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SAIC

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Science Applications International Corporation, known as SAIC, is a technology and systems-integration contractor serving defense, intelligence and civilian agencies.

PrimeAI decision supportCommand, control and communications+1
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Prime obligations
$55.58B
Since FY2008 · incl. subsidiaries
Prime awards
17,676
Every award since FY2008
Capabilities
3

About SAIC

SAIC's work includes mission IT, enterprise IT, engineering, modeling and simulation, cloud infrastructure, data and artificial intelligence. SAIC supports acquisition and modernization programs by integrating technologies, evaluating complex scenarios and operating systems used by government customers. Much of its output is delivered as a service or integrated mission capability rather than a mass-produced weapons platform. The company recruits across engineering, software, cybersecurity, program management and customer operations. Its published career locations span many military and government centers; a job location alone does not establish that SAIC owns a facility there.

Federal Prime Contracts$55.58B obligated · FY2008–FY2027

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Obligated
$55.58B
FY2008–FY2027
Contract actions
73,336
17,676 awards
Peak year
FY2024
$4.57B
Top buyer
U.S. Navy
24% of obligations
Obligations by fiscal yearLast 5 full years avg $4.18BFaded: FY2026 so far; DoD publishes actions about 90 days late.
FY2008: $1.14B · 1,426 actionsFY2009: $1.51B · 1,627 actionsFY2010: $1.88B · 2,553 actionsFY2011: $2.44B · 3,042 actionsFY2012: $2.63B · 2,833 actionsFY2013: $2.52B · 3,804 actionsFY2014: $2.76B · 10,382 actionsFY2015: $2.54B · 4,533 actionsFY2016: $2.56B · 3,791 actionsFY2017: $2.60B · 4,146 actionsFY2018: $2.62B · 3,741 actionsFY2019: $2.63B · 3,443 actionsFY2020: $2.92B · 3,496 actionsFY2021: $3.30B · 4,385 actionsFY2022: $3.95B · 4,347 actionsFY2023: $4.55B · 4,209 actionsFY2024: $4.57B · 4,950 actionsFY2025: $4.53B · 3,852 actionsFY2026 (to date): $3.96B · 2,774 actions
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Obligations by fiscal year
Fiscal yearObligatedActionsAwards
FY2026 (to date)$3.96B2,774968
FY2025$4.53B3,8521,308
FY2024$4.57B4,9502,077
FY2023$4.55B4,2091,573
FY2022$3.95B4,3471,625
FY2021$3.30B4,3851,717
FY2020$2.92B3,4961,426
FY2019$2.63B3,4431,462
FY2018$2.62B3,7411,565
FY2017$2.60B4,1461,667
FY2016$2.56B3,7911,349
FY2015$2.54B4,5331,640
FY2014$2.76B10,3827,475
FY2013$2.52B3,8041,323
FY2012$2.63B2,833659
FY2011$2.44B3,042571
FY2010$1.88B2,553392
FY2009$1.51B1,627281
FY2008$1.14B1,426213

Top buyers

  1. U.S. Navy$13.36B 24%
  2. Federal Acquisition Service$11.49B 21%
  3. U.S. Army$11.00B 20%
  4. U.S. Air Force$4.02B 7.2%
  5. U.S. Department of State$3.22B 5.8%
  6. NASA$2.62B 4.7%
  7. Federal Aviation Administration$1.23B 2.2%
  8. U.S. Customs and Border Protection$1.15B 2.1%
  9. Internal Revenue Service$794M 1.4%
  10. Defense Information Systems Agency$732M 1.3%
  11. Washington Headquarters Services$494M 0.9%
  12. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services$403M 0.7%
  13. All other$5.08B 9.1%

Defense programs

  1. DDG 51 Arleigh Burke-class destroyer$160M 0.3%
  2. EFV$157M 0.3%
  3. MDA SUPPORT$146M 0.3%
  4. Littoral Combat Ship (LCS)$69.5M 0.1%
  5. TACTOM$48.8M 0.1%
  6. JTN$37.6M 0.1%
  7. OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRAMS$27.3M 0.0%
  8. CVN 68$10.2M 0.0%
  9. IDECM$7.6M 0.0%
  10. LHD 1$4.5M 0.0%
  11. AEHF$4.3M 0.0%
  12. DMS$4.2M 0.0%
  13. NAVSTAR GPS$2.9M 0.0%
  14. GCCS-J$2.0M 0.0%
  15. P-3C$922K 0.0%
  16. All other$3.4M 0.0%

Only actions coded to a DoD acquisition program.

