technology, an information technology company. The one-year contract has two option years for a cumulative value of almost $20 million. From saic at vision.moundalexis.com Fri May 20 13:02:51 2005 From: saic at vision.moundalexis.com (saic at vision.moundalexis.com) Date: Fri, 20 May 2005 09:02:51 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [saic] SAIC gets $20 million contract to support DHS activities Message-ID: <20050520090132.E93447-100000@vision.moundalexis.com> 05/19/05, Washington Technology SAIC gets $20 million contract to support DHS activities http://www.washingtontechnology.com/news/1_1/daily_news/26215-1.html --- By Roseanne Gerin Staff Writer Science Applications International Corp. won a three-year, $20 million contract to provide professional consulting services to the Homeland Security Department's Office of State and Local Government Coordination and Preparedness, the company said today. Under the contract SAIC will work with the Office of Domestic Preparedness within the state and local government coordination office. Services will include providing technical assistance for improving critical infrastructure strategies to prevent, respond to and recover from terrorist incidents. The company will help state and local governments as well as port authorities and mass transit agencies. The contract will use a methodology developed by SAIC to compare relative risk between critical assets to identify and prioritize the need for countermeasures and response and recovery capability enhancements. SAIC's team includes Parsons Brinckerhoff Quade & Douglas Inc., Digital Sandbox Inc., the Lafayette Group Inc., Transportation Resources Associates Inc. and Milvets Systems Inc. Based in San Diego, SAIC is an employee-owned research and engineering company. It employs about 42,400 workers and had revenue of almost $7.2 billion for the fiscal year ended Jan. 31. The company is No. 3 on Washington Technology's 2005 Top 100 list of federal prime contractors. From saic at vision.moundalexis.com Fri May 20 13:06:41 2005 From: saic at vision.moundalexis.com (saic at vision.moundalexis.com) Date: Fri, 20 May 2005 09:06:41 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [saic] Unpredictable conditions in Global Challenge Message-ID: <20050520090252.O93447-100000@vision.moundalexis.com> 20 May 2005, sail-world.com Unpredictable conditions in Global Challenge http://www.sail-world.com/index.cfm?Nid=17385 --- All crew in the Global Challenge 2004/05 have crossed their outbound tracks and join a 600+ strong cast who have sailed the wrong way around the world with Challenge Business. Sir Chay Blyth, the inspiration behind and founder of the Global Challenge and the first person to sail non-stop around the world against prevailing winds and currents commented, "to know the fleet have crossed their own tracks filled me with delight today. "We set up Challenge Business 16 years ago with the intent of making sailing accessible to all. Our challenge was to find a way of enabling the ordinary person to achieve the extraordinary and I think we have done that and changed those peoples" lives forever in the process. "A significant percentage of crew had never so much as stepped onto a yacht before they started their training with us and now we have got more than 600 who have circumnavigated the world - the wrong way. Fantastic!" Eero Lehtinen described how he felt as skipper onboard SAIC La Jolla, which has now moved into first place: "Yesterday yet another milestone was reached on board as we crossed our track from the first leg, some seven months and 25,000 miles later. For me personally it was the second complete circumnavigation. "This one has been a full-on challenge for me and already now I can say that as a life experience and an exercise it rates above anything else I ever have been part of. I will walk off this project a new person, a lot more self-aware and experienced but also more mature, appreciating and positive. "It has been an eye-opener through all the challenges within the challenge - the social, the physical, the mental and the technical sides of it. "As an adventure and travel experience the previous races meant much more for me, this one has been mainly a grand tour in the universe of human characters, teamwork, self-control and the balance between enjoying myself and achieving set goals through hard work. "Sailing has just been the arena for all of it, but quite frankly - sailing is the easy part in the whole show. 