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SAIC Annual Report

 Fiscal Year 2006

Our vision, values and exceptional people

 contribute to our success

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Table of Contents

Message to Stockholders 

Solutions for Government and 
Commercial Customers 

•  Homeland Security 

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Intelligence Solutions 

•  Defense Transformation 

•  Logistics and Transportation 

•  Systems Engineering and

Integration 

•  Research and Development 

•  Commercial Services 

Our Company is SAIC 

Team SAIC 

Board of Directors 

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SAIC – From Science to Solutions™ 

SAIC is a leading systems, solutions and technical services company. We solve our customers’ mission-critical problems 
with innovative applications of technology and expertise. In medical labs researching cancer cures, in the desert testing 
next-generation robotics, in the ocean deploying tsunami warning systems, SAIC people and technologies are there. 
In crime labs investigating new evidence, in Iraq helping protect and support our men and women in uniform, 
SAIC is there.
  SAIC has a reputation for exceeding customer expectations. Our people are empowered to deliver outstanding value 
and productivity, and to go the extra mile for our customers.
  SAIC is a platform-independent provider of scientific, engineering and systems integration services. We draw on a 
wealth of technology and integration options to better serve our customers. 
  SAIC is committed to recruiting, retaining and developing a diverse team of talented professionals. For us, success 
depends on bringing people together to solve some of the toughest problems facing our nation and the world.
  We do all this with the constant and deliberate commitment to ethical performance and integrity that has marked 
SAIC since its founding.

O N   T H E   C O V E R :
Across land, sea and space, we are there. Our technical professionals deploy 
with military forces to develop and test new systems and hardware. (Left) SAIC 
professional Reginald Howze provides critical technical support for weapons 
demilitarization.

We develop new technologies for space defense and space intelligence. (Center) 
SAIC Mechanical Designer Jimmy Wong helps develop a high-resolution earth-
observing system for a micro-satellite.

(Right) Program Manager Elizabeth Burch (top) and Software Engineer Stephanie 
Banaag are helping the next generation of military forces respond to current and 
emerging threats via new military training technologies.

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Message to
Stockholders

C E O   K e n   D a h l b e r g

Fiscal Year  2006  was  a  productive  and  exciting 

year, but it was also a challenging one. I’m proud 

to  report  that  our  company  and  our  employees 

continued  to  deliver  strong  performance  to  our 

customers and solid value to our shareholders.

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Our Performance in FY2006
Dedication and tremendous effort from our people – in 
the face of difficult challenges – helps explain why SAIC 
was able to deliver solid financial performance in a year 
that was anything but business as usual. The U.S. gov-
ernment – our largest customer responsible for 89% of 
our revenues – was confronted with huge, unexpected 
operational requirements after Hurricanes Katrina and 
Rita as well as large ongoing costs to support the war on 
terrorism. Many government customers – and the SAIC 
organizations that supported them – faced markedly 
altered programs, budgets and missions.
  The dedication and heroism of our employees in the 
hurricane-devastated areas deserves special mention. It is 
this type of commitment and capability that makes SAIC 
a truly special organization.
  Even with all of these events, our revenues grew 8% 
to reach $7.8 billion. Net income jumped 127% to $927 
million. This net income figure includes $582 million of 
income from discontinued operations, driven primarily 
by a gain from the sale of our former Telcordia Tech-
nologies subsidiary in March 2005. Considering only 
continuing operations, net income and diluted earnings 
per share rose 27% and 32%, respectively, compared to 
FY2005.
  We continued to be faced with challenges on our 
contract with the Greek government to provide security 
infrastructure for the Athens 2004 Summer Olympics. 
We are working diligently to have an outcome that is 
mutually satisfactory to our company and customer.
  Our focus on improving our competitiveness con-
tinued this fiscal year with initiatives to streamline more 
of our operations, improve IT resources, and upgrade 
training programs. We also invested more in research and 
development and in developing our people.
  Cash flow from operations was strong, helping grow 
the balance sheet to $2.7 billion in cash and marketable
securities. We continue to look for ways to deploy cash 
that generates maximum shareholder value.

Our Strategic Thrusts Should Drive  
Our Growth
Our strategic focus in our intelligence business area has 
yielded outstanding revenue growth. We also made two 
important acquisitions to strengthen our intelligence 
capabilities: Object Sciences Corporation in FY2006 and 
Presearch Inc. in FY2005.

In the chemical-biological defense area, we added 

to our expertise with the strategic acquisition of GEO-
CENTERS, which Washington Technology cited in its list 
of “Top 10 Deals” for 2005.

In the area of logistics transformation, we’re well 
positioned to continue delivering innovative solutions to 
DoD. And we’ve seen a resurgence in our transportation 
business as government agencies look for ways to make 
the transportation infrastructure more resilient in the face 
of terrorist attacks or natural disasters.  
  We also plan to step up and deliver more solutions to 
the warfighter. We responded to one of the Bush admin-
istration’s top defense priorities – defeating and defend-
ing against improvised explosive devices (IEDs) – with 
new technology for a multipurpose troop transport.

Blending Public and Private Ownership
While we remain committed to completing an initial 
public offering, we also remain committed to maintain-
ing significant employee ownership. We believe employee 
ownership continues to offer a strong value proposition, 
helping us recruit and retain top talent, and motivating 
our employees’ best efforts for our customers and our 
shareholders.

Heading into the Future
Having a strong staff of highly qualified people is 
essential to capture and execute new opportunities. 
Recruiting and retaining excellent personnel has always 
been a top priority for SAIC. But as important, we 
continue to take steps to strengthen our management 
team and improve our operating efficiency.
  This is an exciting time at SAIC. Going forward, we 
have every reason to be optimistic about our future. We 
earned this optimism by our strong performance – not 
just last year, but throughout our 37-year history.
  Our employees are passionate about our mission. 
Working together, we are determined to achieve our 
company’s vision to “be the leading systems, solutions, 
and technical services company, solving our customers’ 
most important business and mission-critical problems 
through innovative applications of technology and 
domain knowledge.”

Ken Dahlberg
CEO and Chairman of the Board

 
 
 
Diluted Earnings  
per Share

Net Income
Millions

$5

2006 $5.15
$1000
2005 $2.18
2004 $1.86

2006 $927
2005 $409
2004 $351

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$4

$750

Diluted Earnings  
per Share

2006 $5.15
2005 $2.18
2004 $1.86

$5

$4

$3

* All years presented 
have been restated 
$2
to show Telcordia 
Technologies, Inc. as 
discontinued 
operation
$1

$3

$2

$500

$250

$1

$0

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Diluted Earnings  
per Share

$5

Revenues
Millions

2006 $5.15
2005 $2.18
Operating Income
2004 $1.86
Millions
2006 $7,792
2005 $7,187
$500
2004 $5,833

2006 $497
2005 $488
2004 $395

$4
$8,000

$7,000
$3

$6,000
$2

$5,000

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$3,000
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$400

