From saic at vision.moundalexis.com Mon Sep 3 17:54:34 2007 From: saic at vision.moundalexis.com (Daily SAIC News) Date: Mon, 3 Sep 2007 13:54:34 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [saic] SAIC shoots up in the Lighthouse Services Index Message-ID: <20070903135421.W1802-100000@vision.moundalexis.com> 3 September 2007 ; Lighthouse Analyst Relations (Blog) SAIC shoots up in the Lighthouse Services Index http://analystrelations.blogspot.com/2007/09/saic-shoots-up-in-lighthouse-servi --- SAIC is the top mover in this month's Lighthouse Services Index as gains 6 positions to enter the top 25 after a full year. The firm known for being a leading provider of services and systems to the US military and other agencies has recently been awarded an Air Force Air Combat Command Contract. [1] The fact that it has also been awarded an "indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract" to support the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency [2] is also noteworthy. Of the 6 firms awarded the contract, SAIC was reportedly the only non-incumbent firm. HCL which launched a major brand awareness campaign (PDF) [3] in May has seen a useful 5 position gain this month. Lockheed Martin has also gained 5 positions as the firm continues to gain attention due to its large share in the US Department of Defense contracts. Getronics, which is being taken over by KPN, is also the subject of analysts' reports [4] and has risen 4 positions this month. HP Services has dropped down 6 positions this month and is now out of the top 25. The firm's services business appears to have lost the momentum it gathered after its acquisition of SPI Dynamics and is now at 29th spot. Dimension Data, which recently announced premier partner status with VMware [5] has slid down 4 positions and out of the top 25. If you wish to be sent the top 25 firms in Services Index each month, email us at analysts at lighthousear dot com. You can also read how we do our Analyst Index rankings, subscribe to our Spotlight service for new and interesting analyst research or register for our monthly Advisor Spotlight Webinars. --- [1] http://investors.saic.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=193857&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=1046461 [2] http://investors.saic.com/phoenix.zhtml?c=193857&p=irol-newsArticle&ID=1045971 [3] http://www.hcl.in/attachment/Technology_Campaign.pdf [4] http://www.gartner.com/DisplayDocument?ref=g_search&id=511187 [5] http://www.dimensiondata.com/au/DocumentLibrary/Press/DimensionDataAttainsPremierPartnerStatuswithVMware.htm From saic at vision.moundalexis.com Wed Sep 5 04:05:44 2007 From: saic at vision.moundalexis.com (Daily SAIC News) Date: Wed, 5 Sep 2007 00:05:44 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [saic] Foolish Forecast: SAIC's Chance to Shine Message-ID: <20070905000536.L1802-100000@vision.moundalexis.com> 5 September 2007 ; The Motley Fool Foolish Forecast: SAIC's Chance to Shine http://www.fool.com/investing/value/2007/09/04/foolish-forecast-will-saic-halt-the-slump-in-its-t.aspx --- By Rich Smith Last quarter marked a milestone of sorts for government contractor and NYSE newcomer SAIC (NYSE: SAI). For the first time in its short life as a publicly traded company, SAIC missed Wall Street's consensus earnings estimate. This week, investors will be hoping to see a different kind of first at SAIC -- the first time it bounced back from an earnings miss. SAIC's fiscal 2008 second-quarter numbers are due out Thursday afternoon. What analysts say: * Buy, sell, or waffle? Fourteen analysts follow SAIC, down one from last quarter. The stock now receives one buy rating, one sell, and 12 holds. * Revenue. On average, the analysts expect to see 6% revenue growth to $2.17 billion. * Earnings. Profits are predicted to come in at $0.20 per share. What management says: We've all heard about the rash of personal data thefts at banks such as Bank of America (NYSE: BAC), data processors like ChoicePoint (NYSE: CPS), brokers such as Ameritrade (NYSE: AMTD), and retailers like TJX (NYSE: TJX). Why, the butterfingered incidents have even reached the hallowed halls of our own government agencies. So I guess it was only a matter of time before major government contractors began reporting goofs of their own. Case in point: SAIC confessed in July that "information ... stored on a single, SAIC-owned, non-secure server at a small SAIC location, and in some cases ... transmitted over the Internet in an unencrypted form ... was placed at risk for potential compromise." In the context of other firms having actual knowledge of miscreants accessing their data, and in some cases using it in actual identity theft schemes, SAIC's warning of "risk for potential compromise" sounds pretty tame. Still, the company has hired Marsh & McLennan (NYSE: MMC) subsidiary Kroll to help patch its security, and it would take at least $7 million to $9 million in charges in its second fiscal quarter to fix the breach. What management does: That won't do any good for the trend of declining gross, operating, and net margins at SAIC. But to put things in perspective, the midpoint of the range SAIC posited, $8 million, represents just one-tenth of one percent of the firm's cost of goods sold over the last 12 months. For a company this big, the financial cost of the breach isn't a tragedy, folks. It's a rounding error. [...] One Fool says: So basically, it's steady as she goes at SAIC. At last report, management was still reiterating its previous guidance for this fiscal year. We're still looking for $8.7 billion to $9 billion in revenue, $370 million or more in free cash flow, and anywhere from $0.83 to $0.88 per share in per-share earnings under GAAP. With shares outstanding expected to approximate 430 million this year, that works out to somewhere between $357 million and $378 million in GAAP earnings. As a result, we can conclude that the firm's GAAP numbers are firmly supported by the generation of actual cash profits. In fact, it seems the company will likely generate even more profit in cash than it gets to report as income under the accounting standards. You gotta love that. [...] Fool contributor Rich Smith does not own shares of any company named above. The Motley Fool has a disclosure policy. From saic at vision.moundalexis.com Wed Sep 5 11:22:09 2007 From: saic at vision.moundalexis.com (Daily SAIC News) Date: Wed, 5 Sep 2007 07:22:09 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [saic] In The Boardroom With... Mr. Larry Cox Message-ID: <20070905072159.D1802-100000@vision.moundalexis.com> 5 September 2007 ; SecurityStockWatch.com In The Boardroom With... Mr. Larry Cox http://www.securitystockwatch.com/Interviews/in_Boardroom_SAI.html --- Mr. Larry Cox Senior Vice President Intelligence and Information Solutions Business Unit General Manager SecurityStockWatch.com: Thank you for joining us today, Larry. You've had a really interesting background in business and on Capitol Hill as a professional staff member with the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence. Please give us an overview of your background and your role with SAIC. Larry Cox: I was recruited by the U.S. Defense Department right out of college and spent over a decade doing analytic and technical work in the U.S. and abroad, living overseas for quite a while. Searching for more, I joined General Electric Aerospace just as Jack Welch took over all of GE. I had a series of wonderful jobs in systems engineering, spacecraft and ground systems development, program management and business development. I probably could have stayed at GE forever, but I got an opportunity to compete for a rare professional staff member job on the HPSCI doing program and budget oversight for intelligence community programs. After working for three chairmen and two parties, I went to the Sarnoff Labs as a VP, to create a Washington based operation to focus on defense and intelligence work. It turns out I probably learned more about commercialization than anything else at Sarnoff. Most improbably in the middle of all this, I worked for Touchstone Pictures, Jerry Bruckheimer and Tony Scott as a technical advisor for the film, "Enemy of the State". I had a small role in the film typecast as a government executive. ORINCON Corporation of La Jolla, Calif., decided to move into the intelligence business and brought me in, in 1997 to do it. Six years later we sold ORINCON and three subsidiaries to Lockheed