'All in all I will be one of the richest men of the world after this experience. "Do not get me wrong, Sir Chay's policy on salaries has not changed but what I mean is the experience itself, the friends and team mates for life and the million lessons learnt on this voyage." Elsewhere in the race BG SPIRIT is chasing SAIC La Jolla hard in second with 2 miles to the leader and BP Explorer bears down with 12 miles back again. There is a battle of wits between Barclays Adventurer in 4th, Team Stelmar just two miles behind in fifth, VAIO snapping hard just one mile back in sixth and Spirit of Sark another mile behind again! The unpredictable conditions are still causing frustrations across the fleet, as Duggie Gillespie, skipper of Spirit of Sark, which has moved down through the fleet in the past couple of days discovered. "We are having difficulties keeping the boat moving through unpredictable changes in wind and weather. We are keeping a westerly course yet results are showing that a northern course is the best move. We are very keen to get into the North East trade winds as soon as possible, waving good-bye to the doldrums or ITCZ and into more predictable weather." Despite being situated approximately 7 degrees north and well within the area traditionally associated with the light winds of the doldrums, many teams have maintained an average speed of more than 9 knots in the period from 0142 GMT to 0742 GMT. However, with two Southern Ocean wins under his belt it is clear that Duggie and his crew perform best in the rough stuff! There have been continuing reports of squalls passing through and sudden downpours of warm rain. While the rain does not seem to bother any of the crew, still revelling in the luxury of wearing shorts and t-shirts on deck, the rapid change in wind direction and strength associated with the squalls is what causes the problems, including ongoing problems with spinnaker damage for some. Now though, the wind has shifted round to the east and leading teams are hoping they have left the worst of the doldrums behind. Furthermore, many spinnakers have been dropped and replaced with headsails as teams' progress steadily on a broad reach. However, the re-emergence of the 'yellow sails' may not mean they have seen the last of the doldrums just yet. Race positions: SAIC La Jolla, 2,895 (nm to Boston) BG SPIRIT, 2 (nm to leader) BP Explorer, 14 Barclays Adventurer, 19 Team Stelmar, 21 VAIO, 22 Spirit of Sark, 23 Me To You, 45 Imagine It. Done, 68 Samsung, 108 Pindar, 142 Team Save the Children, 219 by Rachel Anning From saic at vision.moundalexis.com Sun May 22 18:33:36 2005 From: saic at vision.moundalexis.com (saic at vision.moundalexis.com) Date: Sun, 22 May 2005 14:33:36 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [saic] A Radioactive Contract Message-ID: <20050522143237.T93447-100000@vision.moundalexis.com> 5/30/05, US News & World Report A Radioactive Contract http://www.usnews.com/usnews/news/articles/050530/30homeland.b.htm --- Two years ago, the government awarded a contract to San Diego-based Science Applications International Corp. to manufacture cargo-screening monitors that detect radioactive material. The government bought and installed about 400 of the scanners at many of the nation's border crossings and ports. Cost: $220 million. The machines were plagued by performance problems, government officials say, and government scientists are now testing different technologies that will be needed to upgrade or replace them. The cost of that "upgrade," according to various estimates, will run into the hundreds of millions of dollars. Turnoff. What's the problem? Well, for starters, the monitors can't distinguish between a nuclear bomb and radiation that occurs naturally in a variety of materials, including ceramic tiles, quarry tile, cat litter, fertilizer, and bananas, according to the congressional Government Accountability Office and officials of U.S. Customs and Border Protection (an agency of the Department of Homeland Security), which purchased the equipment. As a result, the detectors reportedly go off frequently. Some Border Patrol officials turn the machine's sensitivity monitors down to avoid "nuisance" alarms, which risks letting dangerous material through. Customs officials and SAIC both agree that the monitors cannot distinguish between certain types of radiation, but they say the machines represented the best available technology at the time. Critics say the cargo scanners are one example of several expensive and hasty purchasing decisions made by the federal government in the wake of 9/11. "After 9/11 there was a lot of pressure to go with well-known contractors, but that is no excuse for not adequately testing first to make sure equipment works well in the intended environment," says former DHS Inspector General Clark Kent Ervin, who now directs the homeland security initiative at the Aspen Institute. Ties? SAIC's competitors complain that the government's bid documents for the scanners were tilted in SAIC's favor. Such complaints are not unusual, but published reports have indicated that customs documents prepared for a related project actually included SAIC's brand name. Several former senior customs executives have joined SAIC over the past several years, and SAIC has won a host of contracts from Homeland Security. Customs and SAIC adamantly dispute assertions that the request for bids