$300

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$100

’06

Net Income
Millions

$1000
Operating Income
Millions

2006 $927
2005 $409
Stockholders’ Equity
2004 $351
Millions

$750
$500

$500
$400

$300
$250

$200

$0  

$100

2006 $497
$3,000
2005 $488
2004 $395

2006 $2,807
2005 $2,351
2004 $2,203

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$1,000

’02

’06

Net Income
Millions

$1000

2006 $927
2005 $409
2004 $351

$750

$500

$250

$0  

’02

’06

Stockholders’ Equity
Millions

$3,000

2006 $2,807
2005 $2,351
2004 $2,203

$2,000

$1,000

* All years presented 
have been restated 
to show Telcordia 
Technologies, Inc. as 
discontinued 
operation

Revenues
Millions

2006 $7,792
2005 $7,187
2004 $5,833

$8,000

$7,000

$6,000
* All years presented 
have been restated 
to show Telcordia 
Technologies, Inc. as 
$5,000
discontinued 
operation

$4,000

$3,000

$2,000

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Revenues
Millions

Operating Income
Millions

2006 $7,792
2005 $7,187
2004 $5,833

$8,000

$7,000

$6,000

$5,000

$4,000

$3,000

$2,000

2006 $497
2005 $488
2004 $395

$500

$400

$300

$200

$100

* All years presented 
have been restated 
to show Telcordia 
Technologies, Inc. as 
discontinued 
operation

Stockholders’ Equity
Millions

Diluted Earnings  
per Share

$3,000

2006 $2,807
2005 $2,351
2004 $2,203

$5

2006 $5.15
2005 $2.18
2004 $1.86

$2,000

$1,000

$4

$3

$2

$1

$0

Net Income
Millions

$1000

2006 $927
2005 $409
2004 $351

$750

$500

$250

$0

’02

’06

$0

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’06

$0  

’02

Diluted Earnings  
per Share

For Revenues and 

$5
Revenues
Operating Income, 
Millions

2006 $5.15
2005 $2.18
2004 $1.86

$4
all years presented 
$8,000

2006 $7,792
2005 $7,187
2004 $5,833

have been restated 
$7,000
$3

* All years presented 
have been restated 
to show Telcordia 
Technologies, Inc. as 
discontinued 
operation

to show Telcordia 

Technologies, Inc. 

$6,000
$2

$5,000

as a discontinued 
$1
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operation

$0
$3,000

$2,000

’02

’06

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’06

Revenues
Millions

Operating Income
Millions

2006 $7,792
2005 $7,187
2004 $5,833

$8,000

$7,000

$6,000

$5,000

$4,000

$3,000

$2,000

2006 $497
2005 $488
2004 $395

$500

$400

$300

$200

$100

’02

’06

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Stockholders’ Equity
Millions

$3,000

2006 $2,807
2005 $2,351
2004 $2,203

$2,000

$1,000

$0  

’02

’06

Net Income
Millions

2006 $927
2005 $409
2004 $351

$1000
Operating Income
Millions

2006 $497
2005 $488
2004 $395

$750
$500

$500
$400

$300
$250

$200

$0  

’02

$100

$0

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’06

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2006 $2,807
2005 $2,351
2004 $2,203

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$1,000

$0

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’06

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Solutions for 

Government and Commercial Customers

Our line manage me nt   team : 

Group Presidents (from left) T.P. Smith III , George Singley III, 

Deborah Alderson, Larry Peck, and Lawrence Prior III. 

Senior Vice President Charles Koontz (right).

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Homeland Security

From ground zero to the Gulf Coast, SAIC provided vital situational awareness supporting rescue 
and recovery efforts. When government agencies arrived to help, SAIC staff reestablished communi-
cations and provided emergency operations and IT support. (Above) To aid emergency workers  
after Hurricane Katrina, we helped the U.S. Geological Survey process and deliver nearly 22 
terabytes of imagery. (Right) At our Public Safety Integration Center, SAIC Professionals William 
Summers and Julie Hadley integrate and demonstrate new solutions to respond to natural disasters.

When terrorists attacked in 2001, SAIC answered the 

call to duty. We answered it again last year when one of 

the most devastating natural disasters on record struck 

the Gulf Coast.

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Both times, our staff were among the first to respond. 
When a hijacked Boeing 757 slammed into the Pentagon 
on September 11, 2001, SAIC staff risked their lives to 
help others escape the burning, smoke-filled building. 
Their acts of bravery earned them the highest peacetime 
medals awarded by the U.S. Army.
  When Hurricane Katrina’s powerful center crashed 
into the Gulf Coast near NASA’s Michoud facility, an 
SAIC employee risked his life to stay and protect flight 
hardware essential to the U.S. space program. That cour-
age would earn Steve Thompson the NASA Medal for 
Exceptional Bravery. 

  There were many other examples of quiet heroism by 
SAIC employees. Not far from NASA Michoud, our em-
ployees were on the ride-out crew at the National Data 
Buoy Center. Although they suffered devastating personal 
losses, our employees stayed on the job, working quickly 
and efficiently to get data from critical hurricane early 
warning systems streaming back out to the public before 
Hurricane Rita slammed into Texas and Louisiana.
  After Katrina wreaked havoc on Mississippi River 
shipping channels, our staff were among the first to navi-
gate the unknown hazards. Onboard a NOAA research 
vessel, they worked around the clock to survey and chart 

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Homeland Security

new navigation hazards so that ports and shipping chan-
nels could be reopened to Navy relief vessels.
  When the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the 
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) staff 
arrived to help, they relied on SAIC to configure new 
communications links and provide emergency operations 
support in the disaster-torn area. And when Louisiana 
State University became the temporary home for 
displaced or arriving federal agencies and evacuees with 
special needs, SAIC staff quickly assisted LSU in standing 
up an emergency operations center to coordinate 
relief efforts. 
  The list of SAIC contributions goes on: delivering 
logistics and maintenance support for military relief 
operations; assisting in the transfer of electronic medical 
records and prescription histories to help displaced 
victims; and capturing lessons learned from disaster and 
relief efforts. 
  Through it all, we pressed forward to improve home-
land security protection on many other fronts. 

Protecting Against CBRN Threats
A wealth of experience went into creating SAIC’s new 
Homeland Protection & Preparedness Business Unit. 
Respected experts from SAIC and its GEO-CENTERS 
acquisition joined forces to create this new business unit 
last year. Headquartered in Abingdon, Maryland, near 
long-time customers at Aberdeen Proving Grounds, the 
business unit focuses on protecting first responders, armed 
forces, and civilians from chemical, biological, radiological 
and nuclear (CBRN) weapons.

Its centerpiece contract: Lead Systems Integrator for 

the ground-breaking Guardian Installation Protection 
Program. SAIC is helping the Joint Project Manager Guar-
dian choose new detection, protection and response 
capabilities and integrate them with existing force 
protection measures at installations in the U.S. and 
overseas. As part of this effort, we identify and evaluate 
emerging detection and protection technologies at our 
Integration and Assurance Center (IAC) in Abingdon. 