What they sell (PSC)

  1. Support- Professional: Engineering/Technical$16.25B 29%
  2. IT and Telecom- Other IT and Telecommunications$5.96B 11%
  3. Support- Professional: Other$5.37B 9.7%
  4. IT and Telecom - Business Application/Application Development Support Services (Labor)$3.10B 5.6%
  5. Support- Professional: Program Management/Support$2.25B 4.0%
  6. R&D- Defense Other: Services (Engineering Development)$1.56B 2.8%
  7. IT and Telecom- Facility Operation and Maintenance$1.20B 2.2%
  8. Maint/Repair/Rebuild of Equipment- Communication, Detection, and Coherent Radiation Equipment$1.06B 1.9%
  9. IT and Telecom- IT Strategy and Architecture$1.05B 1.9%
  10. National Defense R&D Services; Atomic Energy Defense Activities; R&D Administrative Expenses$941M 1.7%
  11. IT and Telecom- Integrated Hardware/Software/Services Solutions, Predominantly Services$822M 1.5%
  12. IT and Telecom- Systems Development$701M 1.3%
  13. IT and Telecom- Data Centers and Storage$684M 1.2%
  14. Torpedos and Components, Inert$679M 1.2%
  15. Maint/Repair/Rebuild of Equipment- Electrical and Electronic Equipment Components$663M 1.2%
  16. All other$13.29B 24%

Industry (NAICS)

  1. Engineering Services$16.47B 30%
  2. Computer Systems Design Services$15.00B 27%
  3. Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (Except Biotechnology)$5.73B 10%
  4. Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences$5.01B 9.0%
  5. Administrative Management and General Management Consulting Services$2.85B 5.1%
  6. Computer Facilities Management Services$2.05B 3.7%
  7. Other Computer Related Services$1.62B 2.9%
  8. Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (Except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology)$1.62B 2.9%
  9. Wired Telecommunications Carriers$1.35B 2.4%
  10. Search, Detection, Navigation, Guidance, Aeronautical, and Nautical System and Instrument Manufacturing$1.01B 1.8%
  11. All other$2.89B 5.2%

Where the work is done

  1. Virginia$19.35B 35%
  2. Alabama$8.78B 16%
  3. District of Columbia$7.80B 14%
  4. Maryland$2.54B 4.6%
  5. California$2.42B 4.3%
  6. Massachusetts$2.30B 4.1%
  7. Florida$2.30B 4.1%
  8. Indiana$1.92B 3.5%
  9. South Carolina$1.70B 3.1%
  10. Vermont$973M 1.8%
  11. Missouri$738M 1.3%
  12. Texas$627M 1.1%
  13. Kentucky$582M 1.0%
  14. North Carolina$528M 1.0%
  15. Illinois$340M 0.6%
  16. All other$2.69B 4.8%

Contract pricing

  1. Cost Plus Fixed Fee$20.07B 36%
  2. Firm Fixed Price$14.55B 26%
  3. Cost Plus Award Fee$7.66B 14%
  4. Time and Materials$6.81B 12%
  5. Labor Hours$3.04B 5.5%
  6. Cost No Fee$1.34B 2.4%
  7. Cost Plus Incentive Fee$1.23B 2.2%
  8. Combination (Applies to Awards Where Two or More of the Above Apply)$464M 0.8%
  9. All other$423M 0.8%

Competition

  1. Full and Open Competition$53.02B 95%
  2. Competitive Delivery Order$1.37B 2.5%
  3. Not Competed$924M 1.7%
  4. Not Available for Competition$78.9M 0.1%
  5. Competed Under SAP$75.9M 0.1%
  6. Not Competed Under SAP$58.6M 0.1%
  7. Full and Open Competition After Exclusion of Sources$18.0M 0.0%
  8. Non-Competitive Delivery Order$1.3M 0.0%
  9. All other−$583K -0.0%