was written with SAIC's monitor specifically in mind. The monitors, says Jared Adams, a spokesperson for SAIC, were procured "after a full and open competition, which SAIC won." The GAO is now investigating the government's radiation screening program, its cost, and reported equipment problems. It is expected to complete its investigation by the end of the year, at the earliest. -Danielle Knight From saic at vision.moundalexis.com Tue May 24 12:44:56 2005 From: saic at vision.moundalexis.com (saic at vision.moundalexis.com) Date: Tue, 24 May 2005 08:44:56 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [saic] Contracts for May 23, 2005 Message-ID: <20050524084038.W93447-100000@vision.moundalexis.com> 23 May 2005, DoD News Contracts for May 23, 2005 http://www.dod.mil/contracts/2005/ct20050523.html --- U.S. Department of Defense Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense (Public Affairs) Contracts FOR RELEASE AT No. 502-05 5 p.m. ET May 23, 2005 AIR FORCE ARINC Engineering Services, Annapolis, Md., Northrop Grumman Space and Mission Systems Corp., Fairfax, Va., Science Application International Corp., San Diego, Calif., and Teledyne Brown Engineering, Huntsville, Alabama, are being awarded a $500,000,000 indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity contract. This contract will obtain engineering and technical services to support Air Force Operational Test and Evaluation Center (AFOTEC) in the accomplishment of operational test and evaluation activities. The Air Force can issue delivery orders totaling up to maximum amount indicated above, although actual requirements may necessitate less than the amount above. The locations of performances are various AFOTEC locations. At this time, $5,000 of the funds has been obligated. This work will be complete by January 2011. Solicitation began September 2004 and negotiations were completed March 2005. The Headquarters Air Force Operational Test and Evaluation Center, Kirtland Air Force Base, N.M., is the contracting activity (FA7046-05-D-0010, 0020, 0030, and 0040). From saic at vision.moundalexis.com Wed May 25 22:32:59 2005 From: saic at vision.moundalexis.com (saic at vision.moundalexis.com) Date: Wed, 25 May 2005 18:32:59 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [saic] SAIC Supports NACME to Open Pathways to Engineering Message-ID: <20050525183205.N93447-100000@vision.moundalexis.com> Wednesday May 25, 12:30 SAIC Supports NACME to Open Pathways to Engineering http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/050525/dcw043.html?.v=8 --- MCLEAN, Va., May 25 /PRNewswire/ -- Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) announced today sponsorship of the National Action Council for Minorities in Engineering (NACME) to enhance opportunities for underrepresented minorities in engineering. NACME has been the nation's leading private source of engineering scholarships for African American, American Indian, and Latino men and women for more than 30 years. "I am extremely pleased that SAIC has joined NACME in this effort to enhance opportunities and increase the participation of underrepresented minorities in engineering," said Dr. John Brooks Slaughter, president and chief executive officer of NACME. "We are confident that the leadership and influence SAIC has with other companies in the information technology industry, combined with their pledge to set an example for diversity within its workforce, will bring NACME that much closer to fulfilling its mission." "SAIC is committed to attracting, retaining and developing the best and the brightest employees from an increasingly diverse pool of candidates. Working with organizations such as NACME provides another venue for reaching a broader pool of highly qualified and high-potential candidates," said George Singley, president of SAIC's Transformation, Training and Logistics Group. Through this relationship, SAIC and NACME will work together to implement a plan that will include internships for NACME scholars as well as leadership development for talented underrepresented minorities, in turn, opening pathways to engineering opportunities within the company. It is envisioned that this collaboration will serve as a model through which other corporations will recognize the benefits that can be derived from a diverse engineering workforce. SAIC's sponsorship of NACME is a key component of the corporation's diversity initiatives. "We are very enthusiastic about this relationship with NACME and look forward to collaborating on programs to attract a diverse base of talented engineering graduates who can explore their full potential at SAIC," said Stephanie Bedenbaugh, SAIC human resources director. SAIC also plans to work closely with NACME in sponsoring business-to- business briefings to help develop a larger corporate network of NACME support. In November, SAIC will co-sponsor NACME's National Symposium that brings together business, academic, foundation