Securing Borders and Ports of Entry
Safeguarding the homeland means working with inter-
national trading partners to identify and inspect cargo 
containers at international ports before they are shipped 

to U.S. seaports. In a project that holds the promise to 
reduce the terrorist threat, two of the world’s busiest 
cargo terminals – both in Hong Kong – have been using 
our Integrated Container Inspection Systems to scan 
hundreds of thousands of containers during the course 
of normal traffic flow. One of the core technologies in 
this system, our proprietary gamma-ray imaging system, 
has been deployed across the U.S. and around the world 
to land, sea and air ports of entry. 
  Not content to rest on its successes, SAIC is exploring 
new technologies to detect nuclear materials contraband, 
intrusions into cargo containers, and explosives in 
containers. We are also developing new technologies 
to help protect seaports and the Panama Canal from 
seagoing threats, as well as to help protect airports from 
runway incursions and aircraft from shoulder-fired missiles.

Defending Against Disease 
Whether a disease outbreak is terrorist-driven or naturally 
occurring, government and public health officials are 
turning to SAIC for solutions in preparedness and 
response. We are helping the CDC develop a national 
biosurveillance infrastructure designed to improve early 
detection of major disease outbreaks as well as to provide 
improved “health situational awareness.” SAIC is working 
with hospitals and health care organizations around the 
country to implement real-time data feeds into this 
BioSense system. This is a massive, first-of-its-kind effort.
  We’re designing the system to correlate medical com-
plaints with data from monitors in the DHS BioWatch 
network. SAIC is developing a system that could make 
substantial improvements to this biosurveillance network, 
which was implemented after the anthrax attacks in 2001. 
  At the same time, we’re exploring emerging tech-
nologies such as the TIGER biosensor, a revolutionary 
system for identifying infectious diseases and winner of an 
R&D 100 Award for 2005. Developed by SAIC and Isis 
Pharmaceuticals, TIGER shows remarkable promise for 
identifying both known pathogens and newly evolved or 
engineered pathogens.
  Once pathogens are identified, vaccines need to be 
available in the right quantities at the right time and place. 
SAIC is playing a key technology management role in 
the DHS BioShield program to more effectively stockpile 
and more rapidly develop vaccines and therapeutics.

 
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SAIC expertise has benefited some of the largest security 
operations in U.S. history: Olympic Games, presidential 
inaugurals, and Super Bowls. To create a safe experience 
for Super Bowl XL, the City of Detroit and the Detroit 
Police used a security system integrated by SAIC (above) to 
coordinate more than 100 local, state and federal agencies. 
At the Center for Domestic Preparedness in Anniston, 
Alabama, SAIC is the prime contractor for training police 
(left), firefighters and medical personnel how to respond 
to terrorist incidents, especially those involving chemical, 
biological and radiological agents.

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Intelligence Solutions

U.S. Army Photo taken by George Anderson (SAIC)

United States Marine Corps photo

We help military and intelligence staff access vital intelligence when, where and how they need it. 
In a deployed combat unit in Iraq, Army analysts use the advanced analytical tools of JIOC-I to 
extract critical intelligence data (above left). And soldiers in Iraq can now identify detainees using 
PDAs and the Biometric Automated Toolset we helped develop (above right). Forward-deployed 
forces and Air Force installations such as Andrews AFB rely on GeoBase technology (right) to 
visualize assets and plan for daily and crisis operations. SAIC Project Manager James Shute 
(far right) played a key role implementing this successful GeoBase technology and its GeoReach 
component for deployed forces.

Whether  they’re  wearing  40  pounds  of  body  armor 

in  the  110-degree  Iraqi  desert  or  developing  ways  to 

extract intelligence data, SAIC employees work shoulder 

to shoulder with military and intelligence operatives to 

help fight the war on terrorism.

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Responding to an urgent operational needs statement, 
SAIC engineers and analysts deployed with combat
units to develop an advanced capability in Iraq: 
the Joint Intelligence Operational Capability-Iraq. 
JIOC-I provides significantly improved data access and 
vital intelligence information much lower down the 
chain of command. Soldiers can now use handheld PDAs 
to access the network, receive alerts, and send real-time 
intelligence data.
  Embedded with the soldiers, SAIC staff support 
the JIOC-I system, solve technical problems in this 
harsh desert environment, and use their on-the-scene 

knowledge to mentor service members on JIOC-I use 
and recommend system improvements. JIOC-I also 
benefits Army analysts who can use the system to 
search across many intelligence databases with a single 
query. To quickly extract and interpret from this massive 
data repository, the analysts also have access to our 
successful Pathfinder data mining and visualization 
tool suite.

New Directions in Information Sharing
Our highly skilled employees combine decades of 
intelligence and national security experience with 

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(Above) When a Predator prowls above the 
Afghan mountains or the Iraqi desert, the pilot 
– sitting at an operations center thousands of 
miles away – receives critical systems support from 
SAIC Deputy Program Manager Kevin Reynolds 
(standing). As the Predator program expands, 
we’re also expanding our systems support under a 
new contract won last year. From the high-flying 
Predator and Global Hawk to the tiny Dragon 
Eye, generations of UAVs have benefited from 
SAIC’s expertise.

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Intelligence Solutions

fresh ideas to help tackle some of the toughest 
challenges facing the intelligence community, such as 
sharing critical information. 
  Their efforts garnered letters of appreciation from 
President Bush last year. In response to an Executive 
Order from the president, two of our systems integration 
experts – Cheryl Aycock and Barry Fiebert – helped 
prepare a plan for an information-sharing environment 
to strengthen the intelligence community’s ability to find, 
track and stop terrorists.
  We also strengthened our own capabilities in this 
critical area with the acquisition of Object Sciences 
Corporation. OSC provides key technical support 
to the Information Dominance Center, the premier 
intelligence test bed for new technologies and concepts 
developed for the U.S. Army’s Intelligence and Security 
Command. Both the Information Dominance Center 
and JIOC-I program in Iraq have helped reshape how 
intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) 
information is processed and analyzed, and have provided 
critical assistance to the warfighter, not only in Iraq and 
Afghanistan but also in Korea and in the overall global 
war on terrorism.

In the heat of battle, focused intelligence collection 

is also needed – and needed quickly. Our Web-based 
PRISM application allows theater users, in various 
functional roles and at different echelons, to 
synchronize ISR requirements and support with 
current military operations and priorities. Originally 
prototyped and fielded for the U.S. European 
Command, PRISM is now being used in other theaters 
such as Iraq.
  To improve information sharing and IT support to 
regional combatant commands, services and agencies, 
SAIC is playing a key role in transforming the 
intelligence IT infrastructure. We are helping transform 
the DoD Intelligence Information System architecture 
to a centrally managed and regionally delivered IT 
infrastructure. Regional service centers will provide 
common mission support capabilities to intelligence 
users at all levels of command. The benefits of this 
approach include better access to emerging technologies 
and tested business practices, and better use of 
limited resources. 