Martin, where I stayed for two years doing strategy development. In April 2005 SAIC asked me to take over the business unit headquarted in Columbia MD and here I am today. SecurityStockWatch.com: Please give our audience an overview of your business unit at SAIC. Larry Cox: My organization, of approximately 2100 people, does systems engineering, architecture, software and hardware development and production, information assurance services and products and electronic records management for government and commercial customers. SecurityStockWatch.com: Congratulations on the recent announcement regarding the award of a contract from the Department of Homeland Security to provide security services to Customs and Border Protection. Can you tell us about the solution SAIC will provide here? Larry Cox: The single-award time and materials contract has a one-year base period, four one-year options and a total value of $39.2 million, if the customer exercises all options. For the DHS CBP Security and technology Branch, SAIC will perform work including certification and accreditation, security risk assessments, security test and evaluation, system architecture, communication security services, and technology policy and administration. SecurityStockWatch.com: One will read on SAIC.com that, "SAIC's national security efforts reach across all branches of the military and support the full spectrum of military operations -- from peace keeping and humanitarian missions to major conflicts. SAIC also helps the Department of Defense, the FBI, and other agencies combat terrorism, cybercrime, and the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction." Are there one or two other "wins" in this space you'd like to mention? Larry Cox: We need to win a significant amount of new business each day to sustain an organization this size. Besides the $39M DHS Customer and Border Protection win, other recent contract wins include the Quest team's Networx win. My business unit will provide network security for opportunities resulting from Networx. SecurityStockWatch.com: We understand that SAIC will also have a role in the General Services Administration's Networx Universal program as a member of the team headed by Qwest Communications. Seems like a really significant project with an estimated value of the multiple-award prime contracts at $20 billion over the next 10 years. Can you elaborate on SAIC's role here? Larry Cox: SAIC is providing Managed Security Services and Solutions for Qwest's Networx Universal and Enterprise contracts. As a leader in Cyber Security, SAIC will provide Managed Firewall, Intrusion Detection and Prevention, Managed E-Authentication, Vulnerability Scanning, Anti-Virus Management, Incident Response, Secure Managed E-mail and Managed Tiered Security services. SAIC will also provide support in Dedicated Hosting Services, Managed Network, and Customer Specific design and Engineering. SecurityStockWatch.com: In addition to the Qwest relationship are there one or two other key strategic relationships you'd like to mention? Larry Cox: SAIC is a platform agnostic company. By that I mean we are not wedded to any proprietary or vendor specific solutions or products, So we are free to evaluate and select the best for our customer's needs. Therefore we work with and for the best including the top aerospace firms, the leading integrators of which we are one, and the best vendors. We have relationships with Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, Boeing, Raytheon, Booz Allen Hamilton, General Dynamics, Adobe, Sun and many others. SecurityStockWatch.com: Regarding SAIC's Business IT Consulting, one will also read on SAIC.com that, "..SAIC professionals assess and design a holistic technical and organizational framework that effectively supports strategic requirements. " Care to elaborate on this? Larry Cox: Sure. From assessing mission needs through architecture design and development to supplying tools and applications, SAIC people provide solutions to allow our customers to tackle their most difficult problems. We try to achieve the right balance of performance and cost to deliver what our customers want in time to be useful. SecurityStockWatch.com: What is your perspective on the market drivers for SAIC Intelligence and Information Solutions at this time? Larry Cox: For government business in general, I see the market flattening. However, for our addressable market, I believe the prospects remain excellent as agencies recapitalize and seek more efficient solutions. To find the growth opportunities I want for my business unit, we are sharpening our focus on state and local governments and offshore relationships. SecurityStockWatch.com: What resources such as streaming video, webinars, webcasts, podcasts, "white papers" and "case studies" are available for end-users on www.SAIC.com? Larry Cox: Our Website contains extensive information on the history and status of SAIC. You can sample our business, examine our structure, read our financial reports, learn about our leadership, look for a job and read our investment literature. The site is simple to use, with URLs to the large variety of information sources. Note also we celebrate the accomplisments of our people routinely. Our people are everything to us; we highlight them at everyStockWatch.com: Thanks again for joining us today, Larry Are there any other subjects you'd like tont to describe SAIC for you in a different way. We are truly a 21st century company. By developing tions for our customers in an independent way unwedded to existing platforms or processes, we can char and resourceful using the best of that Yankee ingenuity Americans are famous for. There are few coday and SAIC wears that style consciously. From saic at vision.moundalexis.com Wed Sep 5 11:23:11 2007 From: saic at vision.moundalexis.com (Daily SAIC News) Date: Wed, 5 Sep 2007 07:23:11 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [saic] SAIC wins $250M USAF CAAS contract Message-ID: <20070905072303.H1802-100000@vision.moundalexis.com> 5 September 2007 ; United Press International SAIC wins $250M USAF CAAS contract http://www.upi.com/International_Security/Industry/Briefing/2007/09/04/saic_wins_250m_usaf_caas_contract/2038/ --- SAN DIEGO, Sept. 4 (UPI) -- San Diego-based Science Applications International Corp. said last week it has won a new U.S. Air Force CAAS III contract. The company said in a statement Thursday that it had received a new indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity, multiple-award contract, from the U.S. Air Force Air Combat Command at Langley Air Force Base, Va. "SAIC will compete for task orders under the contract, titled ACC Contracted Advisory and Assistance Services -- CAAS -- III. The contract has a one-year base period and four one-year options, and a ceiling value of $250 million," the company said. "SAIC will provide services as required under three general categories: management and professional services; studies, analyses and evaluations; and engineering and technical services. Work may be performed at U.S. and international locations throughout ACC," SAIC said. "We are extremely pleased to be one of the prime large business contractors on CAAS III, and look forward to continuing our support of ACC," said Beverly Seay, SAIC senior vice president and business unit general manager. "As an incumbent on the ACC CAAS contracts since 1996, we are committed to performance excellence in support of our ACC customers." SAIC describes itself as "a leading provider of scientific, engineering, systems integration and technical services and solutions to all branches of the U.S. military, agencies of the Department of Defense, the intelligence community, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and other U.S. Government civil agencies, as well as to customers in selected commercial markets." "With more than 44,000 employees in over 150 cities worldwide, SAIC engineers and scientists solve complex technical challenges requiring innovative solutions for customers' mission-critical functions. SAIC had annual revenues of $8.3 billion for its fiscal year ended Jan. 31, 2007," the company said. From saic at vision.moundalexis.com Fri Sep 7 20:19:13 2007 From: saic at vision.moundalexis.com (Daily SAIC News) Date: Fri, 7 Sep 2007 16:19:13 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [saic] Government contractor SAIC profit rises Message-ID: <20070907161907.B1802-100000@vision.moundalexis.com> 7 September 