and governmental leaders from across the country to create strategies and best practices for developing a diverse pool of talented minority engineering graduates. From saic at vision.moundalexis.com Thu May 26 12:05:34 2005 From: saic at vision.moundalexis.com (saic at vision.moundalexis.com) Date: Thu, 26 May 2005 08:05:34 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [saic] SAIC lays off 100 workers here Message-ID: <20050526080501.K93447-100000@vision.moundalexis.com> May 25, 2005 SAIC lays off 100 workers here http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/business/20050525-9999-1b25calbrfs.html --- Science Applications International Corp. laid off 100 employees at its Security and Transportation Technology business in Rancho Bernardo and Escondido. The business, which had a staff of roughly 400, sells vehicle cargo inspection equipment. A statement released by the San Diego-based company said the layoffs were due to lower-than-anticipated sales of equipment. The company plans to offer outplacement assistance to those who were laid off, and said many employees also will be eligible to transfer to openings elsewhere within SAIC. From saic at vision.moundalexis.com Thu May 26 12:06:44 2005 From: saic at vision.moundalexis.com (saic at vision.moundalexis.com) Date: Thu, 26 May 2005 08:06:44 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [saic] SAIC Named 2005 Homeland Security Company of the Year by Frost & Sullivan Message-ID: <20050526080605.S93447-100000@vision.moundalexis.com> May 25, 2005 07:45 AM US Eastern Timezone SAIC Named 2005 Homeland Security Company of the Year by Frost & Sullivan http://home.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/index.jsp?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20050525005045&newsLang=en --- NAPLES, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 25, 2005--Frost & Sullivan will present Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) with the 2005 Homeland Security Company of the Year Award at tonight's third annual Excellence in Industrial Technologies Banquet. SAIC has a long and distinguished history of providing national security solutions. After the attacks on 9/11, people realized how lax U.S. security was in the realm of homeland security. This was an area set for explosive growth and one that SAIC had identified a number of years earlier. The largest employee-owned research and engineering firm in the United States, SAIC was founded in 1969 and has grown into a company with over 42,000 employees and revenues in 2004 of $7.2 billion. The 2004 revenues represent a 23 percent increase over 2003 revenues, which stood at $5.8 billion. "The competitiveness of the homeland security industry requires all companies to demonstrate unparalleled excellence in product development, growth strategy and strategic planning," states Frost & Sullivan Industry Analyst Matthew Farr. "While analyzing which company consistently displayed these and other characteristics, SAIC was the obvious choice." SAIC has unequaled capability in a wider range of homeland security categories than any other company. SAIC has offerings in: BioSecurity; Border & Transportation Security; Infrastructure Protection; Emergency Preparedness; Response Training; and Information Analysis. "These offerings show SAIC is working in areas that are forward thinking, which is needed in the homeland security industry. SAIC's specific products in homeland security do everything from detect chemical warfare agents to non-intrusively scan the continents of containers," says Farr. While SAIC has numerous products that support all facets of homeland defense, their research is what makes them Frost & Sullivan's 2005 Homeland Security Company of the Year. The Frost & Sullivan Award for Company of the Year is presented each year to the company that has demonstrated excellence in all operations within its industry. The Award is based on numerous factors including the company's business development, competitive strategy, and leadership within a particular Frost & Sullivan Industry Research Group (IRG). Held in Naples, Fla., Frost & Sullivan's Excellence in Industrial Technologies Awards Banquet honors world-class companies for outstanding performance and achievements in their industries. An annual event, the banquet recognizes the quality and merit of distinguished individuals and companies. About Science Applications International Corporation SAIC is the largest employee-owned research and engineering company in the United States, providing information technology, systems integration and eSolutions to commercial and government customers. From science to solutions, SAIC engineers and scientists work to solve complex technical problems in national and homeland security, energy, the environment, space, telecommunications, health care and logistics. About Frost & Sullivan Frost & Sullivan, a global growth consulting company, has been