Better Access to Geospatial Intelligence
Shortly before our fiscal year started, a team that included 
SAIC staff received a prestigious honor: a Meritorious 
Unit Citation from the Intelligence Community. They 
were among key personnel recognized for “extraordinary 
effort and exceptional teamwork” on an important 
National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency project. 
Their work made Predator, U-2, and Global Hawk 
imagery available to a wide range of defense and 
intelligence users.
  Special recognition also came from another source last 
year – the Vipers attack helicopter battalion in Iraq. The 
digitized raster maps of Baghdad used for Viper missions 
had a potentially lethal omission. They didn’t show power 
lines. A special high-resolution product created by our 
geospatial imagery experts – a digital overlay map of 
power lines – “greatly enhanced the combat effectiveness 
of our Attack Battalion,” according to the Viper Tactical 
Operations Officer.
  Not content to rest on its laurels, SAIC expanded 
its geospatial offerings by acquiring IMAPS, a leading 
developer of geospatial technologies and navigational 
software products. 

New Synergies for Operational Intelligence
A new tool on the front line in Iraq – biometrics – has 
helped military personnel identify builders of improvised 
explosive devices (IEDs), potentially saving the lives of 
civilians and soldiers alike. SAIC played a key role in 
developing the portable Biometric Automated Toolset 
(BAT), used by soldiers on patrol and base security 
personnel to access fingerprint, iris and facial scans. 
Last fiscal year, SAIC continued to provide operational 
support for the system, which is now deployed in Iraq 
and Afghanistan.
  Our efforts also helped the U.S. Coast Guard target 
and track multiple networks of suspected terrorists 
and smugglers. For the Coast Guard Intelligence 
Coordination Center, an SAIC team developed a 
new “holistic” approach to analyzing disparate 
intelligence information. Those efforts provided 
actionable intelligence that led to a number of arrests 
and deportations. 

 
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Defense Transformation

At SAIC, we see innovation as the key to successful transformation. (Above) SAIC innovation 
is apparent in our prototype troop transport. An SAIC team led by Chief Engineer Dr. Mike 
Lowe (kneeling), and including Analyst Jeff Daniels (in back), designed the transport to set new 
standards in troop protection and adaptability. (Right) Program Manager Christopher Hulick led 
the development of a new real-time strategy video game, aimed at demonstrating the benefits that 
the Future Combat System – and SAIC and Boeing innovation – will bring to the U.S. Army.

Military procurement programs don’t often get perfect 

grades – especially when they’re as vast and complex  

as the Army’s Future Combat System (FCS). In 2005, 

FCS  did  just  that  under  the  leadership  of  SAIC  and 

Boeing.

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In late August, FCS completed its System of Systems 
Functional Review – meeting 100% of the closure 
criteria – under the guidance of SAIC and Boeing, 
who are teamed as the Lead Systems Integrator. The 
review validated that the Army’s most technically 
challenging transformation initiative is meeting its cost, 
schedule and, most important, performance targets. 
  The review was also designed to capture the 
warfighter’s needs and establish a functional baseline 
for the Future Combat System. As a senior Army 
official noted, “This is the Army’s future and    

we’re doing it right.”
  Successfully completing this review means FCS can 
move forward with preliminary design and its first major 
field experiment.
  Since the Army wants FCS capabilities just as soon 
as they’re available, key FCS technologies are slated to 
go to soldiers in 2008. Technologies slated for early 
fielding include two systems that SAIC is responsible for 
integrating – the Non-Line-of-Sight Launch System, 
which consists of 15 Precision Attack Missiles, and the 
Intelligent Munitions System.

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Defense Transformation

Emerging Technologies: Protecting 

Our Troops
To better protect today’s military forces, SAIC and 
Teledyne Brown Engineering developed, built and 
successfully tested an armored troop carrier system 
designed to protect soldiers from small arms fire 
and most fragments from improvised explosive 
devices. Carried by the Army’s standard 5-ton truck, 
our Multipurpose Troop Transport Carrier System 
successfully supported numerous transport and convoy 
missions in Iraq as part of the Army’s operational 
evaluation. Developed with patent-pending SAIC 
technology, the system is designed to set new standards 
in protection and adaptability.
  The importance of protecting vehicles against 
shaped-charge threats, such as rocket-propelled grenades, 
became obvious in the Iraq conflict. SAIC has a 20-
year history as a key developer of Electromagnetic 
Armor (EMA) solutions for multiple classes of military 
platforms. Our technical improvements in energy 
storage, power conditioning, and power transmission 
are designed to improve EMA performance and 
applicability in future vehicles.

Emerging Technologies: Advanced 

Projectiles
Working with Lockheed Martin, SAIC successfully 
completed a series of guided flight tests for the Long 
Range Land Attack Projectile that demonstrated an 
impressive firing cadence and repeated performance 
successes. Gun-launched, rocket-assisted, and GPS-
guided, the 155-mm projectile is the primary munition 
of the Navy’s Advanced Gun System being built for the 
future DD(X) class destroyer. The tests demonstrated 
record-setting performance: guided flight to 63 nautical 
miles. SAIC supplied the airframe design, many critical 
airframe components, aerodynamic analysis, in-flight 
telemetry, all guided flight algorithms, and flight test 
leadership. 

Advanced Simulation
In the hands of SAIC staff, successes and failures from 
the Iraq war zone quickly become valuable lessons 
learned for training. At the Stryker Center for Lessons 

Learned – which we operate for the U.S. Army – our 
staff quickly analyze and integrate Iraq experiences into 
training products and a Web portal, which can then be 
accessed by the six Stryker brigades, one of which is 
deployed in Iraq. Our efforts garnered a coveted Army 
Knowledge Award for the center.
  SAIC also operates the Mission Support Training 
Facility at Fort Lewis, home of the first Stryker brigade, 
and recently won a contract to operate the Fort’s new 
state-of-the-art Battle Command Training Center. 
The 67,000-square-foot center will soon include the 
OneSAF constructive simulation and the Stryker Driver 
Trainer developed by SAIC.

Advanced Concepts
SAIC laid the groundwork for DoD’s transformation 
initiative, developing much of the conceptual foundation 
for such capstone concepts as dominant maneuver and 
long-range precision strike. Recently, SAIC assisted the 
Office of Force Transformation in defining concepts to 
deter disruptive technology innovations used by enemies 
to negate U.S. advantages. 
  Our policy analysts are also helping the Air Force 
usher in sweeping change. An SAIC-led team helped 
develop the original Warfighting Headquarters concept 
and the updated Air Force Component Headquarters 
concept for the Air Force Chief of Staff (CSAF). These 
concepts outline the CSAF’s intent to provide each of 
the eight global and regional combatant commanders 
an Air Force Component Headquarters dedicated to 
supporting them across the full range of Air Force 
military operations. These concepts also form the core 
of a larger series of Air Force command reengineering 
initiatives that will enable the Air Force to modernize its 
forces for the future.
  For another important initiative, we are helping 
NATO assess options to protect its territory, force and 
population centers against the full range of missile 
threats. This new effort builds on the NATO Active 
Layered Theater Ballistic Missile Defense Feasibility 
Study that SAIC previously conducted. Based on the 
system study, and on the design, integration, simulation 
and test efforts, SAIC’s team will recommend solutions 
to meet NATO’s defense needs.