2007 ; ABCmoney Government contractor SAIC profit rises http://www.abcmoney.co.uk/news/072007130481.htm --- LOS ANGELES (AP) - Defense and national security contractor SAIC Inc. Thursday reported higher profit in the second quarter on sales of border patrol and port security technology and cost cutting measures. The San Diego-based company also said it spent $8 million in the quarter to deal with a security breach in July when it compromised personal information about more than half a million military personnel and their relatives when it transmitted information unencrypted. SAIC reported net income of $131 million, or 31 cents per share for the quarter ended July 31, compared with $103 million, or 30 cents per share in the same period last year. Excluding results from discontinued operations, the company said it would have earned $99 million, or 24 cents per share, compared with $100 million, or 29 cents per share, in the same period last year. Earnings per share in the most recent quarter were reduced by the increase of shares due to the company's initial public offering last October. Revenue for the quarter rose 11 percent to $2.2 billion. The results beat the 21 cents per share expectations of analysts surveyed by Thomson Financial. Analysts had expected revenue of $2.169 billion. Results also included a one-time gain of $31 million from the reorganization of Amsec LLC, its joint venture with defense contractor Northrop Grumman Corp. SAIC dissolved the joint venture, keeping the aviation, combat systems and strike force integration businesses and giving Northrop Grumman the ship engineering, logistics and technical services businesses as well as the Amsec name. Excluding one-time events, the company said its government sector performed well in the quarter, while its commercial division's revenue were essentially flat year over year. The company said it spent $8 million to notify individuals or families potentially affected by July's data breach and provide call center operations to assist them in understanding and taking appropriate actions related to the incident. No identities had been stolen as a result of the unsecured data transmission, said SAIC Chairman and Chief Executive Ken Dahlberg. 'Even though it appears that no personal information was actually compromised, I view this incident as completely unacceptable,' Dahlberg told analysts during a conference call. 'However, I am proud of the way the company stepped up to take the responsibility for the error and to mitigate the damages for the service members and their families.' The company reiterated its full-year guidance, but said revenue could be hurt depending on how soon a federal budget is passed. 'A two to three month continuing resolution should not represent much of a problem to our business,' Dahlberg said. Shares of SAIC rose 13 cents to $17.86 at the end of regular trading Thursday. For the six months ended July 31, the company reported net income of $211 million, or 50 per share, compared with $209 million, or 61 per share in the same period last year. Revenue rose to $4.2 billion from $3.9 billion in the last year's period. From saic at vision.moundalexis.com Fri Sep 7 20:20:27 2007 From: saic at vision.moundalexis.com (Daily SAIC News) Date: Fri, 7 Sep 2007 16:20:27 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [saic] SAIC picks new chief operating officer Message-ID: <20070907162019.O1802-100000@vision.moundalexis.com> 7 September 2007 ; Washington Technology SAIC picks new chief operating officer http://www.washingtontechnology.com/online/1_1/31378-1.html --- By Michael Hardy Lawrence Prior III will become the new chief operating officer at Science Applications International Corp. on Oct. 1. Prior currently serves as president of the company's Intelligence, Security and Technology Group. The company chose Prior to ascend to the COO position because he "has the broad background of business success needed for the job, and the enormous head start afforded by his knowledge of our culture and his leadership of our largest group," said Ken Dahlberg, the company's chairman and chief executive officer. "Larry knows how to help SAIC succeed." Prior came to SAIC in 2004 with an extensive background in federal contracting companies. Immediately before joining the San Diego-based company, he served as chief financial officer for LightPointe Communications. Earlier he had been president and COO for another San Diego firm, High Technology Solutions. He also worked in government as chief administrative officer for San Diego County. "I share the passion and commitment our group presidents and general managers have to provide the mission-critical science, engineering and operational acumen so essential to solving the great challenges of the future," Prior said. SAIC ranks No. 5 on Washington Technology's 2007 Top 100 list of the largest federal government prime contractors. From saic at vision.moundalexis.com Fri Sep 7 20:21:24 2007 From: saic at vision.moundalexis.com (Daily SAIC News) Date: Fri, 7 Sep 2007 16:21:24 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [saic] SAIC leases building in Vista Message-ID: <20070907162118.L1802-100000@vision.moundalexis.com> 7 September 2007 ; San Diego Union-Tribune SAIC leases building in Vista http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/business/20070907-9999-1b7bizbrfs.html --- Science Applications International Corp. has leased a 120,000-square-foot building in Vista to develop technology for scanning cargo. The building at 2985 Scott St. is the former headquarters of DJ Orthopedics. Built in 1991, it had been for sale at an asking price of $29.9 million until SAIC leased the structure for five years. The facility will house the company's Security and Transportation Technology unit. SAIC, which occupies space in more than 25 buildings in San Diego County, plans to consolidate operations from three other locations into the Vista site. From saic at vision.moundalexis.com Fri Sep 7 22:06:39 2007 From: saic at vision.moundalexis.com (Daily SAIC News) Date: Fri, 7 Sep 2007 18:06:39 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [saic] SAIC "hold," estimates raised Message-ID: <20070907180624.C1802-100000@vision.moundalexis.com> 7 September 2007 ; Newratings.com SAIC "hold," estimates raised http://www.newratings.com/analyst_news/article_1607684.html --- NEW YORK, September 7 (newratings.com) - Analysts at Stifel Nicolaus & Company maintain their "hold" rating on SAIC Inc (ticker: SAI), while raising their estimates for the company. In a research note published this morning, the analysts mention that the company has posted robust F2Q08 results, with organic revenue growth, EPS and margins ahead of the estimates. Although SAIC's cash flows in the quarter were robust, a reversal of some of the benefits is likely in future, as DSO's increase, the analysts say. The EPS estimates for FY08 and FY09 have been raised from $0.84 to $0.86 and from $0.93 to $0.95, respectively. From saic at vision.moundalexis.com Sun Sep 9 11:50:18 2007 From: saic at vision.moundalexis.com (Daily SAIC News) Date: Sun, 9 Sep 2007 07:50:18 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [saic] Reynolds Makes a Federal Case of 9/11 - Sues NIST Contractors for 9/11 Plane Fraud Message-ID: <20070909074148.U1802-100000@vision.moundalexis.com> 9 September 2007 ; NoMoreGames.net Reynolds Makes a Federal Case of 9/11 - Sues NIST Contractors for 9/11 Plane Fraud http://nomoregames.net/index.php?page=911&subpage1=federal_case --- Last month the U.S. District Court, Southern New York, unsealed a 9/11 case filed by Dr. Morgan Reynolds, thereby making the case public. Reynolds is suing on behalf of the United States of America after the U. S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York who represents "the government" declined to intervene in the case. The suit, a so-called qui tam case, alleges that the 9/11 contractors NIST hired to investigate destruction of the WTC Towers on 9/11 defrauded the U.S. government of substantial money by rendering bogus, impossible physical analysis and animations about how two hollow aluminum aircraft (allegedly Boeing 767s) flew into a steel/concrete tower and disappeared. Yet it can be easily demonstrated, after a great deal of hard work by dedicated 9/11 researchers, that no planes hit the towers. The office of Reynolds' attorney, Jerry V. Leaphart of Connecticut, is now serving(notifying) the defendants in the