partnering with clients to support the development of innovative strategies for more than 40 years. The company's industry expertise integrates growth consulting, growth partnership services and corporate management training to identify and develop opportunities. Frost & Sullivan serves an extensive clientele that includes Global 1000 companies, emerging companies, and the investment community, by providing comprehensive industry coverage that reflects a unique global perspective and combines ongoing analysis of markets, technologies, econometrics, and demographics. For more information, visit www.frost.com. From saic at vision.moundalexis.com Fri May 27 02:01:05 2005 From: saic at vision.moundalexis.com (saic at vision.moundalexis.com) Date: Thu, 26 May 2005 22:01:05 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [saic] 2004/2005 Global Challenge Message-ID: <20050526220019.W99836-100000@vision.moundalexis.com> 26 May 2005, Sailing.org 2004/2005 Global Challenge http://www.sailing.org/default.asp?ID=j6vFhyA1~ --- A tactical fight in light and fickle winds has played havoc with the Global Challenge leaderboard overnight. SAIC La Jolla have completed their westerly move towards the main pack, but ended up in third place, 6nm behind the new leader, BP Explorer. Yesterday afternoon they were in first with an 18nm cushion so this morning.s position report will be a blow to Eero LEHTINEN (FIN) and his team. However BP Explorer is not the only team to have seen their leaderboard position change rapidly for the better overnight. The leading western group have also all seen the mileage between themselves and first place slashed overnight, except VAIO. Team Stelmar, Spirit of Sark and Barclays Adventurer have gained 30-40nm since yesterday afternoon, but VAIO has lost 11nm. 'Crossing our path between here and Boston is a huge area of no wind slowing our progress substantially,' wrote VAIO.s Ben BEASLEY today, 'and re-jigging the positions once more and certainly not for the last time . The net result for VAIO is a disappointing days sailing that sees us slide down the leader board to seventh and around 50 miles back from the current leaders.' Eighth place Me to You has suffered a similar fate: 'After some days of windy weather,' reports Thomas SPAUN, 'we have now hit a true wind hole, meaning less than five knots of wind, perfect sunshine and the Caribbean blue sea around us.' BG SPIRIT skipper Andy FORBES (AUS) explained yesterday that he was happy with his position to the east of the main pack, despite looking increasingly lonely, but this morning they too have lost out. In terms of distance to the leader, they have only lost 4nm, but crucially, the movements at the top of the table are such that this is enough to see them slip from second to sixth place. To make matters worse for skippers and navigators already contending with the unpredictability of the light conditions, boat speeds vary widely this morning despite teams. proximity to one another on the water. For example, SAIC La Jolla was just a few miles from Barclays Adventurer at the time of this morning.s position report, but reported an average speed for the preceding six hours of just 1.8 knots. Barclays Adventurer, on the other hand, boasted an average of 5.2 knots, so the next position reports may well see further changes at the top and prompt further tactical wranglings across the fleet during this critical stage. From saic at vision.moundalexis.com Fri May 27 02:07:08 2005 From: saic at vision.moundalexis.com (saic at vision.moundalexis.com) Date: Thu, 26 May 2005 22:07:08 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [saic] BG SPIRIT's gamble propells them into first Message-ID: <20050526220358.R99836-100000@vision.moundalexis.com> 26 May 2005, Sail World BG SPIRIT's gamble propells them into first http://www.sail-world.com/news.cfm?Nid=17483 --- The tactical fight in light and fickle winds has played havoc with the leader board overnight but BG SPIRIT"s easterly gamble has paid off putting them 14 miles in front of old rivals BP Explorer and Spirit of Sark. SAIC La Jolla who originally plumped for an easterly position, along with BG SPIRIT, have changed their minds and completed their westerly move towards the main pack. However, this change of heart would appear not to have been the wisest choice . for now at least . and has ended up costing them three positions, shifting them into fourth place, 17nm behind BP Explorer. Eero Lehtinen, skipper of SAIC La Jolla called into Race HQ and explained: "What can I say? We got this all wrong not spotting the way out of here with BG SPIRIT early enough. For now we must try to get north as quickly as possible, to pick on the new breeze before the rest of the fleet and hopefully regain second place." BG SPIRIT skipper, Andy Forbes has shown a stubborn streak in the race before, confident to ignore the rest of the fleet and sail his own course despite the pressure. It was this