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Soldiers now learn to maneuver the eight-
wheel, 19-ton Stryker combat vehicle in a 
Common Driver Trainer developed by SAIC. 
(Left) Major Floyd Chambers from the Army 
Program Executive Office for Simulation 
Training and Instrumentation tests the high-
fidelity simulators. (Above) The simulator’s 
instructor station is manned by SAIC Chief 
Scientist Darren Law (left), Program Manager 
Michael Kerrigan (middle), and Chief 
Engineer Scott Hopkins (right rear). 

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Logistics and Transportation

Helping keep the U.S. Navy flying, naval aviation depots rely on SAIC to keep critical parts in 
stock and available. (Above) Inventory Management Specialist Leisa Biddle and other SAIC 
staff support more than 48,100 parts and more than 120 repair shops servicing F-18 fighter jets, 
Harrier jets, Huey and Cobra helicopters, and other aircraft. Our SCOPTIMA® software helps 
us increase supply chain visibility, better anticipate and more quickly respond to requirements, and 
lower procurement and inventory costs.

A  roadside  bombing  stops  a  convoy  carrying  an 

emergency  load  of  fuel  to  a  supply  depot.  Using 

SAIC  technology,  the  Logistics  Commander  has 

the information at hand to find and divert another 

convoy in time.

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This type of dynamic replanning is one of many 
possible capabilities that SAIC is bringing into reality 
using adaptive logistics tools. Through the creation 
and use of intelligent agents (small software programs), 
commanders can have the logistical information they 
need when they need it.
  These intelligent agents work within existing 
military systems to mine data and report it to theater 
planners who can then avert and avoid shortages, 
readiness degradation, operational impacts, and crises.

Advancing the State of the Art in Logistics 

Management
Advanced technologies are paving the way for the next 
generation of logistics. In an impressive demonstration, 
SAIC previously showed what passive radio frequency 
identification (RFID) technology could accomplish 
to speed container inspections and reduce inventories 
at the Fleet Industrial Supply Center Norfolk. Now 
the Navy has asked SAIC to investigate other areas 
within the Navy supply chain where RFID – and other 

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AMSEC LLC, a business joint venture 
between SAIC and Northrop Grumman 
Newport News, provides a complete range of 
logistics products and services to keep ships 
performing to design standards throughout 
their life cycle. (Above) Program Manager 
Art Kerkau (right) and Senior Logistician 
Noreen Kirby (left) work to keep an aircraft 
carrier performing at the right level. AMSEC 
has experienced staff to support virtually 
every shipboard system.

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Logistics and Transportation

automatic identification technologies – could improve 
asset visibility and speed operations. For example, we are 
prototyping different uses for Common Access Cards in 
inventory tracking.
  We are also deploying a passive RFID solution 
for a key DoD supplier. The National Center for 
Employment of the Disabled manufactures chemical-
protection overgarments, camouflage and desert battle 
uniforms and other clothing for DoD. Using the latest 
Generation 2 passive RFID, we’ve been achieving long 
read ranges and capturing 100% of the tags in the first 
phase of this project.
  We are also helping a variety of other customers 
meet the impending RFID tagging mandate from 
the DoD.
  Federal organizations spend billions of dollars on 
maintenance, repair and operations (MRO) material and 
services each year. From ordering supplies for Hurricane 
Katrina relief efforts to equipment in Iraq, more than 
200 DoD and federal customers rely on SAIC for 
procurement support.  
  Through a Web-based marketplace, our Supply 
Chain Integration Operation links federal agencies with 
thousands of suppliers, enables electronic ordering and 
quoting, and provides inventory visibility and materials 
tracking. An independent study by BearingPoint  
showed the benefits of this approach: inventory 
reductions of more than 50%, significant decreases in 
supply processing costs, and across-the-board increases in 
on-time delivery rates.

New Frontiers in Air Logistics
SAIC has been supporting Air Force Air Logistics 
Centers for more than two decades with a wide range of 
technical and engineering services and through a variety 
of contract vehicles. 
  SAIC provided engineering and analysis for the 
Air Force F-16 Aircraft Structural Integrity Program. 
As part of this work, we are developing a new and 
improved crash survival flight data recorder to eventually 
replace existing recorders on all F-16 aircraft. 
  We are also transitioning and upgrading legacy 
software code used to test the Low Altitude Navigation 
and Targeting Infrared and Night (LANTIRN) pod, 
which gives aircraft accurate targeting capability for 

the delivery of laser-guided bombs. The legacy code 
tests the complex optics and the SAIC-developed 
pattern recognition tools that verify correct 
operation of LANTIRN components. We 
previously performed reverse engineering to 
replace custom LANTIRN instruments that are no 
longer maintainable.
  We also developed three Web-based systems to 
enable more efficient operations. One system – 
a joint project with the Air Force, Army and Navy 
– collects maintenance data for training and test 
range pod and ground systems. The second system 
processes and distributes technical orders electronically 
to some 22 foreign countries in possession of 
F-16 aircraft.
  The third system provides a Web-enabled technical 
coordination group among the foreign military 
sales countries for rapid response to technical issues 
regarding F-16 aircraft. In developing this system, SAIC 
incorporated numerous features to meet stringent 
current and evolving security requirements due to the 
number of foreign countries involved as well as the 
sensitivity between them.

Advancing the State of the Art in Traffic 

Management
We have brought our logistics expertise from the 
battlefield to the home front. SAIC is supporting the 
Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) in developing 
and fielding solutions that will reduce congestion and 
improve motorist safety. For example, we are developing 
new guidelines for adding interchanges to existing 
freeways and exploring how different pavement marking 
systems impact highway safety.
  Our ability to blend transportation and national 
security expertise is a real asset in helping secure the 
nation’s transportation infrastructure against both  
terrorist attacks and natural disasters. We are developing 
continuity of operations plans, providing risk assessment 
training to FHWA staff, and helping disseminate 
best practices on hurricane evacuation. We are also 
investigating and developing best practices for improving 
the efficiency and security of the nation’s intermodal 
freight network.

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Systems Engineering
and Integration

(Right) When medical staff treat the president, members of Congress, and wounded soldiers at 
Walter Reed Army Medical Center, they rely on Systems Engineer Ken Forner (front) and other 
SAIC staff for critical IT and network support. Over the past 5 years, SAIC staff developed 
and integrated new infrastructure and provided information assurance, network engineering, and 
network security. (Above) For large, complex systems integration programs, customers appreciate 
our inSTRIDE™ digital environment, which helps them perform, monitor and manage important 
program activities.

Where a key DoD customer saw a vision for the future, 

critics saw a program that was overly optimistic, even 

impossible. At SAIC, we went to work doing what we 

do best – helping our customer overcome the difficult 

technical obstacles. 

