SAIC wins U.S. Missile Defense Agency contract to support Ballistic Missile Defense System

Posted by Courtney E. Howard

MCLEAN, Va., 8 Sept. 2011. Science Applications International Corp. (SAIC; NYSE:SAI) won a U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA) indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contract to provide advisory and analytical services in support of the Ballistic Missile Defense System (BMDS). The multiple-award, five-year contract has a contract ceiling value of $281 million for all awardees, if all options are exercised. SAIC’s work on the contract will be performed primarily in Huntsville, Ala.

The MDA develops, tests, and fields ballistic missile capabilities to protect U.S., forward deployed forces, and allies from attack. SAIC personnel, under the contract, will provide senior advisory and analytical services to help develop, deploy, and maintain BMDS capabilities; provide assessments and analysis services; generate reports for MDA on testing; quality, safety, and mission assurance; engineering; and programmatics.

"This contract award is an opportunity for SAIC to continue its long time support of the MDA by providing subject matter experts to assist the agency in executing its mission of developing, deploying and supporting the Ballistic Missile Defense System," explains John Gully, SAIC senior vice president and business unit general manager.