SAIC wins Defense systems engineering support work

Science Applications International Corp. won a five-year, $39 million contract from the Office of the Secretary of Defense to provide support services for systems engineering efforts, the company announced today.

SAIC of San Diego will provide scientific, engineering, technical and administrative support to the Office of the Director for Systems Engineering. The company will work in Arlington, Va., and Washington.

SAIC's team includes Northrop Grumman Corp., Quadelta Inc., DDL OMNI Engineering LLC, Innovative Management Concepts Inc., Suh'dutsing Technologies LLC, Simulation Strategies Inc., John H. Northrop & Associates LLC and SAM Inc.

The director of systems engineering promotes the use of technology across the Defense Department's contracting community. The office seeks to raise an awareness of effective systems engineering and instill the latest innovations into technical planning.

SAIC is an employee-owned research and engineering company with more than 43,000 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.