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Last year, those efforts paid off. That same program was 
called “a tremendous success story,” winning special 
recognition from President Bush for our customer.
  SAIC is proud of its contributions to the Defense 
Information Systems Agency (DISA) and the agency’s 
Global Information Grid-Bandwidth Expansion (GIG-
BE) program. The GIG-BE program inserted a high-
speed, high-capacity fiber backbone into the DoD’s 
worldwide information network, making it one of the 
largest capacity networks in the world, government or 
commercial. That transport backbone now carries 
voice, video, imagery, and data traffic at speeds up to 

10 gigabits/second, helping make DoD’s vision of 
network-centric operations a reality.
  Achieving full operational capability for the GIG-BE 
program helped cement SAIC’s reputation as a world-
class provider of network engineering and systems 
integration. We broke new ground in engineering optical 
mesh technology and in integrating never-before-
integrated systems to help DISA achieve success with this 
critical program.
  Thanks to contributions like this, SAIC had the honor 
of being named the top IT prime contractor for the 
Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD), according to 

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Systems Engineering and Integration

INPUT, a leader in government market intelligence. 
That honor was followed by a contract award
to assist the Systems Engineering Director in the 
mission of establishing systems engineering policy, best 
practices, education and training through collaboration 
across academia, industry and the government 
communities. 

Network-Centric Operations
Years of world-class systems integration – and our 
work on one of the most complex systems integration 
programs ever executed by DoD – give SAIC unmatched 
credentials in this area. The latter is the U.S. Army’s 
$161-billion, multiyear Future Combat System (FCS) 
program, designed to make the Army’s vision of 
network-centric operations and future force a reality. 
SAIC and Boeing are teamed as Lead Systems Integrator, 
working to integrate the FCS program and its complex 
family of combat systems. 
  Last year, the FCS program and the SAIC-Boeing 
team successfully completed the program’s most 
important technical milestone to date – the System of 
Systems Functional Review. The review encompassed 
more than 11,000 systems engineering requirements. 
Its successful completion meant that the FCS program 
could move forward with system design and the first 
major field experiment.

Service-Oriented Architectures
Given our well-deserved reputation for tackling some 
of the toughest technical problems in the systems 
integration space, it’s no surprise we’ve also been asked 
to take on some of the toughest problems involving 
service-oriented architectures. 
  We are supporting DoD’s transformation to a 
software services framework to enable information 
sharing and collaboration by command and control, 
business, and intelligence systems. For DISA’s Net-
Centric Enterprise Services (NCES) program, SAIC 
developed a geographically dispersed laboratory 
environment at six sites across the U.S. This Enterprise 
Services Interoperability & Integration Laboratory serves 
as a technology proving ground for the Web services 
technologies that can enable the transformation to 
NCES. Laboratory capabilities are now being used by 

mission application developers for command and control, 
with plans to extend these capabilities to force protection, 
intelligence, logistics and homeland security. 
  We are also helping enable one of the National 
Cancer Institute’s key initiatives to accelerate cancer 
research and collaboration. We helped design and build 
the software services architecture for NCI’s cancer 
Biomedical Informatics Grid™ (caBIG™) and contributed 
to semantic interoperability – one of the key elements 
to enable researchers to share results across different 
disciplines and terminology.
  And we won a major contract to modernize 
and transition the Federal Motor Carrier Safety 
Administration (FMCSA) systems to a service-oriented 
architecture. Part of our mission is to provide better 
data access to the 600,000 interstate motor carriers 
that operate 8.6 million trucks and buses on U.S. 
roads and the 10,000 state and local enforcement staff 
who help FMCSA oversee the carriers’ activities.

Building Our SE&I Business
From SAIC’s perspective, the market for large systems 
engineering and integration business continues to
show strong growth. To support our clients, we have 
developed and invested in leading-edge and best-of-
breed processes and tools, such as our inSTRIDE™ digital 
environment, now being used by several Air Force, Navy, 
and DHS customers to better monitor, manage and 
control essential activities.
  Another focus is a common approach to developing 
and delivering large, complex SE&I solutions to 
customers. Called EngineeringEdge™,  this solution 
leverages CMMI® and other best practices for life-cycle 
models, processes and engineering techniques.
  Some of our most complex systems integration 
projects are taking advantage of EngineeringEdge. 
Large SAIC organizations have been appraised at Levels 
5, 4 and 3 under the CMMI® – or Capability Maturity 
Model® Integration – which covers software engineering, 
system engineering and project management disciplines. 
Last fiscal year, all the operating business units that 
comprised one of our largest operating groups achieved 
a CMMI rating that included the supplier sourcing 
discipline. This gives our customers greater confidence in 
our supplier acquisition process.

 
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Future Army training systems will be embedded within opera-
tional systems and go where soldiers go. We are helping develop 
the architecture for the Army’s Embedded Training System as 
part of our work for the Future Combat System. To link future 
embedded training with current forces and simulations, Program 
Manager Elizabeth Burch (above rear), Software Engineer 
Stephanie Banaag, and their SAIC team are developing a com-
mon virtual environment, called the SE Core. (Left) Integration 
Lead John Bray (far left) and Lab Manager Jeffrey Earnest 
integrate and test these and other advanced FCS architectures in 
our Embedded Training Systems Integration Laboratory. 

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Research and Development

At SAIC, we work in some of the most exciting frontiers of nanotechnology. We’re developing 
nanocomposite solar cells to power future satellite systems. We enable research into nanodevices 
to treat cancer. (Right) Research Chemist Dr. Clint Jones and other SAIC staff investigate the 
properties of different molecules that could be used in molecular computers and nanosensors. For 
the latter, we developed what may be a unique capability to measure the electronic properties of 
nanoelectric devices at the molecular level.

Imagine an aircraft so advanced and complex that SAIC 

engineers had to invent entirely new instruments and 

experiments  to  test  what  the  aircraft  was  capable  of. 

That aircraft was the F-22A Raptor, thought to be the 

most technologically advanced aircraft in the world.

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SAIC helped the Air Force Operational Test and Evalu-
ation Center (AFOTEC) perform the most complex 
operational test ever conducted on a tactical aircraft to 
challenge the Raptor. In dogfights, two Raptors were pit-
ted against four adversaries while dodging surface-to-air 
missiles.
  What makes the Raptor so formidable in combat 
scenarios also makes it so challenging to test. Its highly 
integrated avionics and weapons systems – and millions 
of lines of software code – boost the aircraft’s operational 
efficiency and combat capability but also greatly increase 
the complexity of systems testing.

  One key SAIC innovation: a new kind of test system 
able to construct a single, meaningful picture by merging 
data from many sources. Those included the dogfights 
(open air testing) as well as constructive simulations, 
man-in-the-loop testing, and post-test and after-action 
reviews. Taken together, all these sources generated 
gigabytes of data, which was then processed into a single 
picture by SAIC’s Modular Analysis and Test Support 
System (MAnTSS).

Innovation like this is one reason why SAIC won 

a major follow-on contract to continue providing 
engineering and technical support to AFOTEC. 

 
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(Above) In one of our most exciting and challenging 
projects, we developed a NIAID-funded Vaccine Pilot 
Plant at the National Cancer Institute at Frederick. 
Research professionals Justine Niamke (seated) and 
James Dykes help manufacture potential vaccines to be 
tested against such diseases as AIDS, Ebola, influenza, 
West Nile, SARS and Marburg. (Left) Through their 
work at this molecular biology laboratory at NCI-
Frederick, Analyst Aaron Lucas (front) and Scientist 
John Klose are helping identify the pathways and genes 
involved in cancer.