suit, including Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC), Applied Research Associates (ARA), Boeing, American Airlines, United Airlines and Silverstein Properties. I will post new information on the case as developments warrant. Unsealed Complaint PDF here [1]. --- [1] http://nomoregames.net/911/federal_case/07cv4612unsealedcomplaint.pdf From saic at vision.moundalexis.com Wed Sep 12 20:21:56 2007 From: saic at vision.moundalexis.com (Daily SAIC News) Date: Wed, 12 Sep 2007 16:21:56 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [saic] SAIC Completes Acquisition of Scicom Technologies Message-ID: <20070912162146.H1802-100000@vision.moundalexis.com> 12 September 2007 ; CNN Money SAIC Completes Acquisition of Scicom Technologies http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/articles/prnewswire/NEW00312092007-1.htm --- SAN DIEGO and MCLEAN, Va., Sept. 12 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Science Applications International Corporation announced today that it has completed the acquisition of Scicom Technologies Private Limited (Scicom), a provider for onsite and offshore hydrocarbon exploration product development services and technology consulting in the science and engineering sector. Scicom delivers large-scale data modeling and simulation management solutions, spatial data management for the energy industry and diagnostic imaging for healthcare. The acquisition strengthens SAIC's position in the oil and gas, utilities and life sciences industries and allows the company to provide a more comprehensive array of scientific and engineering services to its customers. The Scicom organization will transition to SAIC under the continuing leadership of Indranil Chakravarty, Ph.D., Scicom's chief executive officer. "The SAIC corporate culture and values are similar to ours. We all respect and appreciate the quality of our people," said Chakravarty. "An ideal acquisition is one in which the whole is greater than its parts and this certainly is the case with Scicom and SAIC. In addition to the benefits for Scicom and SAIC, the other winner will be our customers who now have access to a greater array of products and services combined with Scicom's agility and flexibility to take care of our customers' most important challenges." Headquartered in New Delhi, India, Scicom will be operated as part of SAIC's Commercial Business Services Business Unit. "With its image visualization and technical product development expertise, Scicom brings a unique set of capabilities to SAIC," said Charles Koontz, president of SAIC's Information Technology and Network Solutions Group. "The acquisition positions SAIC to become a major provider of data centric customer services in the upstream oil and gas market. Additionally, Scicom will make it possible for SAIC to expand its footprint in the life sciences and healthcare markets and strengthen its technical base by adding strong imaging and petro-technical skills. We look forward to welcoming Scicom employees to the team." Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. [...] From saic at vision.moundalexis.com Wed Sep 12 20:23:21 2007 From: saic at vision.moundalexis.com (Daily SAIC News) Date: Wed, 12 Sep 2007 16:23:21 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [saic] Layoffs Expected At Yucca Mountain With Budget Cuts Message-ID: <20070912162314.J1802-100000@vision.moundalexis.com> 12 September 2007 ; KOLO8 Layoffs Expected At Yucca Mountain With Budget Cuts http://www.kolotv.com/southernnevadanews/headlines/9737687.html --- Contractors on the Yucca Mountain Project are preparing to lay off 60 to 80 workers in anticipation of budget cuts from Congress, officials said. Notices were expected to be distributed in the next few days to employees of Bechtel SAIC, the chief management company of the Energy Department nuclear waste program based in Las Vegas. People working in accounting, finance, human resources and other business support departments were being considered for job cuts, company spokesman Jason Bohne said. Bechtel SAIC employs roughly 1,000 people. Yucca officials confirmed the cutbacks a day after National Security Technologies, a contractor at the adjoining Nevada Test Site, disclosed that at least 200 workers could be laid off in the coming weeks. In both cases, executives attributed the job threats to uncertainty when or whether Congress will pass a budget this year for the Energy Department. Rep. Jon Porter, R-Nev., applauded the cutbacks for Yucca Mountain program, which is politically unpopular in the state. "The proposed layoffs at Yucca Mountain are a welcomed sign that the repository is losing momentum," Porter said. With a new fiscal year starting Oct. 1, the House has passed an Energy Department spending bill, but the Senate is not likely to pass it by the end of the month. Without the certainty, Energy officials are telling contractors to tighten up. In the case of Yucca Mountain, Energy officials expect cuts as large as $100 million below what the project is spending this year, spokesman Allen Benson said. This would be the second round of layoffs at Bechtel SAIC this year, as three dozen people were terminated in March. Bechtel SAIC laid off about 150 people two years ago. From saic at vision.moundalexis.com Thu Sep 13 00:54:26 2007 From: saic at vision.moundalexis.com (Daily SAIC News) Date: Wed, 12 Sep 2007 20:54:26 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [saic] SAIC Receives Recognition for Its Efforts with Historically Black Colleges and Universities Message-ID: <20070912205414.L1802-100000@vision.moundalexis.com> 12 September 2007 ; CNN Money SAIC Receives Recognition for Its Efforts with Historically Black Colleges and Universities http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/articles/prnewswire/NEW142A12092007-1.htm --- SAN DIEGO and MCLEAN, Va., Sept. 12 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Science Applications International Corporation announced today that it has been recognized by the White House Initiative for Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) for its outstanding work in providing subcontracting opportunities to the nation's HBCUs. The award was presented to George Otchere, SAIC senior vice president and director of small business programs, during National Historically Black Colleges and Universities Week in Washington, D.C. "SAIC taps into the very core and strength of diversity by collaborating with a broad spectrum of HBCUs. Our collective experience and innovative ideas are paramount to jointly addressing the challenges facing our nation," said Otchere. "The award is a recognition of SAIC's commitment to developing business relationships and providing subcontracting opportunities with the nation's HBCUs." In 1980, President Jimmy Carter signed Executive Order 12232 that established the White House Initiative to strengthen and expand the capacity of historically black colleges and universities. Each President since that time has subsequently issued an Executive Order on HBCUs, with President George W. Bush signing Presidential Executive Order 13256, February 12, 2002. Executive Order 13256 includes a Private Sector Strategy to assist historically black colleges and universities in improving and enhancing the quality and number of private-sector relationships thereby increasing opportunities for these institutions to participate in and benefit from federal programs. SAIC has worked with HBCUs and other minority institutions for more than a decade. The company has implemented a holistic approach to working with these institutions to increase the level of interaction and activity within the government contracting arena. As a result, SAIC has established scholarship and internship programs, provided funds for the expansion of infrastructure, and established long-term business relationships with such institutions in order to expand their participation in government contracting. [...] From saic at vision.moundalexis.com Fri Sep 14 01:04:21 2007 From: saic at vision.moundalexis.com (Daily SAIC News) Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2007 21:04:21 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [saic] SAIC Awarded Contract to Support Air Force Space Command Message-ID: <20070913210413.H1802-100000@vision.moundalexis.com> 13 September 2007 ; PRNewswire SAIC Awarded Contract to Support Air Force Space Command http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/09-13-2007/0004662514 --- SAN DIEGO and