resolute determination that won him Leg 3 into his hometown of Sydney and it appears to be paying dividends once again. Yesterday he informed Race HQ that he was happy with his position to the east of the main pack, despite appearing to temporarily lose out . with just a couple of miles enough for them to slip from second to sixth place. BG SPIRIT is not the only team to have had their leader board position change rapidly for the better overnight. Most of the leading western group have also all observed the mileage between themselves and first place slashed overnight; Team Stelmar, Spirit of Sark and Barclays Adventurer have gained 30-40nm since yesterday afternoon, but VAIO has lost crucial miles, citing a punishing wind hole which has hampered the teams at the back of the fleet. Eighth place Me to You, which is one of the teams experiencing these light airs, explains: "After some days of windy weather we have now hit a true wind hole, meaning less than 5 knots of wind, perfect sunshine and the Caribbean blue sea around us." Frustrations nearer the back are understandably high, as teams can only watch as the fleet pulls away. Team Save the Children"s Paul Kelly was in a reflective mood when he wrote the following as part of his daily log: "We talk of 'collective' responsibility but at the end of the day the decision making process on this boat pretty much starts and stops with me despite the solid support I have from my two watch leaders. "A previous log stated that we do not know but I think we do, and I think it is pretty obvious. We messed up. We pushed the boat too hard too early and are paying the cruel price for it. What you have to understand is that this is one design racing. If a boat suffers a setback then it slows down, if other boats are trouble free they continue moving at your previous pace, this then leads to a knock on effect and over the course you find yourself slipping further and further behind. You find yourself in different weather and there is nothing you can do about it. "There is a huge amount of frustration on board amongst all of us and I think this is mainly due to the fact that we know it is our fault, no excuses this time. I do not feel it is fair to say that we under perform. "It would be easy to take a defeatist attitude and stop trying, but this can and will never be the case. My biggest motivation is the crew and the determination to see them up where they belong. "We will work hard in Boston to smooth over a couple of rough edges and start the next leg with the determination that we have always shown. It is no use crying over it, we will get the heads back up and try our hardest, that is all we can do." Race Positions: BG SPIRIT 1,497 (distance to finish) BP Explorer 14 (mils to leader) Spirit of Sark 14 SAIC La Jolla 17 Team Stelmar 18 Barclays Adventurer 22 VAIO 65 Me to You 125 Imagine It. Done. 140 Samsung 191 Pindar 286 Team Save the Children 376 by Rachel Anning From saic at vision.moundalexis.com Sat May 28 12:08:19 2005 From: saic at vision.moundalexis.com (saic at vision.moundalexis.com) Date: Sat, 28 May 2005 08:08:19 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [saic] Hiring in the High-Tech Sector Surging Locally Message-ID: <20050528080330.P99836-100000@vision.moundalexis.com> 30 May 2005, San Diego Business Journal Hiring in the High-Tech Sector Surging Locally http://www.sdbj.com/article.asp?aID=513227202.6391672.1149005.55823902.1739908.330&aID2=88376 --- Not the '90s All Over Again, But Payrolls Are on Upswing By MIKE ALLEN San Diego Business Journal Staff It's not quite the heyday of the dot-com boom era when engineers were offered BMWs as bonuses and employers shelled out thousands of stock options, but the high-tech job market in San Diego appears to be approaching levels it hasn't seen in five years. Though hard data on high-tech employment is a bit sketchy, since many small firms fly under the radar of government data collectors, anecdotal evidence abounds that the information technology job market is heating up. "I haven't seen a new resume cross my desk in about two months, and I'm getting about two job (openings) announcements a week. If my informal network is any indication, things are looking pretty healthy," said Tyler Orion, the president of the RTA at Connect, a local high-tech industry organization. Science Applications International Corp., the research and engineering firm that is one of the region's largest employers, reported it had 233 openings in the county and 360 openings statewide. Last week, it had to cut staff at one business unit because of reduced sales of a particular product, but many of those workers would have a chance to transfer to alternate jobs within the company, SAIC officials said. "Despite the reductions in this business unit, SAIC continues to experience strong financial growth throughout the company and in California," according to a company statement on the job cut affecting 100 