Largest awards10

  • Task Order to Provide Project Management Support, Transition Support, Engineering and Design Support, Securing the Infrastructure Support and O&m Support for the Department's IT Consolidation Program.U.S. Department of State · USAspending ↗
    $2.09BDec 22, 2010
  • Software Life Cycle DevelopmentFederal Acquisition Service · USAspending ↗
    $1.43BMay 5, 2020
  • The Scope of the to Is to Provide Enterprise IT Services for the Usace.Federal Acquisition Service · USAspending ↗
    $1.21BNov 30, 2020
  • IGF::OT::IGF This Effort Is for A Follow on Procurement Requirement. the Name of This Procurement Is the Omnibus Multidiscipline Engineering Services (Omes) II. the Principal Purpose of This Contract Is to Provide Multidiscipline Engineering Support Services and Related Work to Eed, Istd, Sed, Msd, Mesa, Jpss, Ssco, and Related Organizations, As Required, for the Study, Design, Systems Engineering, Development, Fabrication, Integration, Testing, Verification, and Operations of Space Flight, Airborne, and Ground System Hardware and Software, Including Development and Validation of New Technologies to Enable Future Space and Science Missions. to This End, the Contractor Shall Provide On/off-site Multidiscipline Engineering Services, Pursuant to Task Orders Issued by the Contracting Officer. These Services Shall Include the Personnel, Facilities, and Materials (Unless Otherwise Provided by the Government) to Accomplish the Tasks. Travel May Be Required by the Contractor to Support Certain Task Orders, These Travel Requirements Will Be Identified on A Task by Task Basis.NASA · USAspending ↗
    $1.03BMay 12, 2017
  • Systems and Computer Resources Support (Scrs) for the Software Engineering Directorate (Sed), U.S. Army Research, Development and Engineering Command (USA Rdecom)U.S. Army · USAspending ↗
    $923MSep 30, 2009
  • Single Award Task Order Against GSA Oasis Ur (Pool 4) for Hwil and M&s Development Engineering Services to Provide Full Life Cycle Support for Hwils, Force Protection, Trainers, and Virtual, Interactive and Multimedia Systems in Support of S3I.U.S. Army · USAspending ↗
    $843MMar 3, 2021
  • The Task Order Is for Information Technology Engineering and Architecture (Lead Integrator).U.S. Department of State · USAspending ↗
    $806MAug 5, 2021
  • Task Order/base AwardU.S. Army · USAspending ↗
    $767MFeb 14, 2012
  • IGF::OT::IGF Base Award Professional Services.U.S. Army · USAspending ↗
    $760MSep 14, 2012
  • System Software Lifecycle Engineering SsleFederal Acquisition Service · USAspending ↗
    $722MMar 13, 2025

Signed obligations on federal prime contracts (award types A–D) from USAspending, FY2008 through Oct 9, 2026. Obligations are money the government committed, not company revenue, and include de-obligations. Subcontracts and grants are excluded. Matching is by registered UEI. “Including subsidiaries” adds our listed subsidiaries (from their acquisition date, where known) and actions whose reported parent is this company.

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Capabilities3

Maturity and TRL describe this organization's work; the field-wide maturity is on each technology's page.

Supply Chain1 facility

Facilities1

  • Corporate headquarters
    Headquarters · Reston, Virginia, United States
    Operating
    SAIC corporate headquarters; the company describes its core business as mission integration and government technology services. Source ↗
    Confirmed

Hiring Observations

Official careers ↗

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Sources2

Technologies1

  1. 1
    CompanySAIC | Vinnie DiFronzo

    Supports Organization, Organization technology

    “SAIC provides engineering, digital, and mission solutions across the defense, space, intelligence, and civilian”

Supply chain1

  1. 2
    CompanySAIC - Welcome

    Supports Facility

    “Headquartered in Reston, Virginia”

Government identifiers2

UEI
L7EUZR8R5RZ3
reported · Checked Oct 10, 2026
Source ↗
UEI
MMLKPW9JLX64
reported · Checked Oct 10, 2026
Source ↗

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