MCLEAN -- /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Science Applications International Corporation (NYSE: SAI) announced today that it was awarded the indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity, single-award Consolidated Logistics Advisory and Assistance Service Support (CLASS) Contract to provide systems support to Air Force Space Command (AFSPC). The new contract is in support of Space and Missile Systems Center Space Logistics Group. It has a base period of four months, four one-year options and a ceiling value of $49.5 million if the customer exercises all options. Throughout the contract, SAIC will lead a team of 14 subcontractors to provide technical services as required during the planning, programming, implementation, and sustainment of government systems, including comprehensive weapon systems support. SAIC also will support policy management, help improve the operation of systems, and provide technical and analytical tools as needed. "We are extremely pleased to be selected to support the AFSPC mission," said William Ramey, Jr., SAIC division manager. "We look forward to continuing to assist AFSPC and are committed to helping the customer address its most critical needs." From saic at vision.moundalexis.com Mon Sep 17 10:52:08 2007 From: saic at vision.moundalexis.com (Daily SAIC News) Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2007 06:52:08 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [saic] CCTI brings new solution to an old problem Message-ID: <20070917065154.C1802-100000@vision.moundalexis.com> 17 September 2007 ; People's Daily Online CCTI brings new solution to an old problem http://english.people.com.cn/90001/90781/6264141.html --- Coal is considered the most abundant reserve energy resource in the world, as well as the cheapest to produce and utilize. Although billions of tons of coal are mined and sold each year, it has become a less-popular source of energy than oil, for example, because of concerns over its heavily polluting emissions. In the last several years, numerous entities, corporations and research institutions have made efforts to develop new technologies to address this problem, but no solutions have been proven feasible. But now, it would seem, that is about to change. Technology recently developed and patented by Clean Coal Technologies Inc (CCTI) promises to be a new chapter in the search for cleaner-burning coal. CCTI, formerly named Saudi American Minerals Inc., began research on clean coal technology in 1991. The company claims to have developed a way to remove volatile and contaminating compounds from coal through a special pre-treating process, creating clean-and-efficient-burning fuel at a low cost. The CCTI research is headed by Larry Hunt, a coal-mine owner and operator for many years in the fields of Kentucky and West Virginia. After years of research, engineering and testing, the technology seemed to work. In 1998, Hannah Energy, a Texas corporation, bought the rights to the technology. That same year, Hannah Energy traded the rights to CCTI for stock. The clean energy technology was granted a patent by the United States Patent Office in September 2002. Valuable partnership CCTI has forged a long-term partnership with Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC), a Fortune 500 company, to promote this much-needed technology across the world. With over 35,000 employees, of whom 8,000 are engineers, SAIC collects more than $8 billion in annual sales and acts as a consultant to the US Department of Energy. With operations in 133 countries, SAIC is a veteran on the international scene. It has played a crucial role in the development of CCTI, offering advice on engineering, marketing and other important technical issues. SAIC has also introduced CCTI to the Federal Energy Technology Commission, some other government agencies, and several strategic energy partners around the world. CCTI plans to continue to work with SAIC in all of its projects and markets including negotiating in foreign countries, arranging financing (including government grants), scientific application and testing, market, sales and distribution. Technologies CCTI's innovative process uses low-quality coal as its feed-stock (raw material supply). The feed-stock is then crushed into pieces between one-fourth and half the original size. The crushed product undergoes a thermal process in a closed cell in which the temperatures of the coal increase in a carefully monitored and controlled set of atmospheres. The coal is then heated to temperatures approaching 1,100 C, a capability unique to CCTI's technology. Through the patented CCTI process, volatile matter is then released and captured without "shocking" (disintegrating) the coal. The completion of the CCTI process takes between six and 18 minutes, depending on the raw coal feed and the desired specification of the finished product. This patented process removes nearly all of the moisture and most of the volatile matter pollutants inherent in coal, while maintaining the majority if the mineral's structural integrity. This process usually significantly increases the British Thermal Unit (BTU) output of the processed coal, producing a higher energy output per pound of fuel. An increase of 10 to 20 percent in BTU can have a geometric increase in market value. If the coal is intended for home heating and cooking, it is then formed into briquettes and coated with CCTI's special binder/igniter. This coating is biodegradable and provides the briquette with a low-level ignition point, enhanced structural integrity, and moisture resistance. Briquettes or pellets that are coated with this treatment have an extended shelf life even when stored out of doors. The CCTI briquette is high in BTU per pound and virtually smokeless. It has a multi-year shelf life, due to the waterproof qualities of the CCTI binder/igniter coating and thus has a high demand in international market. From saic at vision.moundalexis.com Mon Sep 17 20:03:40 2007 From: saic at vision.moundalexis.com (Daily SAIC News) Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2007 16:03:40 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [saic] NASA Extends SAIC Contract Message-ID: <20070917160334.I1802-100000@vision.moundalexis.com> 17 September 2007 ; Forbes (AP) NASA Extends SAIC Contract http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2007/09/17/ap4123713.html --- NEW YORK -- Government services provider SAIC Inc. on Monday said NASA extended its contract to provide information technology services at the Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala. The extension runs through the end of 2008 and is worth $205.9 million, raising the overall value of the contract, awarded in 2004, to about $956 million. SAIC (NYSE: SAI), the holding company for Science Applications International Corporation, said the contract program also supports other NASA facilities and the Russian launch facility in Moscow. From saic at vision.moundalexis.com Tue Sep 18 01:34:47 2007 From: saic at vision.moundalexis.com (Daily SAIC News) Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2007 21:34:47 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [saic] Defense Contracts Reported Monday Message-ID: <20070917213438.P1802-100000@vision.moundalexis.com> 17 September 2007 ; Dow Jones Newswire Defense Contracts Reported Monday http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/articles/djf500/200709171759DOWJONESDJONLINE000672_FORTUNE5.htm --- The following defense contracts were reported Monday: SAIC Inc. (SAI) received a $1.05 billion fixed price with economic price adjustment, indefinite delivery and indefinite quantity contract for maintenance, repair and operations supplies. Using services are Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, and federal civilian agencies. [...] From saic at vision.moundalexis.com Tue Sep 18 10:56:22 2007 From: saic at vision.moundalexis.com (Daily SAIC News) Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2007 06:56:22 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [saic] SAIC To Receive WIPP Corporate Mentorship Award Message-ID: <20070918065614.L1802-100000@vision.moundalexis.com> 17 September 2007 ; CNN Money SAIC To Receive WIPP Corporate Mentorship Award http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/articles/prnewswire/NEM15317092007-1.htm --- SAN DIEGO and MCLEAN, Va. /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Science Applications