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Research and Development

Recently, SAIC helped AFOTEC perform an operational 
assessment and initial test planning for another fifth-
generation stealth fighter, the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter. 
  SAIC also supports AFOTEC with rapid assessments 
of unmanned aerial vehicles. Our test engineers previ-
ously traveled overseas to assess the Predator UAV in 
combat operations in Bosnia and the Global Hawk UAV 
in combat operations in Afghanistan.

Medical/Biodetection Research
Since 1995, SAIC has been operating the National 
Cancer Institute’s leading center for cancer and AIDS 
research, NCI-Frederick. Some of our newest advances 
– which are generating widespread interest among NCI 
cancer researchers – allow researchers to better under-
stand how genetic changes inside cell nuclei affect or are 
affected by cancer’s tissue-level changes. One of these 
advances – novel algorithms for highly accurate identi-
fication of cells in a three-dimensional format – enables 
analysis of whole cells as well as cell nuclei in tissue. 
  Our deep domain expertise extends to an even 
tinier universe, that of nanotechnology and nanoscience 
solutions for the diagnosis and treatment of cancer. We 
helped NCI implement and manage Centers for Cancer 
Nanotechnology Excellence around the nation to 
develop these new technologies. We continue working to 
help NCI evaluate, leverage and translate the findings into 
cancer discoveries and therapeutics. 

Infectious diseases and engineered bioagents can be 
detected by an award-winning biosensor developed by 
SAIC and Isis Pharmaceuticals. Winner of an R&D 100 
Award for 2005, the TIGER biosensor uses advanced 
genomic and signal-processing technologies to detect 
known, newly emergent, and bioengineered pathogens.

Space Exploration
For more than two years, SAIC worked with the Johnson 
Space Center to help enable NASA’s “Return to Flight” 
for the Space Shuttle Discovery and continued to help 
assure the safe flight of the International Space Station. 
We tested the shuttle’s thermal protection system and 
performed quality engineering and assurance for flight 
hardware. In addition, SAIC helped develop new video 
technology – including optics and sensors – that provides 
better imagery during shuttle launch. Shortly after the 

fiscal year closed, SAIC won a major follow-on contract 
to continue supporting this important safety, reliability, 
maintainability, and quality work for the Space Shuttle and 
the International Space Station.

Emerging Technologies for Target Search/

Surveillance
Our long experience developing and deploying sensor 
networks enabled us to turn wireless technology pio-
neered by DARPA into deployable surveillance solu-
tions. We integrated wireless sensor nodes into persistent, 
self-configuring surveillance networks that could protect 
border areas or infrastructure. We recently deployed a 
test network for border security at Kirtland Air Force 
Base, New Mexico, and will deploy a sensor network for 
perimeter security at a Marine Corps installation. 
  To better identify large numbers of military targets in 
very short time frames, SAIC is helping DARPA develop 
automated target detection algorithms that process large 
volumes of three-dimensional data from laser detection 
and ranging (LADAR) sensors.

Emerging Technologies for Directed Energy
SAIC’s expertise on high-energy lasers – weapons that 
can destroy ballistic missiles in flight – spans more than 30 
years and every major DoD high-energy laser program, 
including the Space Based Laser and Airborne Laser.
  For the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL), 
SAIC recently applied its adaptive optics technologies to 
maximize the high laser energy delivered to targets such 
as ballistic missiles and tactical rockets. We are also helping 
AFRL design and develop high-power microwave 
systems, which could stop an enemy vehicle or disrupt 
enemy command, control and communications by 
destroying or disrupting its electronic components.

Robotics – Grand Challenge
In 2005, DARPA sponsored the Grand Challenge race 
across the Mojave Desert to accelerate development of 
unmanned ground vehicles. Carnegie Mellon’s robotic 
vehicles – Sandstorm and H1ghlander – featured leading-
edge SAIC mission planning, navigation and perception 
software; they finished second and third, a few minutes 
behind the winner. Only four of 23 contenders were able 
to meet the 132-mile challenge.

 
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Commercial Services

SAIC designs, builds and supports network operations 
centers to provide a full range of services, from global 
network and security management to help desk support 
to solving complex network interoperability issues. Our 
experienced staff at this center include Information Security 
Engineer Neil Macasadia, Information Specialist Shay 
Banerjee, and Network Engineers Pat Coyne, David 
Abramson, Troy Tate, and Cameron Hansen. 

When Hurricanes Katrina and Rita crashed into the Gulf 

Coast,  they  destroyed  communities  and  infrastructure. 

As  Entergy  Corporation  workers  struggled  to  restore 

vital power, they had a powerful ally in SAIC.

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And they needed one. Although an SAIC “away” team 
was running some of Entergy’s most critical applications 
from a disaster recovery site in Arkansas, it was still 
necessary to get Entergy’s primary data center – 
across the river from New Orleans – up and running 
as soon as possible after Katrina. Emergency utility 
crews needed the center’s IT applications – such as 
utility asset mapping – and communications networks to 
make repairs. SAIC staff worked hard to get those systems 
back up quickly. SAIC staff also went into the heart of 
flooded New Orleans and into the wrecked Entergy 
headquarters building to recover hard drives and 
essential data.
  At the time of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita, the 
SAIC services contract in effect had an expiration date of 
December 31, 2006. SAIC’s demonstrated performance 
and commitment during the storms – coupled with new 
contract proposals submitted for Entergy’s consideration 
prior to the storms – resulted in an agreement between 
SAIC and Entergy on a new contract structure that 
extends the relationship through 2010.

In less dramatic fashion – but again through 
excellent performance and excellent understanding 
of our customers’ business – SAIC won follow-on IT 
outsourcing contracts from other important utility 
customers, among them ScottishPower, Calpine, and the 
California Independent System Operator.

Next Generation Oilfields
With the digital oilfield of the future becoming reality, 
SAIC is on the ground floor in this exciting area. Our 
staff assist three of the supermajors – including Shell 
and Chevron – in realizing their vision of the Next 
Generation Oilfield. Our work extends across the oil 
and gas data life cycle, from managing and analyzing 
exploration and production (E&P) data to integrating 
data technologies and processes across the enterprise and 
developing service-oriented architectures.

  Shortly before the start of FY2006, we began 
work on a contract with a major oil company, helping 
capture, clean up, load, manage and archive large 
amounts of E&P data into specialty databases at sites in 
North America and Europe. The aim is to introduce 
uniform technologies and processes to more efficiently, 
consistently and cost-effectively manage this data, which 
runs to multi-petabyte levels at some sites.
  This kind of deep domain expertise in the energy 
industry makes SAIC much more than an IT company. 
While SAIC is a major provider of IT outsourcing 
for leading energy companies, as much as half of our 
“outsourcing” revenues can come from value-added 
services such as those mentioned above.
  We have also seen strong growth in our environmental 
services to major energy companies such as Shell 
and Chevron. These firms – and other FORTUNE 
500® companies such as General Electric and Harley-
Davidson – rely on SAIC for environmental engineering, 
consulting and remediation services. 