positions. SAIC employs nearly 43,000 worldwide, including 4,896 in San Diego County, where it maintains its headquarters. The story is much the same at many technology firms, both large and small, which are finding it more difficult to get qualified people to fill openings. The local climate for hiring professionals in the technology industry isn't quite what it was during the dot-com boom era of the late 1990s, but has slowly heated up as the overall economy has shown clear signs of gaining traction, industry observers said. "Over the last six months, we've seen a noticeable increase in IT (information technology) hiring in San Diego," said Fernando Madruga, vice president of TalentFuse, a San Diego-based employment staffing company that specializes in the technology industry. Industrywide Increases Technology jobs are being created across a variety of industries, but are most evident among software development positions requiring specialized knowledge of network architecture and software languages, Madruga said. As of May 26, TalentFuse, based in Kearny Mesa, was looking to fill 101 job openings -- primarily software developers. Annual salaries for the vacant positions range from a low of about $50,000 to a high of more than $150,000, he said. The firm counts 78 employees who are working for local tech firms on a contractual basis, which is up from 45 a year ago, Madruga said. The staffing firm was once part of a larger Canadian company, TalentLab, but when the San Diego office grew by more than 10 times the rate of the parent firm, the top manager, Brian Margarita, decided to buy the business, Madruga said. TalentFuse now has about 150 contracts in the region and has provided employees to some of the local industry behemoths such as Qualcomm Inc., Sony Corp. and Intuit Inc., he said. Hard data on job growth is difficult to acquire because the state's Employment Development Department doesn't classify technology jobs in a separate category. According to the San Diego Regional Chamber of Commerce's Economic Research Bureau, total technology employment in the county at the end of 2004 was 132,933, with the biggest sector being aerospace and defense with 31,518 workers. The figure was up by 7,053, or 5.6 percent from the total employment in 2003. Virtually all of the gains were generated from the software sector, which showed a net increase of 7,862 jobs, according to the chamber's report. Four of the eight sectors showed net losses, with electronics manufacturing declining the most, by 820 jobs in the prior year. The gains in the software sector were coming from larger and smaller employers. At Intuit's Sorrento Mesa office, more than 1,000 employees held jobs, up from approximately 700 about a year ago, said spokesman Scott Gulbransen. The company, with headquarters in Mountain View, makes financial management software, including TurboTax, the popular tax preparation programs. At Websense Inc., a locally based maker of Internet filtering software aimed at preventing employees from visiting certain Web sites while on the job, total employment at the end of April was 523, up from 414 employees for the same month in 2004, said spokeswoman Jennifer Culter. Websense, which made both Fortune and Forbes magazines' list of the fastest-growing tech companies this year, has seen additions in a wide variety of jobs, Culter said. "It's really in every single category. It's in engineering, finance, human resources, product marketing, sales, and research security," she said. Increasing The Payroll At Akonix Systems Inc., a San Diego-based maker of security software for instant messaging communications that launched in 2000, employment grew by about 50 percent during the past year to 75 people, said Chief Executive Officer Peter Shaw. "In general, the outlook for enterprise software is up and one of the hottest areas has to do with network security," he said. Qualcomm, the region's largest technology employer, increased its local payroll by 1,190 workers to bring its San Diego staff to 6,458 as of Jan. 1, a gain of 22.5 percent from the same time in 2004, said spokeswoman Bertha Agia. Qualcomm's Web site has a list of 515 job openings in California, with the great majority based in San Diego. The company that makes wireless chips and develops wireless technology has a worldwide employment of more than 8,000 full- and part-time workers. Orion of RTA at Connect said it's tough to track where all of the gains are being created, since many of the new jobs are generated from small firms that fall below the radar of government data collectors. Among some of the hottest growth areas are Internet security and firms formed to combat spyware and viruses from infiltrating computer networks, and companies providing Web-based services, she said. "I think the pendulum has come back to normal," Orion said. "There seems to be more of balance between a supply of workers looking for jobs, and the number of new jobs."