International Corporation has been selected to receive the 2007 Women Impacting Public Policy (WIPP) Corporate Mentorship Award. Thomas Watson, SAIC vice president and operations center manager for the Defense and Maritime Solutions Business Unit, will accept the award on behalf of the company. The event will be held on Sept. 18, at the Mayflower Hotel in Washington, D.C. "SAIC is honored to receive this award as recognition of our strong commitment to the support and development of our valued small business team members," said Thomas Baybrook, SAIC senior vice president and business unit general manager. "By working with these small businesses, we tap the strength of diversity which helps us solve our customers' most complex problems by providing innovative solutions." WIPP, a non-profit bipartisan organization, advocates and educates on behalf of women and minorities in business. They review, provide input and work to strengthen the sphere of influence in the legislative process to create economic opportunities. WIPP was founded in 2001, and currently has 535,000 members. "We are pleased to recognize SAIC for their commitment to the Mentor-Protege program," said Barbara Kasoff, co-founder and president of WIPP. "SAIC has truly set a standard as an experienced advisor and supporter for small business in their work to enhance respective capabilities in the realm of government contracting and to our membership. This commitment means a great deal." From saic at vision.moundalexis.com Wed Sep 19 10:34:57 2007 From: saic at vision.moundalexis.com (Daily SAIC News) Date: Wed, 19 Sep 2007 06:34:57 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [saic] Gov't names winners of $4B IT contracts Message-ID: <20070919063450.L1802-100000@vision.moundalexis.com> 19 September 2007 ; CNN Money Gov't names winners of $4B IT contracts http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/articles/newstex/AFX-0013-19666355.htm --- WASHINGTON (AP) - The agency that runs Medicare has awarded contracts worth up to $4 billion to 16 companies as part of an effort to update its computer systems. The contract winners, including Lockheed Martin Corp. (NYSE:LMT) , Northrop Grumman Corp. (NYSE:NOC) and SAIC Inc. (NYSE:SAI) , are tasked with helping the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services overhaul its information technology. The announcement was posted to a government Web site Monday. According to the contract solicitation, the companies will design, develop and maintain new software for use by agency staffers. The project is part of CMS' 'enterprise system development' project, aimed at modernizing how the government tracks the millions of people who receive health care through the government. Other contract recipients include International Business Machines Corp. (NYSE:IBM) , Computer Sciences Corp. (NYSE:CSC) , CGI Group Inc. (NYSE:GIB) (TSX:GIB'A) and several smaller, private companies. From saic at vision.moundalexis.com Tue Sep 25 11:09:37 2007 From: saic at vision.moundalexis.com (Daily SAIC News) Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2007 07:09:37 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [saic] SAIC and the Army's Pathfinder Intelligence Application Message-ID: <20070925070924.R1802-100000@vision.moundalexis.com> 21 September 2007 ; Open Source Connections SAIC and the Army's Pathfinder Intelligence Application http://www.opensourceconnections.com/2007/09/21/saic-and-the-armys-pathfinder-intelligence-application/ --- OpenSource Connections partnered with SAIC to bring improved functionality to Pathfinder, the Department of Defense's intelligence application. Over the 14 month engagement, across two project teams, we updated both the front and back ends of the application. The front-end team improved the search functionality by developing a .Net / Service Oriented Architecture-based user interface. To ease the transition to the new interface, old views were ported, and new views were built to maximize the new capabilities, including toolbars, applets, plug-ins etc. The updated interface decreased the technical-know-how required of the defense analysts performing the queries, thereby allowing them to focus on the information related to the search rather than on the technical parameters required to perform the search. The back-end team migrated Pathfinder from Memex to Oracle. We then indexed the data with Lucene, an open source information retrieval library. This solution not only saved the client money in its lack of licensing fees but offers better forward compatibility. Lucene is documented to work well with a variety of programming languages, offering greater future flexibility. Finally, both teams used Xen virtualization software in the testing phase. This saved additional dollars by effectively turning two servers into 20 for testing and quality assurance purposes. From saic at vision.moundalexis.com Tue Sep 25 11:14:21 2007 From: saic at vision.moundalexis.com (Daily SAIC News) Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2007 07:14:21 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [saic] SAIC's Orlando unit delivers key military software Message-ID: <20070925071347.K1802-100000@vision.moundalexis.com> 24 September 2007 ; Orlando Sentinel SAIC's Orlando unit delivers key military software http://www.orlandosentinel.com/technology/orl-tech2407sep24,0,2522487.story --- BY Richard Burnett SAIC Inc.'s Orlando unit has completed its first major update to a critical simulation training software system used in war-game exercises throughout the armed forces, the company said last week. SAIC delivered the advanced software to the Army's Orlando-based Program Executive Office for Simulation, Training & Instrumentation as part of a lucrative deal known as the One Semi-Automated Forces contract, or OneSAF. San Diego-based SAIC employs about 450 at its Orlando operation, located at the Central Florida Research Park. It is one of the bigger contractors in Central Florida's training technology industry, which is considered the nation's largest cluster of training companies. SAIC is completing a multimillion-dollar expansion involving a new 83,000-square-foot facility on a 9-acre site next to its existing complex in the park. The company plans to move into the new facility in late October. Its OneSAF program is one of SAIC's major contracts. The software enables military training commanders to create computer-generated missions, enemies, weapons, tactics and other realistic scenarios. The latest version, known as OneSAF 1.5, adds training scenarios for the Navy and U.S. Marine Corps along with "virtual" civilians and insurgents/terrorists in urban settings. SAIC officials say the system provides flexible, sophisticated software tools that enable military leaders to adapt and customize training to imminent mission requirements. The new system arrives about a year after the first version was released, according to SAIC officials "This is a major milestone in the OneSAF program," said Eric Root, the program manager. He said the company has delivered more than 200 copies of the system to various branches of the armed forces since it was initially released in September 2006. SAIC Orlando also recently delivered the final unit of nine driver-training systems for the Army's Stryker armored vehicle, the company said last week. It was delivered to Fort Benning, Ga. Other units have gone to Fort Knox, Ky.; Fort Wainwright, Alaska; Fort Lewis, Wash.; Fort Leonard Wood, Mo.; and Schofield Barracks, Hawaii. [...] From saic at vision.moundalexis.com Tue Sep 25 11:15:50 2007 From: saic at vision.moundalexis.com (Daily SAIC News) Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2007 07:15:50 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [saic] Apogen Technologies Awarded Department of Homeland Security IT Support Work Valued at $34M Message-ID: <20070925071533.J1802-100000@vision.moundalexis.com> 24 September 2007 ; Business Wire Apogen Technologies Awarded Department of Homeland Security IT Support Work Valued at $34M http://home.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/index.jsp?