Life Sciences
Like the oil and gas industry, the biopharmaceutical 
industry is also highly competitive and looking for 
step-change improvements in business performance. 
Here again, SAIC’s deep domain expertise and IT 
knowledge are making a difference for Pfizer, Invitrogen, 
and other clients. Our work ranges from enterprise 
integration to systems development to business 
process consulting.
  We have also helped improve manufacturing practices 
for a leading pharmaceutical firm and currently operate 
a vaccine production plant for the National Cancer 
Institute. Our knowledge of pharmaceutical processes 
– particularly R&D and manufacturing processes – is key 
in helping us develop optimal solutions for our customers 
in this industry.

 
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Our Company is SAIC

(Above left to right) Chief Systems Engineer Dr. Jim Scheimer, Business Process 
Manager Christen Harris, and Senior Information Systems Manager Arvinder 
Singh were part of a team that helped SAIC add another important CMMI® rating 
to its portfolio.

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In Fiscal Year 2006, SAIC announced its intention to pursue an initial public offering (IPO) and 
transition from a private, employee-owned company to a public company with significant employee 
ownership.
  But no matter what our capital structure, our culture of employee ownership – which began 37 
years ago – continues to empower and motivate our people. Ownership is one of our rewards for 
outstanding performance and contribution to our customers. Ownership helps us to attract and retain 
talented professionals and to encourage business development in a competitive environment.

Employee Ownership Is in Our DNA
“We continue to encourage the entrepreneurial spirit which drove our success and our can-do 
attitude,” said CEO Ken Dahlberg. “And as owners we will continue to take a long-term view of value 
creation.”
  Preserving and reinforcing our core values and ownership culture – which emphasize ethics 
and integrity, customer satisfaction, technical excellence, respect for our people, empowerment, and 
entrepreneurship within a culture of discipline – will be critical to our future success, according 
to Dahlberg.
  We intend to continue programs that reward employees who contribute to our success, and we 
will continue to attract, motivate and retain our employees through equity incentives and cash-based 
rewards.

Understanding Our Unique Ownership Model
To expand our employee-owners’ knowledge and understanding of our strategic objectives, business 
and the markets that we serve, we developed a number of initiatives, including a C.E.O. (Certified 
Employee Owner) program, where they also learn about opportunities for increasing their ownership 
stake in SAIC.
  All new employees are encouraged to complete the C.E.O. program in the first 12 months at SAIC. 
Today 52% of SAIC employees – more than 21,000 worldwide – have completed the program. The 
C.E.O. program helps employees make informed decisions about participating in stock and retirement 
plans. We believe the program also helps build work force alignment and reduce turnover. In FY2006, 
the number of C.E.O.s increased by 38%.

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Team SAIC

(Above left to right) Dr. Bo-Wen Shen, Atmospheric Scientist;
June Chocheles, Vice President for Science and Technology Strategy; 
Dr. Wil Myrick, Senior Signal Processing Analyst and 2006 Black Engineer 
of the Year.

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One of the largest science and technology companies in the United States, SAIC brings people of 
all backgrounds and interests together to work on projects of mission-critical impact – ranging from 
homeland security to cancer research to space exploration.
  To maximize our ability to deliver innovative solutions, to help meet our customers’ most 
challenging needs, to grow our business and to increase shareholder value, we rely on our most 
valuable asset – our people. Our professional staff is highly educated with approximately 22,000 
holding college degrees. Approximately 45% of our degreed professionals hold advanced degrees, 
including more than 1,500 with doctoral degrees.
  But numbers are only part of the SAIC story. Our company has an extra dimension – people 
work here to make a difference, to do something for our nation, to help others. By turning high-level 
science into real-world solutions, we make a difference in people’s lives. 
  We do that in a company with the highest ethical standards; we do that as innovators and 
entrepreneurs; we do that in a culture of employee ownership where those who do the work get the 
rewards – and those rewards include caring for and helping others.

Professional Growth
Committed to professional development, SAIC offers a wide range of training, education and 
professional development programs through SAIC University. In addition to classroom training, 
distance learning, and on-site certificate and advanced degree programs held at key locations, all 
employees can participate in our e-learning program, which provides certifications and 2,000 of the 
most in-demand business, leadership and IT courses. In FY2006, we also launched a new curriculum 
to expand our program manager training.

Diversity
At the core of SAIC’s mission and values is our commitment at all levels to recruit, retain and advance 
a diverse talented team of highly motivated professionals to solve critical challenges to the benefit of 
our customers, suppliers, employees and the communities in which we live and work.

Benefits
SAIC has a diverse selection of competitive benefits, including comprehensive leave, various health 
care and insurance plans, and tuition reimbursement. For FY2006, SAIC contributed $732 million to 
its benefit plans.

Retirement Plans
Many employees view their SAIC retirement plans as a vital part of their benefit packages. At the 
end of calendar year 2005, SAIC retirement plans held approximately $5 billion in assets after a 
$121-million company contribution.
  Employees have the ability to invest their retirement assets in a spectrum of investment vehicles. A 
portion of the company contributions are invested in a non-exchangeable SAIC company stock fund.

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Board of Directors

K.C. Dahlberg
CEO and Chairman of 
the Board

W.H. Demisch
Financial Consultant

J.A. Drummond
Vice Chairman, BellSouth 
Corp. (Ret.)

D.H. Foley
Executive Vice President, 
SAIC

J.J. Hamre
CEO and President,  
Center for Strategic & 
International Studies

A.K. Jones
University Professor, 
Computer Sciences, University 
of Virginia

H.M.J. Kraemer, Jr.
Former Chairman, 
President and Chief 
Executive Officer, Baxter 
International, Inc.

C.B. Malone
President, Financial & 
Management Consulting Inc.

E.J. Sanderson, Jr.
Retired Oracle Corporation 
Executive

J.P. Walkush
Executive Vice President, 
SAIC

J.H. Warner, Jr.
Executive Vice President, 
SAIC

A.T. Young
Executive Vice President, 
Lockheed Martin Corp. (Ret.)

Two Board Members – TomYoung and John Warner – received special recognition for their contributions to the SAIC Board of 
Directors. Mr. Young won a 2005 Outstanding Director Award from the prestigious Outstanding Directors Institute. Winners 
were selected for “demonstrating courage, diligence and leadership in the boardroom,” and for being clearly aligned with interests of 
shareholders. Dr. Warner won a 2006 Director of the Year award from the Corporate Directors Forum in San Diego. As SAIC’s 
longest serving current board member, Dr. Warner received the award for demonstrating leadership during times of major transition. 

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Solutions for Government and 

Commercial Customers 

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Intelligence Solutions 

•  Defense Transformation 

•  Logistics and Transportation 

•  Systems Engineering and

Integration 

•  Research and Development 

•  Commercial Services 

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Statements in this Annual Report other than historical data and information
may constitute forward-looking statements that involve risks and 
uncertainties. A number of factors could cause our actual results, 
performance, or achievements or industry results to be very different from 
the results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such 
forward-looking statements. Some of these factors include, but are not 
limited to, the risk factors set forth in the Company’s Annual Report on 
Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended January 31, 2006, and in such other 
filings that the Company makes with the SEC from time to time. Due to such 
uncertainties and risks, readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on 
such forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date hereof.

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