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20070924005048&newsLang=en --- MCLEAN, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Apogen Technologies, a wholly owned subsidiary of QinetiQ North America, today announced it has been awarded a task order as a subcontractor to Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) for IT support services under the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) IT Operations Support contract. SAIC won the task order through the Homeland Security Department's Enterprise Acquisition Gateway for Leading Edge Solutions program, a Department-wide acquisition contract launched a year ago. Under the terms of the task order, Apogen will lead Field Operations and provide best practices solutions and continuous process improvement strategies for ICE. This work is valued at up to $34.2 million for the contract's base year and two option years. "This award allows Apogen to leverage our technical services expertise to build upon our considerable history of providing IT support for DHS," said Jim Graves, senior vice president and general manager, Homeland Security Enforcement Solutions at Apogen Technologies. "Apogen's selection by SAIC as an EAGLE subcontractor underscores our depth of experience and favorably positions us among other industry heavy-hitters. More importantly, we will continue our role as a valued partner of DHS." This win marks Apogen's fourth EAGLE subcontract. More than 100 Apogen employees will work under this task order. Apogen currently has more than 700 employees providing IT support to DHS at more than 100 locations across the United States. The company also provides critical enterprise operations for DHS's global infrastructure including the Network Operations Center (NOC), Security Operations Center (SOC) and Computer Security Incident Response Capability (CSIRC) for DHS OneNet. A long-time partner of DHS and its predecessor agencies, Apogen has performed technical services for Customs and Border Protection (CBP) since 1995. From saic at vision.moundalexis.com Tue Sep 25 11:17:53 2007 From: saic at vision.moundalexis.com (Daily SAIC News) Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2007 07:17:53 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [saic] SAIC subsidiary wins $459M Navy C4ISR deal Message-ID: <20070925071732.R1802-100000@vision.moundalexis.com> 24 September 2007 ; Washington Technology SAIC subsidiary wins $459M Navy C4ISR deal http://www.washingtontechnology.com/online/1_1/31481-1.html --- By William Welsh Science Applications International Corp. has won a contract worth up to $459 million to provide support to the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center in Charleston, S.C. Under the terms of the contract, SAIC subsidiary Eagen, McAllister Associates Inc. of Lexington Park, Md., will provide tactical command and control integration services as required by the customer. The integration services are designed to support command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance systems. The indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity contract is structured as cost-plus-fixed fee and is performance based. It has one base year and nine option years. Eagen, McAllister will perform the work in Charleston, Lexington Park, and Norfolk, Va. SAIC ranks No. 5 on Washington Technology's 2007 Top 100 list of the largest federal contractors. From saic at vision.moundalexis.com Tue Sep 25 11:20:00 2007 From: saic at vision.moundalexis.com (Daily SAIC News) Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2007 07:20:00 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [saic] SAIC homeland security work may jump 20 pct in 2008 Message-ID: <20070925071950.V1802-100000@vision.moundalexis.com> 24 September 2007 ; Reuters SAIC homeland security work may jump 20 pct in 2008 http://www.reuters.com/article/governmentFilingsNews/idUSN2132499120070924 --- By Andrea Shalal-Esa WASHINGTON -- SAIC Inc., the Pentagon's No. 10 contractor last year, sees homeland security as a growing business segment poised for a 20 percent revenue rise in fiscal 2008. "We don't have a huge footprint at DHS (Department of Homeland Security), but we've been growing rapidly," Woody Hall, senior vice president for homeland security programs at SAIC, told Reuters in an interview. After an expected 20 percent jump in homeland security revenue in fiscal 2008, the company projects revenue growth in that sector will settle down to around 6 percent to 8 percent annually, he said. SAIC's homeland security revenue reached $292 million in fiscal 2007, out of total revenue of $8.3 billion. The company's fiscal 2008 will end on Jan. 31. Last month, it won an order valued at up to $85 million from the department's Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency to provide information technology support services. Founded in 1969 as Science Applications International Corp., SAIC went public nearly a year ago, raising $1.1 billion. Hall, who joined SAIC in 2004 after long stints at two government agencies, said the company would focus mainly on winning more contracts as a systems integrator, knitting together various "bits and pieces" from other companies. SAIC is also excited about a line of scanning equipment that it has already sold to several U.S. ports and one terminal in Hong Kong, he said. The system uses X-rays, gamma rays and other technologies to search shipping containers for everything from stolen cars to hidden radioactive material. SAIC started work on the system long before the Sept. 11, 2001, hijacking attacks, when the equipment was mainly used to find drugs and weapons. Now the technology is increasingly in demand to look for radioactive materials and chemical weapons. But SAIC believes a congressional requirement for 100 percent cargo screening could "bring the flow of commerce to a stop," Hall said. SAIC also designs surveillance systems with alarms, sensors and cameras that have been used at airports and high-profile events including the 2002 Winter Olympics in Utah and the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens. Hall said SAIC would continue to pursue international homeland security deals, and to seek energy market work doing analytical and engineering work for petroleum and power companies. From saic at vision.moundalexis.com Wed Sep 26 20:49:27 2007 From: saic at vision.moundalexis.com (Daily SAIC News) Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2007 16:49:27 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [saic] SAIC awarded contract to provide medicare systems modernization support Message-ID: <20070926164920.V1802-100000@vision.moundalexis.com> 26 September 2007 ; Reuters SAIC awarded contract to provide medicare systems modernization support http://www.reuters.com/article/inPlayBriefing/idUSIN20070926075146SAI20070926 --- Co[mpany] announces that it won a contract from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services to provide business application development and maintenance support services for the Enterprise System Development program. The multiple-award indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract will allow CMS to procure Medicare systems modernization services and support. It has a one-year base period of performance and nine one-year options. The contract has a total maximum value of $4 bln for all task orders placed with all awardees over the life of the contract. From saic at vision.moundalexis.com Wed Sep 26 20:55:45 2007 From: saic at vision.moundalexis.com (Daily SAIC News) Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2007 16:55:45 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [saic] SAIC Awarded Contract to Provide Medicare Systems Modernization Support Message-ID: <20070926165538.K1802-100000@vision.moundalexis.com> 26 September 2007 ; PRNewswire SAIC Awarded Contract to Provide Medicare Systems Modernization Support http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/09-26-2007/0004670150 --- SAN DIEGO and MCLEAN -- Science Applications International Corporation (NYSE: SAI) today announced that it won a contract from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to provide business application development and maintenance support services for the Enterprise System Development (ESD) program. The multiple-award indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity contract will allow CMS to procure Medicare systems modernization services and support. It has a one-year base period of performance and nine one-year options. The contract has a total maximum value of $4 billion for all task orders placed with all awardees over the life of the contract. The SAIC-led team will provide services as required, including design, development and maintenance for CMS' automated systems and application software. SAIC will also provide enterprise-level services through the development and support of business applications. Work on the contract will be performed primarily in Baltimore, Md. "ESD is a very important and strategic win -- opening the doors for doing substantial new business at CMS and further establishing SAIC as a leading systems integrator for the transformation and modernization of government health systems," said Robert McCord, SAIC business unit general manager. "We look forward to the opportunity to deliver innovative, cost-effective and efficient solutions that enables CMS to best meet mission-objectives." From saic at vision.moundalexis.com Wed Sep 26 23:40:33 2007 From: saic at vision.moundalexis.com (Daily SAIC News) Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2007 19:40:33 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [saic] Contracts for September 26, 2007 Message-ID: <20070926193951.W1802-100000@vision.moundalexis.com> 26 September 2007 ; United States Department of Defense Contracts for September 26, 2007 http://www.defenselink.mil/contracts/contract.aspx?contractid=3613 --- CONTRACTS [...] DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY [...] Science Applications International Corp., San Diego, Calif., is being awarded a $6,122,064.70 fixed price with economic price adjustment contract for Information Technology Support Services. Using services are Defense Logistics Agency organizations. Other locations of performance are Michigan. Contract funds will not expire at the end of the current fiscal year. There were 5 proposals original solicited with 1 response. Date of performance completion is September 25, 2008. The contracting activity is Defense Logistics Agency, Enterprise Support (DES), Philadelphia, Pa. (SP4701-07-F-A096). [...] From saic at vision.moundalexis.com Thu Sep 27 11:08:02 2007 From: saic at vision.moundalexis.com (Daily SAIC News) Date: Thu, 27 Sep 2007 07:08:02 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [saic] Fort Detrick officials train for disaster response Message-ID: <20070927070748.P1802-100000@vision.moundalexis.com> 27 September 2007 ; The Frederick News-Post Fort Detrick officials train for disaster response http://www.fredericknewspost.com/sections/news/display.htm?StoryID=65611 --- By Sarah Fortney News-Post Staff What if a tornado swept through Frederick County, winding its way through Fort Detrick? What if terrorists planted a car bomb outside the military base, obliterating the front gate and damaging the barracks? Training exercises at Fort Detrick this week prepared officials and local law enforcement agencies for such scenarios. Ray Wharton, antiterrorism officer, said the training followed up on a two-day seminar held three months ago. Personnel from Science Applications International Corp., which provides training exercises to military installations worldwide, came to the base in June to discuss disaster planning and response, said training specialist Jim Calder. Eight SAIC trainers returned Tuesday and Wednesday to help simulate catastrophes, including a terrorist attack and natural disaster. "What we do is important because the threat is very real," Calder said. SAIC team members shared information with Fort Detrick officials during the training -- a scenario that a car bomb had obliterated the post's gate on Seventh Street early Tuesday and an explosion near the barracks had killed many people. A hypothetical tornado touched down Wednesday, leaving casualties and destruction. After responding to each disaster, officials formed groups to evaluate their emergency response. The trainers offered objective feedback, Wharton said. Based on their comments, base officials made adjustments to emergency response plans. The trainers will return in two years, Wharton said. The program is designed to drill military installations every two to three years, corresponding with changing commanders. The training allows local officials to test their plans and make adjustments as necessary, Wharton said. The exercises included officers from the Frederick Police Department, the Frederick County Sheriff's Office and Maryland State Police. In a real disaster, city, county and state officials would need to work together, Wharton said. "You don't want to wait until a catastrophe happens. We can't do this alone." From saic at vision.moundalexis.com Fri Sep 28 11:35:41 2007 From: saic at vision.moundalexis.com (Daily SAIC News) Date: Fri, 28 Sep 2007 07:35:41 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [saic] Australia Awards Tsunami Buoy Contract to SAIC Message-ID: <20070928073534.A1802-100000@vision.moundalexis.com> 28 September 2007 ; PRNewswire Australia Awards Tsunami Buoy Contract to SAIC http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/09-27-2007/0004671650 --- AN DIEGO and McLEAN, Va., Sept. 27 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Science Applications International Corporation (NYSE: SAI) announced today it has been awarded a contract for the production and delivery of Deep-ocean Assessment and Reporting of Tsunami (DART(TM)) systems by Australia's Bureau of Meteorology. (Photo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20070927/NETH069-a ) (Photo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20070927/NETH069-b ) SAIC is scheduled to deliver the first tsunami detection buoy to the bureau in Melbourne, Australia in February 2008. SAIC will provide two DART(TM) buoy systems as a change-over and first line spare for their initial buoy systems. The buoy systems are comprised of three subsystems: a surface communications buoy, a buoy mooring and a bottom pressure recorder. These systems are expected to be eventually deployed in the Tasman and Coral Seas. "This project is a major step forward in supporting Australia's efforts to establish their national tsunami warning system," said Robert Lawson, vice- president and director of SAIC's Tsunami Buoy Program. "SAIC has invested heavily in producing a commercially available, fully operational, tsunami detection system built to a set of published standards and subject to stringent U.S. government testing requirements. Since the devastating Sumatra tsunami in December of 2004, we have been developing and testing a dependable system that meets international requirements." As a major support contractor to NOAA's National Data Buoy Center, SAIC has extensive experience building, deploying and maintaining the DART(TM) buoys. SAIC is licensed by NOAA to build DART. systems for the international market. "This is another demonstration of SAIC's capabilities as a lead system engineering and integration company," said Deborah Alderson, president of SAIC's Defense Solutions Group. "This is an excellent example of our capability to fully integrate software and hardware design and build out the complete solution." The SAIC tsunami buoy team built on this background as well as decades of experience designing and deploying ocean sensors in support of other U.S. government agencies to develop a commercial version of the DART(TM) buoy to meet the emerging requirements of the international marketplace. For almost a year, SAIC has operated the SAIC tsunami buoy (STB) on station 200 nautical miles off the coast of southern California near a NOAA DART(TM) station for the purposes of testing and analysis. Recently, the STB successfully completed independent testing and was found to meet or exceed DART. operational specifications and standards. From saic at vision.moundalexis.com Fri Sep 28 11:37:13 2007 From: saic at vision.moundalexis.com (Daily SAIC News) Date: Fri, 28 Sep 2007 07:37:13 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [saic] SAIC Group President Exercises Options Message-ID: <20070928073702.E1802-100000@vision.moundalexis.com> 28 September 2007 ; Forbes (AP) SAIC Group President Exercises Options http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2007/09/27/ap4163323.html --- NEW YORK -- A group president at government services provider SAIC Inc. exercised options for 23,999 shares and then sold 12,353 shares of common stock, according to a Securities and Exchange Commission filing Wednesday. In a Form 4 filed with the SEC, Joseph W. Craver III reported he exercised the options for $9.53 apiece and sold the shares for $18.52 apiece Wednesday. Insiders file Form 4s with the SEC to report transactions in their companies' shares. Open market purchases and sales must be reported within two business days of the transaction.